Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan

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DVD: Huey Long (1985)

DVD: Huey Long (1985)

April 18, 2014 | By

For his second film, Ken Burns – The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001) – chose to document the life and death of Huey P. Long, a Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator who was assassinated in 1935 when his unrelenting demagoguery caught up with him…

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Podcast Interview with Composer Ronen Landa

Podcast Interview with Composer Ronen Landa

April 11, 2014 | By

Film composer Ronen Landa discusses Home (2014), his latest horror score for director Nicholas McCarthy + links to the making-of details of KQEK.com’s new Podcasting Intro / Outro Titles.

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Oliver! on Blu + Podcasting News

Oliver! on Blu + Podcasting News

April 10, 2014 | By

Review of Carol Reed’s classic adaptation of Lionel Bart’s musical Oliver! (1968) from Twilight Time + plus some news about upcoming podcasts at KQEK.com.

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BR: Oliver! (1968)

BR: Oliver! (1968)

April 10, 2014 | By

Featuring music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver! debuted in 1960 before moving from Britain to the States in 1962, where it was frequently revived for audiences never tiring of its popular songs. Bart’s lyrics are extremely witty, and many of the songs became pop culture classics…

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Soundtrack Reviews

Soundtrack Reviews

April 4, 2014 | By

Latest soundtrack reviews include: Rolfe Kent’s Bad Words (Back Lot Music / Universal), Bear McCreary’s Knights of Badassdom (Sparks & Shadows / La-La Land Records), and Tuomas Kantelinen’s Legend of Hercules (Lionsgate).

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