Mark Harrison, Author at Film Stories

Film Quiz Friday: Bad Movie Bonanza

by Mark Harrison | Feb 18, 2022 | Feature, News

What makes a “bad” movie? That’s just one of the questions we’re tackling in this week’s film quiz: best of luck. OUR B...

Film Quiz Friday: A Match Made... Somewhere!

by Mark Harrison | Feb 11, 2022 | Feature, News

As Valentine’s Day is coming up, our weekly film quiz matchmakers have had a go at inventing some new, more romantic versions of popular movies....

Film Quiz Friday: Music By John Williams

by Mark Harrison | Feb 04, 2022 | Feature, News

Ready for a symphony of random movie trivia? This week’s film quiz covers the works of the mighty John Williams....

Snow White vs the BBFC – the Disney classic that was deemed too scary for under-16s

by Mark Harrison | Feb 01, 2022 | Feature, News

It took 50 years for Disney’s Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs to be granted a U certificate - here’s the story of the film’s unexpected battles with...

Film Quiz Friday: Double Trouble!

by Mark Harrison | Jan 28, 2022 | Feature, News

Here's this week’s film quiz, with 30 questions on topics such as Oscar acceptance speeches, supervillains’ cats, and movies whose titles rhyme....

Exploring the music of the Superman movies

by Mark Harrison | Jan 27, 2022 | Feature, News

Is it the music that makes Superman soar? We explore the stories behind the scores, how they've changed, and how they've stayed the same....

2005's Pride & Prejudice and the fuss over its bonus ending

by Mark Harrison | Jan 25, 2022 | Feature, News

Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice changed its final scene after UK test screenings - yet it was reinstated for an e...

Film Quiz Friday: Best of Five?

by Mark Harrison | Jan 21, 2022 | Feature, News

With Scream (5cream?) in cinemas, this week’s film quiz tests your knowledge of fifth instalments of franchises, along with various other movie t...

Film Quiz Friday: The Magnificent Kevin

by Mark Harrison | Jan 14, 2022 | Feature, News

We come to it at last - this week’s film quiz includes 30 questions about comedy remakes, the Scream franchise, and the movies of Kevin Costner....

Disney's Encanto and its unexpected UK Singles Chart success

by Mark Harrison | Jan 13, 2022 | Feature, News

Three songs from Encanto have popped up in this week’s UK Official Singles Chart - with stats and waffle, here are some of Disney’s other chart hit...

Film Quiz Friday: Let's Quiz!

by Mark Harrison | Jan 07, 2022 | Feature, News

It’s a New Year and a new film quiz for you to get stuck into – subjects this week include Westerns, box-office landmarks, and quizzes in films....

Harry Potter and the adapted screenplays - celebrating Steve Kloves and Michael Goldenberg (even though the HBO special ignored them)

by Mark Harrison | Jan 06, 2022 | Feature

HBO Max's Harry Potter reunion special overlooked two key figures in the franchise's success – screenwriters Steve Kloves and Michael Goldenberg....

Scooby-Doo, and its astounding The Blair Witch Project crossover

by Mark Harrison | Jan 04, 2022 | Feature

The Scooby-Doo Project is an award-winning Halloween special that spoofs 1999’s biggest horror hit - we investigate Mystery Inc’s weirdest case....

The Film Stories Quiz of the Year – 21 movie questions about 2021

by Mark Harrison | Dec 22, 2021 | Feature, News

It’s time for your final film quiz of the year and it covers a whole bunch of 2021 movies, whether in cinemas or streaming....

Spider-Man – where do we go from No Way Home?

by Mark Harrison | Dec 20, 2021 | Feature, News

No Way Home is billed as the end of a Spider-Man trilogy, but what’s next? Some spoilery thoughts on the development of Tom Holland’s character fol...

Film Quiz Friday: Christmas Is All Around

by Mark Harrison | Dec 17, 2021 | Feature, News

“If you really love Christmas, c’mon and let it snow”: this week’s festive film quiz breaks out the tinsel and baubles with 30 Yuletide movie teasers...

Film Quiz Friday: Steven Spielberg Presents...

by Mark Harrison | Dec 10, 2021 | Feature, News

Steven Spielberg is 75 years old next week and this week’s film quiz covers his works to date, along with some films he somehow wasn’t involved in....

Revisiting Rover Dangerfield – a truly weird Hollywood star vehicle

by Mark Harrison | Dec 09, 2021 | Feature, News

One of Rodney Dangerfield's stranger film projects was the animated musical comedy Rover Dangerfield - Mark looks back at an obscure childhood...

The Underworld franchise crossovers that never were

by Mark Harrison | Dec 08, 2021 | Feature, News

Underworld meets Resident Evil, anyone? We’ve been looking into some of the potential Underworld crossovers that have been mooted over the years… T...

Film Quiz Friday: Air Force One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

by Mark Harrison | Dec 03, 2021 | Feature, News

A disclaimer for this week’s film quiz – our lawyers tell us that we have never seen or even heard of Richard Osman’s House Of Games. O...

Film Quiz Friday: Sing-Along Songs

by Mark Harrison | Nov 26, 2021 | Feature, News

What’s this? Do you wanna build a snowman? Can you feel the love tonight? None of these questions appear in this week’s film quiz, but some other Dis...

The Jim Carrey movie sequels that didn’t star Jim Carrey

by Mark Harrison | Nov 25, 2021 | Feature, News

Though his aversion to sequels has mellowed over the years, Jim Carrey declined to return for various sequels to some of his biggest box-office hits -...

Film Quiz Friday: Better Late Than Never?

by Mark Harrison | Nov 19, 2021 | Feature, News

Who you gonna call? In this week’s film quiz on belated sequels, please be prepared to wait 20 years or longer for a response....

Doctor Who and the terror of the Weeping Angels

by Mark Harrison | Nov 18, 2021 | Feature, News

Don’t blink! Jodie Whittaker and friends tangle with the Weeping Angels in the new series of Doctor Who, but what makes Steven Moffat’s creations so...

Film Quiz Friday: A Quiz Called Wanda

by Mark Harrison | Nov 12, 2021 | Feature, News

“What would an intellectual do?” Try this week’s film quiz, which includes teasers on movie rules, actor anagrams, and the movies of Jamie Lee Curti...