Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan

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DVD: Escape to Burma (1955)

DVD: Escape to Burma (1955)

March 25, 2017 | By

One of the last batch of films released by dying major RKO Radio Pictures, Escape to Burma was another efficient low-level A picture produced by Benedict Bogeaus with major stars shot on a modest budget, offering some romance, action, exotic escapism, and a tight story that worked as long as you didn’t think too hard and notice its seams…

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Vintage Erotica & Nikkatsu Naughties

Vintage Erotica & Nikkatsu Naughties

March 24, 2017 | By

Reviews of Vintage Erotica from Cult Epics (Anno 1920 thru 1970) + the relatively tame Nikkatsu Naughtie, Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon / Kangofu nikki: kemonojimita gogo (1982) from Impulse Pictures / Synapse Films.

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DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1970

DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1970

March 24, 2017 | By

Cult Epics’ sixth entry in their adult loop series features more that 2+ hours of smut, largely culled from German sources. Some of the 12 Euro-centric shorts feature dialogue and oral foley effects, but most of the titles are accompanied by vintage stock / porn music which adds both authenticity and heightens the quaintness of films that offered audiences graphic, full-colour…

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DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1960

DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1960

March 24, 2017 | By

The fifth volume in Cult Epics’ Vintage Erotica series gathers 12 films from the swinging sixties and follows the same balance between mechanical depictions of intercourse and a handful of more ambitious efforts that place all the nuances within a simple storyline…

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DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1950

DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1950

March 24, 2017 | By

Volume 4 in Cult Epic’s French erotica series showcases the post-War era, including some of its technological wonders, and affordable equipment. As Anno 1950 reveals, the cinematic shutterbug’s grasp of technology didn’t just embrace the moving film camera…

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