Category: EDITOR’S BLOG

Going Overboard, Twice

September 24, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Review of the romantic meanie, OVERBOARD (1987), new on Blu from Severin Films, plus some thoughts on the 2018 remake.

Boogaloo-ing to the Cannon Groove, Part 2: Getting Inside the Go-Go Boys

September 1, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Review of Hilla Medalia’s The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014), from Multicom Entertainment / MVD.

ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise

July 11, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.

Sharksploitation, and Upcoming Podcasts & Sundry

July 5, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Review of Joe D’Amator’s PG-centric DEEP BLOOD / SANGUE NEGLI ABISSI (1990) via Severin + Upcoming Podcasts, Reviews, and the Blur that was Spring 2021.

The Death of a Bully: Blockbuster Canada

March 22, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Review of Taylor Morden’s THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER (2020) from Passion River on Blu + seeing the behemoth wither, self-flagellate, and die from the Canadian side.

Dante Tomaselli’s HOLY TERROR (2025)

Witer-director-producer-composer Dante Tomaselli talks candidly about crafting his latest album, HOLY TERROR, which features shorter, more precise compositions rooted in the sights, sounds, and digital influences of his youth.

August 4, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan

Tales of Giant Bugs on VHS, a Podcast Interview, and Tape Swapping

In addition to a review of the 3D short film ROACH (2022) on VHS, I’ve an interview with its maker, SCHNUDLBUG, and links to an essay I wrote for the latest issue of BRANDON LIM’s zine, FILM FVCKERS, titled “THE GREAT TAPE SWAP”

January 7, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan

Now Where Were We? Right. Let’s go back to LAST NIGHT (1998)

Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT (1998) is the first review after a long pause in activities at KQEK.com

July 25, 2023 | By Mark R. Hasan

Latest Podcasts / Interviews

Dante Tomaselli’s HOLY TERROR (2025)

August 4, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan

Tales of Giant Bugs on VHS, a Podcast Interview, and Tape Swapping

January 7, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan

ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise

For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.

July 11, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

New Film Reviews

VHS: Roach (2022)

The core story involves a pilot who runs into an available, functional spacecraft, and boots up into the planet’s now-toxic atmosphere, relying on the craft’s occasionally bristling AI navigation system to find a strata safe from dense clouds, and a roving giant bug determined to make a meal of the tiny craft and its pilot.

January 7, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan