Mark The Poet - The Podcast

"Unica" by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark's poetry collection 'Poet of the Sphere' which was published in 2012 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark's poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet. Me - all poems © Mark Hastings

"It's Always Been You" by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark's poetry collection 'Poet of the Sphere' which was published in 2012 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark's poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet. Me - all poems © Mark Hastings

"Bigger on the Inside" by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark's poetry collection 'Poet of the Sphere' which was published in 2012 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark's poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet. Me - all poems © Mark Hastings

"Forever Dreamer" by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark's poetry collection 'Poet of the Sphere' which was published in 2012 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark's poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet. Me - all poems © Mark Hastings

"The Theory of Poetry" by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark's poetry collection 'Poet of the Sphere' which was published in 2012 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark's poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet. Me - all poems © Mark Hastings

"The Poet" by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark's poetry collection 'Poet of the Sphere' which was published in 2012 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark's poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet. Me - all poems © Mark Hastings

In this episode Mark does a review of one of his favourite episodes from one of his favourite TV series: 'Doctor Who' - S8, E4: "Listen" (2014) written by Steven Moffat and directed by Douglas Mackinnon. Starring Peter Capaldi as The Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald.

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1988 American fantasy comedy film "Beetlejuice", directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as Adam and Barbara Maitland, a recently deceased couple who become ghosts that haunt their former home, who attempt to scare away the new residents of their house, the Deetz family - consisting of Charles, Delia, and...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2013 American adventure comedy-drama film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" directed, co-produced by, and starring Ben Stiller. The second film adaptation of James Thurber's 1939 short story of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", the story revolves around Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine who regularly daydreams...

In this episode Mark does a *Spoiler* review of the critically acclaimed South Korean survival drama Netflix television series "Squid Game". The series centres on a contest in which 456 players, from all different walks of life but who each are deeply in debt, participate in a set of children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion prize - however the penalty for losing in a game is death, w...

In this episode Mark talks about the 2021 American science fiction action comedy film "Free Guy" directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as a bank teller, named Guy, who discovers that he is actually a non-player character in a open-world video game and becomes the hero of the story. The film also stars Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel H...

In this episode Mark recites four of the most recent poems that he has written and he talks about what inspired him to write them, including his poem "Forté", "The Best of Us", "The Mark of New York", and "Back to the Theatre". You can read more of Mark's poetry on his website @ http://MarkThePoet. Me

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2005 American superhero horror film "Constantine" directed by Francis Lawrence. Based on the DC Comics' 'Hellblazer' comic book, the film stars Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, a cynical exorcist with the ability to perceive and communicate with half-angels and half-demons in their true form, who finds himself being drawn into the i...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2019 American superhero horror film "Brightburn" directed by David Yarovesky, written by Mark Gunn and Brian Gunn, and produced by Jamed Gunn and Kenneth Huang. The film stars Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones and Meredith Hagner, and the plot follows Brandon Breyer, a young boy of extraterrestrial origin who...

In this episode Mark talks about the 2021 American crime film "The Many Saints of Newark" directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner. A prequel to David Chase's HBO crime drama TV series "The Sopranos", the film stars Michael Gandolfini, Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, Michela De Rossi, John Magaro, Ray Liotta, and Vera Fa...

In this episode Mark does a review of the first season of the American psychological thriller television series "You" developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Caroline Kepnes, the story follows the character of Joe Goldberg (played by Penn Badgley), a New York bookstore manager and serial killer who falls in love with a customer, Guinevere Beck (playe...

In this episode Mark talks about the 1931 American science fiction horror film "Frankenstein" directed by James Whale, produced by Larmmle Jr., and adapted from 1927 play by the Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel 'Frankenstien; or The Modern Prometheus'. The film stars Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Dwight Frye, and Edward van Sloan.

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1986 teen comedy film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Mathew Broderick as Ferris Bueller, a high-school slacker who skips school for a day in Chicago, with Mia Sara and Alan Ruck.

In this episode Mark talks about the 2004 American neo-noir thriller film "Collateral" directed by Michael Mann and starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Javier Bardem, and Bruce McGill. The story of the film centres around Max (played by Jamie Foxx), a cab driver in Los Angeles, and Vincent (Tom Cruise), a customer/hitman who offers Max a high fare for dri...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2015 biographical drama film "Steve Jobs" directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin. And Mark also reflects upon the lasting legacy of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

In this episode Mark does a review of the sixth and final season of one of his favourite TV series, "Lucifer", which recently premiered and concluded on Netflix, starring Tom Ellis and Lauren German. And Mark also talks about what he enjoyed about the series as a whole, the cast, the characters, and whether the series ended in a satisfying way. *Spoilers within*

In this episode Mark does a review of the 2021 American action thriller film "Nobody" directed by Ilya Naishuller and written by Derek Kolstad. The film stars Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, a bored family man, who, after he and his family are robbed during a home invasion, finds himself returning to traits of his clandestine former life and enacting vengeance upon a Russian mobster. The film also...

In this episode Mark gives his reaction to the first trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming film and fourth installment in "The Matrix" film series: "The Matrix Resurrections". And Mark talks about what "The Matrix" films mean to him and how they have influenced him.

In this episode Mark recites four of his most recent poems: "Same Language", "Why?", "The Runners and Riders", "Hello/Goodbye", and gives some personal insights into the inspiration for them.

In this episode Mark wishes a very happy birthday to his favourite television series and film franchise: 'Star Trek', created by Gene Roddenberry, which premiered on the U.S. television station NBC on September 8, 1966, which has boldly grown to become a cultural phenomenon all around the world. Mark talks about what "Star Trek" means to him and what it is about the franchise that has kept him a f...