The North East Magazine
Starring Stacy and James Keach, Robert, David and Keith Carradine, Dennis and Randy Quaid ,’The Long Riders’ directed by Roy Hill, is the latest ‘family’ DVD offering available for a home watch. Jesse James and his gang have an undeserved reputation as champion heroes who fought the system and beat the odds. The reality [...]
Series One to Three of Andy Hamilton’s ‘Bedtime’ starring Alun Armstrong, Timothy West, Shelia Hancock and Sienna Miller is now available on DVD. Andy Hamilton is a funny man performer and gifted writer who became famous for his contributions to “Drop the Dead Donkey”. It is as a writer of drama however that is presented [...]
Starring, Phillip Quast, Jack Davenport and Susanna Harker, ‘Ultraviolet’ is the latest DVD release from Freemantle Media. This 1998 series ran on Channel 4 to great acclaim and in many ways was the forerunner to the current and most recent resurgence of Vampire stories in popular culture. That word is never spoken in the [...]
Canadian Book Of Beer by Steve Cameron is one of the latest offerings to come from the Blue Bike Books publishing stables. Beer is a universal beverage with as many variations as there are recipes that magically merge water, hops and yeast. Charles Dickens no slouch when it came to alcohol refreshment would at the [...]
Roots, Shoots and Leaves (Cooking With Vegetables) by Bernadette Le Roux is a new book from Sunbird Publishers. Vegetables are the secret friend of great recipes and fine dining. In all their diversity, taste, colour and variations within a type they add to the joy of life. In this classy publication by author Bernadette Le [...]
Alan Jackson – Precious Memories Volume 2 is his latest release on the EMI/Humphead record label. Ironically the song does have a precious memory for me as the first time I heard it was many moons ago sung by Jim Reeves, it was a track featured on a favourite album of my mothers entitled ‘God [...]
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 [...]