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Convenience (film)
''Convenience'' is a 2013 British dark comedy film about two friends who, needing to pay a debt they cannot afford, try to rob a petrol station and end up posing as clerks for the night. The film was written by Simon Fantauzzo and directed by Keri Collins. Cast *Ray Panthaki as Ajay *Adeel Akhtar as Shaan *Vicky McClure as Levi *Anthony Head as Barry *Jenny Bede as Debbie * James Bradshaw as Clive *Daniel Caltagirone as Tommy *Margaret Jackman as Mavis *Verne Troyer as Dwight *Tom Bell as Stoner 1 *Tony Way as Stoner 2 Production The film was shot in a petrol garage located in Gorseinon, South Wales. Critical reception ''Convenience'' attracted a positive response from audiences and critics alike. Leslie Felperin, writing for The Guardian, called the film a "fun-fuelled comedy caper" with "good, genuinely funny dialogue". Felperin praised the "likable, tightly synchronised cast". Nev Pierce, for Empire Online ''Empire'' is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keri Collins
Keri Collins (born 1978) is a BAFTA winning director and writer for film and television. He has written and directed for the BBC, Sky TV, Netflix, ''The Sunday Times'' and PBS. Collins was born in Pontypool, Wales. He was selected for the prestigious Guiding Lights scheme in 2008 and, as a result, was mentored by Sir Kenneth Branagh. Collins' short film 'FUNDAY' was an official selection at the Raindance Film Festival 2011. It was acquired for distribution by Shorts International, nominated for a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Short film and described by Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) as "Deliciously melancholic". His debut feature comedy, the Raindance 2013 official selection, ''Convenience'' starred Vicky McClure (This is England), Ray Panthaki (Ali G In da House), Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions) and Verne Troyer (Austin Powers). It received multiple 4 star reviews, including from EMPIRE magazine and won the Breakthrough Award at the 2014 BAFTA Cymru Awards. In 2018, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Caltagirone
Daniel Caltagirone (born 18 June 1972) is an English actor, best known for his roles in ''The Beach (film), The Beach'', ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'', and the Oscar-winning film ''The Pianist (2002 film), The Pianist''. His breakthrough role came in the television series ''Lock Stock'', where he played series lead Moon. He is father to two children with ex-wife Melanie Sykes. Early life Caltagirone was born and brought up in London, where he attended St Ignatius' College, St Ignatius College, Enfield Town, Enfield. He spent a considerable amount of time as a child in New York City, where he has relatives. Acting career Caltagirone went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1997. It was during his last year at Guildhall that he was discovered by an ITV plc, ITV talent scout and cast as a lead in Ruth Rendell's ''Going Wrong''. He finished filming his first film role, ''Legionnaire'', alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the summer of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Films
The following tables list films released in 2013. Three popular films ('' Top Gun'', '' Jurassic Park'', and '' The Wizard of Oz'') were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "The year 2013 has been an amazing one for movies, though maybe every year is an amazing year for movies if one is ready to be amazed by movies. It’s also a particularly apt year to make a list of the best films. Making a list is not merely a numerical act but also a polemical one, and the best of this year’s films are polemical in their assertion of the singularity of cinema, as well as of the art form’s opposition to the disposable images of television. The 2013 crop comprises an unplanned, if not accidental, collective declaration of the essence of the cinema, an art of images and sounds that, at their best, don’t exist to tell a story or to tantalize the audience (though they may well do so) but, rather, to reflect a crisis in the life of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Black Comedy Films
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Empire (film Magazine)
''Empire'' is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Verlagsgruppe, Bauer Consumer Media. The first issue was published in May 1989. History David Hepworth of Emap, the publisher of British music magazines ''Q magazine, Q'' and ''Smash Hits'', among other titles, came up with the idea to publish a magazine similar to ''Q'', but for films. They recruited ''Smash Hits'' editor Barry McIlheney to edit the new magazine, with Hepworth as Editorial Director. Hepworth produced a one-page document of what he wanted to achieve. Among them, they planned to review and rate every film that was released in the cinema in the United Kingdom. It also said that "''Empire'' believes that movies can sometimes be art, but they should always be fun." The first edition (June/July 1989) was published in May 1989 with Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder on the front cover from the film ''Great Balls of Fire! (film), Great Balls of Fire!''. The first issue reached its target of 50,000 copies sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. 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 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. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorseinon
Gorseinon is a town within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is situated in the north west of Swansea City Centre, around north west of the city centre. Gorseinon is a local government community with an elected town council. The population of the Gorseinon town council area in the 2011 Census is 8,693. However, the ONS defines an area called the Gorseinon Urban Area which comprises all of the continuous built up area in and around Gorseinon. This area includes Gorseinon, Loughor, Garden Village and Penllergaer and has a population of 20,581. Etymology The name Gorseinon means "Einon's marsh", from the soft mutated form of Welsh ' "marsh" and the male personal name ', the identity of whom is uncertain. Einon is the southern form of the name Einion. The initial soft mutation is irregular, and one would expect Corseinon. The sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Way
Tony Paul Way (born 7 October 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for playing characters in a number of British comedy TV series including '' Extras'', '' After Life'', ''Black Books'' and ''Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer'', as well as comedy movies including ''Sightseers'' and ''Ali G Indahouse''. He has since moved into drama, appearing as Plague in ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', Dontos Hollard in HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', and Thomas Nashe in '' Anonymous''. Early life Way was born in Rochford, Essex and grew up in Wickford, Essex. Career Way started his career in comedy and acting at the age of 17 when he, Rhys Thomas, Stephen Burge, and Glynne Wiley started making comedy videos as sketch group Stay Alive Pepi while at college. The videos were noticed by Bob Mortimer and Charlie Higson, who gave Way his first television appearances in a sketch on ''The Fast Show'' and in several sketches in ''Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verne Troyer
Verne Jay Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) was an American actor, comedian, YouTuber, and stunt performer. He was best known for his role of Mini-Me in the ''Austin Powers'' film series. He had cartilage–hair hypoplasia and was tall. Early life Verne Jay Troyer was born in Sturgis, Michigan, on January 1, 1969, the son of Susan, a factory worker, and Reuben Troyer, a repair technician. He had two siblings, Davon and Deborah. He stated that his parents "never treated me any different than my other average-sized siblings. I used to have to carry wood, feed the cows and pigs and farm animals." Troyer was initially raised Amish, but his parents left the faith when he was a child. During his childhood, Troyer spent much time visiting Amish relatives in Centreville, Michigan. He graduated in 1987 from Centreville High School, where a plaque was dedicated to him in 2003. Career Troyer's film career began when a former president of Little People of America contacted h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bradshaw (actor)
James Bradshaw (born 20 March 1976) is an English actor, known for his roles as Gordon Grimley in the Granada series ''The Grimleys'', D.S Geoff Thorpe in ''Hollyoaks'' and Dr. Max DeBryn in '' Endeavour''. Career Bradshaw's television roles include parts in ''Mile High'', ''Primeval'', '' Heartbeat'', the 2000 film ''Longitude'', and Noah Claypole in Alan Bleasdale's 1999 adaptation of '' Oliver Twist'', which starred Robert Lindsay. Bradshaw has worked at the Birmingham Rep, Hampstead Theatre, and the Royal National Theatre in ''House/Garden'', directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. In 2006, he played Polly Tompkins in ''The Line of Beauty''. In 2009, he joined the cast of '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Bradshaw's film roles include appearances in '' Minotaur'' and ''Irish Jam''. In 2008 he appeared as Mr Samgrass in the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ''Brideshead Revisited''. In July 2011 he made a guest appearance as a surveyor in '' Corona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Panthaki
Ray Panthaki (; born 20 January 1979) is a British actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Early life Panthaki was born in London to second-generation Indian parents. His parents belong to India's Parsi minority community. Career Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on ITV and Netflix Original Series ''Marcella'' and Netflix Original Series '' Away'' alongside Hilary Swank and as Hassan B in Sacha Baron Cohen's ''Ali G Indahouse''. He also appeared in the films ''Colette'', '' Boiling Point'', ''28 Days Later'', Official Secrets, Convenience ''Tube Tales'', '' Provoked'', ''Interview with a Hitman'', ''It's a Wonderful Afterlife'' and the 2006 film ''Kidulthood'', which he also produced. In 2006, he was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in a Play" at the TMA Theatre Awards for his role in ''Gladiator Games''. Later that year, he set up the London-based production company Urban Way. Panthaki made his West End theatrical debut in July 2008 in the play ''In My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrol Station
A filling station, also known as a gas station () or petrol station (), is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel. Gasoline pumps are used to pump gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas, CGH2, HCNG, LPG, liquid hydrogen, kerosene, alcohol fuel (like methanol, ethanol, butanol, propanol), biofuels (like straight vegetable oil, biodiesel), or other types of fuel into the tanks within vehicles and calculate the financial cost of the fuel transferred to the vehicle. Besides gasoline pumps, one other significant device which is also found in filling stations and can refuel certain (compressed-air) vehicles is an air compressor, although generally these are just used to inflate car tires. Many filling stations provide convenience stores, which may sell confections, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, soft drinks, snacks, coffee, newspapers, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
