{"id":8098,"date":"2014-03-08T02:29:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T07:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8098"},"modified":"2014-03-08T03:04:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T08:04:58","slug":"kqek-com-gets-a-makeover-new-one-7-movies-dvd-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8098","title":{"rendered":"KQEK.com gets a Makeover + New One 7 Movies DVD Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Site Look!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may have noticed a few changes to KQEK.com today, and they\u2019re all the result of overhauling the mobile site into what\u2019s now the main site. This is where all reviews and links to podcasts will appear, using a WordPress theme that\u2019s workable on multiple devices and looks much cleaner.<\/p>\n

The podcasts \u2013 of which two will be published next week \u2013 are now housed on KQEK.com\u2019s own YouTube channel<\/a>, in addition to Libsyn<\/a>\u00a0and select programs on\u00a0SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll periodically integrate reviews from the old KQEK.com archives, but for the time being those 1500+ reviews will remain exclusive to the old site<\/a>. If you check out the Film Reviews tab<\/a>, you\u2019ll notice I\u2019ve integrated links to both sites, with content on the new site appearing in bold<\/strong>. Next will be Soundtrack Reviews, and an overhaul of the Interviews \u2013 Profiles \u2013 Podcasts section.<\/p>\n

One caveat: the original templates for the old site and prior mobile editions used templates tuned to the quirks of each site. You may notice the odd period or differing header & footer links which can only be fixed manually<\/em>. Little by little these will be corrected, but right now the priority is to get the new site loaded with a backlog of new & unpublished content, and gradually shape the existing archives into the site\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

For the time being, the old Isolated Score sections and my old Music from the Movies columns are only available at the old site. (The Digital Bits<\/a>, perhaps the preeminent home video site for news & reviews, undoubtedly shares a similar set of challenges where several years\u2019 worth of content has to be selectively integrated into the new site on a gradual basis.)<\/p>\n

The remaining changes should take about a month, after which I\u2019ll set up banners for ads, with contact info should you wish to place a banner or tower advert on the site.<\/p>\n

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Latest Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first pair of reviews to be uploaded to the new site are One 7 Movies\u2019 latest set of sexploitation flicks, and I\u2019ve delved into the pros & cons of the films, and the label\u2019s handling of these titles on DVD.<\/p>\n

\"EroticBlackmail\"<\/a>Erotic Blackmail \/ Le corps a ses raisons<\/strong> (1974) either started out as a softcore film or a \u2018hard\u2019 softcore film, and was butchered for its original videotape release. Either way, director Eddy Naka was a rank amateur, and to use a friend\u2019s favourite phrase, he probably couldn\u2019t direct his way out of a paper bag.<\/p>\n

\"Brutalization\"<\/a>Although the jacket notes make no mention of it, Because of the Cats \/ Niet Voor De Poezen \/ Brutalization<\/a><\/strong> (1973) marks a rare theatrical appearance of Nicholas Freeling\u2019s Detective Van der Valk, and while not a wholly successful crime film, it features an unusually solid roster of talent. As I mentioned in the review, this is one film in need of a proper special edition, perhaps by a label such as Scorpion Releasing, who produced a great SE of the similarly filmed-in-Holland Puppet on a Chain<\/strong> (1971).<\/p>\n

Coming next<\/em>: reviews of Paul Walker\u2019s third-last final film, Hours<\/strong> (2013) + the soundtrack album featuring music by Benjamin Wallfisch.<\/p>\n

And coming soon:<\/em> a review of Twilight Time\u2019s The Blue Max <\/strong>(1966), which sports a frankly stunning<\/em> HD transfer.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor\u00a0<\/span>
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>( Main Site<\/a> \/ Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Look! New Plans! And new reviews of two Sexploitation flicks from One 7 Movies: Brutalization \/ aka Because of the Cats, based on the second Van der Valk novel by Nicholas Freeling (1973) + Erotic Blackmail \/ aka Le corps a ses raisons (1974).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18,6,5],"tags":[2575,2587,2584,2582,2562,2578,2563,2583,2576,2586,2577],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BecauseOfCats_poster_630x300.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-26C","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8098"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8109,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098\/revisions\/8109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}