Bob Hoskins

Scrooged, an irrefutable 90’s film about a cynical, sarcastic, and terribly witty Frank Cross deals with the turmoil of life and death in a breaking-the-fourth-wall film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Scrooged is an interesting adaptation, compared to the usual animated family-friendly films that pay homage to the Christmas spirit. This film is not only different than the run of the mill film that copies the novel word for word, it also carries the darker tones of the classic Charles Dickens…

After three cases had gone by I finally had the courage to ask the Judge a couple of questions. Since I was doing a project on Probation Supervised Youth I mentioned the crossover youth and she told me that it was the wrong term and I should be using dually involved youth, which helped for the assignment. During the small break while waiting for another case, Ramona and I made plans to come back and meet at the courthouse Thursday at 8:30am, so I could experience the North Wing which is the…

Strawberry Studios, a stones throw from the TPi office in Stockport, and one of the few UK recording spaces outside of the nations capital, opened its doors for a year-long 50th anniversary tour, and open-days featuring a range of original recording fixtures at Mondiale Publishing. Since its inception in early 1968, Strawberry Studios has been the recording space for a range of big names, such as Paul McCartney, Neil Sedaka, and the Stone Roses, to name but a few of the artists, who recorded at…

The Selfish Giant is a story about a process of a selfish giant becoming a generous one. The Giant had a very beautiful garden where the children like playing. After the giant expelled children rudely, only the cold winter was in his garden. Finally, he realized that is was his selfishness prevented the coming of the spring. The giant proceeded to ruin the wall of his garden and to welcome children to play in his garden. Years later, the giant died and was taken to the Heaven by the child who…

LOVE SACRIFICES, basically what the whole story is about love between Della and Jim and to see how far will they go for each other and neither of them has enough money for a Christmas present, will Della and Jim get enough money for a Christmas present or will they enjoy Christmas with no presents? Christmas eve with only a short amount of time left until Christmas plus there poor so it’s about to be hard to find a least a good/decent Christmas present for each other which brings me to a…

“Tanti at the Oval” was a piece done by writer, performer and most importantly; storyteller, Paul Keens-Douglas. Although Trinidadian by birth, he spent his early childhood in Grenada. He is well renowned for his ability to convey cultural equality in his work by ensuring it is appealing to virtually everyone, especially in such a cosmopolitan region. This particular piece entails the main character, Tanti Merle, and her journey to and from a cricket match at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad…

Scrooge almost always hated Christmas and because of 4 certain visitors he had a change of heart. He was given a chance of being happy at Christmas and took the chance and in the end he had the best Christmas. The ghosts gave him a chance to see what he had done to the people he loved and gave him a chance at having a lovely time and a future with people he loves. The first ghost that came was marley who was then followed, but the Spirit of Christmas Past and then the Present then the Future and…

Loyalty: The Symbolically Toxic Trait Songs about love have been a large part of our music industry for several decades now. As a result, it is no surprise that several artists write have had several different perspectives on the topic. There are several songs such as “All You Need is Love” by The Beatles, where they frame it as one of the most magical feelings a person can possibly feel. On the other side of the perspective, there are artists that decide to get analytical about it. “Loyalty” by…

4. Advertisements from Marks and Spencer In comparison to John Lewis’ advertisements, which are based on humanitarianism, Marks and Spencer’s advertisements depict Christmas as a magical and fairytale-like season. According to Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, who is the executive director of marketing, these magical advertisements aim to represent a “moment to escape the realities of every day life” (Bousquet-Chavanne). Thus, rather than creating a sentimental advertisement that leaves a heavy…

surprises him) and at dinner he is shown toasting “Mr. Scrooge” but his wife gets angry because she doesn’t like Scrooge and she just says that she toast of Scrooge’s good health only so that her husband get keep his job. Right there Scrooge can see that Bob is a nice guy, but his family doesn’t like Scrooge at all. and are only wishing that he goes on for Bob’s sake. Next he is shown his nephew's house where he can easily see that they are playing games and mocking Scrooge when they play a game…