Mark The Poet - The Podcast

In this episode Mark talks about the first film of his favourite film franchise: the 1979 American science fiction film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" directed by Robert Wise - based upon and a direct continuation of the television series "Star Trek" created by the visionary writer and producer Gene Roddenberry. The story of the film sees now Admiral James T. Kirk (played by William Shatner) once...

In this episode Mark does a spoiler review of the first episode of the newly released "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" animated TV series - Episode #1: "Aftermath" - which is an animated TV series on Disney+ that is a direct sequel to the "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" animated TV series and a prequel to the "Star Wars: Rebels" animated TV series and the original "Star Wars" trilogy of films.

In this episode Mark celebrates May the Forth, also known as "Star Wars", by talking about one of his favourite film, television, novel, comic book, and computer game franchises - the world wide phenomenon that is "Star Wars" created by George Lucas. And Mark also talks about his experience of having his vaccination yesterday. May the force be with you!

In this episode Mark talks about his upcoming Coronavirus vaccination... Mark talks about watching the hilarious 2009 film "Fanboys" directed by Kyle Newman, which is set in 1998, and whose plot involves some old high school friends who set out to infiltrate Skywalker Ranch to steal a rough cut of the highly anticipated film "Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace" months before its release......

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1997 American science fiction drama film "Contact" directed by Robert Zemeckis. Adapted from the 1985 film of the same name by Carl Sagan, the film tells the story of Dr. Eleanor "Elle" Arroway (played by Jodie Foster), a SETI scientist searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life, who discovers a signal that is believed to be fro...

In this episode Mark talks about life... the ongoing vaccination roll out to combat the Coronavirus pandemic... the slow opening up and the resumption of some kind of semblance of normality... what people are doing to get through life at this testing time for the world in terms of exposing their artistry... and also the difference that Mark feels there is between writing for convience on a phone c...

In this episode Mark talks about the 2020 Academy Award-winning American drama film "Nomadland" based upon the 2017 non-fiction book "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-first Century" by Jessica Bruder. Written, edited, produced, and directed by Chloé Zhao, the film centres around the character of Fern (played by Frances McDormand), the recently-widowed, vandwelling nomad - who lost her jo...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2002 American science fiction action film "Minority Report" directed by Steven Spielberg. Loosely based on the 1956 short story "The Minority Report", set in the year 2054, the film stars Tom Cruise as John Anderton, the chief of Precrime - a specialised police department that apprehends criminals before they have committed a crime b...

In this episode Mark talks about the 1997 action thriller film "Con Air" directed by Simon West, written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film stars Nicholas Cage as Cameron Poe, an honourably discharged Army Ranger Sergeant who was sentenced to prison for unintentionally killing one of three men trying to attack him and his wife, Tricia (played by Monica Potter), who was...

In this episode Mark talks about the thrill that he gets whenever he walks into a bookstore or a library anywhere in the world, or whenever he attends a convention and he is surrounded by people with similar interests to him. Mark talks about his "Homeland" TV show rewatch. And Mark talks about one of the most recent films he has seen for the first time, that he decided to watch on impulse: the 20...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1994 Academy Award winning American comedy-drama film "Forrest Gump" directed by Robert Zemeckis - starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field. And Mark also talks about some of the winners of the 2021 Academy Awards.

In memory of Ernest Eugene Lamb, Aug 6, 1931 - Apr 23, 2021. May he rest in peace.

In this episode Mark wishes the late great William Shakespeare - one of the most renowned poets and playwrights there has ever been, who inspired Mark to become a poet - a belated Happy Birthday... Mark talks about the film "Rebel Without A Cause", starring the late great James Dean, and he talks about what the film means to him... and Mark talks about the last episode of "The Falcon and The Winte...

In this episode Mark talks about the progress he is making of his rewatch of the TV series "Homeland"... Mark talks about life... and Mark also talks about the ongoing vaccination program that is slowly but surely allowing life to return to some kind of normality in England and all around the world - even though Coronavirus infections continue to increase - and Mark talks about why he believes vac...

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1991 American science fiction action film "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" co-written, produced and directed by James Cameron. A direct sequel to the 1984 film "The Terminator", as the second installment in the "Terminator" franchise, the film stars Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, and Joe Morton.

In this episode Mark celebrates his fortieth birthday by talking about what life means to him and what he has learned over the last forty years. And Mark also recites his poem "Forty" which he wrote to commemorate his fortieth birthday today.

In this episode Mark does a review of the 2020 film "Promising Young Woman" directed by Emerald Fennell, starring Carey Mulligan as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas who is seeking to avenge the death of her best friend, Nina, who was a victim of rape. This must-watch film powerfully exposes the ongoing and disgusting opinions and behaviours of men who attempt to take advantage of women when they are inca...

In this episode Mark talks about the beautiful weather... Mark talks about his ongoing "Homeland" TV series rewatch... Mark talks about the Disney+ "Home Alone" remake... and Mark talks about a news article that he recently read concerning human-monkey embryo experimentation.

In this episode Mark talks about everything from the moving funeral of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh... watching The Addams Family and The Addams Family Values films... an article in today's The Sunday Times talking about language reform... and the birthdays of one of Mark's favourite actors and one of Mark's favourite directors.

In this episode Mark gives an update on what he has been watching, listening, doing, and experiencing over the last week: including rewatching of the TV series "Homeland", the film "Guardians of the Galaxy", and the release of his new book "Vega - The Vampire King".

In the final episode of the podcast Mark talks about his opinion on Book to Film/Television adaptations: the Good, the Bad, and those that in Mark's opinion were a success in some ways but ultimately completely missed the mark when the final result of their adaptation finally made it to the screen.

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1986 American comedy science fiction film "Short Circuit" directed by John Badham starring Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, and G.W. Bailey with Tim Blaney as the voice of the robot "Number 5".

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1981 horror black comedy film "An American Werewolf in London" directed by John Landis and starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, and John Woodvine.

In this episode Mark talks about his new book "VEGA - The Vampire King" and his his new book's connection to his previous books. Mark also talks about his writing process and about what it takes to get a story translated from an idea on a page to potentially getting published into a book. Mark's new book "VEGA - The Vampire King" is available to own in paperback and for Kindle from Amazon now!

In this episode Mark talks about one of my favourite films: the 1989 American comic science fiction film "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" directed by Joe Johnston. Starring Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski, the inventor of an electromagnetic shrinking machine, who accidentally shrinks his own children, Amy (played by Amy O'Neill) and Nick (Robert Oliveri), as well as the kids of his next door neighbours,...