The North East Magazine
The latest horror movie V/H/S directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Glen Mc Quaid, and Joe Swanberg is now available on both DVD and Blu-Ray. This movie from its initial cinema showing has been the source of a tremendous buzz among the horror fraternity. “The Blair Witch Project” was the first and to date most [...]
Directed by Ol Parker, ‘Now Is Good’ stars Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irving, Kaya Scodelario , Olivia Williams and Paddy Constantine. A few weeks before his early death from cancer the great English playwright Dennis Potter accepted an invitation to do a television interview with Melvyn Bragg. In answer to the question how did the fact of [...]
Here’s a great quiz question for you…which famous British actor comedian starred in the 1956 Circus styled move ‘Trapeze’?. In the late fifties and sixties one of the great family entertainments was a trip to the circus to see jugglers, clowns, animals, high wire walkers and trapeze acts. It was no wonder then that British [...]
“One Language Separated by Two Cultures”. Fifties movie star darling Doris Day was and remains a multi media legend long before our present day instant “celebrities” that pop up overnight and “like snow on a ditch in may” just as quickly disappear. A top selling recording artist and toast of Broadway, Hollywood called and Doris [...]
Hollywood is the centre of movie land, an industry town which has created stars and reflected the changing lives of mankind for over one hundred years. Why Hollywood ? Blessed with fine sunshine that could be relied upon and varied scenery that could provide believable backdrops for films money walked and money talked in this [...]
Take an Adventure into the 80s… Adventureland is a coming-of-age comedy set in the summer of 1987 about an uptight recent college graduate (Jesse Eisenberg) who is forced to take a job at a local amusement park when he realizes he can’t afford his dream European vacation. It’s the summer of 1987, and James Brennan [...]
After major success for the British film industry in this year’s Oscars it’s fitting that it comes as another home grown production is released. Looking back fifty years and taking into account the fact that censorship was a far cry from today, it is not hard to believe that the 1959 release of ‘Room At [...]