The North East Magazine
Produced by Acorn Media and starring Polly James and Nerys Hughes this is the DVD release of Series Two of the crowd-pleasing BBC serial written by Carla Lane. Originally broadcast in 1971 on the BBC the comedy programme told the story of two single girls sharing a flat at the end of the “Swinging Sixties” and [...]
Written and directed by Andy Hamilton and starring Neil Pearson, ‘Trevors World Of Sport’ is the first time release of this BBC television sitcom that was broadcast originally in 2003 . Set in a Sports Industry PR Company Pearson plays as duck out of water decent man in a mindboggling corrupt business. Diva like stars from [...]
Produced and directed by Jim Brown this time Time Life DVD entitled ‘American Troubadour” is available at all good CD/DVD stores. “American Pie”, “Vincent”, “And I Love You So” are three songs that will live forever. Their author and singular performer Don McLean the American singer songwriter is the subject of this slow burning but [...]
Starring, Ciaran Hinds and Kelly Reilly, Above Suspicion 4 (Silent Scream) written by Lynda La Plante is now released on DVD by Acorn Media. An up and coming film starlet is found murdered in contempory London. This “on edge” wild child actress was rumoured to be promiscuous, abusing drugs and playing with a fast [...]
Starring Frankie Howard, Ray Milland and Kenneth Griffith, The House in Nightmare Park is now available on DVD courtesy of Network Distributing Ltd. This 1973 film was a star vehicle for Frankie Howard who at that time was riding high on a wave of popularity on television and radio. Film studio Hammer with its [...]
The Bay is the latest cult horror release directed by Barry Levinson which stars Kristen Connolly, Will Rogers and Christopher Denham. With a 15 certificate stamp on it this latest distribution from Momentum Pictures is available on both DVD and Blu-ray formats. Set in the coastal town of Claridge ,Maryland surrounded by the waters of [...]
I Didn’t Come Here To Die starring Kurt Cole, Emmy Robin and Indiana Adams is now available on DVD courtesy of Second Sight Films. Written and directed by Bradley Scott Sullivan it’s a psychological horror movie with a twist! “If You Go Down To The Woods Today”!! In it’s first few minutes the viewer is led [...]
“It’s The Way We Tell Them”. Humour is the honey that makes life bearable and believable. Human frailties, expectations, pretentions and self-delusions are the bread and butter of the joker and a well-delivered joke. We all want a jester on hand to transport us from our daily stresses. Comedy is the great social leveler and [...]