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Spike Island (film)
''Spike Island'' is a 2012 British comedy film directed by Mat Whitecross and written by Chris Coghill. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Vertigo Films and produced by Revolver Entertainment. The film is based on The Stone Roses' seminal gig on Spike Island in Widnes, Cheshire, England, and follows the story of a group of friends who idolise the band and try to get into the gig, but are faced with problems because they do not have a ticket or a way to get there. ''Spike Island'' premiered on 11 October 2012 at the BFI London Film Festival and was released on DVD on 21 June 2013. Plot Set in May 1990, the film follows the exploits of five lads: Gary 'Tits' Titchfield, Darren 'Dodge' Hodge, Chris 'Zippy' Weeks, 'Little Gaz' Gareth Barrett and 'Penfold' Andrew Peach. They are fans of The Stone Roses and members of wannabe band Shadowcaster. It starts 60 hours prior to The Stone Roses' legendary gig at Spike Island, Widnes, Cheshire. The group get an idea to give The Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mat Whitecross
Mat Whitecross (born 21 September 1977) is an English film director, editor and screenwriter. He began his career working for filmmaker Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton at Revolution Films, being also known for directing ''The Road to Guantánamo'', Ian Dury biopic ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'', as well as music documentaries ''Oasis:'' ''Supersonic'' and '' Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams''. Whitecross has also directed music videos for Coldplay, Take That and The Rolling Stones, being a long-time collaborator of the former band. Life and career Whitecross was born and raised on Oxford. His parents were political refugees who were imprisoned in Argentina during the country’s Dirty War. He takes inspiration from the place where he was raised and from his parents' friends, many of whom are South American immigrants who fled tortures and prison. He began his career working for filmmaker Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton at Revolution Films as a runner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalyst Science Discovery Centre
The Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum is a science and technology science centre, museum in Widnes, Halton, North-West England. The centre has interactive exhibits, reconstructed historical scenes, an observatory, a live-science theatre and family workshops. It is next to Spike Island, Widnes, Spike Island, a public park, located between the River Mersey and the Sankey Canal that has woodlands, wetlands, footpaths and industrial archaeological history. The centre is housed in Tower Building, constructed around 1860 by John Hutchinson (industrialist), John Hutchinson as the administrative centre for his chemical business. The centre holds a collection of archives relating to the chemical industry, these include documents, photographs and the entire research archive of the Imperial Chemical Industries, ICI General Chemical Division. History Catalyst is next to Spike Island, Widnes, Spike Island, in Widnes, Halton. The museum is housed in an old four-storey building w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American 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 stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). 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. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Jackson (actor)
Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948) is an English actor known for his many television and film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Japp in both the television series ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' and in BBC Radio dramatisations of Poirot stories; as Melvin "Dylan" Bottomley in ''Porridge''; and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series ''Robin of Sherwood''. Life and career Jackson was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire. He started acting while studying Drama and German at the University of Bristol, and has worked in the theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and London. His stage work includes Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot'' at the Queen's Theatre in the West End in 1991 and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's ''Death of a Salesman'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds in 2010. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in '' Little Voice'' (1998). His many television appearances have included ''Coronation Street'', ''Robi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob James-Collier
Robert James-Collier (born 23 September 1976) (known professionally as Rob James-Collier) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Thomas Barrow in ''Downton Abbey'' and as Liam Connor in ''Coronation Street''. Early life James-Collier was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, as Robert Collier, but changed his name to Robert James-Collier to comply with the rules of Equity and avoid confusion with another actor of that earlier name. He was educated at St Patrick's Roman Catholic High School in Eccles, Greater Manchester. He studied business at the University of Huddersfield for his bachelor’s degree, and later obtained a master's degree in marketing at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Career Acting Having no experience as an actor, James-Collier auditioned for the series '' Down to Earth''. Stars Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Welch were convinced by his talent, and he got the part of the womanising pub landlord. In 2006, he appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Knott
Andrew Knott (born 22 November 1979) is a British actor. He played Dirtbox in ''Gavin & Stacey'', and Dickon Sowerby in the 1993 film ''The Secret Garden''. Life and career Knott was born in Salford. His first acting was done in British television and radio programmes. He was trained in the Oldham Theatre Workshop. Knott's first major film was Warner Brothers' ''The Secret Garden'' in 1993, in which he played Dickon Sowerby. He went on to play Joe Green in ''Black Beauty''. In the late 1990s, he played Darren Featherstone and Liam Shepherd in '' Coronation Street''. In 2004, he returned to theatre to act in Alan Bennett's ''The History Boys''. The National Theatre production later toured the world, affording Knott his Broadway debut. He reprised his role on BBC radio, and in Bennett's film adaptation which was directed by the National's Nicholas Hytner. In 2011, he appeared in " The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series ''Black Mirror''. Knott most recently ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Popplewell
Paul Popplewell (born 18 April 1977) is a British actor. He became a professional actor at 16, leaving college after gaining the lead role of Simon in the BBC television drama ''Criminal'', for which he won Best Actor at the Golden Chest Film Festival and was nominated for Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards, alongside Oscar nominees Pete Postlethwaite and Tom Wilkinson. At the age of 20, Popplewell was playing a leading role with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their production of ''Bad Weather''. Since then, he has continued to work in film, television, theatre and radio. In 2001, he played Happy Mondays bassist and founder member Paul Ryder in the Michael Winterbottom film '' 24 Hour Party People''. He later made an appearance in the music video for the Oasis single " Lyla" in 2005. Popplewell played the character of Bod in the BIFA and BAFTA winning feature film ''Tyrannosaur'', written and directed by Paddy Considine, which was released in the UK on 7 Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Whittaker
Jodie Whittaker (born 17 June 1982) is an English actress who is best known for portraying the thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' (2017–2022) and as Beth Latimer in ''Broadchurch'' (2013–2017). She came to prominence in her 2006 feature film debut ''Venus'', for which she received British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award nominations. She was later praised for her roles in the cult science fiction film ''Attack the Block'' (2011) and the '' Black Mirror'' episode " The Entire History of You" (2011). On 16 July 2017, the BBC announced that Whittaker would play the thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who''. She formally assumed the role from Peter Capaldi in the 2017 Christmas special episode " Twice Upon a Time". Whittaker appeared in her first full series as The Doctor in the eleventh series, which premiered in October 2018. She continued in the role in the twelfth series in 2020 and thirteenth series in 2021. It was announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Thomas
Antonia Laura Thomas (born 3 November 1986) is a British actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Alisha Daniels in the E4 comedy-drama series ''Misfits'', Evie in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series '' Lovesick'' and Dr. Claire Browne in the ABC drama series '' The Good Doctor''. Early life Antonia Laura Thomas was born in London in 1986, the daughter of a Jamaican mother, Veronica Thomas, a psychologist (a retired Head of Psychology at St Thomas’ hospital, London) and British father David Thomas, who is a classical singer. She has two older sisters, Emma Jay Thomas, also an actress, and Chloe Lucy Thomas, a journalist. She received a BA in acting from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2009, and then joined the National Youth Theatre. Career Thomas was cast as Alisha Daniels in ''Misfits'' in 2009, one day after leaving Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She confirmed her exit from ''Misfits'' in late 2011, stating that she had an "amazing time" on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Socha
Michael Robert Socha (born 13 December 1987) is an English actor, known for his roles in the films ''This Is England'' and ''Summer'', and the television series ''This Is England '86'', '' '88'', '' '90'', '' Being Human'', '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' and the BBC Three miniseries ''Our World War''. Early life Socha was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, to Kathleen Lyons ("Kath") and Robert Socha, on 13 December 1987. He is the older brother of actress Lauren Socha, star of the Channel 4 comedy-drama ''Misfits''. Socha was brought up in Littleover, a suburb of Derby, and attended St Benedict Catholic School. Socha was a rebellious pupil. He often skipped school, but when forced to attend he tried to make it fun by doing the things he was most interested in. When Socha was 12, his mother read in a local newspaper about a play being cast by the Chellaston Youth Players. She asked her son and daughter if they wanted to try out for it, and both did. Socha's motivation for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Blood
Nick Blood (born 20 March 1982) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Lance Hunter in Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and ''Kieran in ''Trollied''. Early life Blood was born in Aylesbury, England. He joined his local drama club at the age of 7 and soon realized that he wanted to become an actor. Blood went to local school Wingrave C&E before he was a pupil at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School in Aylesbury, and attending Bristol University. He found his pathway into acting via the ITV Drama Club. Blood subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career Film and television Blood's first acting role came in the 25th series of The Bill in a two-episode story of an armed robbery at a toy shop. He had a role as Alex, Ali's gay flatmate who works as a designer, in the BBC drama ''Material Girl'' (2010). In 2011, he appeared in the Channel 4 drama ''Misfits'' as the coma victim, Dom, Jen's boyfriend. In 2011, he was announced to play the role of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew McNulty
Michael Anthony McNulty (born 14 December 1982), known professionally as Matthew McNulty, is a German-born British actor. Early life McNulty was born on 14 December 1982 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany, and lived in Berlin and Münster before moving to Atherton, Greater Manchester Atherton () is a town in Greater Manchester, England and historically a part of Lancashire. The town, including Hindsford, Howe Bridge and Hag Fold, is south of Bolton, east of Wigan, and northwest of Manchester. From the 17th century, f ..., England when he was 10 years old. He attended Hesketh Fletcher high school and then Winstanley College He changed his stage name to Matthew McNulty when he obtained his Equity card, as there was already another Michael McNulty on the Equity list. Personal life McNulty and his wife Katie have two sons and a daughter. Filmography Film Television References External links *Matthew McNulty at Hamilton Hodell 1982 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
