
TV
07.09.2010
Looking back at The Crystal Maze
Mark Pickavance
Mark celebrates Channel 4's The Crystal Maze, and hopes that rumours of a new version don't come to fruition...
TV
01.09.2010
The Deep episode 5 finale: The Last Breath review
Mark Pickavance
In the end, I wanted this show to end so much, it was actually a relief when it finally did.
Mark unleashes a spread of torpedoes at the final part of The Deep as the sub drama series finishes with The Last Breath…
TV
24.08.2010
The Deep episode 4: Everything Put Together Falls Apart review
Mark Pickavance
Mark reviews the penultimate episode of the BBC's decidedly watery drama, The Deep...
Movies
23.08.2010
Looking back at Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon
Mark Pickavance
It's like a bizarre experiment has taken place where Fellini had been convinced to direct Carry On Cleo.
To celebrate the release of the 1980 Flash Gordon movie on Blu-ray, Mark Pickavance takes a timely look back at that film and the classic 30s serial…
TV
17.08.2010
The Deep episode 3: Ghosts Of The Deep review
Mark Pickavance
Mark continues to extol his unreserved love of sub-crash TV, as he checks out the latest episode of The Deep...
TV
10.08.2010
The Deep episode 2: Into The Belly Of The Beast review
Mark Pickavance
There were so many plot holes in the script that it made SeaQuest DSV look like a Discovery Channel documentary
Mark decides to turn off his own oxygen supply, after watching the second episode of The Deep…
TV
10.08.2010
Identity episode 6 series finale review
Mark Pickavance
ITV's six episode run of Identity comes to an end, leaving Mark in two minds about it returning...
TV
04.08.2010
The Deep episode 1: To The Furthest Place review
Mark Pickavance
Mark wonders if The Deep is destined ever to resurface as the new submarine drama series with surpernatural undercurrents debuts…
TV
03.08.2010
Identity episode 5 review
Mark Pickavance
As Identity reaches its fifth episode, Mark wonders if the show needs to get some identifiable characters to liven it up…
TV
28.07.2010
Identity episode 4 review
Mark Pickavance
Mark finds some of this latest episode of ITV’s Identity a little too cheesy to swallow…
TV
20.07.2010
Identity episode 3 review
Mark Pickavance
It's taken three episodes, but ITV's Identity has finally managed to hit its stride...
Movies
19.07.2010
TV
14.07.2010
Identity episode 2 review
Mark Pickavance
After a disappointing first episode, Mark finds the personality of the second Identity story more to his liking…
TV
06.07.2010
Identity episode 1 review
Mark Pickavance
Mark genuinely likes Keeley Hawes, but not enough to recommend the very lightweight new cop drama, Identity...
Disc Reviews
17.06.2010
Alice In Wonderland Blu-ray review
Mark Pickavance
Mark checks out Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland as it arrives on Blu-ray. And he likes what he finds...
TV
14.06.2010
ITV HD scores own goal
Mark Pickavance
Those watching the football on ITV HD at the weekend got a little less than they were expecting...
Movies
06.06.2010
Alice through the projector lens
Mark Pickavance
Mark charts the cinematic history of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, from the earliest days of the moving image to the present day…
Movies
30.05.2010
Dennis Hopper passes away, aged 74
Mark Pickavance
The much admired and gifted actor, director and star of Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper dies at the age of 74...
Movies
28.05.2010
Animated Disney movies inspired by English literature
Mark Pickavance
With Alice In Wonderland arriving on disc next week, we look back at the English literature that's inspired previous Disney productions...
Disc Reviews
05.05.2010
Kelly's Heroes Blu-ray review
Mark Pickavance
Mark takes his Tiger tank and drives it over Kelly's Heroes...
Disc Reviews
28.04.2010
Avatar Blu-ray review
Mark Pickavance
This left me with an oddly disconnected feeling after the final reel, like I'd turned up to see the greatest rock concert in the world, but through a scheduling mistake, I'd missed it by a few hours
The movie with blue people is out on Blu-ray disc. So what will Mark, an Avatar-virgin, make of James Cameron's blockbuster?
Disc Reviews
21.04.2010
Toy Story 2 Blu-ray review
Mark Pickavance
If Toy Story made a cinematic historical landmark, then the second movie glued the plaque in place
One of Pixar's best ever films arrives in high definition. Mark checks out the Blu-ray of Toy Story 2...
Movies
30.03.2010
Celebrating Where Eagles Dare
Mark Pickavance
Mark celebrates one of his favourite movies. It's the union of Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton and Ingrid Pitt in Where Eagles Dare...
Movies
29.03.2010
TRON revisited
Mark Pickavance
It's useful to remember that while concepts like 'virtual reality' and immersive FPS games might have been discussed as possibilities, the reality of these things was well in the future in 1982
Did Flynn get it wrong, was the MCP right? Mark looks back at TRON, and the themes within it that remain totally relevant to the present day...
Comics & Books
28.03.2010
Kick-Ass The Graphic Novel review
Mark Pickavance
As the film continues to garner terrific reviews, Mark checks out the graphical novel that inspired Kick-Ass...






















