Advantages: Dark, gritty & enthrawling Disadvantages: A bit slow at times
for on the British film scene. ThisIs England is his biggest film to date however he?s worked on a quite a few others such as the lesser known: A Room For Romeo Brass & Dead Man?s Shoes.
The main stars of the film are played by Thomas Turgoose who plays 12 year old Shaun & Stephen Graham who plays racist bigot Combo. Thomas Turgoose, who?s now 16 has appeared in British horror film Eden Lake & another Shane Meadow?s film Somers Town. Stephen Graham who throughout the film I was scratching my head trying to recall where I?d seen him before is actually the guy in the Artic Monkey?s video for ?When The Sun Goes Down? apart from that he?s appeared in several films including: Snatch, Gangs Of New York & Goal.
The film is set in 1983 & basically revolves around 12 year old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) who, after being involved in a fight at school is ...
Advantages: Thomas Turgoose, British, nostalga, powerful, thought provoking Disadvantages: Depressing
Being a "Skinhead Movie" it is inevitable that Thisis England gets compared to American History X. Whereas Shane Meadows' epic portrayal of 1980s Britain isn't as much a social commentary about racism and how to overcome it as American History X is, it does, however, provide the perfect mix of nostalgia, individual insecurity, and violent bigotry that makes Thisis England a personal and powerful experience best approached with your grandmother's old English hanky.
What a weird and wonderful era the 1980s was in Britain. If you're fortunate, or unfortunate, enough to remember a time when Roland Rat and Maggie Thatcher ruled our televisions then you'll find yourself bathing in a mix of nostalgic excitement and/or restraining yourself from smashing the TV to a pulp with the film's opening montage. This sets the menacing air ...
Thisis the Bear
I do like this book, and have used it on many occasions in mainstream and special schools. It's a simple story which has also been enjoyed by my own three children.
~~Story and Illustrations~~
The best thing about this book is the simplicity of the story and the illustrations.
The story focuses on three main characters who do appear in the other books by the same author. These characters are the boy, the dog, and the bear, and whilst they are usually very good friends, the story starts with dog pushing bear in the in. Bless- we actually see bear been lifted over the edge of the bin by dog. From here on, an adventure starts, with bear being picked up and put in the rubbish truck.
Bear is put on the rubbish dump, and boy goes to find him?"Thisis the boy who took the bus and went to the dump to make ...
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