Posts By Mark Harrison
Netflix UK film review: The Adjustment Bureau
October 4, 2015 | Mark HarrisonDamon and Blunt excel in this thoughtful and earnest genre-bender.Read More
VOD film review: Man Up
October 3, 2015 | Mark HarrisonThe funniest and breeziest British rom-com in years.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 2 (The Witch’s Familiar)
September 27, 2015 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review of The Witch’s Familiar. Already seen it? Read on at the end for spoilers.
Let us introduce you to every Doctor Who cliffhanger ever: One or more characters (up to the point of everyone in … Read More
Toy Story 1, 2 and 3: Time and other perils of being a toy
September 26, 2015 | Mark Harrison20 years ago, Disney released Toy Story, the first fully CG-animated feature film. While the quality of animation has improved over time, the 1995 movie holds up well, in part because the early films by Pixar Animation Studios play the … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 1 (The Magician’s Apprentice)
September 20, 2015 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review of Episode 1. If you’ve already seen the episode, read on at the end for spoilers and geeky references for old Who fans.
Aside from Season 8’s two-part finale, Doctor Who has focused more on … Read More
UK VOD TV review: Agent Carter, Season 1, Episode 8
August 30, 2015 | Mark HarrisonAlready seen Episode 8? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
The stakes are suitably high at the start of Valediction, the Season 1 finale of Agent Carter. Following on from last week’s massacre at the cinema, the SSR has … Read More
VOD film review: Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983)
August 29, 2015 | Mark HarrisonA flawed, but woefully under-appreciated gem.Read More
UK TV Review: Agent Carter Season 1, Episode 7
August 23, 2015 | Mark HarrisonAlready seen Episode 7? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
All seems lost for Agent Carter this week. She is under arrest and her fellow agents present her with a wall of evidence of her secret doings since the … Read More
UK TV Review: Agent Carter Season 1, Episode 6
August 16, 2015 | Mark HarrisonAlready seen Episode 6? Read on for spoilers.
Back on home turf after last week’s sojourn to Belarus, A Sin To Err gets the endgame of Agent Carter Season 1 back on track in a big, bad way. The story … Read More
UK TV Review: Agent Carter Season 1, Episode 5 (The Iron Ceiling)
August 9, 2015 | Mark HarrisonAlready seen Episode 5? Read on for spoilery analysis.
Kicking off the second half of the season, The Iron Ceiling finally sees Peggy get an official mission from the SSR that doesn’t involve filing. The timing is fortuitous – although … Read More