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Post by Kezz on Jul 13, 2018 20:10:47 GMT
Meadows Maniacs! Long time no speak gang! I've been asked to promote this to you all... "Thursday 19th July will see a special celebration of the Nottingham Television Workshop and screening of local film director Shane Meadow's film '24/7'. Aaron Smith of Smiffy's Smoke Shack is a Notts TV Workshop Alumni and he has organised a great get together and fundraiser for the Notts TV Workshop Charity and local charity Bloomin' Dementia. On the night they'll be very special guests who starred in the film attending for mingling and a chat and a brief Q & A on stage before the screening of the film itself. Tickets cost £12.50 (through link below or in the bar) and include a 1 course trip to Smiffy's Smoke Shack BBQ on the Sun terrace as well as a donation to both charities. Doors are at 5.30pm with all the festivities happening before the actual screening of the film at 8.15pm SHARP. Special guests include: James Hooton, Ladene Hall, Justin Brady, and a special special guest in Frank Harper who also has attained noteriety for his performances in Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels, Bend it like Beckham, A room for Romeo Brass and many more." www.gigantic.com/special-screening-of-24/7-the-southbank-bar-trent-bridge-2018-07-19-17-30XX
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Post by Kezz on Dec 2, 2013 5:51:56 GMT
By the way the guy who played Kezz came across as a very articulate lad. Also hearing Kezz say a few words and getting a round of applause from the audience he was the only one who spoke any sense and the only one all night to get clapped. To say I used to visit the site on an almost daily basis, I haven't gotten around to it for some time now! We're talking years, here. Although I did just notice this, thankyou very much - thought that was lovely of you to say so CliftonEs! I would like to just give a small mention to my good friend Lee, the organiser. His events are always built on hard-work and great value for money, and IMO he meets the criteria he sets himself every-time. As much as I agree there are a lot of valid points in the criticism of that evening, I can genuinely tell you that they are no fault of his! Best, Peace and Harmony.
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Post by Kezz on Sept 5, 2012 12:48:47 GMT
The scene was never used due to the audio being ruined by some wankers playing loud music from the near-by flats. The scene with Gadget going to Shaun's re: hunting was always part of it.
Hope this helps.
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Post by Kezz on Dec 6, 2011 1:12:30 GMT
Maniacs and suchforth. Presenting to you the phenominally talented Mr. Rob Green, The next big th- infact fuck that.. the biggest thing that will come out of the Nottingham Music industry. The Video to his first single - 'Cardinal' - shot in Nottingham last month features a whole host of past Meadows Cast members - Or fabulously talented performers. Points awarded for guessing them all, bonus points for getting the people that played featured extras! As for Rob, although his music career is now finally taking off (because we all knew it would!).. You guys may have seen him before, in something else Shane directed. Points awarded for that to! Cadinal - The Debut single; Robs Website; www.robgreenmusic.comBest, Kezz.
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Post by Kezz on Apr 22, 2011 11:54:15 GMT
Killing Bono - Auditioned for the part of 'Plugger', the gangsters henchman. I enjoyed reading the script, and thought the film was pulled off the page fairly well. Nice story, true story, made appealing.
Rita, Sue and Bob, too. - Heard- well, 'saw' some of you guys talking about it on here.. its very specific in how its made. Really quite tongue in cheek I thought. I'm glad I got around to seeing it.. I love relating to moments in films, and I certainly think many people would have with this. Although Nottinghamshire is not Yorkshire - thank fuck, a lot of the common-class, working Britain culture has been captured well. Loved the ending.
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Post by Kezz on Apr 5, 2011 0:09:09 GMT
Stars James Hooton formerly of The Television Workshop, and A young actor one of my best friends teaches, Dimeji (I assume spelt wrong!)
Theres my connections to it.. Attempted to book tickets for last Saturday when I was down, but it had sold out
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Post by Kezz on Apr 3, 2011 23:28:50 GMT
Love, Honour and Obey. - Big up Perry Benson. Yeah I regularly found myself questioning if I could sit with it or not.. very specific style of cuts, but all in all a pretty snappy take and mild exploration of London Gangsters. Humouress more often than not. Each to their own, deserves a shot. (Did the whole 'Characters have the same name as the actors playing them like Nil by Mouth' thing.)
The Godfather part 3. - Right, well having owned for years, All I'd ever been told was the commonly known fact that this was not a patch on the first two.. and had therefore never gotten around to watching it. I entered with an open mind. Yeah really good film, and the attempt to stay true to the format which had assisted the first 2 so well was apparent, as was a sufficient amount of detail. I think it was probably very hard to completely re-capture the taste that the others did have as it was so excellently a reflection of the time it was made and set. Al Pacino blew me the fuck away more so than before in 1+2 this time around, so to see him loosen up a bit for 3 was a tad sad, but admittadly also correct due to the direction his character had matured to. I imagine people would love to see a review of part 3 that has been given a chance to stand alone and have no single mention of the 70's hits. But that is not me.
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Post by Kezz on Apr 3, 2011 23:07:07 GMT
Listen, we'll sort it soon.. we were fucking washing leeds aside until a disasterous decision from the matchday officials attempted to put a real problem in our season.
A result against Reading (very much chasing our play-off spot) will be just the ticket.
:-)
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Post by Kezz on Apr 3, 2011 23:04:55 GMT
Good luck against Oldham......be such a shame if you get relegated. Never going to happen. Nice on Leeds ha ha ha I agree with you that it probably won't.. but should it happen - I'd run you off the forum, you know that.. hahah
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Post by Kezz on Apr 1, 2011 1:13:46 GMT
Mischief night - Manc ting made a few years back. Have met a few of the cast in past jobs over the years.. I'm surprised a film like this wasn't made already.. Like Little Rascals but set in todays fucking urban street world. That said, nice funny moments.. Shameless at the pictures.
The Godfather Part 2- Timeless, obvious.. Watching this time around, I have to say I'm now more inclined to say Al Pacino was much more of a knockout despite De Niro winning an Oscar. (Though Pacino was nominated in a tougher catagory respectively). Fantastic unvieling of a monsterous classic.
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Post by Kezz on Mar 27, 2011 22:36:18 GMT
You will meet a tall dark stranger.. Oh it was great. Just got back from the cinema. Very Woody Allen. Although the subject nature is very similar to his other work, it feels very much a reflection of where Woody probably is in life right now, himself. Age included. Some exceptional performers, Anthony Hopkins a delight everytime he re-emerged.. Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin were exceptional in the nature of their characters to. I saw this with my parents.. although the film constantly paraded life suggestions and comparibles of my own, I couldn't help but keep glancing over at the pair of them.. It certainly flirted with a lot of what I imagine their current life positioning and asparations might entail. Much fun to be had, Nice and focussed dialogue. Happy to see it set in London to, and play with some of our better performers. Like a lot of Woody Allen films.. the ability to relate, makes this film pointless and relevant at the same time.
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Post by Kezz on Mar 27, 2011 22:24:19 GMT
State Of Grace I broke a longstanding tradition of watching this on st patrick's day, so last night had to do instead. This has to be the most underrated gangster film of all time, in fact i know people who have never heard of this much less seen it. A great cast Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, John Turturro, John C Reilly, Robin Wright and musical score by the legenday Ennio Morricone. Terry Noonan (Penn) returns to his former neighbourhood Hell's Kitchen, New York as a cop to infiltrate the irish mob and his former friends, culminating in a spectacular shootout during the st paddy's day parade. Its hard to believe this is over 20 yrs old now, it dosent feel it at all, in fact if this was released tomorrow Penn and Oldman would be taking home best oscar statuettes, especially Oldman, has to be the best performance of his career, i think he said so himself, especially when you compare Oldman in this and the oscar nomination of Jeremy Renner in The Town, no comparison! The chemistry as well with Penn and Robin Wright, who looked so hot back then is terrific, no wonder they ended up married. All in all, a classic i expect ill watch again on march 17th 2012 Nice one bro, good suggestion. I'm tempted to watch this now. Gary Oldman is a fav of mine, so if he said that himself.. I'm listening. Sean Penn and Ed harris are fucking major contenders for my top ten male performers too.. ..especially when you compare Oldman in this and the oscar nomination of Jeremy Renner in The Town, no comparison! (I wrote this very drunk - 2 days ago, in reference to 'Animal Kingdom') ..Just everything that Fucking Ben Affleck Tosh wanted to be.. (How-ever that leary prick in that got oscar nom'b i don't know, he was decent ok, but half the lads round here could give that role a shot)
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Post by Kezz on Mar 27, 2011 15:14:54 GMT
Dirty Pretty Things - Enjoyed seeing how Stephen Frears had captured the difficult life that lurks in Londons gutters, but not the most engaging in subject nature.
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Post by Kezz on Mar 26, 2011 5:00:03 GMT
Animal KingdomA beautifully crafted film with loads of well fleshed-out charaters and a story that twisted and turned like a twisty turny thing. I agree that it was beautifully crafted. There was something about the way it way shot and edited that made it really absorbing. However I have to completely disagree on the characters. I thought the characterisation was frankly dreadful. The lead in particular was just a blank void of mumbles. I didn't feel I ever got to know him or care about his story. He had nothing to invest in. The only interesting characters for me were the Mum and 'Pope' and I didn't feel there were pushed as far as they could have been. I'd defintely be interested in future David Michôd film's as there was plenty here I liked, but personally I think he has work to do on his writing. Yeah interesting take, I wasn't overly thrilled for the lead either.. hence why I missed him out. But this didn't distract for me.. he was more than sufficeint for the grand scheme of things. I just really gelled with it, I doubt this will change once sober either.. Great editing.. Just everything that Fucking Ben Affleck Tosh wanted to be.. (How-ever that leary prick in that got oscar nom'b i don't know, he was decent ok, but half the lads round here could give that role a shot)
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Post by Kezz on Mar 26, 2011 4:53:58 GMT
Animal Kingdom - Well fuck and buggar me backwards.. Admittadly I've had a few here but that was some good shit. Very good use of tension throughout.. really smart and gripping. Plenty of twists throughout to make you care an awful lot. Some hard hitting moments too, captured superbly. I thought the acting throughout was seriously sublime. Guy Pearce did do well, I think your Gary Oldman rip-off (playing the eldest brother) was just top of the range, here. A real sense of intense madness, and yet I thoroughly believed every second of it. Would recommend this to all, great drama, great pace, I feel confident in saying this will leave no casualties.
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