Camden Film Fair Pick-Ups

Picked up these four DVDs and the latest issue of The Dark Side at the Camden Film Fair today.

I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang DVD

I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG is an all-time classic and one of my favourite films so I was delighted to get this on DVD at last. Looking forward to seeing this especially with the commentary from film historian Richard B. Jewell.


Time After Time DVD

TIME AFTER TIME is a little schlocky, but it's a fun film. Malcolm McDowell as H.G. Wells and David Warner as Jack the Ripper: what more could you want?


Anita DVD

ANITA is one I bought on a whim. It was inexpensive and, let's face it, the cover picture is great!


Naughty Nurses of the 1970s DVD Collection

NAUGHTY NURSES OF THE 1970s features 'The Nurses' (1971) and 'Sue Prentiss, R.N.' (1975). Bought this because Annie Sprinkle is featured in the second film. I'm bracing myself for the usual dreadful sound and vision that is to be expected with these grindhouse features.


The Dark Side (issue 158)
 

Book Review: The Moon Field by Judith Allnatt

When George, an eighteen year old postman, finds out that the girl he has lost his heart to loves another, his life changes forever. This is the day he gets drunk for the first time; the day he is shamfully scammed out of his week's pay; the day he decides, along with some new pals, that he will enlist in the army and serve in the ongoing Great War.

Judith Allnatt's novel is beautifully written. It's divided into three sections detailing events before, during and after George's army sojourn. The descriptive prose provides some glorious scenic detail of the idyllic rural north west of England as well as the harrowing brutality of trench life (and death).

For me, the novel started to run out of steam in its final third and I found the ending to be a little awkwardly realised. Overall, though, this is an enthralling read and is warmly recommended.