Mark The Poet - The Podcast

In this episode Mark talks about and does a spoiler review of the 2021 American superhero film "Black Widow" directed by Cate Shortland, the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe of films. Starring Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, as well as the Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Ray Winstone, Rachel Weisz, and William Hurt, the story of the film - which is set b...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1985 teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film "The Breakfast Club" written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Emilio Estevez as Andrew Clark (the "Athlete", Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Johnson (the "Brain"), Judd Nelson as John Bender (the "Criminal"), Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish (the "Princess"), and Ally She...

In this episode Mark does a spoiler review of the latest episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ TV series "Loki" - Episode #5: "Journey into Mystery".

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite episodes from the American science fiction TV series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" - Season 3, Episode 9: "Defiant" which first aired November 21, 1994. The episode was directed by Cliff Bole, and written by Ronald D. Moore. When Commander William T. River from the Enterprise-D arrives on Deep Space 9, he takes a liking to Major Kira, who gives...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2016 American science fiction drama film "Arrival" directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heiserrer, based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as linguist Louise Banks, who is enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrial aliens who h...

In this episode Mark does a spoiler review of the 2021 American military science fiction film "The Tomorrow War" directed by Chris McKay. The films stars Chris Pratt as Dan Forester, a biology teacher and former Green Beret, who is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to learn about an alien army so that he can stop them from irradicating the human popu...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1996 American science fiction action film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich. The premise of the film revolves around an alien race who wishes to destroy all the major cities of the world with their advanced weaponry. However, a geek, a pilot, the US President and a group of ragtag survivors unite to save mankind from annihil...

In this episode Mark does a spoiler review of the latest episode of the Disney+ animated "Star Wars" TV series "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" - Episode #10: "Common Ground".

In this episode Mark does a spoilery review of the latest episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ TV series "Loki" - Episode 4: "The Nexus Event". Get yourself a piece of "The Mark Hastings Experience" merchandise and show your support for the podcast @ https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/81059980?asc=u

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1992 American comedy film "Sister Act" directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick with musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier, a Las Vegas lounge singer, who is forced to join a convent after wing placed in a witness protection program. The film also stars Maggie Smith,...

In this episode Mark talks about one his favourite episodes of television and a universally considered fan-favourite episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" - Season 3, Episode 15: "Yesterday's Enterprise", which first aired during the week of February 19, 1990. The story of the episode involves the crew of the USS Enterprise-D encountering its time-traveling predecessor, the USS Enterprise-C,...

In this episode Mark does a spoiler review of the latest episode of "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" - Episode 9: "Bounty Lost". Get yourself a piece of "The Mark Hastings Experience" merchandise and show your support for the podcast @ https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/81059980?asc=u

In this episode Mark talks about the latest episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ TV series "Loki" - Episode 3: "Lamentis". Get yourself a piece of "The Mark Hastings Experience" merchandise and show your support for the podcast @ https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/81059980?asc=u

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2011 neo-noir action drama and crime film "Drive" directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, written by Hossein Amini, based upon James Sallis' 2005 novel of the same name. The film stars Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver, and who becomes close with his neighbour, Irene (played by Carey Mulli...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2004 horror comedy film "Shaun of the Dead" directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg as Shaun, Nick Frost as Ed, Kate Ashfield as Liz, Lucy Davis as Dianne, Dylan Moran as David, Penelope Wilton as Barbara, Bill Nighy as Philip, Jessica Stevenson as Yvonne, and Peter Serafinowicz as Pete, who all struggle to survive a Zombie apo...

In this episode Mark does a spoiler review of the latest episode of "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" - Episode #8: "Reunion".

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1960 American psychological horror thriller "Psycho" directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Joseph Stefano, based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. The iconic soundtrack of the film was composed by Bernard Herrmann.

In this episode Mark does a spoiler review of the latest episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ TV series "Loki" - Episode 2: "The Variant".

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2018 American horror film "A Quiet Place" directed by John Krasinski and written by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and Kransinski. The plot revolves around a father, Lee Abbott (played by John Krasinski), and a mother, Evelyn Abbott (played by Emily Blunt), who struggle to survive and raise their daughter, Regan Abbott (played by Millicent...

In this episode Mark talks about the 2009 British-American science fiction film "Moon" directed by Duncan Jones and written by Nathan Parker, starring Sam Rockwell. Get yourself a piece of "The Mark Hastings Experience" merchandise and show your support for the podcast @ https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/81059980?asc=u

In this episode Mark talks about the latest episode of "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" - Episode 7, "Battle Scars", and Mark also briefly talks about the events of the previous two episodes, Episode 5, "Rampage", and Episode 6, "Decommissioned". Beware of Spoilers!

In this episode Mark does a review of the first episode of the limited Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ TV series "Loki" created by Michael Waldron, starring Tom Hiddelston as Loki, the "God of Mischief" - but a variant version of the character created within an alternate timeline; and the series also stars Owen Wilson as TVA (Time Variance Authority) agent Mobius M. Mobius, who hopes Loki will h...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1997 science fiction horror film "Alien Resurrection" directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, and Michael Wincott.

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films and also his favourite film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far: the 2017 American superhero film "Thor: Ragnorok", directed by Taika Waititi. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddelston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, and Anthony Hopkins - and it is one of the most enjoya...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1992 science fiction horror film "Alien 3" directed by David Fincher - the third installment in the Alien franchise - starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Ralph Brown, Paul McGann, Danny Webb, Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, and Pete Postlewaite.