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Welcome To Curiosity
''Welcome to Curiosity'' is a 2018 British crime thriller film directed by Ben Pickering and starring Amrita Acharia, Jack Ashton, Richard Blackwood, Kacey Clarke, Lili Bordán, Stephen Marcus and Finn Corney. It is the world's first film to have raised its entire production budget through equity crowdfunding. Cast *Amrita Acharia as Zoe/Lee Hunting *Jack Ashton as Sean *Richard Blackwood as Fordy * Kacey Clarke as Martine *Brian Croucher as Ernest Stubbs * Gary Grant as Tim *Cristian Solimeno as Dexter *Terry Sweeney as Lewis *Eke Chukwu as Al *O’Ar Pali as DS Binon *Darren Ripley as DI Jackson *Monty Burgess as Topic *Lara Heller as Duffy *Finn Corney as Elliott *Lily Joseph as Holly *Christopher Rithin as Thomas * Sofya Skya as Alina *Lili Bordán as Dr Jones *Stephen Marcus as Max *Danny Howard as OZ *Eloise Dale as Julie *Nigel Billing as Nigel *Jon Campling as Sid *Duncan Casey as Derrick * Sean Cronin as Nikolai Production Principal photography began on 29 April 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Pickering
Ben Pickering (born 23 June 1979) is a London-born filmmaker and novelist. He is best known for directing the crime film, crime thrillers ''The Smoke (film), Two Days in the Smoke'' and ''Welcome to Curiosity'', producing the award-winning ''Election Night (2020 film), Election Night'' and ''Give Them Wings'' and for his dystopian alternative history novel ''Freiheit (novel), Freiheit''. Childhood Born in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley to Welsh parents, Pickering returned to live in Wales’ second city Swansea when he was one. He grew up in the city, studying at the now defunct Dumbarton House School (whose alumni include Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Ffynone House School before studying Politics at Swansea University. Early film career Pickering's first foray into film-making came in 1995 when aged just 16 he produced and starred in his first feature film, the coming-of-age drama ''Backstreet''. Two years later he produced and starred in the no-budget gangster thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Grant (actor)
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Gary Grant may refer to: * Gary Grant (actor), British television actor *Gary Grant (basketball), American former basketball player *Gary Grant (musician), horn player on albums such as ''Choose Love'' * Gary Grant (politician) (born 1934), American politician, member of the Washington state House of Representatives * Gary Grant (serial killer) (born 1951), American serial killer See also * Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Cornwall
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In England
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Thriller Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Films
2018 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2018, festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "2018 has been a banner year for movies, but you'd never know it from a trip to a local multiplex—or from a glimpse at the Oscarizables. The gap between what's good and what's widely available in theatres—between the cinema of resistance and the cinema of consensus—is wider than ever." He also stated, "In some cases, streaming has filled the gap. Several of the year's best movies, such ''Shirkers'' and ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'', are being released by Netflix at the same time as (or just after) a limited theatrical run. Others, which barely qualified as having theatrical releases (one theatre for a week), are now available to stream online, on demand, and are more widely accessible to viewers (albeit at home) tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Borstal
Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour. Construction started in 1875 but was suspended in 1885. The fort was completed around 1895. it was one of a series of four forts that ringed Chatham. Fort Borstal was designed to hold the high ground southwest of Rochester, South East England. It is of polygonal design and was not originally armed. An anti-aircraft battery was based there in the Second World War. A gauge railway was built connecting the four Chatham ring forts of Borstal, Bridgewoods, Horstead and Luton. A rope-worked incline led west from Fort Borstal down to a gravel pit and wharf on the River Medway. About of track remains intact at Fort Borstal. After many years' use as a pig farm and store for the nearby Young Offenders Institution it was sold in 1991 to a company hoping to make it a museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England. Owned by Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd under a 999-year lease from BT Group plc, it was at one time the largest satellite earth station in the world, with more than 30 communication antennas and dishes in use. The site also links into undersea cable lines. History Its first dish, Antenna One (dubbed "Arthur"), was built in 1962 to link with Telstar. It was the first open parabolic design and is 25.9 metres (85 feet) in diameter and weighs 1,118 tonnes. After Pleumeur-Bodou Ground Station (Brittany) which received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the United States via the Telstar satellite at 0H47 GMT on 11 July 1962, Arthur received his first video in the middle of the same day. It is now a Grade II listed structure and is therefore protected. The site has also played a key role in communications even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Cronin (actor)
Sean Cronin (born 1964) is an English actor and director. Cronin is best known for playing villains. He is of Italian and Spanish descent. Career Cronin was vocalist for the gothic rock band The Marionettes, which formed in 1986 and toured with bands such as Pearl Jam and Nirvana The band released four albums between 1990 and 1998. In 1999, Cronin began his acting career playing a High Priest in ''The Mummy''. He subsequently had small roles in ''The World Is Not Enough'' and ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''. In 2015 he played a villain in '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation''. He also appeared as Max, one of the villainous Ferrino brothers (along with Bruce Payne as Ray), in ''The Antwerp Dolls''. In 2016 he played the eponymous villain in ''Kill Kane'', opposite Vinnie Jones. He has also been cast in ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'', based on J. K. Rowling's novel ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'', and sequel of the Finnish superhero film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofya Skya
Sofya Andreyevna Arzhakovskaya (russian: Софья Андреевна Аржаковская; born 12 August 1987), known professionally as Sofya Skya (sometimes Sofya Skaya) (russian: Софья Ская, link=no) is a Russian actress, ballet dancer and acting coach. Early life Skya was born in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). Her grandmother, Emma Shchetinina, was a famous harpist and teacher, while her grandfather, Mark Fliderman, was a concertmaster of The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia. Skya began attending dance classes at a young age, and when she turned nine, she enrolled at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. At the age of twelve, she moved to Ufa for further training in ballet. She graduated from The Bashkir Choreographic College. As a principal dancer, Skya performed solo in such ballets as Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Snow White, La Esmeralda, and Raymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Solimeno
Cristian David Solimeno (born 27 April 1975) is a British actor, writer and director. Personal life Solimeno was born in Hammersmith, London, England. He grew up in Paris and is of English and Italian descent via his father Ambrogio. Career He has played DC Dick Hall in the fifth and final series of '' Wycliffe'' in 1998, Jason Turner in ''Footballers' Wives'', and has also had a number of guest roles in other British television series, and appeared in the 2000 film '' Dead Babies'', 2005 Happy New Year special of ''The Vicar of Dibley'' and the 2006 series '' Strictly Confidential''. He was The Guardian in '' Highlander: The Source''. He starred alongside Philip Glenister, John Simm and Ashley Walters is the 2008 film ''Tu£sday''. In the same year he appeared in '' Perfect Hideout''. In 2011, Solimeno wrote and directed a feature film called ''The Glass Man'' starring Andy Nyman and James Cosmo. In 2013, he played Jonathan in ''The Bible'' TV Mini-Series. In 2013 and 2014, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Croucher
Brian Croucher (born 23 January 1942) is an English actor and director best known for his role as Ted Hills, which he played from 1995 to 1997, in the soap opera '' EastEnders''. Croucher also had a regular role in the science fiction series ''Blake's 7''. Biography Croucher has appeared in a number of science fiction programmes, including being the second actor to portray Travis in ''Blake's 7''. He played Borg in the '' Doctor Who'' story ''The Robots of Death''. He also appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off '' Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans''. Earlier, in 1973, he played a key protagonist in the children's adventure series '' The Jensen Code''. In 1978, Croucher played a major role opposite Tom Bell in the Thames Television/Euston Films thriller series '' Out''. He also played the role of Rooky in the Southern Television series ''The Famous Five'', in the double episode "Five Get into Trouble". One of Croucher's earliest film roles was in the Carol Reed film music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
