Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan

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BR: Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory / Lycanthropus (1961)

BR: Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory / Lycanthropus (1961)

December 28, 2019 | By

The original title of this Italian-Austrian co-production made more sense: the girls are actually delinquent young women in a remote juvenile facility being terrorized by a rabid creature…

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Susan Lacy’s Spielberg (2017)

Susan Lacy’s Spielberg (2017)

December 6, 2019 | By

Review of Spielberg (2017), Susan Lacy’s engaging doc on the iconoclastic filmmaker from HBO.

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DVD: Spielberg (2017)

DVD: Spielberg (2017)

December 3, 2019 | By

Distilling the career, the creative and industry accomplishments of Steven Spielberg into even a 147 mins. doc is quite a chore, but like her subsequent portrait…

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Clark Gable at Fox: Soldier of Fortune + The Tall Men (1955)

Clark Gable at Fox: Soldier of Fortune + The Tall Men (1955)

November 25, 2019 | By

Clark Gable’s 1955 diptych is comprised of an underrated gem + a dud: the stellar THE TALL MEN on Twilight Time Blu + SOLDIER OF FORTUNE on Fox DVD.

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BR: Tall Men, The (1955)

BR: Tall Men, The (1955)

November 25, 2019 | By

Director Raoul Walsh may have been attracted to The Tall Men by the oddness of the story, in which former Confederate Col. Ben Allison (Clark Gable) rescues young lass Nella Turner (Jane Russell) from an Indian massacre, falls for her one night…

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