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Post by greeny11 on Feb 12, 2021 21:12:38 GMT
What's the Pointe?
A Scooby Doo style comedy mystery
Great to see Lauren back doing her thing as Susan. Henry Shields as the lead teen detective with his 'going through puberty' voice was very entertaining, as was Henry Lewis as his dog 'Rooby'. Harry Kershaw with his appalling French was very funny, as was his ballet dancing. Niall Ransome throwing in all the classic Scooby Doo catchphrases was a nice touch. I enjoyed the Broadway style number that Niall sprung on the other guys - Niall is the best singer of the 4 doing that number but they all made it work. My favourite sequence was the 'worse news, bad news, mediocre news' sequence.
Nancy did a great job as Emmy, really kept it going nicely and through in some good plot twists - excited to see what Bryony brings tomorrow.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 11, 2021 16:49:07 GMT
I'm probably reading too much into it (you need to click on the tweet to see who is tagged, Nancy doesn't have Twitter) - I hope I am as I've loved Lauren's performances and she is a brilliant improviser. I would love the whole cast to be at the final live streamed show, but I'm guessing there isn't enough space for everyone to be there from a social distancing point of view.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 11, 2021 14:41:51 GMT
Lauren is the only cast member not tagged in the announcement post, so I'm not sure if she'll appear. As 2 of the cast members most likely to make things less family friendly, I'm looking forward to seeing what mayhem Nancy and Bryony can get up to.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 11, 2021 12:01:24 GMT
Oscar becomes Emmy for the next 2 shows - Nancy tomorrow and Bryony on Saturday
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 10, 2021 15:50:39 GMT
Mischief Twitter have posted 3 riddles to hint at who is playing Oscar this weekend:
Riddle One: 𝚆̶𝚑̶𝚢̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚖̶ ̶𝚜̶𝚗̶𝚊̶𝚔̶𝚎̶𝚜̶?̶ Both animals before they have played, The memories of which with us have stayed
Riddle Two: One of them before has prepared their finger Though with four possible people, you require a thinker!
Riddle Three: The other in poison has dabbled before. That is your lot. Clues have we no more...
I'm trying to work them out - bit confused as to why there are 3 riddles when there are only 2 shows.
My guesses are Bryony Corrigan and Henry Shields (or Dave Hearn).
They're announcing the Oscars at 12 tomorrow.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 8, 2021 20:26:10 GMT
I noticed that, and also the Bank Robbery reference with Mike Bodie's solo section in the sequel with his 2 characters facing off.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 7, 2021 22:10:52 GMT
I suspect Josh pops in when he's not on the rota in his day job at the hospital. No Lauren as yet, I was maybe wondering if, because most of these shows were put on last minute, maybe she had some other work (maybe with Showstoppers) booked. I hope we get to see her again before the run ends.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 7, 2021 21:11:48 GMT
Look Out 2: They Sphinx It's All Over
All semblance of a plot left the building very early on - a lot of incredibly random (and very short) flashback scenes, the Mayor of Wapping just wanting his hat, the sphinx and his riddles, Olly Bottomdeck and his octopus puns, the extended ballet sequence to find Captain Hendricks, one of the members of the Council of Elders being kicked out of the meeting in a reference to the Handsforth Parish council viral clip, Oscar being particularly mean to Harry (and Harry doing very well), a lot of props being misplaced, and the most amount of corpsing in any movie so far (particularly from Henry Shields).
I've loved all the movies, but the films where the plot goes and it becomes chaotic are my favourites, and the 2 films today were right up there with the best of the live streamed shows so far.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 7, 2021 18:07:46 GMT
Look Out - A pirate film
This was just about the most ridiculous film Mischief have done to date, and it was hilarious.
Henry Shields seemed unable to follow the plot or remember any names, the council of elders dance off was one of the funniest things I've seen, Nancy as a chicken, Paul who loved his sticks, Mike Bodie referencing Bank Robbery with a fight between his 2 characters, and of course Henry L, Harry and Nancy doing ballet - it was bizarre but incredibly entertaining and I can't wait for the sequel.
Quote of the afternoon from Dave 'I fear we have reached an intellectual cul-de-sac'
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 7, 2021 16:12:06 GMT
I remember Jonathan Sayer appearing on it previously, but it looked like that was more deliberate as he ended up 'tickling' Henry Lewis' beard (Henry was on the advert playing at the time).
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 6, 2021 21:11:11 GMT
Wild Feast - a Western zombie movie set in Edinburgh
Quite a dark movie by Mischief standards, with Dave and Ellie as the main villains. Bryony as Fergus Pickles was very amusing - her break dancing at the end was hilarious, and Harry Kershaw's character having his organs ripped out but complaining about back pain was very funny. So too, was Niall's character always finding the wrong camera for his close up. I also enjoyed Nancy and Bryony as the horses. The raps were pretty decent this evening too - not easy to do I imagine. Mike's character was very likeable and I guess a lot of people were rooting for him.
As we've seen in previous movies, a ridiculous number of twists occurred towards the end as the film descended into chaos. Everyone was cured of their zombie status by being tickled.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:07:49 GMT
The Quest for Escape-a-Lot
A medieval escape thriller
Very funny film, with a lot of quite evil interventions from Oscar. My favourite bits were the extended slow-mo sequence, Niall's King Tim who didn't seem to be able to form a coherent sentence, the forest of the magical stairlifts, Arthur's and Tim's different loves of sheep, and Niall dropping Mike in it and Oscar (Jonathan) forcing Mike to do a short song and dance number.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 31, 2021 21:24:50 GMT
Nice of him to name check the cast in this tweet
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 31, 2021 21:16:47 GMT
Light Over The Rocks - the story about the rise to fame of a rock band/ a Chesney Hawkes tribute film
Joshua Elliott took the lead and was brilliant - both as his main character of Gerald (or Gregory/Geoffrey according to Harry), and his other more flamboyant characters like Tambourine Tommy. The open mic night was hilarious - the Mighty Throat were hilarious, and the other bands, like Venom Snake (featuring a very camp Josh and Niall). Henry Lewis as Chesney Hawkes was great fun, as were Harry Kershaw having a conversation with himself, Ellie Morris as Conan O'Brien (among other characters), Niall Ransome as numerous characters - his reaction to being announced as Dudley McDiddles was hilarious. Bryony Corrigan miming playing the penny whistle was great.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 31, 2021 17:04:46 GMT
The Wizard of Paddington - a Disney film
Let's be honest, the stakes of the movie weren't high - the wizard delaying trains by a few minutes is not exactly an obvious plot for a film, but Mischief made it work.
Joshua Elliott made me laugh a few times, including the best quote of the afternoon 'I missed my own birth', plus Harry Kershaw's anguish at being given a parking ticket 3 years ago. The prancing about at the start was very funny. The Accidental Accents song, which wasn't about accidental accents, was very good. Lastly, well done to Mischief for keeping it family friendly without any warnings from Oscar!
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 31, 2021 1:15:42 GMT
Now Museum, Now You Don't - a musical heist.
Like Suicide Squid, a nonsense plot, but absolutely hilarious.
The moment most of us have waited for came - Harry Kershaw got his revenge on Jonathan while he was doing his cameo, only for Jonathan to get his own back with a very evil repeated use of rewind and play, which was absolutely incredible.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 30, 2021 21:12:34 GMT
If last night's film was coherent, tonight's film 'Suicide Squid' was the total opposite.
Supposedly a superhero film, but lacking a superhero, and much of a storyline - but utterly hilarious.
The pogo restaurant song was one of the funniest things I've ever seen, and Henry Lewis had some utterly ridiculous and hilarious moments. Niall's character was ridiculous and very funny too, and Henry Shields, who spent 95% of that film on his knees as a Gastronomic Illusion fish was highly amusing as well. I think this film had probably the most amount of cast corpsing of any film so far, and a distinct lack of awareness of time and names of characters by everyone.
Edit: Just remembered the numerous attempts at Geordie accents at the end was very funny too.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 30, 2021 15:42:06 GMT
Yes, I would agree that the different combinations of cast help - especially as pretty much everyone gets their turn at playing major roles in a movie. Each person seems to have their own style which makes it really interesting. As a cast, they are incredibly talented, with a decent number of them being surprisingly good singers, and some very decent 'serious' actors as well.
I too have enjoyed seeing new performers in this - Lauren, Mike, Niall and Josh are new performers to me (though I knew of Niall and Mike), and I've only seen Ellie in the televised PPGW - it's been really enjoyable seeing them, along with the performers I'm more familiar with.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 29, 2021 21:18:16 GMT
Tonight's film was High Tide School - a flood disaster movie
This one had a fairly coherent plot, especially by Mischief standards - even Henry Lewis as Oscar commented on some of the bits actually being good!
Lauren Shearing's Janine, Mike Bodie's shark, Dave Hearn's Greg Danvers, and Harry Kershaw causing mayhem were all highlights this evening.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 29, 2021 21:08:40 GMT
A final 10 performances have gone on sale for February.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 28, 2021 21:08:45 GMT
A Cop In The Ocean tonight - a buddy cop film
As per Dawnstar's wish - Mike had a lot to do tonight which was good fun, as was Henry Lewis as his buddy (and a talking waterfall). Joshua Elliott continues to make me laugh every time he's in a scene, and Harry Kershaw's limericks were good fun - first two decent, he rather faltered on the last one! The silent film sequence was hilarious.
Quote of the night: 'I bring intelligence' 'Are you sure?'
That line had me howling.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 27, 2021 21:31:37 GMT
Tonight's movie was Dressed for Danger - a murder mystery set in the dress rehearsal of a new musical (a very similar concept to Curtains the musical).
This one actually had a plot for most of it, but as with every other Mischief Movie, descended into chaos as we headed towards the finale.
Highlights for me were Dave Hearn as a tree that had the magical power of changing someone's profession when he landed on them, Dave as Tony - who had a strange obsession with muslin cloth, the entire musical number Augustus Repellant featuring Nancy and Dave (and Niall as a random steel drummer in the background), Henry Shields shimmying and Bryony as a hat stand that kept changing positions (including a great rewind and pause from Henry as Oscar).
(I think I'm right in saying that Mike, Nancy, Lauren and Dave have done every show so far).
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 27, 2021 14:54:30 GMT
Henry Lewis is Oscar tonight - looks like we’re getting more rotation with the cast this time round.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 26, 2021 20:11:50 GMT
This was, for me, one of the funniest moments of the first run of live streamed shows - am very pleased it has resurfaced. I am secretly hoping Delta makes a return at some point this week.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 24, 2021 21:19:15 GMT
Henry L, Bryony, Harry and Niall off tonight (I think the first 3 did all the shows in the Christmas run) - tonight's film was The Primary Cape Crusader, and it made absolutely no sense at all but it was brilliantly funny.
Highlights include: anything Joshua Elliott did or said as Vivian the Goblin, Nancy's Miss Crumb, Dave inheriting Harry's name amnesia in his absence, and Henry's news reporter 'No more, No more, sad face'.
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