Mark Lewis Jones Archives

Jason and the Argonauts (2000)

Rating: ★★

Sep 23, 2007Greek Myth Adventure

A Hallmark tv mini-series remake of the Greek myths that fails to stand up to the classic 1963 version. Here Ray Harryhausen's amazing stop-motion animated effects are replaced by cut-price CGI

Director: Nick Willing

Actors: Jason London, Dennis Hopper, Jolene Blalock, Brian Thompson, …

Category: Fantasy

23 September 200712 May 2026 by Roog

The Mists of Avalon (2001)

Rating: ★★★½

Apr 2, 2006Revisionist Arthurian Legends

TV mini-series based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's book that offers a revisionist take on the Arthurian legends, telling the story through the eyes of the women of the saga

Director: Uli Edel

Actors: Julianna Margulies, Anjelica Huston, Samantha Mathis, Edward Atterton, …

Category: Fantasy

2 April 20068 January 2025 by Roog

Child 44 (2015)

Rating: ★★½

Aug 31, 2015Serial Killer Thriller Set in the 1950s Soviet Union

This offers one of the most fascinating settings for a detective story - the Soviet Union at the height of Stalinist oppression - and borrows the story of true-life Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Actors: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, …

Category: Horror

31 August 20151 January 2026 by Roog

Apostle (2018)

Rating: ★★½

May 17, 2019Sinister Cult

Gareth Evans, the director of The Raid films, makes a film about the search for a missing sister among a cult. The film borrows from The Wicker Man, before a climactic dive into full-on gore and sadism

Director: Gareth Evans

Actors: Dan Stevens, Lucy Boynton, Michael Sheen, Mark Lewis Jones, …

Category: Horror

17 May 201918 November 2025 by Roog

The Third Day (2020)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 22, 2020Folk Horror

A UK TV mini-series that borrow much from The Wicker Man in a complex and fascinating story about the discovery of folk religion on a small island and becoming caught up in pending rituals

Director: Marc Munden, Philippa Lowthorpe

Actors: Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Katherine Waterston, Paddy Considine, …

Category: Horror

22 November 20207 March 2026 by Roog

Bodies (2023)

Rating: ★★★½

Jan 19, 2024Cross-Historical Detective Story/Time Travel

A smart, intelligent tv mini-series that conducts a murder mystery that ranges between the 1890s and 2050s, before arriving at an ingenious and clever SF explanation

Director: Haolu Wang, Marco Kreuzpaintner

Actors: Stephen Graham, Kyle Soller, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Amaka Okafor, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 January 20247 December 2025 by Roog