Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to give his verdict on the week's movies
Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City. Plus reviews of The Bad Guys, Morbius, True Things & Sonic 2.
Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City.
Plus Mark reviews Morbius, which features show favourite Jared Leto as Biochemist Michael Morbius; True Things, Harry Wootliff’s drama starring Ruth Wilson as a young woman living on the fringes of society; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with Jim Carrey; animation The Bad Guys, about several reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals who attempt to become good; and The Novice, about a college freshman’s obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it in rowing, no matter the cost. And we have a very fine pair of special guests.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release in the UK box office top 10.
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4/1/2022 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 34 seconds
Jake Gyllenhaal & Yahya Abdul Matten II, Ambulance, The Worst Person in the World, Chopper, Master and Escape from Mogadishu
Jake Gyllenhaal & Yahya Abdul Matten II talk about their roles in Michael Bay’s latest, Ambulance about two robbers who steal an ambulance after a heist.
Plus Mark reviews Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, which chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman navigating the troubled waters of her love life and struggling to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is, plus new Amazon film Master, horror The Spine of the Night, Chopper and Escape from Mogadishu.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release in the UK box office top 10.
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00:00:00 PODCAST STARTS
00:24:33 BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
00:44:07 Master review
00:48:29 Jake and Yahya interview
01:03:54 Ambulance review
01:11:27 Oscars chat
01:15:20 WTF 1
01:17:18 The Worst Person in the World
01:24:00 TV Movie
01:27:37 Escape from Mogadishu
01:35:50 The Spine of Night
01:42:58 Chopper
01:53:50 DVD of the Week
3/25/2022 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 36 seconds
Simon Farnaby, The Phantom of the Open, Paris 13th District, Master, X, Deep Water and Three Floors
Simon Farnaby talks about his new film The Phantom of the Open, about Maurice Flitcroft, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Mark also reviews Paris 13th District, starring Noémie Merlant in Jacques Audiard’s latest; Amazon Prime’s Master, starring Regina Hall, about two African American women who begin to share disturbing experiences at a predominantly white college in New England; Ti West’s X, about a group of young filmmakers in 1979 who set out to make an adult film in rural Texas; Deep Water, about a well-to-do husband, played by Ben Affleck, who allows his wife, played by Ana de Armas, to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce and becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers; and Nanni Moretti’s Three Floors, the story of three families living in three apartments in the same development.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 Pod starts
00:06:36 WTF 1
00:26:50 X Review
00:34:36 TV Movie
00:38:52 Three Floors review
00:42:45 WTF 2
00:46:36 Deep Water
00:58:30 Live show begins
01:20:30 Paris 13th District
01:23:10 Simon Farnaby
01:38:00 Phantom of the Open
01:43:30 DVD of the Week
3/18/2022 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 10 seconds
Sean Baker, Red Rocket, Turning Red, Wolf, Feast, The Seed, Great Freedom and The Adam Project
Director Sean Baker talks about his new film Red Rocket, about a washed-up adult film actor who returns to his small Texas hometown,
Mark will also review Feast, about the infamous 2007 HIV incident in the Dutch city of Groningen, Turning Red, the latest animation from Disney, about a 13-year-old girl who turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited; new horror The Seed, about a girls’ weekend away in the Mojave desert which becomes a tale of horror, death and alien invasion; Great Freedom, set in post-war Germany, when homosexuality was still criminal; The Adam Project, which stars Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, and Walker Scobell in a story about a time-travelling fighter pilot who teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future and Sideshow, about two inept criminals who break into the home of a washed-up psychic in search of hidden loot, and ‘get a lot more than they bargained for’, and Wolf, a drama about a boy who believes he is a wolf, starring Gorgeous George MacKay.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 Podcast starts
00:23:20 Simon announces that the show will be ending on April 1st
00:27:00 Top Ten
00:51:30 The Seed
00:54:30 Sean Baker interview
01:08:10 Red Rocket interview
01:13:27 WTF1
01:15:12 Turning Red
01:21:20 TV Movies
01:27:38 The Adam Project
01:31:48 Great Freedom
3/11/2022 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 29 seconds
Clio Barnard talks about Ali and Ava. Plus reviews of The Batman, The Weekend Away, Against the Ice and The Sanctity Of Space
Director Clio Barnard talks about her new film Ali and Ava, which stars Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook as the titular characters.
Mark will also review The Batman, which stars Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz as Batman and Catwoman in Matt Reeves’s new story featuring the Bob Kane and Bill Finger-created superhero; documentary Rebel Dread about the filmmaker, DJ, musician and commentator, Don Letts; The Weekend Away, about a weekend getaway to Croatia which goes quite badly wrong; Against the Ice, which stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the story of two explorers fighting to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland and The Sanctity Of Space, a documentary recording the long push to cross a series of Alaskan mountains, and the geographer who first charted them.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 Podcast starts
00:22:00 Live show recording starts
00:44:21 The Weekend Away
00:48:00 Clio Barnard
01:00:26 Ali and Ava
01:10:18 WTF1
01:12:50 The Batman
01:25:30 Against the Ice
01:28:39 TV Movies
01:31:32 Rebel Dread
01:38:31 Sanctity of Space
01:46:50 DVD of the Week
3/4/2022 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 1 second
Dave Grohl talks about Studio 666, plus Cyrano, The Duke, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Hellbender and The Godfather
Dave Grohl talks about his role in Studio 666, about Foo Fighters moving into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.
Mark reviews Cyrano, Joe Wright’s adaptation of the play; The Duke, about Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver who steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London; Gangubai Kathiawadi, about a woman who becomes a powerful underworld figure; the re-release of The Godfather, about the ageing patriarch of an organised crime dynasty in postwar New York City who transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son; and new horror Hellbender, about a lonely teenager who discovers her family's ties to witchcraft.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 POD STARTS
00:30:40 Celebrating Cinema
00:37:58 Top Ten
01:01:30 The Duke
01:09:17 Dave Grohl
01:34:10 WTF 1
01:36:25 Gangubai Kathiawadi
01:41:12 TV Movies
01:47:40 Cyrano
01:57:35 WTF 2
02:00:48 HELLBENDER
02:09:10 The Godfather
02:18:18 DVD of the Week
2/25/2022 • 2 hours, 22 minutes, 4 seconds
Helen Mirren, Dog, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here Before, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1), Kimi and Old Henry
Dame Helen Mirren talks about her role in The Duke.
Mark reviews Dog, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here Before, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1), Kimi and Old Henry.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:27:17 Box Office Top 10
00:45:29 The Real Charlie Chaplin review
00:52:41 Helen Mirren interview
01:09:03 Dog review
01:14:49 Here Before review
01:20:04 WTF
01:21:33 Kimi review
01:27:38 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:32:46 Texas Chainsaw Massacre
01:44:16 Old Henry review
01:49:40 WTF
01:51:13 jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1)
01:51:40 DVD OF THE WEEK
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2/18/2022 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 17 seconds
Andrea Riseborough, Death on the Nile, Marry Me, Flee, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Petrov’s Flu.
Andrea Riseborough talks about her role in new drama Here Before.
Mark reviews Chuckles Branagh’s Death on the Nile, about Hercule Poirot’s investigation of the murder of a young heiress in Egypt; Marry Me, in which musical superstars who are getting married before a global audience of fans when one of them learns of their fiance’s unfaithfulness; Flee, the true story of a man on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time; Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, about an unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters; Petrov’s Flu, Kirill Serebrennikov’s film about a day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia; mystery The Wanting Mare, directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman and new A24 film The Sky Is Everywhere, about a shy, teenage musician who tries to keep things together in the aftermath of her older, more outgoing sister's death.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 Podcast starts
00:31:30 Box Office Top Ten
00:53:50 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
00:58:41 The Sky is Everywhere
01:05:25 WTF 1
01:12:53 Petrov's Flu
01:18:20 Andrea Riseborough
01:34:00 Marry Me
01:39:57 Death on the Nile
01:47:54 TV Movie
01:52:28 Flee
01:58:25 The Wanting Mare
02:02:40 DVD of the Week
2/11/2022 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 52 seconds
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Souvenir Part II, Moonfall, Belle, Jackass Forever, the reissue of Jules et Jim
Jessica Chastain talks about The Eyes of Tammy Faye, an intimate look at the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker
Mark reviews The Souvenir Part II, about which its writer director Joanna Hogg spoke to Simon last week; Moonfall, about a mysterious force that knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life as we know it, directed by Roland Emmerich; The Jackass crew return 11 years later in Jackass Forever; anime Belle about Suzu, a shy high school student living in a rural village whom for years has only been a shadow of herself until she enters "U", a massive virtual world; A Violent Man, about a dangerous prisoner incarcerated for double murder in a maximum security prison and the reissue of François Truffaut’s tale of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman, Jules et Jim.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:27:32 Box Office Top Ten
00:53:35 Jessica Chastain interview
01:08:00 The Eyes of Tammy Faye
01:21:48 Moonfall
01:35:47 Belle
01:41:34 Souvenir II
01:51:12 TV Movie
01:55:35 Jackass Forever
01:58:40 A Violent Man
2/4/2022 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds
Joanna Hogg, Sing 2, A Journal for Jordan, The King’s Daughter, Amulet, Taming the Garden, Parallel Mothers and Flag Day.
Joanna Hogg talks about her new film The Souvenir Part II.
Mark reviews new animation Sing 2, about an anthropomorphic koala called Buster Moon and his friends who must persuade a reclusive rock star lion called Clay Calloway, played by Bono, to join them for the opening of a new show; Pedro Almodóvar directing Penelope Cruz and Rossy De Palma in Parallel Mothers, the story of two mothers who give birth on the same day; Amulet, about an ex-soldier, living homeless in London, and is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother; Flag Day, Sean Penn’s film about a father who lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter; Taming the Garden, a documentary following trees that are transported from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country's former prime minister; Denzel Washington’s A Journal for Jordan, about a soldier who, before he is killed in action in Iraq, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father; and the long-awaited The King’s Daughter, about King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leading him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 Podcast starts
00:28:00 Top 10
00:53:00 Joanna Hogg
01:06:24 Taming the Garden
01:09:20 Amulet
01:23:02 Parallel Mothers
01:30:11 Flag Day
01:37:07 Sing 2
01:48:20 Journal for Jordan
01:51:46 The King's Daughter
1/28/2022 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 55 seconds
Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley, Belfast, A Journal for Jordan, Memory Box, The King’s Daughter
Guillermo del Toro talks about his new film Nightmare Alley, the second film adaptation of the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. It stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Toni Collette.
Mark reviews that film along with Sir Ken ‘Chuckles’ Branagh’s new film Belfast, which he discussed with Simon on last week’s show, about a young boy and his working-class Belfast family experiencing the tumultuous late 1960s; documentary Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, looking at the career of Brian Wilson; Denzel Washington’s A Journal for Jordan, about soldier who, before he is killed in action in Iraq, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father; and Mass, about which we talk to star Jason Isaacs.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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1/21/2022 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Sir Kenneth Branagh, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Cow, Scream, Ascension, Memoria and Save the Cinema
Sir Kenneth Branagh talks about his new film Belfast.
Mark reviews Scream, set twenty-five years after the original series of murders in Woodsboro; Joel Coen’s adaptation of Sir William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, about a Scottish lord who becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland; Save the Cinema, which tells the story of Liz Evans, who started a campaign in the 90s to save the Lyric Cinema; documentary Ascension, which explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream."; Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, about a woman from Scotland, who while traveling in Colombia begins to notice strange sounds; Andrea Arnold’s Cow, a close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 Podcast starts
00:25:10 Box Office Top ten
00:52:10 Chuckles Branagh
01:11:50 WTF
01:15:04 Save the Cinema
01:20:40 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:24:15 Ascension
01:29:08 Memoria
01:37:10 Scream
01:48:05 Cow
01:52:15 The Tragedy of Macbeth
1/14/2022 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Peter Dinklage, Munich: The Edge of War, Minyan, Ailey, A Hero and Boiling Point
Ben Bailey Smith talks to Peter Dinklage about his role in Cyrano.
Plus Anna Bogutskaya reviews the new 4k restoration of Truffaut's The 400 Blows; Boiling Point, which stars Stephen Graham as a head chef wrangling his team on the busiest day of the year; Ailey, an immersive portrait of dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, told through his own words and a new dance inspired by his life; American Siege, Bruce Willis's latest actioner; A Hero, Asghar Farhadi’s film about a man who is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay; Munich - The Edge of War about a British diplomat who travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II; and Minyan, about a young Jewish man caught between thrilling private trysts and his repressive family in 1980s Brooklyn.
Plus Ben and Anna talk through all the films on current release in the box office top ten.
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00:19:20 Box Office Top Ten
00:55:00 Munich: The Edge of War
00:59:28 American Siege
01:04:10 Peter Dinklage
01:22:40 Boiling Point
01:29:20 Ailey
01:34:00 A Hero
01:37:42 Minyan
01:43:10 The 400 Blows
01:49:10 DVD of the Week
1/7/2022 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 52 seconds
Best of 2021
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo with their best reviews and interviews from 2021 including their chats with Sigourney Weaver, Emma Stone and Lakeith Stanfield and Mark's reviews of Wild Mountain Thyme, Greenland, Summer of Soul, Godzilla v Kong, Nomadland and No Time to Die. Plus the best dad jokes of the year.
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12/31/2021 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 31 seconds
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss, The Matrix Resurrections, The King’s Man, Titane and Licorice Pizza.
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss talk about their new film, The Matrix Resurrections, in which we return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it.
Mark reviews that film along with The Humans, a horror set in a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan; The King’s Man, the prequel to the Kingsman movies starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton and Rhys Ifans; Julia Ducornau’s Titane; Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain about the English artist Louis Wain who rose to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings; Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, which tells the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles in 1973.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release in the box office top ten.
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12/24/2021 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 21 seconds
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Nine Days
Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about her new film The Lost Daughter.
Mark reviews that film plus the rest of the week’s new releases The Tender Bar, about a boy growing up on Long Island who seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar; Lola and the Sea, about an eighteen-year-old who lives in a foster home; Nine Days, about a reclusive man who conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born; Mark Gatiss’s new version of The Amazing Mr Blunden, about modern teenagers Lucy and Jamie, for whom adventure arrives in the form of a mysterious old man with a job offer; Spider-Man: No Way Home, with Tom Holland as the Marvel superhero.
Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release.
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00:00:00 PODCAST STARTS
00:26:52 Box Office Top Ten
00:49:55 Lola and the Sea
00:53:40 Maggie Gyllenhaal interview
01:07:24 The Lost Daughter review
01:25:30 The tender Bar
01:33:00 TV Movie
01:37:20 Nine Days
01:44:25 Spider-Man: No Way Home
01:53:24 The Amazing Mr Blunden
12/17/2021 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 51 seconds
Steven Spielberg, Ariana DeBose, West Side Story, Don’t Look Up and Being the Ricardos
Steven Spielberg and Ariana DeBose talk to Simon about West Side Story.
Mark reviews that film, along with Don’t Look Up, which stars Leo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as two low-level astronomers who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth; Clifford the Big Red Dog, about a big red dog; Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin’s film about American comic actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz; Guy Ritchie’s Wrath of Man, about H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week; Hope, about the relationship between artist-partners Tomas and Anja and Lamb, in which a childless couple discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
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00:00:00 Pod start
00:24:50 Box Office Top Ten
00:47:16 Lamb review
00:54:20 Steven Spielberg and Ariana DeBose interview
01:09:40 West Side Story review
01:17:17 WTF 1
01:20:39 Clifford the Big Red Dog
01:25:54 TV Movie
01:30:08 Don't Look Up
12/10/2021 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 52 seconds
Riz Ahmed, Encounter, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and C'mon C'mon
Riz Ahmed talks to Simon about his role as Malik Khan in Michael Pearce’s Encounter.
Mark reviews that film, along with Silent Night, the horror/comedy Keira Knightley came on the show to talk about last week; Mike Mills’s C’Mon C’Mon, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a radio journalist embarking on a cross-country trip with his young nephew; Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, set in 1998, an origin story which explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City; Blue Bayou, about a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou who works hard to make a life for his family; documentary Final Account, at portrait of the last living generation of Hitler's Third Reich in never-before-seen interviews; and The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino’s personal story of a boy in the Naples of the 1980s.
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00:00:00 PODCAST STARTS
00:17:40 BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
00:39:26 HAND OF GOD REVIEW
00:44:10 RIZ AHMED INTERVIEW
01:02:55 WTF
01:08:00 C'Mon C'Mon
01:16:00 TV MOVIE
01:20:27 Silent Night
01:30:29 Blue Bayou
01:38:20 Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
01:42:19 WTF
01:44:30 Final Account
01:51:30 DVD of the Week
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12/3/2021 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 7 seconds
Keira Knightley, Encanto, House of Gucci and Pirates
Keira Knightley talks to Simon about her role as Nell in Silent Night.
Plus reviews of new Disney animation Encanto, about a young Colombian girl who has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers; House of Gucci, which features last week’s guest Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci, and tells the story of Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, who marries into the Gucci family; Pirates, written and directed by Reggie Yates, and tells the story of three eighteen-year-old friends on their journey from North to south London on New Year's Eve 1999; documentary First Wave, which follows nurses, doctors, and administrators as they responded to the COVID-19 pandemic; historical drama Lapwing, about an isolated group of salt farmers who arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding; horror Shepherd, and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, about a school teacher who finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet.
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00:00:00 Podcast starts
00:18:50 Box Office Top Ten
00:43:18 Pirates
00:49:25 Keira Knightley
01:02:56 First Wave
01:04:54 WTF 1
01:10:04 Lapwing
01:25:04 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
01:33:06 House of Gucci
01:42:03 Shepherd
01:49:44 DVD of the Week
11/26/2021 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 59 seconds
Adam Driver talks about his role as Mauricio Gucci in House of Gucci, plus film reviews.
Adam Driver talks about his role as Maurizio Gucci in House of Gucci.
Plus reviews of Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, with Benedict Cumberbatch as charismatic rancher Phil Burbank; Ghostbusters Afterlife, about a single mother and her two kids who arrive in a small town and begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind; Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman, about a girl called Nelly who has just lost her grandmother and one day meets a girl her same age building a treehouse; Halle Berry stars and directs in Bruised, about a disgraced MMA fighter who finds redemption in the cage and the courage to face her demons when the son she had given up as an infant unexpectedly reenters her life; KIng Richard, which stars Will Smith as Richard Williams, father of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams; Drive My Car, about a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife who one day she disappears and documentary Dear Future Children, about three young female activists in Hong Kong, Chile, and Uganda coping with the staggering personal impacts of their activism.
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00:00:00 Pod starts
00:25:00 Top Ten
00:49:10 Petite Maman review
00:53:40 Adam Driver
01:11:40 Bruised review
01:31:26 King Richard Review
01:36:40 Drive my car review
01:46:10 Ghostbusters Afterlife
01:54:37 Dear Future Children
11/19/2021 • 2 hours, 4 minutes
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!, Mothering Sunday and Cry Macho
Andrew Garfield talks about his role in Tick, Tick… Boom!, about a promising young theatre composer who on the cusp of his 30th birthday navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Plus reviews of Clint Eastwood’s neo-Western Cry Macho, about a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who takes a job to bring a man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mother; Mothering Sunday, starring Olivia Colman and Colin Firth in a film about a maid living in post-World War I England who secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman; Keyboard Fantasies, about Beverly Glenn-Copeland, a Black transgender musician, who becomes a cult icon three decades after the release of his album Keyboard Fantasies; documentary Becoming Cousteau, which takes a look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist; Hungarian war drama Natural Light and documentary Procession, about a group of survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests who battle for justice.
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00:25:10 Top ten
00:52:28 Andrew Garfield
01:07:72 Tick Tick Boom review
01:14:23 Cry Macho
01:25:09 Procession
01:33:49 Mothering Sunday
01:41:54 Natural Light
01:46:20 Keyboard Fantasies
01:49:47 Dettori
11/12/2021 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 42 seconds
Kristen Stewart, Spencer, The Card Counter, Eternals and Finch
Kristen Stewart talks to Simon about her role as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, which Mark also reviews.
Plus we have reviews of Paul Schrader’s The Card COunter, which tells the story of Oscar Isaac’s ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past; Chloé Zhao’s Eternals, the latest Marvel film about a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations, starring Richard Madden, Gemma Chan and Angelina Jolie; Red Notice, which stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot; thriller Bull, about a man who mysteriously returns home after a 10 year absence to seek revenge on those who double crossed him years ago; western Old Henry, starring Tim Blake Nelson as a farmer who takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash and Tom Hanks in sci-fi drama Finch.
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11/5/2021 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 8 seconds
Chloe Zhao, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers
Chloe Zhao talks about her new film Eternals, Thomasin McKenzie tells us about starring in Edgar Wright’s new film.
Plus we have reviews of Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone on its 20th Anniversary re-release; Antlers, set in an isolated Oregon town, about a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother who become embroiled with her enigmatic student, starring Jesse Plemons; Last Night In Soho, Edgar Wright’s film about an aspiring fashion designer who is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer; Azor, about a private banker from Geneva who goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, who disappeared overnight; Sadie Frost’s documentary Quant, about the life and legacy of 1960s fashion icon, Mary Quant, which features Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood; Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa’s seminal film about a poor village attacked by bandits; The Nowhere Inn, St. Vincent’s film in which she sets out to make a documentary about her music, but when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre; and the reissue of Blade, which stars Wesley Snipes as a half-vampire, half-mortal man who becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
Edith and Anna also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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10/29/2021 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 13 seconds
Denis Villeneuve, Dune, The French Dispatch, The Harder They Fall and The Boss Baby 2: Family Business
Simon and Mark’s guest is Denis Villeneuve, who talks about his film Dune, based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel and starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya.
Plus we have reviews of The Boss Baby 2: Family Business, in which the grown Templeton brothers have become and drifted away from each other; The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel’s Western starring Regina King; Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city, starring Léa Seydoux, Timothée Chalamet and Christoph Waltz; Dear Evan Hansen, the film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a fellow classmate; Bigfoot Hunters, in which a clickbait journalist is sent to the Appalachian foothills to cover a Bigfoot Convention and discovers there's more to this listicle than meets the eye; The Bacchus Lady, which deals with the issue of elderly prostitution in South Korea and Lucky Chan-sil, about a film producer who finds herself unemployed with the sudden death of her long-time collaborated director.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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10/22/2021 • 2 hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds
Sir Michael Caine, Halloween Kills, Venom, Ron’s Gone Wrong, The Last Duel and The Velvet Underground
Sir Michael Caine talks about his new movie Best Sellers, about a cranky, retired author who reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.
Plus we have reviews of Halloween Kills, starring Jamie Lee Curtis in the continuing saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode; The Last Duel, Sir Ridley Scott’s film about King Charles VI declaring that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel, written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and starring Jodie Comer; Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Andy Serkis’s sequel starring Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson and Michelle Williams; The Velvet Underground, Todd Hayne’s documentary about the seminal sixties band; Ron's Gone Wrong, the story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device; and Ear for Eye, Debbie Tucker Green’s film following British and American Black characters of different generations navigating their way through today's society, offering a critical perspective on the state of the nation.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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03.00: CORRESPONDENCE
20.24: CELEBRATING CINEMA
24.05: BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
48.40: HALLOWEEN KILLS
56.28: GUEST: SIR MICHAEL CAINE
01.15.24: RON’S GONE WRONG
01.20.40: WTF 1
01.26.00: TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01.31.10: THE LAST DUEL
01.42.42: EAR FOR EYE
01.47.79: NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN
01.51.40: WTF 2
01.55.59: VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
02.02.25: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
02.10.35: DVD OF THE WEEK
10/15/2021 • 2 hours, 15 minutes, 33 seconds
Jeymes Samuels & Regina King, No Sudden Move, The Addams Family 2 and Deadly Cuts.
Jeymes Samuel and Regina King talk about their new Western, The Harder They Fall.
Plus we have reviews of Claudia Llosa’s Fever Dream; animation The Addams Family 2, a sequel to the 2019 animated film, in which The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters; John and the Hole, a coming-of-age psychological thriller; black comedy Deadly Cuts, set in a working-class Dublin hair salon; drama My Little Sister; Romantic Road, a documentary about a leading London lawyer and his wife who motor across rural India in their battered 1936 Rolls-Royce; documentary Pier Kids, about about the gay and transgender youth who congregate around Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers; and Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move, which stars Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro and David Harbour, about a group of criminals who are brought together under mysterious circumstances.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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09.42: CORRESPONDENCE
31.26: CELEBRATING CINEMA
34.00: BOX OFFICE TOP TEN / LAST WEEK
53.11: John and the Hole
57.56: Jeymes and Regina
01.14.45: No Sudden Move
01.18.56: Bond emails
01.26.55: WTF 1
01.33.03: Deadly Cuts
01.36.22: TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01.40.50: My Little Sister
01.43.17: WTF 2
01.44.57: The Addams Family 2
01.49.00: Fever Dream
01.51.36: LAST EVER FOOD AND DRINK IN FILMS
01.57.13: Pier Kids
02.05.36: Romantic Road
02.09.25: DVD OF THE WEEK
10/8/2021 • 2 hours, 14 minutes, 3 seconds
Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer, Anne at 13000 ft, Next Door and No Time to Die
Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer talk about their new film The Last Duel , about King Charles VI declaring that Knight Jean de Carrouges should settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Plus we have reviews of Next Door, Daniel Brühl’s film exploring the subject of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin; Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr., which tells the story of one of the most influential bands on the American East Coast, who inspired the rock scene; Redemption of a Rogue, a black comedy about a prodigal son returning to his hometown to seek salvation for his sins; Christopher Walken in Percy v Goliath, about a Canadian farmer who takes on a giant corporation after their GMOs interfere with his crops; Anne at 13000 ft, about a volatile young woman challenged by everyday social and professional encounters; No Time to Die, about a retired secret service agent who is called back into action; Freshman, about a lonely college fresher who forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party; and European animation Even Mice Belong in Heaven, about two mortal enemies - a little Mouse and a Fox, who after an unfortunate accident, meet in animal heaven.
And we’ll be attempting to solve those maddening movies you half-remember from years ago in WTF - What’s That Film.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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10/1/2021 • 2 hours, 20 minutes, 41 seconds
Michael Gandolfini, The Many Saints of Newark
Mark and Simon’s guest is Michael Gandolfini, who’s talking about his film The Many Saints of Newark, the Sopranos prequel.
Plus we have reviews of The Green Knight, David Lowery’s fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, starring Dev Patel and Alicia Vikander; The Alpinist, about the climber Marc-André Leclerc; documentary Oasis Knebworth 1996, about the band’s two concerts in August 1996, when 250,000 fans converged on Knebworth Park ; Balloon, about a family’s struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will; Sweetheart, about a socially awkward, environmentally conscious teenager who is dragged to a coastal holiday park by her painfully 'normal' family, where she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla; Gagarine, about a boy who fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition; and Mark takes another look at David Lynch’s 1984 film Dune.
And we’ll be attempting to solve those maddening movies you half-remember from years ago in WTF - What’s That Film.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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05.00: Correspondence
19.53: Welcome
27.17: Celebrating Cinema
29.04: Box Office Top Ten
44.57: The Alpinist review
49.58: Michael Gandolfini interview
01.03.19: The Many Saints of Newark review
01.09.55: WTF 1
01.14.35: Oasis Knebworth 1996
01.21.32: TV Movie of the Week
01.26.30: The Green Knight review
01.32.10: Balloon review
01.34.39: WTF 2
01.41.00: Sweetheart
01.45.07: Food and Drink in film
01.50.14: Gagarine
01.54.00: Dune
02.02.25: DVD of the Week
9/24/2021 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 33 seconds
Luke Wilson, 12 Mighty Orphans, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Starling and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Mark and Simon’s guest is Luke Wilson, who stars in depression-era sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans.
Plus we have reviews of Mandibles, about simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu who find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, and decide to train it in the hope of making their fortune; Fauci, a glimpse into the life of infectious disease specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci who has led the U.S. fight against every epidemic the country has faced from AIDS to SARS to Ebola, and of course COVID-19; Gunpowder Milkshake, about three generations of women who fight back against those who could take everything from them, starring Karen Gillan and Lena Headey; The Starling, starring Melissa McCarthy and Timothy Olyphant; musical adaptation Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, about a teenager from Sheffield who wants to be a drag queen; Nic Cage’s Prisoners of the Ghostland about a sadistic gang leader who is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment; and Mark reviews Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, which is re-released this week.
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00:25:31 Box Office Top 10
00:46:14 Gunpowder Milkshake Review
00:53:09 12 Mighty Orphans Luke Wilson Interview
01:07:16 12 Mighty Orphans Review
01:11:23 WTF
01:15:55 Rose Plays Julie Review
01:25:52 The Starling Interview
01:29:13 Mandibles Review
01:32:02 A Clockwork Orange Reissue Review
01:43:34 Prisoners of the Ghostland
01:51:03 Fauci Review
01:56:00 Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Review
9/17/2021 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 48 seconds
Jennifer Hudson, Respect, Herself, Copshop and The Voyeurs
Mark and Simon’s guest is Jennifer Hudson, who talks to us about her role as Aretha Franklin in Respect, which tells the story of the icon’s career from a child singing in her father's church's choir, to her international superstardom.
Plus we have reviews of Herself, Phyllida Lloyd’s film about a young mother who escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system; First World War drama The War Below about a group of British miners who are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land in the hope of breaking a deadly stalemate; The Collini Case, about a young lawyer who stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case; Copshop, about a cunning con artist on the run from a lethal assassin; The Voyeurs, starring Sydney Sweeney; Sweet Thing, about two siblings and their struggle to find solid ground in the homes of their alcoholic father and negligent mother. And classic drama The Servant is reissued.
Plus we’ll be attempting to solve those maddening movies you half-remember from years ago in WTF - What’s That Film.
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00:22:13 Box Office Top 10
00:46:11 The Collini Case Review
00:49:32 Respect Clip / Jennifer Hudson Interview
01:02:48 Respect Review
01:18:49 Herself Review
01:24:30 TV Movie of the Week
01:29:20 The Voyeurs Review
01:32:53 Ninjababy Review
01:35:38 The War Below Review
01:44:54 Copshop Review
01:55:08 The Servant Review
9/10/2021 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 22 seconds
Phyllida Lloyd, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Here Today
Mark and Simon’s guests are director Phyllida Lloyd and producer Sharon Horgan, who talk about their new film Herself, about a young mother who escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system.
Mark reviews Leos Carax’s collaboration with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, Annette; Misha and the Wolves, the story of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm; Marvel’s Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, about the master of unarmed weaponry-based Kung Fu, who is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization; drama The Champion of Auschwitz, the story of the pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, who in 1940 arrives with the first transport of prisoners to the newly created concentration camp; Here Today, Billy Crystal’s comedy drama about a veteran comedy writer who meets a New York street singer; Wildfire, the story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border; and Kay Cannon’s modern take on Cinderella.
Plus we’ll be attempting to solve those maddening movies you half-remember from years ago in WTF - What’s That Film.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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03.44- Correspondence
16.34- Welcome
20.20- Celebrating Cinema
24.36- Box Office Top Ten
37.10- WTF
43.45- Shang-Chi review
49.33- Herself, interview with Phyllida Lloyd
1.02.01- Cinderella review
1.08.10- WTF
1.11.30- Annette
1.18.30- TV Movies of the Week
1.22.50- Here Today review
1.28.35- Correspondence
1.33.00- WTF
1.34.35- Wildfire review
1.44.10- Misha and the Wolves review
1.49.37- Champion of Auschwitz review
1.53.30- Correspondence
1.58.13- DVD of the week
9/3/2021 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 59 seconds
Timothy Spall, The Last Bus, Candyman, The Toll and Our Ladies
Actor Rufus Jones guest presents this week alongside regular supersub Anna Bogutskaya.
Anna reviews Candyman, which is a direct sequel to the 1992 horror Candyman; Our Ladies, about a group of Catholic schoolgirls in 1990s Scotland; The Nest, starring Jude’Law, about an entrepreneur and his American family whose life begins to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor; darkly comic thriller The Toll, which stars Michael Smiley and Iwan Rheon; Souad, Ayten Amin’s film about two teenage sisters in Egypt's Nile Delta; Demonic, which is about a young woman who unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces are ruthlessly revealed, and The Last bus, which stars this week’s guest Timothy Spall.
Plus we’ll be attempting to solve those maddening movies you half-remember from years ago in WTF - What’s That Film.
Rufus and Anna also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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27th August:
12.10- Correspondence
25.15- Welcome
29.30- Box Office top ten
51.40- Soad Review
1.00.01- Tim Spall and The Last Bus review
1.16.16- Our Ladies Review
1.24.52- TV Movie of the Week
1.30.16- TV Movies of the Week, so bad it’s bad!
1.34.53- The Toll review
1.41.23- Candyman review
1.52.13- Demonic review
1.58.30- The Nest
2.05.25- DVD of the Week
8/27/2021 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Kurupt FM, Niamh Algar and Prano Bailey-Bond
Ali and Robbie interview the cast of Kurupt FM about the new documentary, following their ill-fated trip to Tokyo - People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan. Ali also talks to the star and director of new horror chiller, Censor - Niamh Algar and Prano Bailey-Bond. The film follows the story of Enid, a British film censor, who links a disturbing horror movie to the mysterious disappearance of her sister.
Robbie and Ali also review Nicolas Cage in Pig, about a truffle hunter who returns home looking for his beloved pig; Reminiscence , about a scientist who discovers a way to relive the past using technology to search for his long lost love; David Bruckner's The Night House, a spooky new horror starring Rebecca Hall; and Henry Golding in Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins, the latest of this superhero franchise.
What’s That Film continues, in which your mysterious half-remembered films are (hopefully) identified.
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8/20/2021 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 48 seconds
Ryan Reynolds, Free Guy, The Courier, Wendy and I’m Your Man
Ali and Robbie’s guest this week is Ryan Reynolds, who talks about his role as a bank cashier who discovers that he's actually inside a brutal, open world video game in Free Guy.
Robbie and Ali also review Benedict Cumberbatch in The Courier, about Cold War spy Greville Wynne trying to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis; Coda, about Ruby, who is the only hearing person in her deaf family; Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin’s film Wendy, a reimagining of Peter Pan; Minamata, which stars Johnny Depp as war photographer W. Eugene Smith who travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities; WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, Jed Rothstein’s documentary about the collapse of the office space company; and Dan Stevens in I’m Your Man, about a scientist who in order to obtain research funds for her studies, accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment.
What’s That Film continues, in which your mysterious half-remembered films are (hopefully) identified.
Ali and Robbie also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:15:34 Box Office Top 10
00:35:03 Minamata review
00:43:54 Ryan Reynolds interview
00:55:38 Free Guy review
00:59:45 The Courier review
01:08:53 TV Movie of the Week
01:12:57 Wendy review
01:18:15 WeWork review
01:33:47 I'm Your Man review
01:41:46 Coda Review
8/13/2021 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 31 seconds
Felicity Jones, The Last Letter from Your Lover, Zola and Stillwater
Edith Bowman and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Felicity Jones, who talks about her new film, romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, in which she stars alongside Shailene Woodley.
Anna reviews drama Profile, in which an undercover journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State; Stillwater, which stars Matt Damon as a dad who travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit; Zola, a black comedy film based on a viral Twitter thread, in which Taylour Paige plays the titular stripper who is convinced by her new friend (Riley Keough) to travel to Tampa, Florida, in order to earn money, only to get in over her head; Beasts Clawing At Straws, a crime drama in which a struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mother, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker; and reissue Now, Voyager, which stars Bette Davis as a frumpy spinster who blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman; and Boys From County Hell, about a crew of hardy road workers who must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
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00:13:04 WTF?
00:23:40 Box Office Top 10
00:37:27 Profile review
00:42:55 Now, Voyager review
00:47:19 Zola review
00:52:15 Felicity Jones interview
01:06:29 The Last Letter From Your Lover review
01:08:24 Stillwater review
01:12:45 Beasts Clutching at Straws review
01:15:51 Boys From County Hell review
01:22:42 TV Movies of the Week
01:28:25 DVD of the Week
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8/6/2021 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 12 seconds
Jungle Cruise, Old, Vivo, Space Jam, The Sparks Brothers, The Suicide Squad
Mark reviews musical animation Vivo, which features all-new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Sparks Brothers, Edgar Wright’s documentary about the seminal band, who were our guests last week; James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, the ‘spiritual sequel’ to the 2016 film, in which a team of dysfunctional heroes are sent on a dangerous mission; equestrian animation Spirit Untamed, in which a girl goes to live with her father over the summer in a small town, where she befriends a wild mustang stallion; Jungle Cruise, which stars The Rock and Emily Blunt in a film based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travellers through a jungle; Limbo, a British comedy drama in which a Syrian musician awaits the result of his asylum application on a remote Scottish island and The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, a documentary about the Swedish actor Björn Andrésen who achieved instant stardom as a teenager in the 1971 film Death in Venice.
Plus Mark finally reviews Space Jam and M. Night Shyamalan’s Old.
And Mark and Simon’s North American Movie Road Trip concludes with films that best represent Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
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00:11:46 Celebrating Cinema
00:15:09 Box Office Top 10
00:24:21 Old review
00:30:02 Space Jam: A New Legacy review
00:36:27 Ordering Food Scene
00:38:32 Jungle Cruise review
00:43:03 WTF? (What’s That Film?)
00:50:33 Limbo review
00:53:41 Vivo review
00:57:10 Spirit Untamed review
01:01:43 North American Movie Road Trip
01:07:46 The Sparks Brothers review
01:16:10 TV Movies of the Week
01:20:36 The Suicide Squad review
01:26:58 The Most Beautiful Boy in the World review
01:30:08 DVD of the Week
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7/30/2021 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 11 seconds
Edgar Wright & Sparks, The World to Come, Riders of Justice and Off the Rails
Mark and Simon are joined by Edgar Wright & Sparks, who talk about The Sparks Brothers.
Mark reviews Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston in period romance The World to Come, about two neighbouring couples along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier; action drama Riders of Justice, in which Mads Mikklesen plays Markus, who has to go home to his teenage daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident; Night of the Kings, about a young man sent to ‘La Maca’, a prison in the Ivory Coast; Werewolves Within, an adaptation of the video game; British comedy Off the Rails; and Bye Bye Morons, Albert Dupontel’s comedy drama about a seriously ill woman who tries to find her long-lost child with the help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist. Plus Mark will give his verdict on Space Jam 2: A New Legacy.
And Mark and Simon’s North American Movie Road Trip continues into New Brunswick.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:16:21 Celebrating Cinema
00:18:02 Box Office Top 10
00:25:00 Space Jam: A New Legacy (non) review
00:33:41 Werewolves Within review
00:39:12 Ordering Food Scene
00:41:17 Off The Rails review
00:45:12 Edgar Wright and Sparks interview
01:01:36 Here We Are review
01:05:43 North American Movie Road Trip
01:08:33 Riders of Justice review
01:12:43 Night of the Kings review
01:14:57 TV Movies of the Week
01:18:43 The World to Come review
01:23:20 Bye Bye Morons review
01:31:00 DVD of the Week
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7/23/2021 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 41 seconds
Vanessa Kirby, The Croods 2: A New Age, The Forever Purge and Summer of Soul
Mark and Simon are joined by Vanessa Kirby who talks about her film The World to Come.
Mark reviews animated sequel The Croods 2: A New Age; The Forever Purge, the fifth film in the American anthology media franchise; Nowhere Special, which stars James Norton as a young father searching for the perfect replacement family when he learns he only has months left to live; Questlove’s concert documentary Summer of Soul; Jean Dujardin in Deerskin and Two of Us, a drama about two retired women, Nina and Madeleine, who have been secretly in love for decades.
And Mark and Simon’s North American Movie Road Trip continues into Newfoundland and Labrador.
Plus for one week only, a quiz called ‘Where’s Ray?’
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:17:49 Box Office Top 10
00:42:18 Nowhere Special review
00:46:46 Vanessa Kirby interview
01:04:52 Two Of Us review
01:07:08 Ordering Food Scene
01:10:40 The Forever Purge review
01:15:21 North American Movie Road Trip
01:22:49 Summer of Soul review
01:28:02 TV Movies of the Week
01:33:24 Deerskin review
01:36:51 Where’s Ray?
01:43:29 The Croods: A New Age review
01:50:05 DVD of the Week
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7/16/2021 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 14 seconds
Eddie Izzard, Black Widow, Tove, Truffle Hunters
Mark and Simon are joined by Eddie Izzard, who talks about her film Six Minutes to Midnight.
Mark reviews The Truffle Hunters, about older Italian men who hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle; Jason Isaacs in action sci-fi Occupation: Rainfall about survivors of an alien invasion; David Oyelowo’s The Water Man, about a boy who sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers, To Be Someone, a drama set in the world of the mods; Tove, about the life of Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomin books; drama Jumbo, which stars Noemie Merlant as Jeanne, a shy young woman who works in an amusement park; and the latest Marvel film Black Widow.
And Mark and Simon’s North American Movie Road Trip continues into Québec.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:13:23 Celebrating Cinema
00:16:27 Digital releases
00:18:08 Box Office Top 10
00:35:27 The Truffle Hunters review
00:41:46 Tove review
00:44:04 Eddie Izzard interview
00:59:36 Jumbo review
01:04:22 To Be Someone review
01:09:25 North American Movie Road Trip
01:15:01 Occupation: Rainfall review
01:21:14 The Water Man review
01:28:03 TV Movies of the Week
01:32:55 Black Widow review
01:44:52 DVD of the Week
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7/9/2021 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 13 seconds
Vin Diesel, FF9, Freaky, Fear Street, Another Round & Cannes preview
Ali and Robbie are joined by Vin Diesel who talks about his new film Fast and Furious 9.
They will also review Nick Broomfield’s examination of the unsolved murders of hip-hop artists Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur; Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-winning story of four secondary school teachers who consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives; Michelle Pfieffer as an ageing Manhattan socialite in French Exit; Vince Vaughn & Kathryn Newton as a serial killer and a schoolgirl who swap bodies; Chris Pratt in actioner The Tomorrow War; Fear Street Part 1: 1994, the first in a trilogy based on the books by R.L.Stine about a circle of teenage friends who accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years; and Robbie will also preview the Cannes Film Festival and they’ll briefly review Fast and Furious 9.
Ali and Robbie will also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week which this week features a Dad Joke Battle.
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00:07:28 French Exit review
00:17:18 Celebrating Cinema
00:20:26 Digital Releases
00:25:55 Box Office Top 10
00:43:45 Last Man Standing review
00:53:51 Another Round review
01:08:42 Vin Diesel interview
01:18:11 F9 review
01:23:52 Fear Street Part 1: 1994 review
01:29:53 Cannes preview
01:34:52 Freaky review
01:41:48 TV Movies of the Week
01:46:54 The Tomorrow War review
01:56:16 DVD of the Week
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7/2/2021 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 42 seconds
David Oyelowo, Fast and Furious 9, Supernova and Sweat
Mark and Simon are joined by David Oyelowo who talks about his forthcoming film The Water Man.
Mark also reviews the latest in the automotive action series Fast and Furious 9, in which Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's younger brother, to take revenge on Dom and his team; Supernova, which stars Colin Firth as Sam, and Stanley Tucci Tusker, who has been diagnosed with dementia; The Man Standing Next, a thriller set in 1970s Korea which is under the absolute control of the president Park; Sweat, Magnus von Horn’s drama about three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zajac; Kindred, a horror/ thriller about a pregnant woman who suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has intentions for her unborn child; plus in the return of much loved feature Cream of the Streams, Mark reviews Fatherhood with Kevin Hart.
And Mark and Simon’s North American Movie Road Trip continues into Ontario.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:22:28 Celebrating Cinema
00:25:43 Digital Releases
00:27:06 Box Office Top 10
00:42:13 Kindred review
00:46:12 David Oyelowo interview
01:04:45 The Man Standing Next review
01:08:11 Fast and Furious 9 review
01:14:47 North American Movie Road Trip
01:20:42 Sweat review
01:23:52 Supernova review
01:28:33 TV Movies of the Week
01:35:35 Fatherhood review
01:41:47 DVD of the Week
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6/25/2021 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 40 seconds
Ben Wheatley, In the Earth, Luca, Monster Hunter and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Mark and Simon are joined by Ben Wheatley who talks about his new film In the Earth.
Mark also reviews new Disney animation Luca, about an unlikely but strong friendship between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human on the Italian riviera; Monster Hunter from director: Paul W.S. Anderson, based on the CapCom computer game; The Reason I Jump, based on the book by Naoki Higashida, which explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world; It Must Be Heaven by Elia Suleiman; In The Heights, Jon M. Chu‘s film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life; and Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Samuel L. Jackson in action crime comedy The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard.
Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip continues into Manitoba.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:26:48 Celebrating Cinema
00:30:33 Digital Releases
00:32:25 Box Office Top 10
00:46:37 Ben Wheatley interview
01:06:20 In The Earth review
01:13:14 In The Heights review
01:20:00 Monster Hunter review
01:26:03 North American Movie Road Trip
01:30:52 The Reason I Jump review
01:37:28 Luca review
01:42:55 The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard review
01:48:28 TV Movies of the Week
01:51:55 It Must Be Heaven review
01:59:13 DVD of the Week
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6/18/2021 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 52 seconds
Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller, The Father and Ellie and Abby and Ellie's Dead Aunt.
Mark and Simon are joined by Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller, star and director respectively of Oscar-winning drama The Father.
Mark also reviews Bob Odenkirk’s new action thriller Nobody, about a mild-mannered bystander who intervenes in a crime; Ellie and Abby and Ellie's Dead Aunt, about a 17 year old who is struggling to find the courage to ask her classmate to an event; 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez, a documentary about the ne'er-do-well rapper, Tekashi69, sci-fi Parallel, Ethiopian drama Running Against the Wind and another re-release of the classic Fargo.
Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip continues into Nunavut.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:23:58 Celebrating Cinema
00:28:24 Digital releases
00:29:34 Box Office Top Ten
00:43:11 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez review
00:48:02 Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) review
00:51:51 Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller interview
01:07:42 The Father review
01:13:52 North American Movie Road Trip
01:20:22 Nobody review
01:25:39 Parallel review
01:27:57 Running Against The Wind review
01:29:03 TV Movies of the Week
01:34:52 Fargo review
01:40:50 DVD of the Week
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6/11/2021 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 3 seconds
John Krasinski, A Quiet Place Part II, Land, After Love and Gunda.
Mark and Simon are joined by John Krasinski, who talks about his new film A Quiet Place Part II, about the Abbott family’s continued fight for survival.
Other reviews include; Land, Robin Wright’s film about a bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming; Flashback, starring Dylan O'Brien, about a man who both literally and metaphorically journeys into his past; After Love, which stars Joanna Scanlan as Mary Hussain, who suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband; Gunda, a documentary looking at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken, The Killing Of Two Lovers, about a man desperately trying to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife and Shiva Baby, about a student who runs into her sugar daddy at a Jewish funeral service with her parents.
Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip continues into Saskatchewan.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:26:47 - TOP TEN
00:39:00 - LAND REVIEW
00:44:15 - AFTER LOVE REVIEW
00:49:12 - JOHN KRASINSKI INTERVIEW
01:03:23 - A QUIET PLACE PART II REVIEW
01:10:18 - CANADIAN ROADTRIP
01:15:21 - FLASHBACK REVIEW
01:20:36 - GUNDA REVIEW
01:23:57 - KILLING OF TWO LOVERS REVIEW
01:25:54 - TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:30:32 - SHIVA BABY
01:38:33 - DVD OF THE WEEK
6/4/2021 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 3 seconds
Emma Stone, Cruella, First Cow, The Conjuring III and Demon Slayer
Mark and Simon are joined by Emma Stone, who talks about her role in Disney’s Cruella, along with director Craig Gillespie.
Plus your essential cinematic and streaming reviews including; frontier drama First Cow, which stars last week’s guest Toby Jones; Surge, in which Ben Whishaw plays a man who goes on a 24 hour bold and reckless journey of self-liberation; new animations Earwig And The Witch, about an orphan girl who is adopted by a witch and comes home to a house filled with mystery and magic and Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train; Dinner in America, a romcom about a disaffected punk and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly falling in love; Ira Sach’s Frankie, in which three generations grapple with a life-changing experience during one day of a holiday in Portugal; and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the latest in the horror franchise starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson.
Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip continues into Alberta.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:14:48 Celebrating Cinema
00:17:22 Digital releases
00:19:34 Box Office Top Ten
00:30:50 Director of Peter Rabbit 2, Will Gluck interview
00:52:36 First Cow review
00:54:48 Dinner In America review
00:57:58 Emma Stone and Craig Gillespie interview
01:13:04 Cruella review
01:16:21 Frankie review
01:18:23 North American Movie Road Trip
01:23:35 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It review
01:27:48 Earwig and the Witch review
01:29:49 Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train review
01:31:30 TV Movies of the Week
01:36:36 Surge review
01:45:43 DVD of the Week
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5/28/2021 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 15 seconds
Toby Jones, Peter Rabbit 2, Army of the Dead, My New York Year & Rare Beasts
In the first show back after some UK cinemas reopened, Mark and Simon are joined by Toby Jones, who talks about his new film First Cow.
Plus your essential cinematic and streaming reviews including Irritating Rabbit 2, Billie Piper’s ‘anti romcom’ Rare Beasts, which she wrote, directed and starred in, Sigourney Weaver in My New York Year, about a graduate who takes a job working for reclusive writer J.D. Salinger’s agent, Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead about a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, documentary The 8th, about the fight to repeal Ireland’s 8th Amendment, The Human Factor, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of America’s thirty year battle to secure peace in the Middle East and The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet.
As audiences return to some UK cinemas we’ll take another look at the films that are available theatrically.
Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip continues into Northwest Territories.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:19:36 Celebrating Cinema
00:20:51 Current releases
00:23:22 Box Office Top Ten!
00:31:35 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway review
00:40:13 The 8th review
00:42:53 My New York Year review
00:47:09 Toby Jones interview
01:03:40 Rare Beasts review
01:08:32 North American Movie Trip
01:12:05 Army of the Dead review
01:18:01 The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet review
01:20:48 TV Movies of the Week
01:24:39 The Human Factor review
01:36:09 DVD of the Week
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5/21/2021 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 52 seconds
Sigourney Weaver, Tilda Swinton, Those Who Wish Me Dead and Oxygen
In the last show back before cinemas reopen, Mark and Simon are joined by Sigourney Weaver, who talks about her new film My New York Year.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including Taylor Sheridan’s action drama Those Who Wish Me Dead, which stars Angelina Jolie and Nicholas Hoult, Lance Oppenheim’s intriguing documentary Some Kind of Heaven, about the lives of people in a Floridian retirement village, Undergods, Oxygen (Oxygène), Alexandre Aja’s film about a woman who wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and Servants, about two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia.
Plus there’s another chance to hear from Tilda Swinton about her new film, Pedro Almodóvar’s The Human Voice, a reworking of Jean Cocteau’s play of the same name.
Our rotating and final chart is Top Five of Your Life, in which listeners share their five most treasured films.
Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip continues into Yukon.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:28:06 Celebrating Cinema
00:31:58 Chart: Top 5 Films of Your Life
00:37:35 Current releases
00:41:05 Servants review
00:43:30 Sigourney Weaver interview
00:58:31 Those Who Wish Me Dead review
01:03:21 Tilda Swinton interview
01:06:00 The Human Voice review
01:09:05 North American Movie Road Trip
01:13:00 Spiral: From the Book of Saw review
01:21:01 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:35 Undergods review
01:28:35 TV Movies of the Week
01:30:53 Some Kind of Heaven review
01:32:30 Oxygen review
01:37:42 DVD of the Week
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5/14/2021 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 55 seconds
Steve Zahn, Cowboys, End of Sentence, Mortal Kombat and Fried Barry
Mark and Simon are joined by Steve Zahn, who talks about his new film Cowboys, about a father and son’s journey through the Montana wilderness.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including martial arts actioner Mortal Kombat, Christos Nikou’s Apples, about a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, End of Sentence, with last week’s guest John Hawkes starring alongside Logan Lerman, Agnieszka Holland’s latest, Charlatan, and Fried Barry, a Shudder Original, about a drug-addled South African who is abducted by aliens.
And we hear from cinema expert David Hancock about the future of movies.
Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip heads over the border into Canada.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:31:31 Celebrating Cinema
00:32:14 David Hancock interview
00:43:24 Current releases
00:46:46 Apples review
00:50:49 Fried Barry review
00:53:59 Steve Zahn interview
01:08:45 Cowboys review
01:11:47 Charlatan review
01:15:45 North American Movie Road Trip
01:22:52 Mortal Kombat review
01:27:37 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:32:19 TV Movies of the Week
01:35:43 End of Sentence review
01:41:14 DVD of the Week
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5/7/2021 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 2 seconds
John Hawkes, Nomadland, The Mitchells vs The Machines and Wild Mountain Thyme
Mark and Simon are joined by John Hawkes, who talks about his new film End of Sentence.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including big Oscar winner Nomadland, Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan as lovers in Ireland who get caught up in a family land dispute, Michael B Jordan as John Clark, a US Navy SEAL, who goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy in Tom Clancy adaptation Without Remorse. We’ll also review The Artist’s Wife, about the wife of a renowned abstract artist who is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. And The Mitchells vs. the Machines, a new science fiction comedy produced by Sony Pictures for Netflix.
Our rotating chart this week is the Official Film Chart.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip concludes with Alaska and Hawaii.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:25:18 Celebrating Cinema
00:27:14 Current releases
00:29:31 Chart: Official Film Chart
00:36:41 Identifying Features review
00:42:33 Wild Mountain Thyme review
00:48:16 John Hawkes interview
01:03:55 The Mitchells vs. the Machines review
01:08:38 US Movie Road Trip
01:15:29 Nomadland review
01:22:05 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:00 Without Remorse review
01:26:34 TV Movies of the Week
01:30:27 The Artist’s Wife review
01:37:11 DVD of the Week
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4/30/2021 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 7 seconds
Cate Blanchett, Sisters with Transistors, Stowaway and Black Bear
Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Cate Blanchett and Christos Nikou, who talk about their new film Apples, about a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including Black Bear, which stars Aubrey Plaza, documentary Sisters with Transistors which tells the untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, House of Cardin, a documentary about designer Pierre Cardin which gives exclusive access to his archives and his empire, and new Homeward, in which a father and a son from a Crimean Tatar family transport the body of deceased older son and brother from Kyiv to bury him in Crimea, and Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies, about Alan Ladd Junior, the man who greenlit some of cinema's greatest hits including Star Wars, Alien, Chariots of Fire and Thelma & Louise.
Our rotating chart this week is Top Fives of Your Life, in which wittertainees share their five most treasured movies.
Plus Ben and Anna will be looking forward to the Oscars.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:13:40 Oscars look ahead
00:20:08 Celebrating Cinema
00:26:09 Current releases
00:31:07 Chart: Top 5 Films of Your Life
00:36:40 Black Bear review
00:42:28 Cate Blanchett & Nichos Kristou interview
01:04:15 Sisters with Transistors review
01:08:27 Oscars look ahead part 2
01:15:12 House of Cardin review
01:20:18 Stowaway review
01:23:32 TV Movies of the Week
01:33:57 The Race to Save the World review
01:36:23 Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies review
01:39:39 Homeward review
01:44:22 DVD of the Week
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4/23/2021 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 18 seconds
Aubrey Plaza, Promising Young Woman & I Blame Society
Edith Bowman and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Aubrey Plaza, who talks about her new film Black Bear, in which she plays a filmmaker at a creative impasse seeking solace at a rural retreat.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including the new Neil Marshall film The Reckoning, about a young widow haunted by the recent suicide of her husband, The Sound of Scars, a documentary about the influential metal band Life of Agony, Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and Gillian Wallace Horvat’s I Blame Society, in which a filmmaker realises that the skill set to make a movie is the same to commit the perfect murder.
Our rotating chart this week is from the week our presenter Edith Bowman joined BBC Radio 1 in 2003.
Plus Edith and Anna will be looking back at the BAFTAs.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:09:10 Celebrating Cinema
00:13:09 Current releases
00:17:00 Chart: 2003
00:26:25 Promising Young Woman review
00:34:09 Aubrey Plaza interview
00:53:13 The Sound of Scars review
00:56:46 The Reckoning review
01:00:50 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:03:36 True Mothers review
01:07:59 TV Movies of the Week
01:14:12 I Blame Society review
01:16:48 Steelers review
01:22:06 Valley of Souls review
01:24:10 DVD of the Week
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4/16/2021 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 11 seconds
Elizabeth Lo, Sound of Metal, Palm Springs and Assimilate
Mark and Simon are joined by Elizabeth Lo, who talks about her new movie Stray about stray dogs in Istanbul.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including a 70s-set British supernatural thriller called The Power, Sci-fi horror Assimilate, Cornwall-set drama Wilderness, Andy Samberg in time-loop comedy/ fantasy Palm Springs and Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal, who was interviewed on the show last week.
Our rotating chart this week is the Official Film Chart.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through California and Oregon.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:31:06 Chart: Digital Top 10
00:40:39 The Power review
00:46:15 Elizabeth Lo interview
01:03:35 Assimilate review
01:06:10 US Movie Road Trip
01:15:07 Palm Springs Review
01:19:41 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:44 Sound of Metal review
01:27:26 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:31:38 A Common Crime
01:33:45 DVD OF THE WEEK
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4/10/2021 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 13 seconds
Riz Ahmed, Godzilla vs Kong, Antebellum, Minari and The Mauritanian
Mark and Simon are joined by Riz Ahmed, who talks about his new movie The Sound of Metal, in which he plays a heavy-metal drummer whose life is thrown into freefall.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including: Godzilla vs Kong, which pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another, Antebellum, in which a successful author finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality, Minari, nominated for six Oscars, about a Korean family who start a farm in 1980s Kansas, The Mauritanian, which stars Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim in a story about a man detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government at Guantanamo Bay and Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’s novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, directed by Doug Liman and starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley.
Our rotating chart this week is the top fives of your life, in which listeners talk us through the most important films.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Arizona, Utah and Nevada.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:25::54 CELEBRATING CINEMA
00:36:16 LISTENER CHARTS - TOP FIVES
00:46:27 UNDINE REVIEW
00:49:55 CHAOS WALKING REVIEW
00:56:45 RIZ AHMED INTERVIEW
01:13:45 THE MAURITANIAN REVIEW
01:20:40 AMERICAN ROADTRIP
01:28:40 MINARI REVIEW
01:33:28 LOBBYDOWN CORRESPONDENCE
01:36:46 GODZILLA VS KONG REVIEW
01:40:11 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:44:52 ANTEBELLUM REVIEW
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4/2/2021 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 14 seconds
Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell, Tom and Jerry: The Movie
Mark and Simon are joined by Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell who talk about their forthcoming film Promising Young Woman, which has been nominated for five Oscars.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including the latest cinematic adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Ammonite, starring Saorise Ronan and Kate Winslet in a romantic drama set in 1840s England, Stray, a documentary about the world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul, haunted house flick The Banishing and explicit horror Violation.
Our rotating chart this week is the box office top ten from this weekend in 2001.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:33:11 Chart: 2001 Top 10
00:46:11 Tom and Jerry Review
00:49:21 Guest: Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell
01:06:40 Stray
01:09:42 US Movie Road Trip
01:15:55 Ammonite
01:19:49 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:04 Memories of My Father
01:26:06 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:28:01 The Banishing
01:29:42 Violation
01:34:03 Made In Italy
01:36:41 Six Minutes to Midnight
01:39:18 DVD OF THE WEEK
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3/26/2021 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 10 seconds
Jodie Foster, Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Silk Road
Mark and Simon are joined by Jodie Foster, who talks about her new film The Mauritanian, based on the book Guantánamo Diary.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including Amber & Me, a documentary about twin sisters, one of whom has Down's Syndrome, as they navigate through their first 4 years of primary school, Creation Stories, about the influential record label, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a longer cut of 2017’s Justice League.
Our rotating chart this week is the box office top ten from last weekend in South Korea, where all cinemas are open.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:39:42 Chart: South Korea
00:45:48 Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
00:53:15 A Month of Single Frames review
00:54:53 Guest: Jodie Foster
01:10:59 Amber and Me review
01:15:32 US Movie Road Trip
01:22:20 Oleg review
01:25:02 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:29:54 Zack Snyder’s Justice League review
01:39:34 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:44:19 Silk Road review
01:46:49 Creation Stories
01:54:17 DVD OF THE WEEK
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3/19/2021 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 13 seconds
Liam Neeson & Micheál Richardson, Judas and the Black Messiah, Locked Down and Cherry
Mark and Simon are joined by Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson, who talk about their new film Made in Italy, about a bohemian artist who travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house he inherited from his late wife.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including Judas and the Black Messiah, which stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield, about the FBI’s infiltration of The Black Panthers, crime romance Locked Down, in which a couple, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathway, attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at a department store and Cherry, which stars Tom Holland as an Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:29:46 - CHART
00:37:27 - THE COLLUMIST REVIEW
00:44:45 - LIAM NEESON AND MICHAEL RICHARDSON
01:02:46 - MOUTHPIECE REVIEW
01:08:42 - US MOVIE ROADTRIP
01:15:48 - JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH REVIEW
01:21:11 - TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:24:25 - THE LITTLE THINGS REVIEW
01:26:55 - LOBBYDOWN CORRESPONDENTS
01:30:12 - LOCKED DOWN REVIEW
01:34:30 - DVD OF THE WEEK
3/12/2021 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 34 seconds
Guy Pearce, The Last Vermeer, Raya and the Last Dragon, Moxie and Coming 2 America
Mark and Simon are joined by Guy Pearce who talks about his new movie The Last Vermeer, in which he stars as "Han" van Meegeren, a Dutch painter and portraitist, one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including Raya and the Last Dragon, the new Disney animation starring Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina and Gemma Chan, Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler about a shy 16-year-old finding inspiration from her mother's rebellious past, and Coming 2 America, sequel to the 1988 film Coming To America.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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00:29:34 Chart: Top Five Of Your Life
00:43:11 Moxie review
00:47:02 Guest: Guy Pearce
01:02:50 The Last Vermeer review
01:08:25 Coming 2 America
01:13:29 US Movie Roadtrip
01:18:53 Raya and the Last Dragon
01:21:54 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:24:39 Into the Darkness
01:26:52 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:30:24 The Dissident
01:34:50 DVD OF THE WEEK
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3/5/2021 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 37 seconds
Sienna Miller, Wander Darkly and The United States vs Billie Holiday
Mark and Simon are joined by Sienna Miller, star of disorientating new movie Wander Darkly, in which she stars alongside Diego Luna as new parents Adrienne and Matteo who are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship, revisiting the memories of their past and unravelling haunting truths.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including Lee Daniels’ biopic The United States vs Billie Holiday, the documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché about the singer of X-Ray Spex, horror Wrong Turn and Erēmīta (Anthologies).
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.
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00:36:32 Chart: Time Tunnel - 1991
00:42:53 Wrong Turn review
00:48:18 Algorithm review
00:51:29 Guest: Sienna Miller
01:07:24 Wander Darkly review
01:11:41 US Movie Road Trip
01:14:55 The United States vs Billie Holiday
01:19:02 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:09 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche
01:26:47 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:31:33 Erēmīta (Anthologies) review
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2/26/2021 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 39 seconds
Lakeith Stanfield, I Care a Lot, Zappa and Music
Mark and Simon are joined by Lakeith Stanfield, who talks about his new film Judas and the Black Messiah, in which he stars as FBI informant Bill O’Neal, opposite Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party,
Plus your essential streaming reviews including Alex Winter’s documentary Zappa, Rosamund Pike as a crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards in I Care a Lot and Sia’s directorial debut Music, about newly sober Zu who receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.
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00:34:25 Chart: Australia
00:41:22 Bad Tales Review
00:45:05 Algorithm
00:47:35 Guest: LaKeith Stanfield
01:08:38 US Road Trip
01:15:28 I Care A Lot review
01:20:09 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:15 Music review
01:26:41 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:30:40 Zappa
01:35:55 Stump the Guesser
01:37:15 The Twentieth Century
01:39:41 DVD OF THE WEEK
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2/19/2021 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 18 seconds
Paul Greengrass, The News of the World, Barb and Star and Willy’s Wonderland
Mark and Simon are joined by Paul Greengrass, who talks about his new western The News of the World, which stars Tom Hanks as a Civil War veteran who agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will.
Plus your essential streaming and cinema reviews including Kristen Wiig in new comedy Barb and Star and Nicolas Cage in horror thriller Willy’s Wonderland.
Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and West Virginia. They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.
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00:21:19 Celebrating Cinema
00:36:41 The Chart: Digital
00:41:58 Willy’s Wonderland review
00:46:55 Algorithm
00:49:11 Paul Greengrass interview
01:04:13 News of the World review
01:08:18 US Movie Road Trip
01:15:57 Barb and Star
01:19:29 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:10 Slalom
01:25:06 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:29:10 PVT Chat
01:31:11 Sator
01:36:16 DVD OF THE WEEK
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2/12/2021 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 25 seconds
Sam Neill, Rams, Malcolm and Marie and Greenland
Mark and Simon are joined by Sam Neill, who talks about his new film Rams.
Mark reviews of A Glitch in the Matrix which asks if we are living in a simulation, Stewart Lee’s documentary King Rocker, about Robert Lloyd, the lead singer of Birmingham post-punk band The Nightingales, new Netflix drama Malcolm and Marie, and Gerard Butler in actioner Greenland.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.
00:30:04 Celebrating Cinema
00:34:43 Current releases
00:40:28 Chart: Top 5s of all time
00:46:00 Simple Passion review
00:48:28 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You
00:53:47 Malcolm & Marie review
00:58:33 Sam Neil interview
01:10:30 Rams review
01:14:19 US Movie Road Trip
01:21:48 King Rocker review
01:25:18 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:29:02 Greenland review
01:32:56 TV Movies of the Week
01:35:58 A Glitch in the Matrix review
01:42:42 Life in a Day 2020 review
01:49:52 DVD of the Week
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2/5/2021 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 31 seconds
Adam Curtis, Synchronic, The Dig and Palmer
Mark and Simon are joined by Adam Curtis, who talks about his new film Can't Get You Out Of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World.
Mark reviews Synchronic, starring Jamie Dornan as a New Orleans paramedic, Beginning, which is Georgia’s submission for 'Best International Feature Film' at this year’s Oscars, Apple TV’s Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake as an ex-convict who strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home and The Dig, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a self-taught archaeologist.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.
00:18:57 Celebrating Cinema
00:26:58 Chart: 2011
00:39:52 Beginning review
00:43:48 Adam Curtis interview
00:56:35 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You
01:01:51 The Capote Tapes review
01:05:09 Assassins review
01:06:35 US Movie Road Trip
01:12:24 The Dig review
01:16:53 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:05 Palmer review
01:25:12 TV Movies of the Week
01:27:41 Synchronic review
01:32:39 DVD of the Week
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1/29/2021 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 8 seconds
Kevin Macdonald, Quo Vadis, Aida? 76 Days and White Tiger
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's movies, including Quo Vadis, Aida? 76 Days and White Tiger. Plus an interview with director Kevin Macdonald to talk about Life In A Day 2020.
00:22:38 Celebrating Cinema
00:32:13 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You
00:39:28 Quo Vadis, Aida? review
00:44:02 The White Tiger review
00:48:34 Kevin Macdonald interview
01:05:26 Persian Lessons review
01:10:06 US Movie Road Trip
01:16:42 Baby Done review
01:21:32 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:26:07 Are We Lost Forever review
01:28:57 TV Movies of the Week
01:32:49 76 Days review
01:38:17 DVD of the Week
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1/22/2021 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 46 seconds
Ralph Fiennes, Stardust, MLK/FBI, Blithe Spirit and Dear Comrades!
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's movies, including Stardust, MLK/FBI, Blithe Spirit and Dear Comrades! Plus Ralph Fiennes talks about his new film, The Dig.
Also on the programme, interviews with key figures from the world of cinema, as well as your emails, and the latest Box Office top ten.
00:22:37 Virtual American road trip films
00:29:28 Rotating charts
00:31:21 Pieces of a Woman correspondence
00:32:43 Top 10 Digital Downloads
00:39:06 Blithe Spirit review
00:42:25 Archive review
00:46:18 Ralph Fiennes interview
01:04:16 Dear Comrades! review
01:10:53 Stardust review
01:18:17 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:40 Imperial Blue review
01:26:47 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:30:23 MLK/FBI review
01:35:22 DVD OF THE WEEK
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1/15/2021 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 17 seconds
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman, Sylvie’s Love and Vanguard
Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Vanessa Kirby who talks about her new film Pieces of a Woman.
Plus your essential streaming reviews including the new Jackie Chan film Vanguard, Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha in Sylvie’s Love and drama documentary Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, about the last days of a Las Vegas dive bar.
Ben and Anna also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.
00:25:25 Box Office Top 10
00:39:23 The Basilisks
00:43:04 Vanessa Kirby interview
00:57:46 Pieces of a Woman
01:05:07 Sylvie’s Love
01:08:17 Ham on Rye
01:11:50 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:15:43 Vanguard
01:20:12 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:26:07 Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
01:35:05 DVD OF THE WEEK
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1/8/2021 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 27 seconds
Best of 2020
Simon and Mark present their favourite bits of the show from across the year including reviews of The Ringmaster, Dolittle and I'm Thinking of Ending Things and interviews with Werner Herzog, Charlize Theron and Richard Dreyfuss.
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1/1/2021 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 27 seconds
Pete Docter, Soul, One Night in Miami and Adoration
Mark and Simon are joined by Director Pete Docter who talks about his new film Soul.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including documentaries Mayor and Sing Me a Song, and French drama Adoration.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.
Podcast timings:
00:47:47 Box Office Top 10 Of the Year
00:55:55 One Night in Miami review
01:02:54 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:07:52 TV MOVIE OF BOXING DAY
01:10:50 Adoration review
01:39:04 Sing Me A Song review
01:42:46 Pete Doctor interview
01:57:51 Soul review
02:09:39 The Mayor review
02:19:16 DVD OF THE WEEK
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12/25/2020 • 2 hours, 25 minutes, 49 seconds
Viola Davis, Wonder Woman 1984, Come Away and Let Him Go
Mark and Simon are joined by Viola Davis who talks about her film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984, the sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman, Kevin Costner in thriller Let Him Go and David Oyelowo in Come Away.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.
00:39:08 Box Office Top 10
00:51:48 Let Him Go review
00:56:53 Viola Davis interview
01:12:39 The Woman Who Ran review
01:15:28 Come Away review
01:20:42 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:50 Wonder Woman 1984 review
01:29:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:32:59 The Macaloso Sisters
01:35:56 Farewell Amor
01:45:02 DVD OF THE WEEK
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12/18/2020 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 31 seconds
David Oyelowo, The Midnight Sky, American Utopia and Dreamland
Mark and Simon are joined by David Oyelowo who talks about his forthcoming film Come Away.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including David’s other new film, The Midnight Sky, in which he plays the husband of last week’s guest, Felicity Jones, the new Spike Lee and David Byrne film American Utopia and Margot Robbie in Dreamland.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.
00:35:40 Box Office Top 10
00:47:25 American Utopia review
00:53:33 David Oyelowo Interview
01:08:54 Midnight Sky review
01:16:10 Silent Night review
01:20:53 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:51 Dreamland
01:30:43 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:34:22 Cold Meridian
01:40:30 DVD OF THE WEEK
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12/11/2020 • 1 hour, 52 minutes
Felicity Jones, The Prom, Host and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mark and Simon are joined by Felicity Jones who talks about her forthcoming film Midnight Sky.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Ryan Murphy’s The Prom, Zoom-based horror Host and Chadwick Boseman’s last screen appearance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.
00:27:57 Box Office Top 10
00:41:43 A Christmas Carol
00:44:33 Felicity Jones interview
01:01:43 The Prom
01:06:42 Host
01:14:19 County Lines
01:19:39 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:25 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
01:25:12 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:26:37 Crock of Gold
01:37:41 DVD OF THE WEEK
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12/4/2020 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 15 seconds
Viggo Mortensen, Red, White and Blue, Possessor, and The Ringmaster
Mark and Simon are joined by Viggo Mortensen who talks about his new film Falling.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Steve McQueen’s drama Red, White and Blue, starring John Boyega, and new horrors Possessor and The Ringmaster.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films from November 2001.
00:34:53 Box Office Top 10 from 2001
00:46:55 Viggo Mortensen interview
01:02:50 Falling review
01:05:30 Possessor
01:11:29 Red, White and Blue
01:17:31 The Ringmaster
01:20:42 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:11 Mank
01:29:46 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:25 Happiest Season
01:43:57 DVD OF THE WEEK
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11/27/2020 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 46 seconds
Peter Strickland, Uncle Frank, The Kid Detective, Patrick and Skyfire
Mark and Simon are joined by Peter Strickland who talks about his new film Cold Meridian.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including The Kid Detective, about a once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, Skyfire, starring Jason Isaacs in a disaster movie about volcanoes. And Uncle Frank, starring Paul Bettany.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 digital films in the Official Film Chart.
00:33:44 The Australian Box Office Top 10
00:48:48 Peter Strickland Interview
01:06:21 Skyfire
01:16:23 Patrick
01:25:13 Uncle Frank
01:30:16 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:31 Kid Detective
01:39:32 DVD OF THE WEEK
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11/20/2020 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 20 seconds
Jason Isaacs, Skyfire, Jingle Jangle and Hillbilly Elegy
Mark and Simon are joined by Jason Isaacs who talks about his new film Skyfire, directed by Simon West, whose previous work includes Con Air.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Netflix’s Christmas movie Jingle Jangle, Sophia Loren in The Life Ahead and Amy Adams and Glenn Close in Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, adapted from the J.D.Vance memoir by Vanessa Taylor.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 digital films in the Official Film Chart.
00:37:35 Top 10 Current Films
00:46:21 Breathless/A bout de Soufflé 60th Anniversary review
00:49:17 Jason Isaacs Interview
01:08:54 Lennox review
01:11:37 Hillbilly Elegy review
01:18:33 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:43 The Life Ahead review
01:25:12 Jingle Jangle review
01:30:36 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:29 To The Ends of the Earth review
01:38:31 Billie review
01;43:22 DVD OF THE WEEK
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11/13/2020 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 21 seconds
Tilda Swinton, A Christmas Gift from Bob, About Endlessness and Looted
Mark and Simon are joined by Tilda Swinton who talks about her new film The Human Voice, directed by Pedro Almodóvar and adapted from the monodrama written by Jean Cocteau.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Roy Andersson’s About Endlessness, Andrea Riseborough in drama Luxor, Thomas Turgoose in Looted and Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, the sequel to the acclaimed 2016 south Korean action horror.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00:34:47 Box Office Top 10
00:46:05 Looted review
00:49:58 Tilda Swinton interview
01:06:03 The Human Voice review
01:12:09 A Christmas Gift From Bob
01:15:34 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:19:00 About Endlessness
01:21:09 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:26:10 Words on Bathroom Walls
01:30:02 Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula
01:42:00 Luxor review
01:45:41 DVD OF THE WEEK
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11/6/2020 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 49 seconds
Elisabeth Moss, Shirley, Relic, The Witches, Mogul Mowgli and Wolfwalkers
Mark and Simon are joined by Elisabeth Moss to talk about her new film, Shirley. Elisabeth stars as the writer Shirley Jackson, in this fictionalised account of a time in her life.
We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of The Witches, Mogul Mowgli, starring Riz Ahmed and new horror, Relic.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00:34:36 Box Office Top 10
00:47:09 Relic review
00:51:02 Elizabeth Moss interview
01:05:49 Shirley review
01:12:28 Mogul Mowgli review
01:16:52 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:20:37 Wolfwalkers review
01:23:57 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:30:09 The Burnt Orange Heresy
01:34:04 Uncle Vanya
01:43:20 The Witches
01:46:20 DVD OF THE WEEK
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10/30/2020 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 20 seconds
Colm Meaney, Pixie, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Honest Thief and The Climb
Mark and Simon are joined by Colm Meaney who talks about his new movie Pixie.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Liam Neeson’s new actioner Honest Thief, Sacha Baron Cohen’s return as Borat in Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, new American comedy The Climb and François Ozon’s latest drama Summer of 85.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00:39:39 Box Office Top 10
00:49:39 Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm review
00:55:42 Colm Meaney interview
01:11:06 Pixie review
01:14:16 Honest Thief review
01:17:43 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:21:50 The Climb review
01:28:10 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:32:06 Secret Garden review
01:35:29 Summer of 85
01:39:34 Antrum
01:42:47 DVD OF THE WEEK
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10/23/2020 • 1 hour, 48 minutes
Morfydd Clark, Rebecca, I Am Greta, Carmilla
Mark and Simon are joined by Morfydd Clark who talks about her new movie Saint Maud.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Ben Wheatley’s new adaptation of Rebecca, I Am Greta, a documentary about the climate activist and Carmilla, Directed by Emily Harris and starring Tobias Menzies, Greg Wise and Jessica Raine.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00:36:20 Box Office Top 10
00:46:54 I Am Greta
00:50:10 Morfydd Clark interview
01:06:00 The Other Lamb
01:09:15 Body of Water
01:12:14 Being A Human Person
01:15:55 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:20:06 Rebecca
01:26:44 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:31:31 Carmilla
01:34:23 Time
01:38:26 DVD OF THE WEEK
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10/16/2020 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 38 seconds
Ben Wheatley, Kajillionaire, Saint Maud and I Am Woman
Mark and Simon are joined by Ben Wheatley who talks about his new movie Rebecca.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including highly-rated horror Saint Maud, Miranda July’s new drama Kajillionaire, and a Helen Reddy biopic, I Am Woman.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00:28:28 Box Office Top 10
00:42:30 Phil Clapp interview
00:49:04 Beyond the Visible: Halma Af Klint
00:52:00 Ben Wheatley interview
01:05:59 Kajillionaire
01:10:43 Landline
01:15:41 I Am Woman
01:20:27 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:17 Saint Maud
01:32:18 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:41:02 DVD OF THE WEEK
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10/9/2020 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 38 seconds
Sally Hawkins, Eternal Beauty, On the Rocks and The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mark and Simon are joined by Sally Hawkins who talks about her new movie Eternal Beauty.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Aaron Sorkin’s star-studded drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks, about a young mother reconnecting with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York, starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00:32:24 Box Office Top 10
00:44:07 A Perfectly Normal Family
00:47:27 Sally Hawkins interview
00:59:20 Eternal Beauty
01:04:06 The Boys In The Band
01:10:29 On The Rocks
01:15:56 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:19:29 Dick Johnson is Dead
01:22:14 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:28:47 The Trial of the Chicago 7
01:35:55 DVD OF THE WEEK
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10/2/2020 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 43 seconds
Ron Howard, Rebuilding Paradise, Becky, Monsoon and Miss Juneteenth
Mark and Simon are joined by Ron Howard who talks about Rebuilding Paradise.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Channing Godfrey Peoples’ drama Miss Juneteenth about a former beauty queen and single mother preparing her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant, Henry Golding as Kit, a British Vietnamese man, returning to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years, after fleeing during the Vietnam-American War in Monsoon, and Becky, an action drama about a teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father taking a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
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9/25/2020 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 31 seconds
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, Bill and Ted Face the Music, Rocks and Tesla
Mark and Simon are joined by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter who talk about Bill and Ted Face the Music.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including coming of age drama Rocks about a young teenage girl who finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother and Tesla, a freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light starring Ethan Hawke.
00:26:49 - Box office top 10
00:45:04 - Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter interview
00:57:47 - Bill & Ted Review
01:04:49 - Hendrix And The Spook Review
01:07:46 - Lobbydown Correspondents
01:10:45 - Tesla Review
01:15:00 - The 800 Review
01:17:56 - TV Movies Of The Week
01:23:50 - Rocks Review
01:29:13 - Nocturnal Review
01:31:29 - White Riot Review
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
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9/18/2020 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 53 seconds
Peter Bogdanovich, The Roads Not Taken and The Broken Hearts Gallery
Mark and Simon are joined by legendary director Peter Bogdanovich who talks about his new Buster Keaton documentary The Great Buster.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including romcom The Broken Hearts Gallery and Sally Potter’s new drama The Roads Not Taken.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00:28:49 Box Office Top 10
00:44:33 Peter Bogdanovich interview
00:55:51 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:02:05 La Haine review
01:06:33 Memories of Murder review
01:13:41 The Broken Hearts Gallery
01:18:43 Max Richter’s Sleep
01:22:13 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:28:02 The Roads Not Taken
01:31:20 The Devil All The Time
01:36:26 DVD OF THE WEEK
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9/11/2020 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 17 seconds
Jessie Buckley, Tenet, Mulan and The New Mutants
Mark and Simon are joined by Jessie Buckley who talks about her new film I’m Thinking of Ending Things.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including long-awaited superhero movie The New Mutants, Disney’s live action remake of Mulan & new French film Les Miserables.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.
00.29.15 Box Office Top 10
00:18:56 Chadwick Boseman
00:36:46 Tenet review
00:45:44 Lobbydown Correspondents
00:47:10 Jessie Buckley Interview
01:00:05 I’m Thinking Of Ending Things review
01:09:27 New Mutants review
01:11:57 Mulan review
01:16:19 Koko-Di Koko-Da review
01:20:26 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:26:04 Les Miserables review
01:31:02 Socrates review
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9/4/2020 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 57 seconds
Chris Nolan, Tenet, Hope Gap, Get Duked and Rising Phoenix
Edith and Clarisse are joined by internationally renowned director Christopher Nolan, who talks about his new film Tenet.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Tenet, Hope Gap, Get Duked, Rising Phoenix and The Lost Prince. Tenet stars John David Washington as a secret agent who embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of World War III.
Edith and Clarisse chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services - as well as those with cinema releases - and we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.
00:15:29 Top 10 - Films Predominantly Set on A Train
00:31:41 Christopher Nolan Interview
00:47:25 Hope Gap review
00:54:07 Lobby Correspondents
00:58:16 Tenet review
01:06:37 Rising Phoenix
01:13:38 Get Duked
01:18:29 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:22:11 DVD OF THE WEEK
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8/28/2020 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 32 seconds
Annette Bening, The One and Only Ivan, Yes, God, Yes and Random Acts of Violence
Sanjeev and Robbie are joined by Annette Bening who talks about her new film Hope Gap.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including The One and Only Ivan which stars Sam Rockwell as a gorilla and Chaka Khan as a chicken.
Yes, God, Yes stars Natalia Dyer as a Catholic teenager who struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation, and Random Acts of Violence, in which a pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.
Robbie and Sanjeev chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 films set in Scotland.
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8/21/2020 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 40 seconds
Bryan Cranston, Babyteeth, Pinocchio, Spree and Sputnik.
Clara Amfo and Rhianna Dhillon are joined by Bryan Cranston who talks about his role in The One and Only Ivan.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Pinocchio, Matteo Garrone’s live-action adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life, Spree, starring Stranger Things’ Joe Keery as a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral, Babyteeth, about a seriously ill teenager who falls in love with a drug dealer, and My Rembrandt, a documentary set in the world of the Old Masters.
Clara and Rhianna chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 current digital downloads.
00:09:01 Top 10 Digital Downloads
00:25:15 Spree
00:29:28 Sputnik
00:32:38 Lockdown Correspondents
00:38:44 Inception (10th Anniversary)
00:44:04 My Rembrandt
00:50:39 Bryan Cranston Interview
01:03:51 Pinocchio
01:07:32 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:12:03 Babyteeth
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8/14/2020 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 32 seconds
Seth Rogen, Ben Mendelsohn, An American Pickle, Endings, Beginnings and Perfect 10
Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Seth Rogen and Ben Mendelsohn, who talk about their films An American Pickle and Babyteeth.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Shailene Woodley and Jamie Dornan in Endings, Beginnings and new British drama Perfect 10.
Ben and Anna chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 portmanteau horror films.
00:23:31 Top 10 PORTMANTEAU HORROR
00:39:43 Perfect 10 review
00:46:44 Interview: Ben Mendelsohn
01:01:40 Babyteeth review
01:04:40 Lockdown Correspondents
01:09:22 Around The Sun review
01:12:35 Interview: Seth Rogen
01:24:43 American Pickle review
01:28:01 Endings Beginnings
01:31:09 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:34:58 Papicha
01:38:46 Young Ahmed
01:44:01 DVD OF THE WEEK
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8/7/2020 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 32 seconds
Gemma Arterton, Summerland, Unhinged and Proxima
Simon and Mark are joined by Gemma Arterton who talks about her new movie Summerland.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Russell Crowe in Unhinged, Eva Green in Proxima and Claire Oakley’s mystery drama set on a Cornwall holiday park, Make Up.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best sequels better than the originals.
00:34:18 Top 10 - Sequels that are better than the originals
00:47:03 Gemma Arterton interview
01:01:41 Summerland review
01:07:15 Lockdown Correspondents
01:11:56 The Vigil
01:14:18 Last and First Men
01:16:03 Make Up
01:20:59 Proxima
01:25:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:24 Unhinged
01:44:21 DVD OF THE WEEK
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7/31/2020 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 25 seconds
Lucy Liu, Stage Mother, Saint Frances, How to Build a Girl.
Simon and Mark are joined by Lucy Liu, who talks about her new movie Stage Mother.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including big festival comedy/ drama Saint Frances and Beanie Feldstein in the film adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s novel of the same name.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best Jason Statham films.
00:38:28 - TOP 10 - Statham
00:48:02 - Lucy Liu interview
01:00:38 - Stage Mother review
01:04:20 - Lockdown Correspondents
01:10:00 - Alice review
01:14:30 - How To Build A Girl review
01:20:09 - The Traitor review
01:22:30 - Strasbourg 15/18 review
01:25:36 - TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:31:24 - St Francis review
01:37:20 - Parasite review
01:43:55 - DVD OF THE WEEK
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7/24/2020 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 43 seconds
Ben Whishaw, Black Water: Abyss, Clemency and Come As You Are
Simon and Mark are joined by Ben Whishaw, who talks about his movie Little Joe.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Alfre Woodard in Clemency, comedy Come As You Are, war thriller Ghosts of War and horror Black Water: Abyss.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best uncomfortably sweaty films.
00:32:40 Top 10 - Sweatiest films
00:48:20 Ben Whishaw interview
01:03:18 Buñuel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles
01:06:41 Lockdown Correspondents
01:12:54 Clemency
01:18:34 Come As You Are
01:22:09 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:28:09 Ghosts of War
01:32:14 Black Water Abyss
01:40:26 Kat and the Band
01:42:35 DVD OF THE WEEK
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7/17/2020 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 53 seconds
Alfre Woodard, Scoob!, Greyhound and The Way Back
Sanjeev Bhaskar talked to Alfre Woodard about her stunning performance in Clemency - which is out next week.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews from Robbie Collin, including Greyhound - the new high seas war film, starring Tom Hanks, Scoob! (Hello to Jason Isaacs), British flick Love Sarah, starring Celia Imrie and The Way Back, which sees Ben Affleck star as an alcoholic ex-high school basketball superstar, returning to the school to coach the team .
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best films which take place in 24 hours.
00:40:18 Top 10 FILMS SET OVER 24 HOURS
00:51:34 Greyhound review
00:59:50 Alfre Woodard interview
01:16:58 lockdown correspondents
01:19:49 Finding The Way Back review
01:26:33 Love Sarah review
01:33:38 The Old Guard
01:39:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:42:48 Scoob!
01:47:51 DVD OF THE WEEK
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7/10/2020 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 4 seconds
Werner Herzog, Family Romance LLC, Lynn + Lucy and Lost Transmissions
Mark and Simon are joined by Werner Herzog, who talks about his new film Family Romance LLC.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Lost Transmissions, starring Simon Pegg as an acclaimed music producer who goes off his medication for schizophrenia, Lynn + Lucy, about lifelong best friends whose friendship is tested in extreme circumstances.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the ten best Powell and Pressburger movies.
00:34:21 Top 10 - Powell AND Pressburger
00:51:32 Lynn + Lucy
00:58:03 Back Roads
01:02:30 Lockdown Correspondents
01:10:11 Werner Herzog interview
01:28:42 Family Romance LLC
01:32:18 Lost Transmissions
01:37:45 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:48:11 DVD OF THE WEEK
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7/3/2020 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 33 seconds
Simon Pegg, Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga and Irresistible
Mark and Simon are joined by Simon Pegg who talks about his movie Lost Transmissions.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Eurovision Song COntest: The Story of Fire Saga, starring Will Ferrell and Rachel Rachel McAdams as Iceland’s entry to the EBU pop competition and Fanny Lye Deliver’d, about a 17th century puritan woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech, plus we count down the best hiking and trekking movies.
00:35:08 Top 10 - films that take their plot from a Shakespeare play
00:49:56 The Girl with a Bracelet
00:53:19 Lockdown Correspondents
00:58:22 Ride Like A Girl
01:03:05 Simon Pegg interview
01:18:41 Irresistible
01:25:32 Fanny Lye Deliver’d
01:29:56 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:34:59 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
01:39:54 On The Record
01:41:36 Last ever Hanks for Listening
01:44:19 DVD OF THE WEEK
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6/26/2020 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 28 seconds
Armando Iannucci, White Riot, 7500 and Resistance
Mark and Simon are joined by Armando Iannucci, who talks about his movie The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Bruno Dumont’s Joan of Arc, Jesse Eisenberg in Resistance, The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance during World War II, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a pilot whose aircraft is attacked by terrorists and White Riot, about the Rock Against Racism movement.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech, plus we count down the best hiking and trekking movies.
00:29:00 Top 10 - Hiking and Walking Movies
00:46:42 Joan of Arc
00:53:24 Lockdown Correspondents
00:58:42 On A Magical Night
01:02:55 White Riot
01:08:55 Armando Iannucci
01:25:53 7500
01:28:40 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:33:02 Resistance
01:36:46 Hanks for Listening
01:41:47 DVD OF THE WEEK
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6/19/2020 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 28 seconds
Sir Kenneth 'Chuckles' Branagh, Spike Lee, Artemis Fowl, Da 5 Bloods and The King of Staten Island
Mark and Simon are joined by Sir Ken Branagh and Spike Lee, who talk about their new movies Artemis Fowl and Da 5 Bloods.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Judd Apatow’s latest The King of Staten Island, which stars Pete Davidson in this semi-autobiographical comedy drama. Mark also reviews You Don’t Nomi, a documentary about Showgirls, The Australian Dream, a documentary about the inspirational story of sporting hero Adam Goodes.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.
00:39:04 Top 10 Black and white films from the colour era
00:52:05 Kenneth Branagh interview
01:05:42 Artemis Fowl
01:07:47 Lockdown Correspondents
01:12:57 You Don’t Nomi
01:16:13 The Australian Dream
01:20:02 Spike Lee Interview
01:30:40 Da 5 Bloods
01:34:28 The Ground Beneath My Feet
01:37:24 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:41:27 The King of Staten Island
01:44:51 Hanks for Listening
01:49:05 What the Hell Were ‘U’ Thinking
01:52:51 DVD OF THE WEEK
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6/12/2020 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 21 seconds
Judd Apatow, Dating Amber and Days of the Bagnold Summer
Mark and Edith Bowman, sitting in for Simon, are joined by Judd Apatow, who talks about his new film The King of Staten Island. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Simon Bird’s directorial debut Days of the Bagnold Summer, Dating Amber, an Irish film about two school friends who decide to start a relationship in an effort to fit in. They also talk about A Rainy Day in New York, the new Woody Allen film and Echo in the Canyon, about the music scene of Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles.
Mark and Edith chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.
00:22:17 Top 10
00:40:46 Dating Amber review
00:44:29 The Uncertain Kingdom review
00:49:29 Lockdown Correspondents
00:59:39 Judd Apatow Interview
01:16:10 Days of the Bagnold Summer
01:20:57 Echo in the Canyon
01:27:32 Women at War
01:29:16 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:34:23 Hanks for Listening
01:37:18 DVD OF THE WEEK
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6/5/2020 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 59 seconds
Rosamund Pike, The High Note, Only the Animals and Krabi, 2562
Rosamund Pike joins Simran Hans and Edith Bowman to talk about Radioactive. She also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Mike Wallace is here, about the legendary American reporter, Only the Animals, a French film about a woman who goes missing by director Domink Moll and The High Note, which stars Dakota Johnson as a personal assistant and Tracee Ellis Ross is the pop singer for whom she works.
Edith and Simran chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.
00:20:23 Top 10 Swedish Comedies
00:36:38 Mike Wallace Is Here review
00:41:37 Krabi, 2562 review
00:48:48 Lockdown Correspondents
00:55:18 Rosamund Pike interview (Radioactive)
01:11:33 Only The Animals
01:14:04 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:19:58 The High Note review
01:26:53 Around the World When You Were My Age review
01:31:33 Director of the Week
01:35:34 DVD OF THE WEEK
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5/29/2020 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 29 seconds
Marielle Heller, The Lovebirds, Take Me Somewhere Nice, and The County
Marielle Heller drops by to talk It’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, which she directed.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including action comedy The Lovebirds, about a couple who are unintentionally wrapped up in a murder mystery, drama Take Me Somewhere Nice and Icelandic comedy, The County, about a widowed farmer beginning a new life, fighting corruption.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.
00:33:17 Top 10 - Greater remakes of Great Films
00:47:36 The Lovebirds review
00:51:52: Monos (new to VOD) review
00:59:25 Take Me Somewhere Nice review
01:02:01 Marielle Heller interview
01:19:22 The Vast of Night review
01:25:25 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:30:19 The County review
01:45:07 Well Done U
01:53:48 DVD OF THE WEEK
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5/22/2020 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 53 seconds
George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy
George McKay drops by to talk Oscar-winning film 1917 and playing Ned Kelly in The True History of the Kelly Gang. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Cassandro, The Exotico! About a gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestler who reinvents himself, sci-fi Proximity and The Orphanage, about a 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul who dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.
00:33:57 Top 10 ‘single location movies’
00:45:03 Proximity review
00:49:43 The Orphanage review
00:53:40 Lockdown Correspondents
01:02:39 Cassandro, The Exotico! review
01:07:08 George MacKay interview
01:25:42 Romantic Comedy review
01:28:13 The Atom: A Love Affair review
01:31:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:42:02 Director of the week
01:46:24 DVD OF THE WEEK
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5/15/2020 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 49 seconds
Amma Asante, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, In Search of Greatness and Camino Skies
Amma Asante chats to Simon and Mark about the challenges of continuing to work as a film director in lockdown and gives us some tips for some films to watch.
Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Eliza Hittman’s drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always, sports documentary In Search of Greatness and a film about is the journey of six strangers from New Zealand and Australia walking the 800km Camino de Santiago.
Mark also reviews Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce’s horror The Wretched, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Romanian drama The Whistlers.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:29:58 New to Download
00:31:20 Top Ten - Fictional Bands in Films
00:46:41 Never Rarely Sometimes Always
00:53:00 The Wretched
00:56:57 Lockdown Correspondents
01:04:30 Camino Skies
01:10:51 Amma Asante interview
01:23:57 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:29:03 The Whistlers review
01:31:39 More Beautiful For Having Been Broken
01:34:43 Time To Hunt
01:37:23 Tom Hanks
01:46:30 Well Done U
01:51:32 DVD OF THE WEEK
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5/8/2020 • 2 hours, 36 seconds
Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan, The Assistant, Reborn and Ema
Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan talk Calm with Horses, their film set in Ireland where lives are torn apart and loyalties tested when choices must be made between drug-dealing and family.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including drama The Assistant starring Julia Garner, horror film Reborn and Pablo Larraín’s Ema, which focuses on a couple dealing with the aftermath of an adoption that goes wrong.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:36:48 Top 10 - film set in Yorkshire
00:50:05 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
00:55:20 The Assistant review
01:01:01 Lockdown correspondents
01:06:29 Reborn review
01:09:35 Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan interview
01:24:07 Ema review
01:31:02 Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy review
01:35:50 Can You Keep a Secret review
01:39:02 Tom Hanks Moment
01:46:11 Director of the Week
01:51:48 DVD OF THE WEEK
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5/1/2020 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 5 seconds
Pablo Larrain and Gael Garcia Bernal, Extraction, Astronaut, Sea Fever and Moffie
Pablo Larrain and Gael Garcia Bernal talk Ema, their film set in Chile about a couple dealing with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Chris Hemsworth in actioner Extraction, horror thriller Sea Fever and Moffie, about a young man drafted into South Africa's military who knows he is different and must keep himself hidden. Mark also reviews Richard Dreyfuss in Astronaut.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:34:07 New to Streaming: Calm with Horses
00:35:26 Top Ten - Mark’s Scary Films
00:53:44 Astronaut review
01:00:33 We Summon The Darkness review
01:02:54 Sea Fever review
01:07:28 Pablo Larrain and Gael Garcia Bernal interview
01:26:01 Moffie review
01:28:26 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:32:45 Extraction review
01:35:56 Lockdown Correspondents
01:45:48 Ghost Town Anthology
01:48:18 Well Done U
01:50:51 DVD OF THE WEEK
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4/24/2020 • 1 hour, 55 minutes
Richard Dreyfuss, Dreamland, Why Don’t You Just Die, and Cuck
Richard Dreyfuss talks Astronaut, his film about a lonely widower who battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Dreamland, about the world of opioids, Why Don’t You Just Die, Kirill Sokolov’s film about Andrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father who brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:47:17 The Top 10 (Ashley Mowat’s favourite Billy Wilder films)
00:54:38 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:00:42 Richard Dreyfuss interview
01:20:03 Dreamland review
01:22:43 Why Don’t You Just Die review
01:33:14 Selah and the Spades review
01:37:13 The Host review
01:39:41 Cuck review
01:44:53 The Tom Hanks moment
01:48:07 Director of the Week
01:56:07 DVD(s) OF THE WEEK
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4/17/2020 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 53 seconds
Paul Walter Hauser, Michael Sheen, Trolls World Tour and The Grand Bizarre
Paul Walter Hauser & Michael Sheen.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:39:40 Box Office Top 10 (Fastest Digital Downloads)
00:54:04 Michael Sheen interview
01:06:56 Martin Margiela review
01:10:22 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:15:47 Paul Walter Hauser interview
01:36:33 Trolls World Tour
01:42:36 Who You Think I Am review
01:54:23 The Iron Mask
01:57:32 The Grand Bizarre
02:00:37 I Am Pilate
02:01:32 Director of the Week
02:13:22 DVD OF THE WEEK
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4/10/2020 • 2 hours, 18 minutes, 43 seconds
John Turturro, Four Kids and It and The Whalebone Box
John Turturro talks Jesus Rolls, which returns to his character Jesus Quintana from The Big Lebowski.
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including the new Andrew Kotting film The Whalebone Box, Nona: If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them, about Josefina, a radical homemaker, committed a crime of passion that led her to self-exile at a coastal town. Michael Caine plays a sand creature in Four Kids and It.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:34:33 Box Office Top 10 (in which Keanu Reeves plays a character called John)
00:46:40 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
00:54:03 Four Kids and IT Review
00:59:43 The Whalebone Box Review
01:13:50 John Turturro Interview
01:32:16 DVD(s) OF THE WEEK
01:35:33 Nona: If They Soak Me, I’ll Burn Them Review
01:45:20 Director of the Week: Kathryn Bigelow
01:55:49 Well Done U: The Red Balloon
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4/3/2020 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 54 seconds
Jesse Eisenberg & Imogen Poots, Vivarium, The Banker, The Perfect Candidate and System Crasher
Another chance to hear Jesse Eisenberg & Imogen Poots talk about Vivarium.
Plus all your essential on demand film reviews including the new Apple TV movie The Banker, starring Samuel L Jackson and Nicolas Hoult, System Crasher, about a 9-year-old’s untamed energy which drives everyone around her to despair, and The Perfect Candidate, about a determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections, directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour.
Mark and Simon chat tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
35.34.05 Box Office Top 10
48.40.40 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
57.39.17 The Banker review
01:06:42 Lockdown Correspondents
01:13:27 System Crasher review
01:20:15 Poots and Eisenburg interview
01:27.19 Vivarium review
01:33:29 The Perfect Candidate review
01:48:20 Director of the Week
02:02:57 DVD(s) OF THE WEEK
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3/27/2020 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 43 seconds
The Truth, Dogs Don't Wear Pants and Fire Will Come
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's essential streaming movies, including the new Hirokazu Koreeda film The Truth, J.-P. Valkeapää's drama Dogs Don't Wear Pants and Fire Will Come, a Galician-language film directed by Oliver Laxe which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.
On the podcast, available on the BBC Sounds app, Mark and Simon discuss the work of Lynne Ramsay. Mark also recommends our weekly U certificate classic The Amazing Mr. Blunden. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services and discuss the best and worst films on TV next week. They also recommend home entertainment purchases in DVDs of the Week.
00:44:26 Box Office Top 10
01:00:33 The Truth
01:05:33 Dogs Don’t Wear Pants
01:11:29 TV Movies Of The Week
01:26:24 Fire Will Come
01:33:22 Director Of The Week
01:44:02 DVD OF THE WEEK
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3/20/2020 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 47 seconds
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Misbehaviour, The Hunt and My Spy
Gugu Mbatha-Raw talks Misbehaviour, the film of the protests at the 1970 Miss World protests.
Plus all your essential film reviews including the new family action-comedy My Spy, horror The Hunt, documentary Cunningham, Barry Keoghan in Calm with Horses and Brazilian thriller Bacurau.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:24:21 Box Office Top 10
00:53:38 And Then We Danced Review
00:59:30 Bacurau Review
01:05:01 Run Review
01:11:23 Gugu Mbatha-Raw Interview
01:24:34 Misbehaviour Review
01:33:16 My Spy Review
01:37:15 The Hunt
01:46:05 Calm With Horses
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3/16/2020 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 19 seconds
Onward, Military Wives and The Photograph PART 2
Reviews on Onward, Military Wives, Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island and The Photograph among others.
00:16:07 Military Wives
00:33:24 Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
00:35:44 Onward
00:40:30 The Photograph
00:44:23 Sulpher and White
00:47:05 Vitalina Varela Review
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3/6/2020 • 55 minutes, 57 seconds
Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, Escape from Pretoria PART 1
Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, plus Box Office Top 10 and Escape from Pretoria review.
PART 1
00:32:40 Box Office Top 10
00:50:17 Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots Interview
01:06:38 Escape from Pretoria
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3/6/2020 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 40 seconds
The lost bit from 28th February
Featuring reviews on the Kelly Gang, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Colour Out of Space.
3/6/2020 • 42 minutes, 15 seconds
Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Dark Waters
Elisabeth Moss talks The Invisible Man.
Plus film reviews including Todd Haynes’s Dark Waters, starring Mark Ruffalo, Céline Sciamma’s romantic drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire and George MacKay in Justin Kurzel’s True History Of The Kelly Gang.
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon, as they chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:09:41 Box Office Top 10
00:38:06 Elisabeth Moss Interview
00:51:49 The Invisible Man Review
01:01:12 Downhill Review
01:09:06 Dark Waters Review
01:17:19 Villain Review
01:26:04 True History of the Kelly Gang
01:35:02 Portrait of a Lady on Fire
01:42:13 Colour Out of Space
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2/28/2020 • 2 hours, 8 minutes
Steve Coogan, Greed, The Call of the Wild, Little Joe
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's movies.
Steve Coogan joins Simon and Mark for a chat about his new film Greed. Plus Mark will review the latest film releases including The Call Of The Wild and Little Joe.
00:18:07 Box Office Top 10
00:38:06 Steve Coogan Interview
00:51:30 Greed Review
01:07:24 The Call of the Wild
01:14:36 Little Joe
01:32:19 The Public
01:37:52 Like a Boss
01:42:00 Midnight Family
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2/21/2020 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 8 seconds
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma, Sonic the Hedgehog and Spycies.
Anya Taylor-Joy talks Emma.
Plus film reviews including Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog and animation Spycies.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:23:05 Box Office Top 10
00:45:28 Anya Taylor-Joy interview
00:59:46 Emma review
01:20:38 Spycies review
01:24:57 First Love review
01:37:27 Sonic the Hedgehog review
01:44:51 When Lambs Become Lions review
01:47:47 Ghost review / The Lost Boys 4k review
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2/14/2020 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 20 seconds
Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite, Dolittle and Birds of Prey
Bong Joon-Ho talks Parasite.
Plus film reviews including Robert Downey Junior in Dolittle, Margot Robbie in Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn and Kristen Stewart in Underwater.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00:27:55 Box Office Top 10
00:44:33 Bong Joon Ho Interview
00:59:51 Parasite Review
01:11:20 Dolittle Review
01:20:26 Underwater Review
01:25:19 Plus One Review
01:35:19 Daniel Isn’t Real Review
01:41:33 Birds of Prey Review
01:45:09 Mr Jones Review
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2/7/2020 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 5 seconds
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse, Richard Jewell and A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood.
Willem Dafoe talks The Lighthouse.
Plus film reviews including Clint Eastwood’s drama Richard Jewell, Daniel Kaluuya in Queen and Slim, and Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.19.27 Box Office Top 10
00.39.16 Willem Dafoe Interview
00.57.46 The Lighthouse
01.11.14 Richard Jewell
01.17.40 Queen and Slim
01.27.34 The Rhythm Section
01.33.12 A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
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1/31/2020 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 38 seconds
Tom Hanks, The Personal History Of David Copperfield and The Grudge.
Tom Hanks talks A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood.
Plus film reviews including Bad Boys for Life, Armando Iannucci’s Dickens adaptation The Personal History Of David Copperfield, psychological horror The Grudge, and supernatural horror The Turning.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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TIMINGS
00:22:52 Top Ten
00:46:05 Tom Hanks interview
01:05:22 No Fathers in Kashmir
01:08:26 The Personal History of David Copperfield
01:17:34 The Man who Killed Don Quixote
01:24:02 Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue!
01:34:27 The Turning
01:40:06 The Grudge
1/25/2020 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 15 seconds
Charlize Theron, Bombshell and Just Mercy.
Charlize Theron talks about Bombshell.
Plus film reviews including legal drama Just Mercy, buddy cop action comedy Bad Boys for Life starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.28.08 Box Office Top 10
00.47.08 Charlize Theron interview
01.01.49 Bombshell review
01.17.37 A Hidden Life review
01.26.44 Weathering With You review
01.35.26 Midnight Traveller
01.39.48 Waves
01.45.55 Just Mercy
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1/17/2020 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 20 seconds
Sam Mendes, The Safdie Brothers, 1917, Uncut Gems and Seberg.
Director Sam Mendes talks about 1917 and The Safdie Brothers talk about Uncut Gems.
Plus film reviews including political thriller Seberg, starring Kristen Stewart and Jack O'Connell and adventure movie The Runaways.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.16.34 Box Office Top 10
00.36.33 Safdie Brothers Interview
00.59.08 Uncut Gems review
01.10.58 Seberg Review
01.18.07 El Topo Review
01.24.20 Sam Mendes Interview
01.38.55 1917 Review
01.47.58 – 01.57.56 *SPOILER ALERT* Star Wars spoilers
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1/10/2020 • 2 hours, 24 seconds
Greta Gerwig, Little Women, Jojo Rabbit and The Gentlemen
Director Greta Gerwig talks about Little Women.
Plus film reviews including Taiki Waititi’s wartime comedy drama Jojo Rabbit, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, and Giancarlo Esposito and Aaron Eckhart in In the Line of Duty.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.14.14 Box Office Top 10
00.39.01 Greta Gerwig interview
00.51.07 Little Women Review
01.01.13 JoJo Rabbit Review
01.23.17 The Gentlemen Review
01.31.08 In The Line Of Duty Review
01.34.40 Amanda Review
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1/3/2020 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 50 seconds
Best Of 2019
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present their annual festive opportunity to hear the best film reviews and interviews from 2019. With guests including Renée Zellweger, Taron Egerton, and reviews including Holmes and Watson, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Gemini Man and Night Hunter.
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12/25/2019 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 50 seconds
JJ Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Cats, The Gentlemen and Little Women
Director JJ Abrams talks about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Plus film reviews including Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, Guy Ritchie’s latest The Gentlemen and John Cena in Playing with Fire.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.35.27 Box Office Top 10
00.52.48 The Gentlemen Review
01.02.47 Little Women Review
01.11.17 JJ Abrams Interview
01.25.12 Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Review
01.44.34 Cats
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12/20/2019 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 11 seconds
Jumanji: The Next Level, QT8: The First Eight and Black Christmas
Mark Kermode reviews Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Kevin Hart in Jumanji: The Next Level.
Plus reviews including yuletide-themed horror remake Black Christmas, QT8: The First Eight, a documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's directorial career and Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.18.05 Box Office Top 10
00.41.40 Pink Wall
00.47.12 Jumanji: The Next Level
00.52.56 Sons of Denmark
00.55.16 Citizen K
00.58.54 The Kingmaker
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12/12/2019 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 20 seconds
Alex Gibney, Lucy in the Sky, Honey Boy, Ordinary Love, Motherless Brooklyn and Gremlins
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney talks about his new film Citizen K.
Plus film reviews including Shia Leboeuf in Honey Boy, Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm in Lucy in the Sky, Edward Norton’s neo-noir Motherless Brooklyn and Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville in Ordinary Love.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week
00.24.38 Box Office Top 10
00.44.38 Live Interview with Alex Gibney
01.07.48 Ordinary Love Review
01.22.11 Honey Boy Review
01.27.40 Gremlins Review
01.36.08 Motherless Brooklyn Review
01.44.12 Lucy In The Sky Review
01.49.41 So Long, My Son Review
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12/6/2019 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 1 second
Ed Norton, Motherless Brooklyn, Charlie’s Angels, Knives Out, The Two Popes and Atlantics.
Ed Norton talks about his film Motherless Brooklyn.
Plus film reviews including Rian Johnson’s thriller Knives Out, a reboot of Charlie’s Angels with Kristen Stewart, and biographical drama film The Two Popes directed by Fernando Meirelles.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
0.24.59 Box Office Top 10
00.42.17 Edward Norton interview
00.56.56 Shooting the Mafia
01.10.58 Charlie’s Angels
01.18.13 Atlantics
01.22.35 The Two Popes
01.39.30 The Nightingale
01.45.32 Knives Out
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11/29/2019 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 1 second
Chadwick Boseman, 21 Bridges, Judy and Punch, Frozen II and Harriet
Chadwick Boseman talks about his film 21 Bridges.
Plus film reviews including Suburban soccer moms in Greener Grass, Comedy Crime Drama Judy and Punch, hotly anticipated sequel Frozen II and the tale of a woman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes in Harriet.
Mark Kermode also reviews Blue Story and Them That Follow.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.21.05 Box Office Top 10
00.42.33 Chadwick Boseman Interview
00.59.45 21 Bridges Review
01.07.52 Judy and Punch Review
01.14.48 Harriet Review
01.19.38 Greener Grass Review
01.28.09 Them That Follow Review
01.32.19 Frozen II Review
01.38.48 I Lost My Body Review
01.42.07 La Belle Epoque Review
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11/22/2019 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 33 seconds
Emilia Clarke, Last Christmas, The Report, Le Mans '66 and Little Monsters
Emilia Clarke talks about Last Christmas. Plus film reviews including Christian Bale and Matt Damon in Le Mans ‘66 and Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad in comedy horror Little Monsters.
Mark Kermode also reviews docudrama The Report, starring Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Tim Blake Nelson and Jon Hamm.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.43.09 Emilia Clarke Interview
00.56.36 Last Christmas Review
01.11.30 Little Monsters Review
01.15.34 The Report Review
01:22:07 The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Review
01:31:28 2040 Review
01:36:02 Le Mans ’66 Review
01:44:18 Marriage Story Review
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11/15/2019 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 22 seconds
Helen Mirren, The Irishman, The Good Liar and Driven.
Helen Mirren talks about The Good Liar. Plus film reviews including Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Naomi Watts and Octavia Spencer in Luce.
Mark Kermode also reviews Nick Hamm’s thriller Driven and Roland Emmerich’s Midway, the story of the World War II battle as told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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11/8/2019 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 37 seconds
Felicity Jones, The Aeronauts, Doctor Sleep and Brittany Runs a Marathon
Felicity Jones talks about The Aeronauts. Plus film reviews including The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, comedy Brittany Runs a Marathon and Ken Loach’s new drama Sorry We Missed You.
Mark Kermode also reviews mystery Earthquake Bird directed by Wash Westmoreland.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.29.35 Box Office Top 10
00.47.14 Felicity Jones Interview
01.01.29 The Aeronauts Review
01.11.29 Brittany Runs a Marathon Review
01.15.16 After the Wedding Review
01.20.54 Sorry We Missed You Review
01.37.17 Dr Sleep Review
01.47.41 Making Waves Review
01.51.09 Earthquake Bird Review
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11/1/2019 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 15 seconds
Rebecca Fergsuon, Terminator: Dark Fate, Monos, Black and Blue
Rebecca Ferguson talks about Dr. Sleep. Plus film reviews including animation Monos, the next instalment of the Terminator franchise, and drama The Last Black Man in San Francisco.
Mark Kermode also reviews war drama film Monos directed by Alejandro Landes about a group of teenage bandits.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
0.52.10 Rebecca Ferguson Interview
01.06.33 By The Grace of God Review
01.13.59 Terminator: Dark Fate Review
01.25.19 Monos Review
01.41.39 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Review
01.48.59 Black and Blue Review
01.52.14 Western Stars Review
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10/25/2019 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 15 seconds
Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Official Secrets.
Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie talk about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Plus film reviews including A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Official Secrets and Zombieland: Double Tap.
Mark Kermode also reviews The Peanut Butter Falcon, the story of a young man with Down’s Syndrome, who runs away from a residential home.
Mark and Ben Bailey Smith chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.12.56 Box Office Top 10
00.37.05 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
00.55.43 Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon
01.04.39 Singing In The Rain
01.10.09 Official Secrets
01.15.05 The Peanut Butter Falcon
01.27.17 Mystify: Michael Hutchence
01.32.52 Zombieland: Double Tap
01.37.42 Non Fiction
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10/18/2019 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 22 seconds
Sienna Miller, Abominable, Gemini Man, The Day Shall Come
Sienna Miller talks about American Woman. Plus film reviews including animation Abominable, new Will Smith flick Gemini Man and Chris Morris’s The Day Shall Come.
Mark Kermode also reviews The King and Dolemite is My Name. Plus Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.30.46 Box Office Top 10
00.48.45 Sienna Miller Interview
01.03.05 American Woman Review
01.10.32 Gemini Man Review
01.20.02 Dolemite Is My Name Review
01.26.22 The King
01.41.24 Abominable
01.44.23 The Day Shall Come
01.51.20 The Dead Center
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10/11/2019 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Renée Zellweger, Joker, Judy and Good Posture
Renée Zellweger talks about Judy. Plus film reviews including Judy, Joaquin Phoenix as Joker, Emily Mortimer in Good Posture and World War II drama Werewolf.
Mark Kermode also reviews Ross Clarke’s The Birdcatcher and Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and War, the story of one man's cinematic vision of the 20th century and his own incredible journey through it.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.26.23 Box Office Top 10
00.45.26 Renée Zellweger Interview
00.58.43 Judy Review
01.11.10 Good Posture Review
01.23.13 The Birdcatcher Review
01.25.49 Hero: The Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross Review
01.37.43 Joker Review
01.51.17 Harry Birrell Presents Films Of Love And War Review
01.53.14 Werewolf Review
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10/4/2019 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 11 seconds
Emily Mortimer, The Goldfinch, Ready or Not, Skin & Rambo: Last Blood
Emily Mortimer talks about Good Posture. Plus your essential film reviews including Sly returning in Rambo: Last Blood, Jamie Bell as a racist skinhead in Skin, and the Donna Tartt adaptation The Goldfinch.
Mark Kermode also reviews Martha Pinson’s Tomorrow, and Shola Amoo’s drama The Last Tree.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
00.23.32 Box Office Top 10
00.45.20 Emily Mortimer Interview
01.03.36 The Last Tree Review
01.12.36 The Goldfinch Review
01.18.46 Don’t Let Go Review
01.21.46 Skin Review
01.30.19 Normal Review
01.34.35 Tomorrow Review
01.34.34 Ready or Not Review
01.40.03 Hitsville: The Making of Motown Review
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9/27/2019 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 29 seconds
Jason Isaacs, Hotel Mumbai, Ad Astra, The Kitchen, The Farewell
Jason Isaacs talks Hotel Mumbai. Plus the only reviews of the week's films you need including Brad Pitt in Ad Astra, dramedy The Farewell, and crime drama The Kitchen.
Mark Kermode also reviews a documentary about KLF frontman Bill Drummond, Best Before Death and drama Tomorrow.
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten.
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00:00 Pod begins, Brexitcast chat
05:28 Teacher's email
07:13 Tailenders email
10:41 H2JI in space
15:00 Daniel in Massachusetts
17:14 Radio show begins
25:15 Box office top ten
45:18 Jason Isaacs arrives
01:07:08 Hotel Mumbai Review
01:18:06 Ad Astra review
01:36:37 TV Movie Of The Week
01:42:43The Farewell review
01:48:14 The Kitchen review
01:51:10 Best Before Death review
01:53:40 DVD Of The Week
9/20/2019 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 17 seconds
with Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville talks about Downton Abbey. Plus reviews of Night Hunter, Hustler and For Sama, the UK Box Office top ten and TV Movie of the Week.
Box Office Top 10 00:20:56
Hugh Bonneville Interview 00:41:00
Downton Abbey Review 00:55:32
Hustlers Review 01:04:47
For Sama Review 01:12:43
Night Hunter 01:25:10
Honeyland 01:30:37
The Shock of the Future 01:35:17
Phoenix 01:36:46
Midnight Cowboy 01:38:05
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9/13/2019 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 54 seconds
with James McAvoy
James McAvoy talks about It Chapter Two. Plus reviews of A Minuscule Adventure, The Shiny Shrimps and Rojo. Plus the Box Office top ten.
00.26.15 - Top 10
00.44.21 - James McAvoy interview
00.58.58 - IT Chapter Two review
01.19.15 - A Minuscule Adventure review
01.30.04 - Rojo review
01.35.56 - Scarborough review
01.40.37 - The Shiny Shrimps review
01.43.41 - The Run review
01.45.29 - Rapid Response
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A Somethin' Else production.
9/6/2019 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 16 seconds
with Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall talks about Mrs. Lowry and Son. Plus reviews of A Million Little Pieces, The Souvenir and The Informer. Plus the Box Office top ten.
Reviews:
00.26.13 Top 10
01.01.01 Mrs Lowry and Son
01.09.10 The Informer
01.12.48 The Souvenir
01.20.18 A Million Little Pieces
01.39.32 The Mustang
01.44.22 Bait
01.49.46 Seahorse
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A Somethin' Else production.
8/30/2019 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 20 seconds
With Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Mark Kermode is joined by Geoff Lloyd for this week's film reviews. Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson talk about their movie A Million Little Pieces. Plus reviews of Pain And Glory, Angel has Fallen and Crawl & the UK Box Office top ten.
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Reviews:
Angel Has Fallen 01.00.53
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark 01.07.27
Aniara 01.13.28
Pain and Glory 01.26.48
Crawl 01.32.40
Hail Satan 01.36.31
A Somethin' Else production.
8/23/2019 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 47 seconds
with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon to review the week's movies.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt talk about Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood.
Plus reviews of Uglydolls, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and JT Leroy. Plus the Box Office top ten.
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A Somethin' Else production.
8/16/2019 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 35 seconds
09/08/2019
Antonio Banderas talks about Pain and Glory.
Plus reviews of The Playmobil Movie, Blinded by the Light and Opus Zero. Plus the Box Office top ten.
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A Somethin' Else production.
8/9/2019 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 47 seconds
With Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha talks about Blinded by the Light. And the week's film reviews with Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey featuring The Angry Birds Movie 2, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, and Animals. Plus the Box Office top ten.
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A Somethin' Else production.
8/2/2019 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 13 seconds
with Ben Bailey Smith and Clarisse Loughrey
Nick Frost talks about Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans.
Plus reviews of The Current War, The Chambermaid and Marianne and Leonard. Plus the Box Office top ten.
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A Somethin' Else production.
7/26/2019 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 47 seconds
with Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about The Lion King. Plus the Box Office Top Ten and reviews including Varda by Agnes, Tell it to the Bess and Making Noise Quietly.
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A Somethin' Else production.
7/19/2019 • 2 hours, 16 minutes, 31 seconds
with Tuppence Middleton
Tuppence Middleton talks about The Current War. Plus reviews of Armstrong, The Dead Don't Die and Annabelle Comes Home. Plus the Box Office top ten.
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A Somethin' Else production.
7/12/2019 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 21 seconds
with Will Poulter
Will Poulter talks about Midsommar. Plus the Box Office Top Ten and reviews including Spider-Man: From Home, Ibiza: The Silent Movie and Don't Look Now.
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A Somethin' Else production.
7/5/2019 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 2 seconds
with Danny Boyle and Himesh Patel
Danny Boyle and Himesh Patel talk to Simon about Yesterday. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Yesterday, In Fabric, Apollo 11 and Support The Girls.
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A Somethin' Else production.
6/28/2019 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 3 seconds
with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks talks about Toy Story 4. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Toy Story 4, Child's Play and BrightBurn.
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A Somethin' Else production.
6/21/2019 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 31 seconds
with Asif Kapadia
Director Asif Kapadia joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new documentary Diego Maradona. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Diego Maradona, Men In Black International, The Hummingbird Project and Sometimes Always Never.
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A Somethin' Else Production
6/14/2019 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 36 seconds
With Jessica Chastain and Sophie Turner
Jessica Chastain and Sophie Turner talk to Simon about X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Late Night, Gloria Bell and Dirty God.
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A Somethin' Else production.
6/7/2019 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 4 seconds
with Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat talk about their new film Animals. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Ma and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
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5/31/2019 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 47 seconds
with Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton talks to Simon about Rocketman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Rocketman, Booksmart, Aladdin, Ad Astra and The Secret Life Of Pets 2.
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A Somethin' Else production.
5/24/2019 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 39 seconds
With Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves talks to Simon about John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including John Wick 3, Breakthrough and Beats.
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A Somethin' Else production.
5/17/2019 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 32 seconds
with Amma Asante
Director Amma Asante joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about her new film Where Hands Touch. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Where Hands Touch, The Hustle, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, High Life and Destination Wedding.
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A Somethin' Else production.
5/10/2019 • 2 hours, 13 minutes, 49 seconds
with Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen
Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen talk to Simon about Long Shot. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Long Shot; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile; Tolkien and Vox Lux.
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A Somethin' Else Production.
5/3/2019 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 53 seconds
With Zac Efron and Lily Collins
Zac Efron and Lily Collins talk to Simon about their new film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Avengers: Endgame, Bel Canto and Eighth Grade.
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A Somethin' Else production.
4/26/2019 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds
with Jude Law
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jude Law talks about his new film Vox Lux. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Greta, Red Joan and Dragged Across Concrete.
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A Somethin' Else production.
4/19/2019 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 43 seconds
With Sophie Okonedo
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Sophie Okonedo talks about her new films Wild Rose and Hellboy. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Hellboy, Wild Rose, Little and Wonder Park.
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A Somethin' Else production.
4/12/2019 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 40 seconds
with Chris Butler
Director Chris Butler talks to Simon about his new animation, Missing Link. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Missing Link, Shazam and The Sisters Brothers.
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A Somethin' Else production.
4/5/2019 • 2 hours, 12 minutes, 1 second
with Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell talks to Simon about Dumbo. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Dumbo, Out Of Blue, Lords Of Chaos, At Eternity's Gate and Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story.
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A Somethin' Else production.
3/29/2019 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 49 seconds
with Jordan Peele
Director Jordan Peele talks to Simon about his new film Us. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Us, The White Crow and Five Feet Apart.
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A Somethin' Else production.
3/22/2019 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 35 seconds
with Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes talks to Simon about The White Crow, which he directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including What Men Want, Ben Is Back, Fisherman's Friends and Benjamin.
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A Somethin' Else production.
3/15/2019 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 13 seconds
with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck talk to Simon about Captain Marvel. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Captain Marvel, The Kindergarten Teacher and Everybody Knows.
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A Somethin' Else production.
3/8/2019 • 2 hours, 19 minutes, 27 seconds
With Stephen Merchant
Stephen Merchant joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about Fighting With My Family, which he wrote and directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fighting With My Family, The Aftermath and What They Had.
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A Somethin' Else production.
3/1/2019 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 40 seconds
With Felicity Jones
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Felicity Jones talks about her new film On The Basis Of Sex. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including On The Basis Of Sex, Cold Pursuit and Capernaum.
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A Somethin' Else production.
2/22/2019 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 15 seconds
With Rosamund Pike
Ben Bailey Smith sits in for Simon. Rosamund Pike talks about A Private War. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including A Private War, Happy Death Day 2U, Instant Family and The Kid Who Would Be King.
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A Somethin' Else production.
2/15/2019 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 16 seconds
with Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh talks to Simon about his new film All Is True. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including All Is True, The Lego Movie 2, Alita: Battle Angel, If Beale Street Could Talk and Boy Erased.
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A Somethin' Else production.
2/8/2019 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 34 seconds
with Barry Jenkins
The director of Moonlight, Barry Jenkins, talks to Simon about his new film If Beale Street Could Talk. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Green Book, Escape Room, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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A Somethin' Else production.
2/1/2019 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 15 seconds
with Nicole Kidman and Richard E Grant
Nicole Kidman talks about her new film Destroyer. Richard E. Grant joins Simon and Mark in the studio to discuss Can You Ever Forgive Me? Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Destroyer, Vice, The Mule and Second Act.
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A Somethin' Else production.
1/25/2019 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 24 seconds
with Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie talk to Simon about Mary Queen Of Scots. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Mary Queen Of Scots, Beautiful Boy and Glass.
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A Somethin' Else Production
1/18/2019 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 32 seconds
with Steve Coogan and John C Reilly
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly talk to Simon about Stan & Ollie. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Stan & Ollie, Colette, The Front Runner and The Upside.
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A Somethin' Else production.
1/11/2019 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 38 seconds
with Keira Knightley
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Keira Knightley talks about her new film Colette. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Favourite and Welcome To Marwen.
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A Somethin' Else production.
1/4/2019 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 54 seconds
Best of 2018
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present another chance to hear the best reviews and interviews from 2018. Features reviews of Black Panther, Peter Rabbit, Hunter Killer and The Nun, and interviews with Jamie Lee Curtis, David Oyelowo, Chloe Grace Moretz, Saoirse Ronan & Ava DuVernay.
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A Somethin' Else production.
12/25/2018 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 45 seconds
with Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt talks to Simon about Mary Poppins Returns. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Mary Poppins Returns, Bumblebee, Papillon and 1985.
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A Somethin' Else production.
12/21/2018 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 15 seconds
with Olivia Colman
Olivia Colman talks to Simon about The Favourite. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Mortal Engines, Aquaman and The House That Jack Built.
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A Somethin' Else production.
12/14/2018 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
with Steve Carell
Steve Carell talks to Simon about his new film Welcome To Marwen. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Old Man & The Gun, Sorry To Bother You and White Boy Rick.
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A Somethin' Else production.
12/7/2018 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 16 seconds
with Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson talks to Simon about Mortal Engines. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Ralph Breaks The Internet, Creed II, Disobedience and Roma.
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A Somethin' Else production.
11/30/2018 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 29 seconds
With Claire Foy
Claire Foy talks to Simon about The Girl In The Spider's Web. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Girl In The Spider's Web, Robin Hood, Assassination Nation and Nobody's Fool.
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11/23/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 47 seconds
with Katherine Waterston and Eddie Redmayne
Katherine Waterston and Eddie Redmayne talk to Simon about Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, Suspiria, Hell Fest and Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back).
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11/16/2018 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 15 seconds
With Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson talks to Simon about Suspiria. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Overlord, The Grinch and Wildlife.
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11/9/2018 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 46 seconds
With Carey Mulligan
Carey Mulligan talks to Simon about her new film Wildlife. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Widows, Slaughterhouse Rulez, The Nutcracker And The Four Realms, Peterloo and Juliet, Naked.
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11/2/2018 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 50 seconds
with Jane Fonda
Clarisse Loughrey and Sanjeev Bhaskar sit in for Mark and Simon. Jane Fonda talks about the re-release of 9 to 5. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Bohemian Rhapsody, The Hate You Give, Possum and An Evening With Beverley Luff Linn.
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10/26/2018 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 7 seconds
with Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis talks to Simon about Halloween. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Halloween, Hunter Killer, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween and Fahrenheit 11/9.
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10/19/2018 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 18 seconds
with Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle
Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle talk to Simon about their new film First Man. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including First Man, Bad Times At The El Royale, 22 July and Smallfoot.
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10/12/2018 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 44 seconds
with Paul Greengrass
Director Paul Greengrass talks to Simon about his new film 22 July. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including A Star Is Born, Venom and Johnny English Strikes Again.
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10/5/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 10 seconds
with Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper talks to Simon about A Star Is Born. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Night School, Skate Kitchen and The Wife.
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9/27/2018 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 55 seconds
with Cate Blanchett and Jack Black
Cate Blanchett and Jack Black talk to Simon about The House With A Clock In Its Walls. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The House With A Clock In Its Walls, The Little Stranger and Mile 22.
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9/21/2018 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 32 seconds
With Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Little Stranger. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including King of Thieves, The Predator and Crazy Rich Asians.
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9/14/2018 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 48 seconds
with Michael Caine and Tom Courtenay
Michael Caine and Tom Courtenay talk about King Of Thieves. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, The Nun, American Animals and Puzzle.
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9/7/2018 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 52 seconds
with Chloe Grace Moretz
Chloe Grace Moretz talks to Simon about her new film The Miseducation Of Cameron Post. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Searching, Yardie, Cold War, Upgrade and The Happytime Murders.
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8/31/2018 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 3 seconds
With Idris Elba
Idris Elba talks to Simon about Yardie, which he directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including BlaKkKlansman, The Children Act and Luis And The Aliens.
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8/24/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 20 seconds
with Emma Thompson
Romesh Ranganathan and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Emma Thompson talks about her new film The Children Act. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Christopher Robin, The Equalizer 2 and The Festival.
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8/17/2018 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 27 seconds
with Denzel Washington
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Denzel Washington talks about The Equalizer 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Meg, The Darkest Minds, Unfriended: Dark Web and Dog Days.
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8/10/2018 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 35 seconds
with Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd talk about Ant-Man And The Wasp. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Ant-Man And The Wasp, Teen Titans Go To The Movies, Hearts Beat Loud, The Escape and A Sicilian Love Story.
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8/3/2018 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 30 seconds
With Rebecca Ferguson
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Rebecca Ferguson talks about Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation and Apostasy.
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7/27/2018 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 9 seconds
with Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan
Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan talk to Simon about Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, Hotel Artemis, A Prayer Before Dawn and Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures.
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7/20/2018 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 29 seconds
with Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter talks to Simon about Incredibles 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Incredibles 2, Skyscraper, First Reformed and The Secret Of Marrowbone.
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7/13/2018 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 15 seconds
with Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke talks to Simon about his new film First Reformed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Swimming With Men, Whitney and The First Purge.
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7/6/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 53 seconds
with Rob Brydon and Kevin Macdonald
Rob Brydon joins Simon and Mark live in the studio to talk about his new film Swimming With Men. Director Kevin Macdonald tells Simon about his documentary Whitney. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sicario 2: Soldado, Adrift, The Book Shop and Leave No Trace.
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6/29/2018 • 2 hours, 13 minutes, 42 seconds
with Sam Claflin
Sam Claflin talks about his new film Adrift. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Freak Show, In The Fade and Overboard.
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6/22/2018 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 15 seconds
with Rupert Everett
Rupert Everett talks to Simon about his new film The Happy Prince. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Happy Prince, Ocean's 8, Hereditary and Super Troopers 2.
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6/15/2018 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 31 seconds
with Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt
Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt talk to Simon about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, All The Wild Horses, McQueen and Welcome To Curiosity.
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6/8/2018 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 50 seconds
with Toni Collette
Ben Bailey Smith and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Toni Collette talks about her new film Hereditary. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new films including Book Club, My Friend Dahmer and Last Summer.
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6/4/2018 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 33 seconds
With Ron Howard
Director Ron Howard talks to Simon about Solo: A Star Wars Story. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Solo: A Star Wars Story, Show Dogs, Edie, The Breadwinner and The Little Vampire.
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5/25/2018 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 25 seconds
With Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen talks to Simon about McKellen: Playing The Part. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Deadpool 2 and On Chesil Beach.
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5/18/2018 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 26 seconds
with Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan talks to Simon about On Chesil Beach. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Entebbe, Sherlock Gnomes, Life Of The Party and Breaking In.
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5/11/2018 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 2 seconds
with Andrew Haigh
Director Andrew Haigh talks about his new film Lean On Pete. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including I Feel Pretty, Tully, The Strangers: Prey At Night and Lean On Pete.
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5/4/2018 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 51 seconds
with Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan joins Simon and Mark live in the studio to talk about his new film Entebbe. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Avengers: Infinity War, Beast, The Wound and The Deminer.
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4/27/2018 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 3 seconds
With Lily James
Lily James talks to Simon about her new film The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Every Day, The Leisure Seeker and Let The Sunshine In.
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4/20/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 44 seconds
with Naomie Harris
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Naomie Harris talks about her new film Rampage. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Rampage, Truth Or Dare, Custody, The Titan, A Gentle Creature and Western.
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4/13/2018 • 1 hour, 49 minutes
with Emily Blunt and Martin Freeman
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Emily Blunt discusses her new film A Quiet Place. Martin Freeman talks about Ghost Stories. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including A Quiet Place, Ghost Stories, 120 Beats Per Minute, Thoroughbreds and Love, Simon.
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4/6/2018 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 43 seconds
With Steven Spielberg and Bryan Cranston
Steven Spielberg discusses Ready Player One, Bryan Cranston talks about Isle Of Dogs. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Ready Player One, Isle Of Dogs, Blockers, Midnight Sun and Journeyman.
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3/30/2018 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 20 seconds
with Ava DuVernay
Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to review the week's movies.
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3/23/2018 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 44 seconds
with Alicia Vikander
Alicia Vikander talks to Simon about Tomb Raider. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Tomb Raider, Mary Magdalene, Peter Rabbit and The Square.
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3/16/2018 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 5 seconds
with Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara talks to Simon about her new film Mary Magdalene. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Gringo, You Were Never Really Here and Sweet Country.
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3/9/2018 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 58 seconds
With David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo talks to Simon about his new film Gringo. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's news films including Red Sparrow and Monster Family.
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3/2/2018 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 37 seconds
Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie talks about I, Tonya. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Finding Your Feet and Dark River.
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2/23/2018 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 25 seconds
with Saoirse Ronan
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Saoirse Ronan talks about her new film Lady Bird. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Lady Bird, The Shape Of Water and Father Figures.
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2/16/2018 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 35 seconds
with Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth and Lupita Nyong'o
Rachel Weisz and Colin Firth talk to Simon about The Mercy. Lupita Nyong'o talks Black Panther. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including the Mercy, Black Panther, The 15:17 To Paris, Fifty Shades Freed and Tad The Lost Explorer And The Secret Of King Midas.
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2/9/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 13 seconds
with Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren talks to Simon about her new film Winchester. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Winchester, Phantom Thread, Den Of Thieves and Journey's End.
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2/2/2018 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 35 seconds
with Paul Thomas Anderson
Director Paul Thomas Anderson talks to Simon about his new film Phantom Thread. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Downsizing, Early Man and 12 Strong.
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1/26/2018 • 2 hours, 16 minutes, 56 seconds
with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks talk to Simon about their new film The Post. Plus UK the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Post, The Commuter, Coco and The Final Year.
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1/19/2018 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 9 seconds
with Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman talks to Simon about his new film Darkest Hour. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Darkest Hour, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and Insidious: The Last Key.
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1/12/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 33 seconds
with Martin McDonagh
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Director Martin McDonagh talks about his new film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Hostiles and Brad's Status.
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1/5/2018 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 6 seconds
Best of 2017
Simon and Mark present highlights of the show in 2017 including guests Keanu Reeves, Emma Stone and Riz Ahmed, reviews of Blade Runner 2049, Moonlight and Paddington 2 and their favourite contributions from the Wittertainment congregation.
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12/25/2017 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 4 seconds
with Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman talks to Simon about The Greatest Showman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Greatest Showman, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, Pitch Perfect 3 and Molly's Game.
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12/22/2017 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 40 seconds
with Rian Johnson
Director Rian Johnson talks to Simon about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ferdinand, Bingo: King Of The Mornings and Mountain.
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12/15/2017 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 52 seconds
with Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Dinner. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Dinner, Stronger, Better Watch Out and Brigsby Bear.
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12/8/2017 • 2 hours, 13 minutes, 28 seconds
with Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about The Man Who Invented Christmas. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Wonder, Happy End and Dolores.
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12/1/2017 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 51 seconds
with James and Dave Franco
James and Dave Franco talk to Simon about The Disaster Artist. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Suburbicon, Daddy's Home 2 and Battle Of The Sexes.
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11/24/2017 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 21 seconds
With John Lithgow
John Lithgow talks to Simon about Daddy's Home 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Justice League, Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool and Ingrid Goes West.
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11/17/2017 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 35 seconds
with Toby Jones
Toby Jones talks about his new film Kaleidoscope. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Paddington 2, Only The Brave, Professor Marston And The Wonder Women and The Florida Project.
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11/10/2017 • 2 hours, 53 seconds
with Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh talks to Simon about Murder On The Orient Express. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Murder On The Orient Express, The Son Of Bigfoot, Thelma and 78/52.
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11/6/2017 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 38 seconds
With Jeff Goldblum
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark, Jeff Goldblum talks about Thor: Ragnarok. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Thor: Ragnarok, Breathe and Call Me By Your Name.
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10/31/2017 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 18 seconds
with Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Death of Stalin. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including: The Death of Stalin, Happy Death Day, My Little Pony and Secret Superstar.
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10/20/2017 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 53 seconds
with Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield
Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield talk to Simon about their new film Breathe. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Snowman, The Lego Ninjago Movie, The Ritual and The Party.
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10/13/2017 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 7 seconds
with Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson
Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson talk to Simon about The Snowman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Blade Runner 2049, The Mountain Between Us and The Glass Castle.
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10/6/2017 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 5 seconds
with Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson
Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson talk to Simon about Goodbye Christopher Robin. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Goodbye Christopher Robin, Home Again, Brimstone and Daphne.
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9/29/2017 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 49 seconds
with Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton talks to Simon about Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Borg vs McEnroe, Our Last Tango and On Body And Soul.
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9/27/2017 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 53 seconds
Dame Judi Dench and Eddie Izzard
Dame Judi Dench and Eddie Izzard talk to Simon about their new film Victoria and Abdul. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Victoria and Abdul, American Assassin, The Jungle Bunch and Mother!
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9/15/2017 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 50 seconds
with Darren Aronofsky
Director Darren Aronofsky talks to Simon about his new film Mother! Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including IT, Wind River and The Vault.
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9/8/2017 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 51 seconds
with Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about The Limehouse Golem. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Limehouse Golem, Stratton, Patti Cakes and God's Own Country.
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9/1/2017 • 2 hours, 46 seconds
with Adam Driver
Adam Driver talks to Simon about his new film Logan Lucky. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Logan Lucky, Detroit, American Made and Rough Night.
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8/25/2017 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 11 seconds
with Stanley Tucci
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Stanley Tucci talks about Final Portrait, which he wrote and directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Final Portrait, The Dark Tower, The Hitman's Bodyguard and An Inconvenient Sequel.
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8/18/2017 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 23 seconds
with Al Gore
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Former US vice president Al Gore talks about his new film An Inconvenient Sequel. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Atomic Blonde, A Ghost Story, Annabelle: Creation and The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature.
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8/11/2017 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 37 seconds
with Ethan Hawke
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Ethan Hawke talks about his new film Maudie. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Maudie, Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets and The Emoji Movie.
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8/4/2017 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 1 second
with Luc Besson
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Director Luc Besson talks about his new film Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Girls Trip, 47 Metres Down and The Wall.
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7/28/2017 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 39 seconds
with Christopher Nolan
Director Christopher Nolan talks to Simon about his new film Dunkirk. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Dunkirk, Monster Island and City Of Ghosts.
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7/21/2017 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 3 seconds
with Sofia Coppola
Director Sofia Coppola talks to Simon about her new film The Beguiled. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Beguiled, War For The Planet Of The Apes and Cars 3.
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7/14/2017 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 58 seconds
Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis talks to Simon about War For The Planet Of The Apes. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Spider-Man: Homecoming, It Comes At Night and The Last Word.
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7/7/2017 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 2 seconds
with Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell
Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell talk to Simon about Despicable Me 3. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Despicable Me 3, Baby Driver and The House.
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6/30/2017 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 35 seconds
with Kevin Spacey and Edgar Wright
Kevin Spacey and director Edgar Wright talk to Simon about Baby Driver. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Transformers: The Last Knight, Hampstead and The Book Of Henry.
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6/23/2017 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 19 seconds
with Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson talks to Simon about his new film Hampstead. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Gifted, Churchill and Rock Dog.
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6/16/2017 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz talks about her new film My Cousin Rachel. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Mummy and The Shack.
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6/8/2017 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 12 seconds
with Gal Gadot
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon. Guest Gal Gadot talks about Wonder Woman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Wonder Woman, The Hippopotamus and My Life As A Courgette.
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6/2/2017 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 58 seconds
Pirates of the Caribbean
Mark and Simon revisit Mark's often less than complimentary reviews of the Pirates Of The Caribbean films as the latest in the series, Salazar's Revenge is released. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Baywatch, The Hippopotamus, Spark and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.
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5/26/2017 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 45 seconds
with Roger Allam
Roger Allam joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Hippopotamus. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Snatched, King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword and Colossal.
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5/19/2017 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 11 seconds
with Katherine Waterston
Katherine Waterston talks to Simon about Alien Covenant. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Alien Covenant, Miss Sloane, Jawbone and The Last Face.
5/12/2017 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 44 seconds
with Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain joins Simon and Mark to talk about her new film Miss Sloane. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sleepless, A Dog's Purpose, Mindhorn and Unlocked.
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5/5/2017 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 25 seconds
with Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt talks to Simon about Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, The Promise, Lady Macbeth and Lowriders.
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4/28/2017 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 7 seconds
With Warren Beatty
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Warren Beatty talks about his new film Rules Don't Apply. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Rules Don't Apply, Their Finest, Unforgettable and The Zookeeper's Wife.
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4/21/2017 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 59 seconds
with Bill Nighy
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Bill Nighy talks about his new film Their Finest. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Fast and Furious 8, The Sense of an Ending and The Handmaiden.
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4/14/2017 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 23 seconds
with Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed talks about City of Tiny Lights. Plus interviews, emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office top ten. Reviews include The Boss Baby and Going in Style.
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4/7/2017 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 43 seconds
with Ben Wheatley
Director Ben Wheatley joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film Free Fire. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Free Fire, Ghost In The Shell, Smurfs: The Lost Village and Man Down.
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3/31/2017 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 26 seconds
with Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal talks to Simon about his new film Life. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Life, The Lost City Of Z, CHiPs and Aquarius.
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3/24/2017 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 57 seconds
with Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson talks to Simon about The Lost City Of Z. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Beauty And The Beast, Get Out and Personal Shopper.
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3/17/2017 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 54 seconds
with Brie Larson
Brie Larson talks to Simon about Kong: Skull Island. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Kong: Skull Island, Elle and The Time Of Their Lives.
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3/10/2017 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 2 seconds
with Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson talks to Simon about Viceroy's House. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Viceroy's House, Logan, Trespass Against Us, Fist Fight and Certain Women.
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3/3/2017 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 56 seconds
With Hugh Jackman
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Hugh Jackman talks about his new film Logan. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Patriots Day and A Cure For Wellness.
Also on the programme, interviews with key figures from the world of cinema, as well as your emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office top ten.
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2/24/2017 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 10 seconds
With Keanu Reeves and Barry Jenkins
Keanu Reeves talks to Simon about his new film John Wick: Chapter 2 and director Barry Jenkins discusses Moonlight. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including John Wick: Chapter 2, Moonlight, Hidden Figures and The Founder.
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2/17/2017 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 47 seconds
with Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington talks to Simon about his new film Fences. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fences, The Lego Batman Movie, Fifty Shades Darker and 20th Century Women.
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2/10/2017 • 2 hours, 59 seconds
with Annette Bening
Annette Bening talks to Simon about her new film 20th Century Women. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Gold, Loving, Rings and Toni Erdmann.
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2/3/2017 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 20 seconds
with Danny Boyle
Director Danny Boyle joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about T2 Trainspotting. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including T2 Trainspotting, Hacksaw Ridge, Denial and Christine.
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1/27/2017 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 14 seconds
With Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey talks to Simon about his new film, Sing. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Jackie, Lion, Split and xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage.
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1/20/2017 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 41 seconds
with Emma Stone
Emma Stone talks to Simon about La La Land. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including La La Land, Live By Night, Manchester by the Sea and The Young Offenders.
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1/13/2017 • 2 hours, 25 seconds
with Dev Patel
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Dev Patel talks about his new film Lion. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Zero Days and Endless Poetry.
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1/6/2017 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 3 seconds
Best of 2016
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present highlights from 2016, featuring their favourite reviews and interviews including Jodie Foster, David Oyelowo, Hail, Caesar, The Jungle Book, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.
12/30/2016 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 59 seconds
With Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender talks to Simon about Assassin's Creed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Passengers and A Monster Calls.
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12/23/2016 • 2 hours, 12 minutes, 56 seconds
With Felicity Jones
Felicity Jones talks to Simon about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Rogue One, The Eagle Huntress and Through The Wall.
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12/16/2016 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 21 seconds
with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks to Simon about his new film Snowden. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Snowden, Office Christmas Party, Birth Of A Nation and I Am Not A Serial Killer.
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12/9/2016 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 20 seconds
with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks talks to Simon about his new film Sully. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sully, The Edge Of Seventeen, Bleed For This, Moana and Chi-Raq.
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12/2/2016 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds
with Robert Zemeckis
Director Robert Zemeckis talks to Simon about Allied. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Allied, A United Kingdom, Paterson and Bad Santa 2.
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11/25/2016 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 49 seconds
with Amma Asante and Eddie Redmayne
Director Amma Asante talks to Simon about A United Kingdom, Eddie Redmayne discusses Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fantastic Beasts, Your Name and Gimme Danger.
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11/18/2016 • 2 hours, 40 seconds
With Amy Adams
Amy Adams talks to Simon about Arrival. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Arrival, 100 Streets and American Pastoral.
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11/11/2016 • 2 hours, 39 seconds
with Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck
Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck talk to Simon about The Accountant. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Accountant, Nocturnal Animals, The Light Between Oceans and A Street Cat Named Bob.
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11/4/2016 • 2 hours, 3 seconds
with Benedict Cumberbatch
Sanjeev Bhaskar and James King sit in for Simon and Mark. Benedict Cumberbatch talks about Doctor Strange. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Doctor Strange and Train To Busan.
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10/28/2016 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 27 seconds
With Tom Ford
Tom Ford talks to Simon about Nocturnal Animals, which he directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Keeping Up With The Joneses, The Queen of Katwe, Ouija: Origin Of Evil and Trolls.
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10/21/2016 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 5 seconds
with David Oyelowo
Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to review the week's movies. Plus interviews, emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office Top 10.
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10/14/2016 • 2 hours, 33 seconds
with Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt talks to Simon about The Girl On The Train. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Girl On The Train, Blood Father and War On Everyone.
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10/7/2016 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 44 seconds
With Tim Burton
Director Tim Burton talks to Simon about Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.
Plus the UK Box Office top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, Deepwater Horizon, Free State Of Jones and Swiss Army Man.
9/30/2016 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 48 seconds
with Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton talks to Simon about The Girl With All the Gifts. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Girl With All The Gifts, The Magnificent Seven, Imperium, De Palma and Little Men.
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9/23/2016 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 51 seconds
with Ron Howard
Ron Howard talks to Simon about his new film The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Bridget Jones's Baby, Blair Witch and The Infiltrator.
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9/16/2016 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 17 seconds
with Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth
Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth talk to Simon about Bridget Jones's Baby. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Ben-Hur, Hell Or High Water, Captain Fantastic, Anthropoid and Kubo And The Two Strings.
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9/9/2016 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 47 seconds
with Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan
Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan talk to Simon about Anthropoid. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sausage Party, Cafe Society, Morgan and Things To Come.
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9/2/2016 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 25 seconds
Hello to Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs talks to Simon about The Infiltrator. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including War Dogs, Bad Moms and Kids In Love.
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8/26/2016 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 14 seconds
with Jared Leto
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jared Leto talks to Edith about Suicide Squad. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Robbie reviews the week's new films including Suicide Squad, Up For Love and Songs For Amy.
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8/5/2016 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 16 seconds
with Ellen DeGeneres
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Ellen DeGeneres talks about Finding Dory. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new films including Finding Dory, Jason Bourne and The Commune.
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7/29/2016 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 18 seconds
with Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass talk to Simon about their new film Jason Bourne. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Star Trek Beyond and The BFG.
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7/22/2016 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 35 seconds
with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto
Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto talk about Star Trek Beyond. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new films.
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7/15/2016 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds
With Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz talks to Simon about The Legend Of Tarzan. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Legend Of Tarzan, Now You See Me 2 and The Neon Demon.
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