Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan

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Book: Cult Cinema – An Arrow Video Companion (2016)

Book: Cult Cinema – An Arrow Video Companion (2016)

April 8, 2016 | By

Arrow Video’s first venture in publishing is this limited hardcover book that gathers many of the essays, intros, and preambles designed to not only accompany selected Blu-ray & DVD releases in England and America, but contextualize the films and series…

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Harlock Space Pirate 3D + The Poor Man’s 3D Set-Up

Harlock Space Pirate 3D + The Poor Man’s 3D Set-Up

April 2, 2016 | By

Review of the epic anime Harlock Space Pirate 3D / Space Captain Harlock / Kyaputen Hârokku (2013) from Twilight Time + a guide to the Poor Man’s 3D Set-up. Yes, really.

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BR: Harlock Space Pirate 3D  / Space Captain Harlock / Kyaputen Hârokku  (2013)

BR: Harlock Space Pirate 3D / Space Captain Harlock / Kyaputen Hârokku (2013)

April 2, 2016 | By

Toei’s 2013 film offers another variant on Leiji Matsumoto’s mythos, and to the filmmakers’ credit, it’s also an accessible space drama for newcomers to the popular and prolific franchise that originated in Japan and gained huge international popularity, especially in France…

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Micky Burn’s Turned Towards the Sun (2012)

Micky Burn’s Turned Towards the Sun (2012)

March 29, 2016 | By

Review of Turned Towards the Sun, Greg Oliver’s 2012 documentary of WWII commando Micky Burn (Secret Weapon Films / MVD Visual) + from the KQEK.com archives the 2003 BBC mini-series Cambridge Spies (Warner Home Video).

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DVD: Turned Towards the Sun (2012)

DVD: Turned Towards the Sun (2012)

March 29, 2016 | By

Made after he co-directed the critically lauded Lemmy (2010) with Wes Orshsoki, Greg Oliver’s Turned Towards the Sun is an intimate chronicle of Micky Burn, a WWII veteran who participated in the daring and deadly Operation Chariot, in which a team of British commandos rammed a TNT-packed ship…

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