Dead Man’s Shoes, 2004. Directed by Shane Meadows. Starring Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell, Stuart Wolfenden, Emily Aston, Neil Bell, and Paul Sadot. SYNOPSIS: A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally challenged brother years ago. One thing that British cinema has always done well […]
UPDATE: Shane Meadows debunks This Is England ’92 report
UPDATE: Following yesterday’s tweet from Thomas Turgoose stating that “This Is England ’92 confirmed”, director Shane Meadows has taken to Twitter himself to debunk the claim, with Turgoose subsequently claiming that his friends had got their hands on his phone and tweeted out the fake news. Here's an announcement for you…. Don't believe everything you […]
Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole announces its cast
This Is England director Shane Meadows is set to reunite with actors Michael Socha and Thomas Turgoose on The Gallows Pole, a historical drama series based upon the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers. Socha and Turgoose will star alongside a cast that includes George MacKay (1917), Tom Burke (Mank), Sophie McShera (Cinderella), […]
Shane Meadows reunites with Stephen Graham and Helen Behan for The Virtues
Variety is reporting that Shane Meadows is reuniting with This Is England stars Stephen Graham and Helen Behan for The Virtues, a new four-part TV series penned by Jack Thorne. The series will see Graham as Joseph, a man who returns home to Ireland to confront a troubled past after having been brought up in the […]
Shane Meadows hints at a final This Is England feature film
It looks like the BAFTA-winning This Is England ’90 may not be the final chapter of Shane Meadows’ acclaimed This Is England saga after all, as the filmmaker has revealed to The Sun that he has plans to reunite the gang for one final feature special. “There is one This Is England left,” said Meadows. “I’ve […]
This Is England ’90 Episode 4 Review – ‘Winter’
Tom Beasley bids farewell to This Is England with a review of the final, feature-length episode of This Is England ’90, which looks set to be the end of the decade-old franchise… It’s finally happened. After the best part of a decade on our screens – whether big or small – Shane Meadows has finally […]
This Is England ’90 Episode 3 Review – ‘Autumn’
Tom Beasley reviews the penultimate episode of This Is England ’90, which has now fully embraced the dark heart of its creator… Misery is arguably the staple ingredient of Shane Meadows’ sprawling This Is England universe. It’s what drives these characters into the compelling drama that has allowed them to maintain such a potent presence […]
This Is England ’90 Episode 2 Review – ‘Summer’
Tom Beasley reviews the second episode of This Is England ’90, in which the hazy delirium of a party in a field mingles with the oncoming storm of a figure from the gang’s past… As entertaining as last week’s premiere episode of This Is England ’90 was, it was tough to get away from the […]
This Is England ’90 Episode 1 Review – ‘Spring’
Tom Beasley reviews the first episode of Shane Meadows’ latest, and possibly final, return to the This Is England universe… From the moment we’re tossed back into the world of This Is England ’90, it’s as if we’ve never been away. Shane Meadows’ captures the milieu of working class Britain and the lives of his […]
