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It’s all about endurance this week, with bonus reviews including ‘Young Woman and the Sea’, a Daisy Ridley-starring biographical drama which tells the story of competitive swimmer Trudy Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel; and ‘Hard Miles’, a sports drama about a social worker at a youth facility who assembles an unlikely cycling team of juvenile convicts for a transformative 1,000-mile bike ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon. This week’s One Frame Back is films and TV shows featuring puppets to coincide with the release of Benedict Cumberbatch’s new show ‘Eric’. Mark and Simon help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from their thoughts on inappropriate couple’s songs to how much of cinemas’ revenue actually comes from film tickets as opposed to food and drink. Timecodes: 7.58 Young Woman and the Sea Review 18.21 Hard Miles Review 29.02 One Frame Back: Films and TV Shows Featuring Puppets 34.25 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 42.58 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: Dunkirk – BBC1 – Friday, 11.40pm A Cock and Bull Story – BBC2 – Saturday, 1am Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse – E4 – Saturday, 12pm Notorious – Talking Pictures TV – Sunday, 7pm Catch Me If You Can – Film4 – Friday, 7.15pm Notlist films this week: Bicentennial Man – GREAT! Movies – Saturday, 6pm Angel Has Fallen – Film4 – Saturday, 10pm Look Who’s Talking Too – GREAT! Movies – Saturday, 6pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, Take fave Benedict Cumberbatch tells Simon all about his psychological miniseries ‘Eric’, which sees him play troubled puppeteer Vincent, who clings to his missing son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet named Eric, convinced that if he can get Eric on TV then his son will come home. Mark also gives his take on the show, as well as reviewing ‘Sting’, which sees a 12-year-old's pet spider rapidly transform into a giant flesh-eating monster, forcing the young girl to fight for her family’s survival. This week’s big review is ‘The Beast’, a science fiction romantic drama loosely based on Henry James’ novella ‘The Beast in the Jungle’, which imagines a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone’s lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat. Lea Seydoux and ‘Gorgeous George’ Mackay star. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:14 – Sting Review 12:03– Box Office Top Ten 24:44 – Benedict Cumberbatch Interview 39:15 – Eric Review 45:42 – What's On June 49:06 – The Beast Review You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Having had Vicky McClure on the show last week to talk about her new limited series ‘Insomnia’, this week, Mark gives his thoughts on the series. This week’s One Frame Back is the best Anya Taylor performances to coincide with the release of ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’. Mark and Simon help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from whether Mark likes being contrarian in his film criticism to recommendations for D-day movies. Timecodes: 15.51 Insomnia Review 34.00 One Frame Back: Best Anya Taylor Joy Performances 43.19 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 47.04 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: Memento – BBC Two, Mon 27 May, 12.20am The Handmaiden – Film4, Sat 25 May, 1.05am The Great Dictator – Sky Arts, Sat 25 May, 1pm Close – BBC Four, Sat 25 May, 9pm Do the Right Thing – BBC Two, Sun 26 May, 12.20am Notlist films this week: Dragonball Evolution – Film4, Sun 26 May, 2.50pm Street Fighter – GREAT! Movies, Fri 24 May, 6.55pm Rambo: Last Blood – Fri 24 May, 9pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, director George Miller sits down with Simon to chat all things ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’, the origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and team-up with Mad Max. Mark also gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘In Flames’, a Pakastani-Canadian supernatural drama, which sees a mother and daughter’s precarious existence ripped apart after the death of the family patriarch. The big review of the week is ‘The Garfield Movie’, which sees Chris Patt voice the iconic, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving cat, who finds himself unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost father, a scruffy street cat who draws him into a high-stakes heist. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:18 – In Flames Review 12:04 – Box Office Top Ten 24:48 – George Miller Interview 39:29 - Furiosa Review 51:25 – The Garfield Movie Review You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bonus reviews include ‘Rome, Open City’, Roberto Rossellini’s landmark of Italian neorealism, which offers a portrait of life under the Nazi Occupation and is often cited as one of the greatest films ever made; and ‘Ripley’, an Andrew Scott-starring noirish TV adaptation of Matt Damon’s 1990 'The Talented Mr Ripley’, which sees the eponymous antihero become obsessed with a wealthy playboy and resort to extreme measures to impersonate him. This week’s One Frame Back is the best films featuring imaginary friends to coincide with the release of John Krasinski’s ‘If’. Mark and Simon help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from what meal from their childhood they hate the most to whether it’s harder to identify poor acting in foreign language films. Timecodes: 10:47 Rome, Open City Review 19:10 Ripley Review 28:51 One Frame Back: Films Featuring Imaginary Friends 39:26 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 46.14 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: Contact – 5Star, Sat 11 May, 12.05pm Modern Times – Sky Arts, Sat 11 May, 1pm The Lavendar Hill Mob – BBC Two, Sat 11 May, 1pm Dead Presidents – Film4, Fri 10 May, 11.10pm Little Women (Greta Gerwig) – GREAT! Movies, Fri 10 May, 6.40pm Notlist films this week: Death Wish 4: the Crackdown – ITV4, Sat 11 May, 11.10pm Amityville: the Evil Escapes – Talking Pictures TV, Fri 10 May, 9.05pm The Predator – E4, Fri 10 May, 9pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, Vicky McClure chats to Simon about her new limited series ‘Insomnia’, which sees a mother approaching her fortieth birthday forced to grapple with her traumatic past after she develops insomnia. Mark gives his thoughts on various new releases, including ‘Two Tickets to Greece’, a French comedy-drama starring Laure Calamy (of ‘Call My Agent’ fame) which follows two childhood friends who cross paths after many years and finally decide to take their dream vacation to Greece; and ‘Hoard’, a social realist psychodrama, which sees a teenager living in a foster home encouraged by a previous resident to revisit her childhood memories of her mother who used to be a hoarder. The big review of the week is 'If’, John Krasinski’s latest, which sees a 12-year-old girl, who can see everyone’s imaginary friends, embark on a magical journey to reconnect the forgotten so-called IFs with the now-adult kids who dreamt them up. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 07:00 – Two Tickets For Greece Review 11:49 – Box Office Top Ten 21:40 – Vicky McClure Interview 35:36 – Hoard Review 42:40 – IF Review You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark gives his take on ‘Shallow Grave’, one of Danny Boyle’s breakthrough films, which is being re-released to celebrate its 30th anniversary, and sees three roommates find their newly accepted fourth roommate dead in bed with a huge amount of cash beside him; and ‘The Regime’, a Kate Winslet-starring satirical limited series, which depicts a year inside the palace of a crumbling authoritarian regime. This week’s One Frame Back is the best magical realist films to coincide with the release of ‘La Chimera’. Our bespectacled duo help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from the films that would make great operas to their thoughts on whether there’s a song in existence that can’t be improved by a gospel section. Timecodes: 13:34 Shallow Grave Review 25:01 The Regime Review 30:33 One Frame Back: Best Magical Realist Films 41:26 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 46.27 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: Contact – 5Star, Sat 11 May, 12.05pm Modern Times – Sky Arts, Sat 11 May, 1pm The Lavendar Hill Mob – BBC Two, Sat 11 May, 1pm Dead Presidents – Film4, Fri 10 May, 11.10pm Little Women (Greta Gerwig) – GREAT! Movies, Fri 10 May, 6.40pm Notlist films this week: Death Wish 4: the Crackdown – ITV4, Sat 11 May, 11.10pm Amityville: the Evil Escapes – Talking Pictures TV, Fri 10 May, 9.05pm The Predator – E4, Fri 10 May, 9pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, Simon’s fave John Krasinski, along with Ms Fleabag herself, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, are on the show to discuss their new film ‘If’, which sees a 12-year-old girl who can see everyone’s imaginary friends, embark on a magical journey to reconnect the forgotten so-called IFs with the now-adult kids who dreamt them up. Mark will be reviewing the film next week. The good doctor Kermode gives his diagnosis on various new releases, including ‘Made in England’, a documentary in which legendary auteur Martin Scorsese reflects on the legacy and lasting influence of the equally legendary British filmmaking duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; and ‘La Chimera’, Alice Rohrwacher’s latest about a British archaeologist who becomes embroiled in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts in the 1980s – its star Josh O’Connor was on the show to talk about last week. If you haven’t already his chat with Simon is an absolute must-listen! The big review of the week is ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’, the fourth instalment of the ‘Planet of the Apes’ reboot franchise, which sees a young ape, many years after the reign of Caesar, embark on a journey that will lead him to question everything’s he’s been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 06:34 – Made In England Review 11:47 – Box Office Top Ten 25:18 – John Krasinski and Phoebe Waller-Bridge Interview 41:23 – La Chimera Review 47:36 – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Review You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Josh O’Connor and Simon’s chat was so good that we had to include more of it in Take 2 – you're welcome! Mark espouses his critical wisdom on ‘Red Herring’, an autobiographical documentary, which sees filmmaker Kit Vincent faced with a terminal diagnosis, leading him to enlist his family on an intimate and darkly funny journey to help them come to terms with his illness; ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace’, the (chronologically) first instalment of George Lucas’ legendary sci-fi saga, which follows the first fateful steps in the journey of Anakin Skywalker; and ‘Baby Reindeer’, the unexpected smash hit Netflix series which is based on writer and comedian Richard Gadd’s real-life experience of being stalked and sexually assaulted in his twenties. This week’s One Frame Back is the best stunt performances to coincide with the release of ‘The Fall Guy’. Our bespectacled duo help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from what happens when a director realises that an actor has been hopelessly miscast to the popular consumer products they think are giant rip-offs. Timecodes: 8:36 Red Herring Review 18:43 Phantom Menace Review 30:08 One Frame Back: Best Stunt Performances 33:16 More Josh O’Connor 41:57 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 46:14 Baby Reindeer Review 54:15 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: By the Grace of God – BBC Two, Sun 5 May, 1.45am We Need to Talk About Kevin – BBC Two, Sun 5 May, 12am Saint Maud – Film4, Fri 3 May, 10.50pm Senna – Channel 4, Sun 5 May, 11.20pm The Road – GREAT! Movies, Sun 5 May, 11.05pm Notlist films this week: London Has Fallen – Film4, Sat 4 May, 9pm SPYkids 3-D: Game Over – ITV2, Sat 4 May, 3.35pm Salt – Film4, Sat 4 May, 2am You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, man of the moment Josh O’Connor is in the studio to chat to Simon about his leading role in ‘La Chimera’, Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher’s period fantasy drama about a British archaeologist who becomes involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s. Mark gives his take on various new releases including ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, the latest offering from Kermode fave Rose Glass, which sees Kristen Stewart play a reclusive gym manager who falls for an ambitious bodybuilder only for the pair to become embroiled in the former’s violent criminal family; and ‘The Idea of You’, an Anne Hathaway-starring romcom that sees a 40-year-old single mum begin an unexpected romance with the 24-year-old leader singer of the biggest boy band on the planet. The big review of the week is 'The Fall Guy’, a Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt-starring action comedy, which sees a battle-scarred stuntman spring back into action when the star of a big studio movie suddenly and mysteriously disappears. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 06:20 – Love Lies Bleeding Review 12:36 – Box Office Top Ten 25:02 – Josh O’Connor Interview 42:24 – The Idea of You 48:46 – What's On May 55:23 – The Fall Guy You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark and Simon answer a host of listener questions. This week’s One Frame Back is the best films set on or featuring space stations to coincide with the release of ‘I.S.S.’ Our bespectacled duo help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from how they feel about Paul Atreides to their thoughts on the most overhyped skills people boast about having. Timecodes: 14:59 One Frame Back: Best Kirsten Dunst films 31:21 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 34:36 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: X – Channel 4, Sat 27 April, 1.10am I Am Not a Witch – Film4, Sat 27 April, 1.45am Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse – Channel 4, Sat 27 April, 11.35am Hereditary – Film4, Sat 27 April, 11.20pm AI: Artificial Intelligence – Film4, Sun 28 April, 11.20pm Notlist films this week: American Reunion – Channel 4, Fri 26 April, 11.05pm Hitman – Film4, Mon 29 April, 11.05pm Mile 22, Film4, Mon 29 April, 10.50pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week there’s no guest, but lots more witterings from the good doctors to make up for it. Mark gives his take on a swathe of new films, including ‘Ordinary Angels’, a Hilary Swank-starring emotional drama about a hairdresser who rallies an entire community to help a widowed father get his critically ill youngest daughter a liver transplant; ‘Boy Kills World’, an action thriller about a martial arts expert who goes on a campaign of vengeance after he is rendered deaf-mute by an attack that killed his entire family; ‘I.S.S.’, a science fiction thriller, which sees tensions flare aboard the International Space Station when a worldwide conflict breaks out on earth; and ‘Challengers’, Luca Guadagnino’s latest, which sees Zendaya star as a former-tennis-prodigy-turned-coach who transforms her husband into a world-famous grand slam champion only to become embroiled in a love triangle when he competes against his former best friend – and her former lover. The big review of the week is ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’, a comedy-drama, which sees a young man join a clandestine group of magical African Americans committed to enhancing the lives of white individuals, satirising the Magical Negro trope. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 09:39 – Orindary Angels 16:42 – Boy Kills World 20:45 – Box Office Top Ten 35:19 – I.S.S. 43:33 – Challengers 50:27 – American Society of Magical Negroes You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week Simon and Mark are away so instead we have a clip episode for your viewing pleasure featuring interviews with the likes of Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone, Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer; and reviews of everything from ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ to Madame Web. Enjoy listening to some of the best The Take has had to offer these past few months! Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 2:08 The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, Universal) 4:57 Scala!!! (Jane Giles, Ali Catterall, BFI) 8:35 Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, A24) 12:19 All of us strangers (Andrew Haigh, Disney) 15:42 Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, Disney) 21:19 Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone 25:21 Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer 31:02 Cate Blanchett 35:12 Cillian Murphy 42:13 Kung Fu Panda (Mike Mitchell, Universal) 45:42 Godzilla x Kong The New Empire ( Adam Wingard, Warner Bros) 47:11 Madame Web (SJ Clarkson, Columbia Pictures) 50:49 Driveaway Dolls (Ethan Coen, Universal) 53:59 Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (Gil Kenan, Columbia) You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bonus reviews include ‘Opponent’, a drama about an Iranian wrestling champion’s complex battle for asylum for him and his family in Sweden; ‘Ratcatcher’, Scottish auteur Lynne Ramsay’s now-classic debut feature, which has been restored in 4K to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and follows a young boy’s life on a derelict Glaswegian council estate where killing rats has become a sport for local children; and ‘All You Need is Death’, which sees a young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past. This week’s One Frame Back is the best Kirsten Dunst performances to celebrate the release of her new film ‘Civil War’. Mark and Simon help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from the terrible movies they still love because they loved them as a kid to how they feel about using nuclear energy as a power source. Timecodes: 03:43 Opponent review 13:27 Ratcatcher review 17:10: All You Need is Death review 20:33 One Frame Back: Best Kirsten Dunst films 25:12 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 27:43 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: The Power of the Dog – BBC Two, Fri 12 April, 11.05pm Hombre – Talking Pictures TV, Sat 13 April, 3.35pm Bridesmaids – itv2, Sat 13 April, 9pm Inglorious Basterds – 5Star, Sat 13 April, 9pm Sorry to Bother You – BBC Two, Sun 14 April, 11.40pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, Kirsten Dunst and Alex Garland sit down to chat with Simon about their new film ‘Civil War’, which sees Dunst star as a photojournalist travelling with her team across a dystopian United States, engulfed by a second civil war, in a bid to interview and photograph the president. Mark also gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’, a drama in which a teacher decides to step in when one of her students is suspected of theft, finding herself caught between her ideals and the school system in the process; and ‘The First Omen’, which sees a young American nun start to question her own faith when she uncovers a terrifying conspiracy to bring about the birth of evil incarnate in Rome. The big review of the week is ‘Back to Black’, a musical biopic about singer Amy Winehouse’s tumultuous relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil inspires her to write and record the groundbreaking album ‘Back to Black’. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): The Teachers’ Lounge – 6:58 Box Office Top Ten – 10:55 The First Omen – 13:16 Kirsten Dunst & Alex Garland Interview – 25:32 Civil War Review – 37:45 Back to Black Review – 46:11 You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bonus reviews include ‘Scoop’, a Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper-starring biographical drama, which explores how the women of “Newsnight” secured the infamous interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; and ‘The Trouble with Jessica’, a satirical black comedy, which follows a London couple in deep financial trouble, whose situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behaviour of an uninvited dinner guest. This week’s One Frame Back is the best revenge films to coincide with the release of Dev Patel’s directorial debut ‘Monkey Man’. Plus, Mark and Simon help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. They also answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from whether there is a name for when a line from a song directly corresponds to the action on screen to their recommendations for album of the week. Timecodes: 10:51 Scoop review 23:20 The Trouble with Jessica review 30:38 One Frame Back: Best Revenge Films 38:49 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 43:06 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: Nobody – Film4, Fri 5 April, 9pm I, Tonya – BBC Two, Fri 5 April, 11.05pm Gloria – Talking Pictures TV, Sat 6 April, 12.55am The Blair Witch Project – BBC Three, Sat 6 April, 10pm Blood Simple – Film4, Sun 7 April, 1.50am You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, the lovely Dev Patel is on the show to chat all things ‘Monkey Man’, his (co) writing and directorial debut, which sees a young man hunt down the group of corrupt leaders responsible for his mother’s death. Mark also gives his thoughts on the film, as well as reviewing ‘Evil Does Not Exist’, an enigmatic eco-parable, which sees a Tokyo company buy up land near a pristine lake in a bid to turn it into a glamping site; and ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’, a Rebecca Hall-starring follow-up to the 2021 monster film, which sees Godzilla and the almighty Kong face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet that challenges their very existence and the survival of the human race. The big review of the week is ‘Seize Them!’, a Dark Ages-set comedy romp, which sees a queen, played by Aimee Lou Wood, forced to endure hardship and danger as she embarks on a voyage to win back her throne. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): Evil Does Not Exist – 7:05 Box Office Top Ten – 12:45 Godzilla x Kong – 16:54 Dev Patel Interview – 25:49 Monkey Man Review – 40:17 Seize Them! Review – 47:43 You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bonus reviews include ‘Mary Poppins’, the Julie Andrews-starring classic musical about a magical nanny who helps two neglected children become closer to their father; and ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’, the fourth instalment of the animated martial arts comedy film series, which sees Po, voiced by Jack Black, trying to find and train his successor as the new Dragon Warrior, while also trying to defeat an evil sorceress before she steals the kung-fu abilities of all masters in China. This week’s One Frame Back is the best Ewan McGregor performances to coincide with the release of ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’. Mark and Simon help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. They also answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related). Timecodes: 06:16 Kung Fu Panda 4 review 19:40 Mary Poppins review 29:37 One Frame Back: Best Ewan McGregor Films 33:45 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist 38:05 Questions Schmestions Watchlist films this week: La La Land – BBC Two, Fri 29 March, 11pm Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – ITV HD, Sun 31 March, 12.25pm Splash – GREAT! Movies, Sun 31 March, 3.45pm Assault on Precinct 13 – Legend, Sun 31 March, 12.50am Sightseers – Film4, Sun 31 March, 2.00am You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, Obi Wan Kenobi himself, aka Ewan McGregor, sits down with Simon to discuss his new miniseries ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’, which sees a Russian aristocrat spared from death and placed under house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him. Mark also gives his take on the series, as well as reviewing ‘Mothers’ Instinct’, a Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway-starring thriller about a pair of rich suburban housewives, whose sisterly bond is unraveled after a tragic accident shatters their seemingly picture-perfect lives; and ‘Silver Haze’, a British drama about a young nurse, who is unable to build any meaningful relationship thanks to her obsession with getting revenge for a traumatic event that happened 15 years prior, until she falls in love with one of her patients. Plus, Mark and Simon keep us up to date on the cinematic events happening around the country. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 07:14 Mother’s Instinct Review 14:21 Box Office Top 10 30:55 Interview with Ewan McGregor 42:05 A Gentleman in Moscow Review 48:22 Silver Haze Review 52:24 What’s On You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bonus reviews include ‘The Persian Version’, a comedy drama about the reunion of a large Iranian American family, which catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past, allowing them to discover they are more alike than they know; and ‘The Delinquents’, a Spanish language comedy-drama about a bank employee who steals enough money to never work again, and offers his colleague a cut if he hides the cash while he serves his prison sentence. This week’s One Frame Back is best nun-based horrors to coincide with the release of ‘Immaculate’. Plus, Mark and Simon are on hand to help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 10:57 The Persian Version review 30:05 The Delinquents review 43:52 Plot Smash 48:22 One Frame Back: Best Nun-Based Horrors 51:41 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist Watchlist films this week: Border – Film4, Sun 24 March, 1.20am When Harry Met Sally... – BBC One, Sun 24 March, 10.30pm What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – BBC Two, Sun 24 March, 11.50pm Pain and Glory – BBC Two, Sat 23 March, 12.10am Top Gun: Maverick – Channel 4, Sat 23 March, 9.10pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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