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Treacle Jr.
''Treacle Jr.'' is a 2010 British film written and directed by Jamie Thraves and starring Aidan Gillen, Tom Fisher (actor), Tom Fisher, and Riann Steele. Plot The film opens with Tom eating with his family. He drives to Birmingham, and boards the London train. After walking all day, he sleeps outside a shop. In the morning, he throws his phone into a lake, bins his bank cards (eventually retaining a family photo) but keeps his money. That night, drinking in the park, he is attacked by a gang of youths; fleeing, he runs into a tree, injuring himself. The next morning, waiting in emergency department, A&E, Aidan behaves disruptively, then starts talking to Tom before Tom is called for examination. When Tom leaves, Aidan follows him. Walking together, Aidan goes to urinate. Tom, seeing his chance, flees, spots a couple having sex but then runs into Aidan again. When Tom, who is still trying to drop Aidan, faints outside Aidan's flat, and Aidan takes him inside and gives him a beer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Thraves
James Thraves is a British film writer and director. He is known for many music videos and the feature film ''Treacle Jr.'' (2010), starring Aidan Gillen. Early life and education James Thraves began making early short experimental films in 1989 at the University of Humberside, having previously studied illustration. His graduation film ''Scratch'' (1991) and ''The Take-Out'' (1993), a short film made under the British Film Institute, BFI New Directors scheme, both went on to win awards at film festivals worldwide. He joined the Royal College of Art in 1993 where he made another award-winning film, ''The Hackney Downs'' (1995). Career After leaving the Royal College of Art he joined Oil Factory, a music video company, making his breakthrough video in 1995 for Radiohead for their song "Just (song), Just" where a man played by Dorian Lough is lying on the pavement and is confronted by an angry crowd, this video garnered Thraves a lot of attention for its strong narrative struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Gillen
Aidan Murphy (born 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in ''Queer as Folk'' (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in ''The Wire'' (2004–2008); John Boy in '' Love/Hate'' (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2017); Aberama Gold in ''Peaky Blinders'' (2017–2019); Milo Sunter in ''Mayor of Kingstown'' (2021–2024); and Frank Kinsella in ''Kin'' (2021–2023). His film roles include Lord Nathan Rathbone in ''Shanghai Knights'' (2003), a CIA operative in ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), Dr. Frank Harte in ''Calvary'' (2014), Janson in '' Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'' (2015) and '' Maze Runner: The Death Cure'' (2018), Robert in ''Sing Street'' (2016), and John Reid in ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2018). He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fisher (actor)
Tom Browne (born 1968), known professionally as Tom Fisher, is an English actor who has appeared in various films, including '' The Mummy Returns'' (2001), '' Enigma'' (2001), '' Shanghai Knights'' (2003), '' Van Helsing'' (2004), '' The Illusionist'' (2006), ''The Young Victoria'' (2009), '' Holy Flying Circus'' (2011), and '' The King'' (2019). Fisher directed the feature film ''Radiator A radiator is a heat exchanger used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. The majority of radiators are constructed to function in cars, buildings, and electronics. A radiator is always a ...'' under his real name Tom Browne. Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Tom 1968 births Male actors from London English male film actors English male television actors Actors from the London Borough of Camden Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riann Steele
Riann Steele is an American-born British actress. She began her career in theatre. Her films include '' Treacle Jr.'' (2010), '' Sket'' (2011), and '' The Creeping'' (2022). On television, she starred in the E4 comedy '' Crazyhead'' (2016) and the NBC series ''Debris'' (2021). She had recurring roles in the BBC medical soap ''Holby City'' (2009–2010) and the Channel 4 sitcom '' Lovesick'' (2014–2016), and season 5 of the Syfy series '' The Magicians'' (2020). Early life Steele was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Ealing, West London. She studied at the Arts Educational School ( ArtsEd). Career After completing her studies, Steele appeared in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', '' Love's Labours Lost'' and ''Hamlet'' (including its subsequent BBC television film adaptation in 2009) alongside David Tennant. From 2009 to 2010, she played Nurse Lauren Minster in ''Holby City''. Her first feature film role was opposite Aidan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinard
Dinard (; , ; Gallo: ''Dinard'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, northwestern France. Dinard is on the Côte d'Émeraude of Brittany. Its beaches and mild climate make it a holiday destination, and this has resulted in the town having a variety of famous visitors and residents. The towns of Pleurtuit and Saint-Malo are nearby and the Dinard–Pleurtuit–Saint-Malo Airport is about 4 km south of Dinard. With its international film festival, villas, sumptuous hotels and casino, Dinard is regarded as one of the most prestigious seaside resorts in all of France. The official name of the town was successively Saint-Énogat (until 1879), Dinard-Saint-Énogat (from 1879 to 1921) and Dinard (since 1921). Today, moreover, Saint-Énogat is still a district belonging to the city, it is close to the sea and is home to many small shops. The city also has a football club called FCD (Football Club Dinardais), which includes categories from U6 to Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Gillen
Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in ''Queer as Folk (British TV series), Queer as Folk'' (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in ''The Wire'' (2004–2008); John Boy in ''Love/Hate (TV series), Love/Hate'' (2010–2011); Petyr Baelish, Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2017); Aberama Gold in ''Peaky Blinders (TV series), Peaky Blinders'' (2017–2019); Milo Sunter in ''Mayor of Kingstown'' (2021–2024); and Frank Kinsella in ''Kin (Irish TV series), Kin'' (2021–2023). His film roles include Lord Nathan Rathbone in ''Shanghai Knights'' (2003), a CIA operative in ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), Dr. Frank Harte in ''Calvary (2014 film), Calvary'' (2014), Janson in ''Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'' (2015) and ''Maze Runner: The Death Cure'' (2018), Robert in ''Sing Street'' (2016), and John Reid (music manager), John Reid in ''Bohemian Rhapsody (film), Bohemian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Out (magazine)
''Time Out'' is a global magazine published by Time Out Group. ''Time Out'' started as a London-only publication in 1968 and has expanded its editorial recommendations to 333 cities in 59 countries worldwide. In 2012, the London edition became a free publication, with a weekly readership of over 307,000. ''Time Out''s global market presence includes partnerships with Nokia and mobile apps for iOS and Android operating systems. It was the recipient of the International Consumer Magazine of the Year award in both 2010 and 2011 and the rebranded International Consumer Media Brand of the Year in 2013 and 2014. History ''Time Out'' was first published in 1968 as a London listings magazine by Tony Elliott, who used his birthday money to produce a one-sheet pamphlet, with Bob Harris as co-editor. The first product was titled ''Where It's At'', before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album '' Time Out''. ''Time Out'' began as an alternative magazine alongside other members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency Department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the Acute (medicine), acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance. The emergency department is usually found in a hospital or other primary care center. Due to the unplanned nature of patient attendance, the department must provide initial treatment for a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be Medical emergency, life-threatening and require immediate attention. In some countries, emergency departments have become important entry points for those without other means of access to medical care. The emergency departments of most hospitals operate 24 hours a day, although staffing levels may be varied in an attempt to reflect patient volume. History Accident services wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horniman Museum
The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style. It has displays of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments, and is known for its large collection of taxidermied animals. The building is Grade II* listed. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and is constituted as a company and registered charity under English law. In 2022 the museum won Museum of the Year, an award made by the Art Fund. History The museum was founded in 1901 by Frederick John Horniman. Frederick had inherited his father's Horniman's Tea business, which by 1891 had become the world's biggest tea trading business. The proceeds from the business allowed Horniman to indulge his lifelong passion for collecting, and which after travelling extensively had some 30,000 items in his various collections, covering natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Nicholas Bradshaw (born 19 June 1962) is a British writer and film critic. He has been chief film critic at ''The Guardian'' since 1999, and is a contributing editor at ''Esquire'' magazine. Early life and education Bradshaw was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hertfordshire and studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was president of the Cambridge Footlights. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984, followed by postgraduate research in the Early Modern period in which he studied with Lisa Jardine and Anne Barton. He received his PhD in 1989. Career In the 1990s, Bradshaw was employed by the ''Evening Standard'' as a columnist, and during the 1997 general election campaign, editor Max Hastings asked him to write a series of parodic diary entries purporting to be by the Conservative Party MP and historian Alan Clark, which Clark thought deceptive and which were the subject of a court case resolved in January 1998, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
