#james pearcey

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Ghost Burger, a film by Lee Hardcastle

[oscarwetnwilde]

James Wilby in group photos taken from the premiere of "Vindication Swim" at The Curzon Mayfair on February 28, 2024 in London, England. (Edited pictures first and full images after.)

[brokehorrorfan]

The Vagrant will be released on Blu-ray on February 7 via Arrow Video. Robert Hack designed the new cover art for the 1992 horror comedy film; the original art is on the reverse side.

Special effects great Chris Walas (Gremlins, The Fly) directs from a script by Richard Jefferies (Cold Creek Manor, Man of the House). Bill Paxton stars with Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell, and Colleen Camp.

The Vagrant has been newly restored in 2k from the original camera negative with original lossless stereo 2.0 audio. Read on for the special features.

Special features:

Interview with director Chris Walas (new)

Interview with actor Marshall Bell (new)

Interview with actor Michael Ironside (new)

Interview with actress Colleen Camp (new)

Theatrical trailer

Image gallery

Booklet written by film critic Chris Hallock and Vagrant super-fan James Pearcey (first pressing only)

Mild-mannered financial clerk Graham Krakowski (Bill Paxton) buys a run-down starter home only to discover a vagrant, living in the empty lot across the street, keeps appearing inside. Attempts to remove the homeless man lead to a feud that spirals out of control and tests Graham’s sanity as the vagrant engages him in twisted mind games, defiling his home, and framing him for gruesome murders.

Pre-order The Vagrant.

[conradscrime]

Old October Tales: Mary Pearcey

October 01, 2022

Mary Eleanor Wheeler was born in 1866 and supposedly she is the daughter of a man named Thomas Wheeler, who was convicted and hanged for the murder of a man named Edward Anstee. However, some sources say there is no evidence to prove this. 

Mary ended up taking the surname Pearcey from a man named John Charles Pearcey, a carpenter that she lived with. John ended up leaving Mary due to infidelity. After this, Mary lived with a furniture remover named Frank Hogg, who had another significant other, Phoebe Styles. 

Phoebe had become pregnant, and Frank married her after Mary urged him too. Phoebe gave birth to a little girl who also went by the name of Phoebe Hogg. They lived in Kentish Town in London. 

On October 24, 1890, Phoebe Hogg with her daughter went to meet up with Mary. Around 4pm, neighbours reported that they heard screaming and violence. In the evening, a woman’s body was found on a heap of garbage in Hampstead. The woman’s skull had been crushed, and her head was nearly severed. 

A black baby carriage was found a mile away, with the cushions soaked in blood. A child who was 18 months old was also found dead in Finchley, appearing to be smothered to death. The woman’s body was eventually identified as Phoebe Hogg, and the toddler was identified as being her daughter, Phoebe. 

Mary Pearcey had apparently been seen pushing the baby carriage around the streets in North London after dark. The police searched Mary’s house and found blood on the walls, ceiling, blood on a skirt and apron, as well as matted hair and blood on a fireplace poker and carving knife. 

The police questioned Mary about this blood and she told them she had a problem with mice and was trying to kill them. Mary Pearcey was soon charged with murder, though she maintained her innocence through her trial. 

Mary Pearcey was convicted and hanged on December 23, 1890. Mary was hanged by a man named James Berry, who noted she had a strong composure in her cell and said she was “the most composed person in the whole [execution] party.” 

Mary’s final statement was, “My sentence is a just one, but a good deal of the evidence against me was false.” She also declined the assistance of female prison warders at first, but after more prompting accepted. 

 Mary’s murder case gained so much media attention that Madame Tussauds wax museum of London made a wax figure of Mary for their Chamber of Horrors exhibit. The museum also bought the baby pram that was used, and the contents of Mary’s kitchen. When the museum opened with these items, it attracted a crowd of 30,000 people. The noose that was used to hang Mary is on display at the Black Museum of Scotland Yard. 

Mary Pearcey has been suggested as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, and is supposedly the only female suspect mentioned at the time. The creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, speculated that Jack the Ripper may have actually been a woman, perhaps pretending to be a midwife who would’ve been seen in bloody clothing without looking suspicious. 

The theory was discussed again in 1939, in a William Stewart book called ‘Jack the Ripper: A New Theory’ which actually names Mary Pearcey in connection. However, there is no physical evidence linking Mary to the Ripper murders. 

In May of 2006, DNA testing of saliva on stamps from the letters allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper to London newspapers appeared to come from a woman. This further brought up the discussion of Mary Pearcey and her murders in the press, however, the writer of the letters may not have been the person who licked the stamps, I’d take this with a grain of salt but anything is possible. 

[wisdomfish]

So, at about four-thirty that morning...

“While still at L’Abri, I had once accosted another student, demanding that he explain why he had converted to Christianity. A pale, thin young man with a strong South African accent, he responded simply, “They shot down all my arguments.”

I continued gazing at him somewhat quizzically, expecting something more, well, dramatic. “It’s not always a big emotional experience, you know,” he said with an apologetic smile. “I just came to see that a better case could be made for Christianity than for any of the other ideas I came here with.” It was the first time I had encountered someone whose conversion had been strictly intellectual, and little did I know at the time that my own conversion would be similar.

Back in the States, as I tested out Schaeffer’s ideas in the classroom, I was also reading works by C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Os Guinness, James Sire, and other apologists. But inwardly, I also had a young person’s hunger for reality, and one day I picked up David Wilkerson’s The Cross and the Switchblade. Now, here was a story exciting enough to suit anyone’s taste for the dramatic—stories of Christians braving the slums and witnessing supernatural healings from drug addiction. Fired up with the hope that maybe God would do something equally spectacular in my own life, that night I begged Him, if He was real, to perform some supernatural sign for me—promising that if He did, I would believe in Him. Thinking that maybe this sort of thing worked better with an aggressive approach, I vowed to stay up all night until He gave me a sign.

Midnight passed, then one o’clock, two o’clock, four o’clock … my eyes were closing in spite of myself, and still no spectacular sign had appeared. Finally, rather chagrined about engaging in such theatrics, I abandoned the vigil. And as I did, suddenly I found myself speaking to God simply and directly from the depths of my spirit, with a profound sense of His presence. I acknowledged that I did not really need external signs and wonders because, in my heart of hearts, I had to admit (rather ruefully) that I was already convinced that Christianity was true.

Through the discussions at L’Abri and my readings in apologetics, I had come to realize there were good and sufficient arguments against moral relativism, physical determinism, epistemological subjectivism, and a host of other isms I had been carrying around in my head. As my South African friend had put it, all my own ideas had been shot down. The only step that remained was to acknowledge that I had been persuaded—and then give my life to the Lord of Truth.

So, at about four-thirty that morning, I quietly admitted that God had won the argument.”

~ Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth

[siscosfavoritecomics]

Today’s Public Library Trade Paperback entry is Scotland Yard by French author Dobbs and French artist/illustrator Stéphane Perger. The graphic novel is translated and published by Dark Horse Comics and collects Scotland Yard issues 1 and 2. The graphic novel is described as follows:

When Inspector Gregson is found responsible for the escape of two psychopathic criminals during a botched prisoner transfer, he’s given the opportunity to redeem himself by leading the manhunt to recapture the dangerous felons. But to do so, he may need to forge deadly new alliances on the other side of the law.

There are a couple of things that stand out here. First the art. Perger’s art is simply amazing. The pages look painted rather than drawn on the page. The art style is perfect when rendering the grittiness of Victorian era London, in which this graphic novel is based in.

The story itself involves a blend of fictional characters from British literature and real life people. Some are part of the story and some are mentioned in reference to other characters. Here is a list of some of the characters I was able to identify:

Mary Pearcey: Murdered lovers wife and hung December 1890. Was considered to be a potential Ripper candidate (Real) 

Inspector Tobias Gregson: Sherlock Holmes character (Fictional)

Inspector Frederick Abbeline: Chief Inspector for the London Metropolitan Police durng the Jack the Ripper investigator (Real)

Commissioner Fix: Created by author Dobbs? (Fictional)

Bram Stoker: Irish author of the novel Dracula (real)

Phileas Fogg: Main character from Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days (fictional)

Professor James Moriarty: Main antagonist of Sherlock Holmes (fictional)

Colonel Sebastian Moran: Villain from Sir Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories (fictional)

Murdstone Jr:: Possible son to Charles Dickens character Edward Murdstone from the novel David Copperfield? (fictional)

Inspector Bradstreet: Character from Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories (fictional)

Faustine Clerval: character by comic author Hobbs found in some of his other works such as Mister Hyde vs. Frankenstein (fictional)

The Black Museum: Scotland Yard Crime Museum (real)

Carfax: Unsure if related to Holmes story The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax or to Carfax House/ Abbey from Dracula (fictional?)

R. M. Renfield: from Bram Stoker’s Dracula (fictional)

Dr. John Seward: from Bram Stoker’s Dracula (fictional)

Wiggins: from Sherlock Holmes (fictional)

Adolf Verloc: spy/anarchist in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad (fictional)

Inspector G. Lestrade: From Sherlock Holmes (fictional)

Dr. Frederick Treves: Doctor who treated and befriended Joseph Merrick, better known as The Elephant Man (real)

Joseph Merrick: Known as The Elephant Man (real)

Henry Irving: actor and business partner of Bram Stoker (real)

If you’re a fan of British literature from the late 19th century such as the kind created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, Bram Stoker and their contemporaries, give this graphic novel a try. I think you might like it as I did.

For Further Reading:

Perger, Stéphane from the Magus of the Library website

Stéphane Perger from the Lambiek Comiclopedia

[500wordtheology]

One Christianity

    I recently had the opportunity to engage in conversation with an anti-theist on Twitter. We were discussing the topic of the No True Scotsman Fallacy (a subject featured in a future blog post) and specifically where it does not apply to Christianity in spite of it often being misused regarding that subject.

    The conversation, sadly, did not go well.

    The point he kept repeating over and over was that “all Christians claim their version of Christianity is the right one, and you [me] are doing the same thing.” What he refused to see was that at no point did I ever profess “my” version of anything.

    I do not have a version of Christianity. There is one “version” and it belongs to Christ.

    It is quite true that throughout history many people have discussed and/or fought over what exactly that entails, what “real” Christianity is. And many have drawn lines in the sand stating that it is “my way or the highway.” Essentially you either believe their version or you are wrong. 

    Quite possibly every person who does that is themselves wrong.

    Why? Because when we start claiming anything to do with *us* (ie. “my version” or “my interpretations” or anything of the sort) we utterly miss the truth of God. God is God, we are not. The correct version belongs to Him, not to us. We may be in alignment with that version (and we should strive to be) but even if we are it is never ours. It is always His. The very idea that it somehow belongs to us is a wide-open door to let Pride waltz into our lives and take control.

    We can believe true things or believe false things. But if we believe false things our belief does not magically transform the false things into the truth. This is why I feel an approach using the concept of Alignment is so wise. When we are in alignment with truth, it changes us, not truth. Truth is truth whether we are in OR out of alignment with it. Put bluntly, truth doesn’t care what we think. It marches onward.

    I bring this up as a reminder to Christians and non-Christians alike. There is one Christianity. It is determined by God, not by man. The mere men who point us toward it (Peter, Paul, James, Augustine, Aquinas, Lewis, Wright, Pearcey, Chesterton, Spurgeon, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.) point to Christ, not to themselves. Not to their beliefs (though they may at times share them with us) but to God’s truth. And if you have any interest in learning that truth - of being in alignment with it - I encourage you to seek God. He will tell you of HIS truth. He will certainly give you people in this life to help, but ultimately it is not about them or their beliefs. It is certainly not about me or what I personally think. It is, rightfully, about God’s objective truth.

[from-tiny-pennies]

Mary Pearcey - Jealous Lover

Mary Pearcey – Jealous Lover

Mary Eleanor Wheeler was born in 1866, her childhood was not an easy one and in 1882 when she was 16 years old her father James was injured at work. He was carried back to the house but his injuries were so severe that he died 48 hours later. Mary and her mother went to live in Kentish Town and when Mary was 19 she met a carpenter named John Charles Pearcey. Although they never married Mary…

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Antoni Maiovvi - Abdullah - soundtrack for the short film Abdullah, written & directed by Evrim Ersoy (embedded below)

Abdullah is a mini cab driver who lives in a small flat with men from his hometown in Turkey. He’s a fairly devoted Muslim man whose everyday existence consists of a humdrum routine: driving people around London but never going anywhere himself. He is a lonely man, ignored by those around him, ignored by those who know him and even ignored by the city he exists in. He encounters people at the restaurant, at the barber shop, in his cab and at the cabbie stop. Everyone looks through him, choosing not to see him. An encounter with a young man promises the beginning of something – but Abdullah’s loneliness is too large to conquer. He becomes alive for one brief moment, he violently destroys the only promise he ever had – and then the routine consumes Abdullah, once again. Shot on Kodak 35mm (4perf Anamorphic), finished at 4k. Stereo mix included here, but originally mixed as 5.1

Credits: Ne'er Do Well Productions Ltd. Written and Directed - Evrim Ersoy Produced - James Pearcey & Russell Would Co-Producer - Katherine O’Shea Director of Photography - Stephen Murphy Music Composed - Antoni Maiovvi & The Karakura Orchestra Edited – Russell Would Sound Design & Mix – Robert Davis Sound Recordist – Christopher West

Cast Abdullah - Gabriel Horn Handsome Young Man - Matthew Noble Ali - Aidan Creegan Barber - Murat Erkek Waiter - Rami Nasr Huseyin - Robin Kirwan Businessman – Lucien Morgan Sad Woman – Carla Harrison-Hodge

[artwalktv]

Born out of his Jamaica sound system roots, DJ Kool Herc changed the face of the planet in the 1970’s resourcefully creating something out of nothing called Hip-Hop. Heavy bass, scratching, break dancing, rap, graffiti art and dress code, mixing old flavours making new fresh statements are at the core of the culture's expression. All of these component parts of HIP HOP, I love, live for and are the driving forces behind what drove me to write, produce, finance and direct my contribution to the culture called Hip Hop Cafe. A short film for real HIP HOP heads globally, this one is for you. As far as I am aware a film like hasn’t existed until now. Have a watch, like it, share it, and hit me up if you want to see HOP CAFE 2 Follow Hip Hop Cafe Website: http://bit.ly/2jrVquB Instagram: instagram.com/hiphopcafefilm Twitter: twitter.com/HipHopCafeFilm Credits Written, directed and produced by Robbie Samuels http://bit.ly/2FGaaPf Producers: James Pearcey, Pranav Arya, Russell Would Line Producers: Romain Richard, Alex Olivares & Patrick Greene Cast Jack: Osy Ikhile Jenny: Carla Harrison-Hodge Marge: Shola Adewusi Bonita: Jenny Mayers Waitress: Ania Sowinski Waiter: Tom Haywood Chess Player: Tunji Falana Hov: Gary Beadle Mr Dobalina: Masashi Fujimoto Saxophone man: Miguel D'Oliveira Chef: Femi Houghton Production Director of Photography: Andrew Kuchanny Production Designer: Vicky Hurley Editor: Paul Boobyer Costume Designer: Anne-Aurélie Pillet First Ad: Chris Malin Second Ad: Sam Bokma Gaffer: Jim Agnew Spark: Edward Hiscox Production Assistants: Claire Nolan & Huw Edwards DIT: Henri Plint Prop Buyer: Felicity Wetherell 1st AC: Calvin Day 2nd AC: Abi Hurcomb Grip: Carl ’Lump’ Dunn Sound Recordist: Rowan October Wardrobe Assistant: Hanna Szirmai Makeup Artist: Jessica Goh Stills Photography: Cregg St. Rose Catering: Mamma & Honnie Tang Post-Production Titles and Credit Design: Mark One & Bentley Middlewick Digital Distortion Pre-Visualisation: Dan Sollis & Phil Trease Time Based Arts Post Producer: Sean Ewins Compositing: Jamie Crofts, Ralph Briscoe Additional Compositing: Linda Cieniawska Colourist: Jack McGinty Vaudeville Sound Supervisor: Scott Marshall Re-Recording Mixer: Luke Hatfield Dialogue Editor: Vincenzo Bosa Sound Designer: Tom Joyce Music Original Music by: Golden Kimono Dedicated to Nick, a man that loved the music more than most.

[3rnex]

Born out of his Jamaica sound system roots, DJ Kool Herc changed the face of the planet in the 1970’s resourcefully creating something out of nothing called Hip-Hop. Heavy bass, scratching, break dancing, rap, graffiti art and dress code, mixing old flavours making new fresh statements are at the core of the culture's expression. All of these component parts of HIP HOP, I love, live for and are the driving forces behind what drove me to write, produce, finance and direct my contribution to the culture called Hip Hop Cafe. A short film for real HIP HOP heads globally, this one is for you. As far as I am aware a film like this hasn’t existed until now. Have a watch, like it, share it, and hit me up if you want to see HIP HOP CAFE 2 Follow Hip Hop Cafe Website: https://ift.tt/2rgrp4v Instagram: instagram.com/hiphopcafefilm Twitter: twitter.com/HipHopCafeFilm Credits Written, directed and produced by Robbie Samuels www.superrocketman.com Producers: James Pearcey, Pranav Arya, Russell Would Line Producers: Romain Richard, Alex Olivares & Patrick Greene Cast Jack: Osy Ikhile Jenny: Carla Harrison-Hodge Marge: Shola Adewusi Bonita: Jenny Mayers Waitress: Ania Sowinski Waiter: Tom Haywood Chess Player: Tunji Falana Hov: Gary Beadle Mr Dobalina: Masashi Fujimoto Saxophone man: Miguel D'Oliveira Chef: Femi Houghton Production Director of Photography: Andrew Kuchanny Production Designer: Vicky Hurley Editor: Paul Boobyer Costume Designer: Anne-Aurélie Pillet First Ad: Chris Malin Second Ad: Sam Bokma Gaffer: Jim Agnew Spark: Edward Hiscox Production Assistants: Claire Nolan & Huw Edwards DIT: Henri Plint Prop Buyer: Felicity Wetherell 1st AC: Calvin Day 2nd AC: Abi Hurcomb Grip: Carl ’Lump’ Dunn Sound Recordist: Rowan October Wardrobe Assistant: Hanna Szirmai Makeup Artist: Jessica Goh Stills Photography: Cregg St. Rose Catering: Mamma & Honnie Tang Post-Production Titles and Credit Design: Mark One & Bentley Middlewick Digital Distortion Pre-Visualisation: Dan Sollis & Phil Trease Time Based Arts Post Producer: Sean Ewins Compositing: Jamie Crofts, Ralph Briscoe Additional Compositing: Linda Cieniawska Colourist: Jack McGinty Vaudeville Sound Supervisor: Scott Marshall Re-Recording Mixer: Luke Hatfield Dialogue Editor: Vincenzo Bosa Sound Designer: Tom Joyce Music Original Music by: Golden Kimono Dedicated to Nick, a man that loved the music more than most.

[dreamcitychurch]

Born out of his Jamaica sound system roots, DJ Kool Herc changed the face of the planet in the 1970’s resourcefully creating something out of nothing called Hip-Hop. Heavy bass, scratching, break dancing, rap, graffiti art and dress code, mixing old flavours making new fresh statements are at the core of the culture's expression. All of these component parts of HIP HOP, I love, live for and are the driving forces behind what drove me to write, produce, finance and direct my contribution to the culture called Hip Hop Cafe. A short film for real HIP HOP heads globally, this one is for you. As far as I am aware a film like this hasn’t existed until now. Have a watch, like it, share it, and hit me up if you want to see HIP HOP CAFE 2 Follow Hip Hop Cafe Website: https://ift.tt/2rgrp4v Instagram: instagram.com/hiphopcafefilm Twitter: twitter.com/HipHopCafeFilm Credits Written, directed and produced by Robbie Samuels www.superrocketman.com Producers: James Pearcey, Pranav Arya, Russell Would Line Producers: Romain Richard, Alex Olivares & Patrick Greene Cast Jack: Osy Ikhile Jenny: Carla Harrison-Hodge Marge: Shola Adewusi Bonita: Jenny Mayers Waitress: Ania Sowinski Waiter: Tom Haywood Chess Player: Tunji Falana Hov: Gary Beadle Mr Dobalina: Masashi Fujimoto Saxophone man: Miguel D'Oliveira Chef: Femi Houghton Production Director of Photography: Andrew Kuchanny Production Designer: Vicky Hurley Editor: Paul Boobyer Costume Designer: Anne-Aurélie Pillet First Ad: Chris Malin Second Ad: Sam Bokma Gaffer: Jim Agnew Spark: Edward Hiscox Production Assistants: Claire Nolan & Huw Edwards DIT: Henri Plint Prop Buyer: Felicity Wetherell 1st AC: Calvin Day 2nd AC: Abi Hurcomb Grip: Carl ’Lump’ Dunn Sound Recordist: Rowan October Wardrobe Assistant: Hanna Szirmai Makeup Artist: Jessica Goh Stills Photography: Cregg St. Rose Catering: Mamma & Honnie Tang Post-Production Titles and Credit Design: Mark One & Bentley Middlewick Digital Distortion Pre-Visualisation: Dan Sollis & Phil Trease Time Based Arts Post Producer: Sean Ewins Compositing: Jamie Crofts, Ralph Briscoe Additional Compositing: Linda Cieniawska Colourist: Jack McGinty Vaudeville Sound Supervisor: Scott Marshall Re-Recording Mixer: Luke Hatfield Dialogue Editor: Vincenzo Bosa Sound Designer: Tom Joyce Music Original Music by: Golden Kimono Dedicated to Nick, a man that loved the music more than most.

[ozkamal]

Born out of his Jamaica sound system roots, DJ Kool Herc changed the face of the planet in the 1970’s resourcefully creating something out of nothing called Hip-Hop. Heavy bass, scratching, break dancing, rap, graffiti art and dress code, mixing old flavours making new fresh statements are at the core of the culture's expression. All of these component parts of HIP HOP, I love, live for and are the driving forces behind what drove me to write, produce, finance and direct my contribution to the culture called Hip Hop Cafe. A short film for real HIP HOP heads globally, this one is for you. As far as I am aware a film like hasn’t existed until now. Have a watch, like it, share it, and hit me up if you want to see HOP CAFE 2 Follow Hip Hop Cafe Website: https://ift.tt/2rgrp4v Instagram: instagram.com/hiphopcafefilm Twitter: twitter.com/HipHopCafeFilm Credits Written, directed and produced by Robbie Samuels www.superrocketman.com Producers: James Pearcey, Pranav Arya, Russell Would Line Producers: Romain Richard, Alex Olivares & Patrick Greene Cast Jack: Osy Ikhile Jenny: Carla Harrison-Hodge Marge: Shola Adewusi Bonita: Jenny Mayers Waitress: Ania Sowinski Waiter: Tom Haywood Chess Player: Tunji Falana Hov: Gary Beadle Mr Dobalina: Masashi Fujimoto Saxophone man: Miguel D'Oliveira Chef: Femi Houghton Production Director of Photography: Andrew Kuchanny Production Designer: Vicky Hurley Editor: Paul Boobyer Costume Designer: Anne-Aurélie Pillet First Ad: Chris Malin Second Ad: Sam Bokma Gaffer: Jim Agnew Spark: Edward Hiscox Production Assistants: Claire Nolan & Huw Edwards DIT: Henri Plint Prop Buyer: Felicity Wetherell 1st AC: Calvin Day 2nd AC: Abi Hurcomb Grip: Carl ’Lump’ Dunn Sound Recordist: Rowan October Wardrobe Assistant: Hanna Szirmai Makeup Artist: Jessica Goh Stills Photography: Cregg St. Rose Catering: Mamma & Honnie Tang Post-Production Titles and Credit Design: Mark One & Bentley Middlewick Digital Distortion Pre-Visualisation: Dan Sollis & Phil Trease Time Based Arts Post Producer: Sean Ewins Compositing: Jamie Crofts, Ralph Briscoe Additional Compositing: Linda Cieniawska Colourist: Jack McGinty Vaudeville Sound Supervisor: Scott Marshall Re-Recording Mixer: Luke Hatfield Dialogue Editor: Vincenzo Bosa Sound Designer: Tom Joyce Music Original Music by: Golden Kimono Dedicated to Nick, a man that loved the music more than most.

[dj-maxx-92]

Hip Hop Cafe from superrocketman on Vimeo.

Born out of his Jamaica sound system roots, DJ Kool Herc changed the face of the planet in the 1970’s resourcefully creating something out of nothing called Hip-Hop. Heavy bass, scratching, break dancing, rap, graffiti art and dress code, mixing old flavours making new fresh statements are at the core of the culture's expression. All of these component parts of HIP HOP, I love, live for and are the driving forces behind what drove me to write, produce, finance and direct my contribution to the culture called Hip Hop Cafe.

A short film for real HIP HOP heads globally, this one is for you. As far as I am aware a film like hasn’t existed until now. Have a watch, like it, share it, and hit me up if you want to see HOP CAFE 2

Follow Hip Hop Cafe Website: hiphopcafefilm.co.uk Instagram: instagram.com/hiphopcafefilm Twitter: twitter.com/HipHopCafeFilm

Credits

Written, directed and produced by Robbie Samuels superrocketman.com Producers: James Pearcey, Pranav Arya, Russell Would Line Producers: Romain Richard, Alex Olivares & Patrick Greene

Cast

Jack: Osy Ikhile Jenny: Carla Harrison-Hodge Marge: Shola Adewusi Bonita: Jenny Mayers Waitress: Ania Sowinski Waiter: Tom Haywood Chess Player: Tunji Falana Hov: Gary Beadle Mr Dobalina: Masashi Fujimoto Saxophone man: Miguel D'Oliveira Chef: Femi Houghton

Production

Director of Photography: Andrew Kuchanny Production Designer: Vicky Hurley Editor: Paul Boobyer Costume Designer: Anne-Aurélie Pillet First Ad: Chris Malin Second Ad: Sam Bokma Gaffer: Jim Agnew Spark: Edward Hiscox

Production Assistants: Claire Nolan & Huw Edwards DIT: Henri Plint Prop Buyer: Felicity Wetherell 1st AC: Calvin Day 2nd AC: Abi Hurcomb Grip: Carl ’Lump’ Dunn Sound Recordist: Rowan October Wardrobe Assistant: Hanna Szirmai Makeup Artist: Jessica Goh Stills Photography: Cregg St. Rose Catering: Mamma & Honnie Tang

Post-Production

Titles and Credit Design: Mark One & Bentley Middlewick

Digital Distortion

Pre-Visualisation: Dan Sollis & Phil Trease

Time Based Arts

Post Producer: Sean Ewins Compositing: Jamie Crofts, Ralph Briscoe Additional Compositing: Linda Cieniawska Colourist: Jack McGinty

Vaudeville

Sound Supervisor: Scott Marshall Re-Recording Mixer: Luke Hatfield Dialogue Editor: Vincenzo Bosa Sound Designer: Tom Joyce

Music

Original Music by: Golden Kimono

Dedicated to Nick, a man that loved the music more than most.

[eatingexeter]

Following a nail-biting series of opening rounds, the panel of judges for South West Chef of the Year 2017 has now selected its semi-finalists and finalists for this prestigious competition. Championed by Michael Caines MBE, South West Chef of the Year has been showcasing and supporting exceptional, culinary talent in the peninsula for the last 14 years. The competition attracts home cooks, youngsters aged from 11 years and student/apprentice, young professional and professional chefs. This year, for the first time, the winner of Devon Life’s Home Cook of the Year has received automatic entry into the South West Chef of the Year Home Cook category final. Emy Mordue of Exeter will pit her skill and imagination against four other finalists hailing from Dorset, Devon and Gloucestershire.

As well as offering culinary enthusiasts and passionate professionals in the region the opportunity to cook for some of the South West’s best chefs, including Lympstone Manor’s Michael Caines, the competition provides a spring board for emerging talent. South West Chef of the Year also aims to champion the region’s exceptional produce, celebrate its creativity and promote professional cooking as an exciting and satisfying career choice.

Michael Caines said: “The competition is hotting up and we’re now at the stage where my fellow judges and I can look forward to tasting the menus created by our semi-finalists and finalists. I can’t wait as this is one of the most exciting parts of the competition during which we can see what entrants are trying to achieve; how they have been inspired by the fantastic local produce we ask them to use; how skilled they are at putting flavours together and importantly, how innovative their cooking is.”

Joining Michael on the judging panel are Michael Wignall of Gidleigh Park and Chris and James Tanner of Barbican Kitchen and Kentish Hare to mention but a few. As well as assessing entrants on their flair and creativity, the judges will provide invaluable support for those entering the final rounds with feedback and advice. Testament to the competition’s reputation and nurturing ethos is the return of entrants for consecutive years. 2017’s competition will see the return of several of last year’s competitors including the 2016 winners of the Home Cook and Student/Apprentice categories: Sue Stoneman, aiming to defend her Home Cook title and Harrison Brockington now striving to add the Young Professional Chef award to his collection as his career progresses.

The Professional, Young Professional and Student/Apprentice Chef categories will now enter the semi-final stage taking place at Exeter College on Saturday 30th September whilst those selected in the Home Cook category will go directly to a final at Ashburton Cookery School on Saturday 14th October. Here they will be joined by the Junior Chef finalists who have all won the junior title in their own counties to gain a place in the South West final.  The grand finals for the Professional, Young Professional and Student/Apprentice Chefs will take place on Wednesday 25th October at Exeter College followed by a glittering awards presentation evening and sumptuous dinner at Exeter Golf and Country Club.

Tickets are now available for this prestigious event with a delicious dinner prepared by three highly acclaimed and award winning chefs: Michael Caines MBE; Jamie Coleman, Head Chef at The Masons Arms, Knowstone who won South West Chef of the Year 2016 and James Mason, Head Chef at Kentisbury Grange and winner of South West Young Professional Chef of the Year 2015. The evening will start with a drinks reception with canapés followed by a three-course meal with wines for each course. The evening will conclude with the announcement of the winners of South West Chef of the Year 2017. Tickets can be purchased online at just £85 each.

This year’s semi-finalists and finalists:

Professional Category Semi-finalists – Sponsored by Ritter Courivaud

Martin Blake, Senior Sous Chef, The Manor House Hotel, Castle Combe, Wiltshire

James Checkley, Sous Chef, Kentisbury Grange, Barnstaple, Devon

Robert Cox, Head Chef, Tudor Farmhouse Hotel and Restaurant, Clearwell, Gloucestershire

Joseph Fallowfield, Sous Chef, Kota Restaurant, Porthleven, Cornwall

Jozsef Kuti, Sous Chef, The Old Stocks Inn, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire

David Mann, Sous Chef, Boringdon Hall Hotel, Plympton, Devon

Dale McIntosh, Head Chef, Gylly Beach Café, Falmouth, Cornwall

Chris Young, Sous Chef, Buckland Manor, Broadway, Gloucestershire

  Young Professional Category Semi-finalists – Sponsored by Lympstone Manor and Michael Caines MBE

Claire Andrew, Commis Chef, Kentisbury Grange, Barnstaple, Devon

Harrison Brockington, Chef de Partie, Grosvenor Hotel, Torquay, Devon

James Glover, Chef de Partie, Deer Park Country House Hotel, Honiton, Devon

Thomas Herbert, Commis Chef, Lucknam Park, Bath

Joshua Murphy, Demi Chef de Partie, Lucknam Park, Bath

Joseph Oliver, Demi Chef de Partie, Buckland Manor, Broadway, Gloucestershire

Lawrence Snowden, Junior Sous Chef, The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall

Paul Wearing, Senior Chef de Partie, Boringdon Hall Hotel, Plympton, Devon

  Home Cook Category Finalists – Sponsored by Ashburton Cookery School

Andrew Callaghan, Verwood, Dorset

Lucinda Ellicott, Paignton, Devon

Emy Mordue, Exeter, Devon (Devon Life Home Cook 2016)

Kelly Shannon, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Sue Stoneman, Exmouth, Devon

  Junior Chef Category Finalists

Cornwall

Anna West, Penair School, Truro

Anna will be mentored by Stephane Delourme at The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow

Devon

Samantha Taylor-Clarke, Stover School, Newton Abbot

Samantha will be mentored by Mark Dodson at The Masons Arms, Knowstone

Dorset

Emily Henson, Bournemouth School for Girls

Emily will be mentored by Brett Sutton at The White Post, Rimpton

Gloucestershire

Amber Clay, Alderman Knight School, Tewkesbury

Amber will be mentored by Gus Ashenford at Restaurant 5 North Street, Winchcombe

Somerset

Munopa Nhete, Queen’s College, Taunton

Munopa will be mentored by Liam Finnegan at The Castle Hotel, Taunton

Wiltshire

Vikki Pearcey Thorn, Lavington School, Market Lavingotn

Vikki will be mentored by Hywel Jones at Lucknam Park

  Student/Apprentice Chef Category – Sponsored by Nisbets

Catering colleges across the South West are invited to put forward a student/apprentice chef for a guaranteed place in the semi-final of this category and, in addition, a small number of places are also available to those opting to enter this category directly.  Colleges putting a student forward are asked to confirm the name of the student once colleges return for the autumn term in September and so further students may be added to this list at that time.

Alexander Andrew, City College Plymouth, Devon

John Brimicombe, Exeter College and Boringdon Hall Hotel, Plympton, Devon

Jamie Cassidy, Bridgwater and Taunton College, Somerset

Matthue Clarke, Gloucestershire College, Cheltenham

Katie Endicott, Bridgwater and Taunton College, Somerset

Thomas Greatrix, Gloucestershire College, Cheltenham

William Hamzij, Exeter College and Driftwood Hotel, Porscatho, Cornwall

Ford Thanyapat Khwanyuen, Truro and Penwith College, Cornwall

Eleanor Thuell, Exeter College and Rodean Restaurant, Kenton, Devon

  For more information visit:

Website:              www.southwestchef.co.uk

Twitter:               @SWChefComp

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Judges announce semi-finalists and finalists of South West Chef of the Year 2017 Following a nail-biting series of opening rounds, the panel of judges for South West Chef of the Year 2017 has now selected its semi-finalists and finalists for this prestigious competition.

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