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Kermode and Mayo's Film Review Podcast

English, Reviews, 1 season, 300 episodes, 3 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes
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Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to give his verdict on the week's movies
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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. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app.
4/1/20222 hours, 3 minutes, 34 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
3/25/20221 hour, 59 minutes, 36 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. . Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
3/18/20221 hour, 49 minutes, 10 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
3/11/20221 hour, 51 minutes, 29 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
3/4/20221 hour, 51 minutes, 1 second
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
2/25/20222 hours, 22 minutes, 4 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/18/20222 hours, 4 minutes, 17 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
2/11/20222 hours, 5 minutes, 52 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
2/4/20222 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
1/28/20222 hours, 2 minutes, 55 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/21/20222 hours, 5 minutes, 57 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
1/14/20222 hours, 2 minutes, 45 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. . Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
1/7/20221 hour, 55 minutes, 52 seconds
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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. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/31/20211 hour, 52 minutes, 31 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/24/20212 hours, 11 minutes, 21 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
12/17/20212 hours, 3 minutes, 51 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
12/10/20212 hours, 2 minutes, 52 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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 --------------
12/3/20211 hour, 55 minutes, 7 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
11/26/20211 hour, 55 minutes, 59 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
11/19/20212 hours, 4 minutes
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature Lobby Correspondents. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
11/12/20211 hour, 59 minutes, 42 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/5/20212 hours, 1 minute, 8 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/29/20211 hour, 46 minutes, 13 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. . Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/22/20212 hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds
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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. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
10/15/20212 hours, 15 minutes, 33 seconds
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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. Send us your sub-20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
10/8/20212 hours, 14 minutes, 3 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. . Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/1/20212 hours, 20 minutes, 41 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
9/24/20212 hours, 9 minutes, 33 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
9/17/20212 hours, 10 minutes, 48 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
9/10/20212 hours, 8 minutes, 22 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
9/3/20212 hours, 2 minutes, 59 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. . Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
8/27/20212 hours, 11 minutes, 22 seconds
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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. 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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
8/20/20211 hour, 59 minutes, 48 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
8/13/20211 hour, 57 minutes, 31 seconds
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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. 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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
8/6/20211 hour, 33 minutes, 12 seconds
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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. 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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/30/20211 hour, 38 minutes, 11 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/23/20211 hour, 38 minutes, 41 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/16/20211 hour, 54 minutes, 14 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/9/20211 hour, 51 minutes, 13 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/2/20212 hours, 6 minutes, 42 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
6/25/20211 hour, 50 minutes, 40 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
6/18/20212 hours, 3 minutes, 52 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
6/11/20211 hour, 50 minutes, 3 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
6/4/20211 hour, 44 minutes, 3 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/28/20211 hour, 51 minutes, 15 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/21/20211 hour, 42 minutes, 52 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/14/20211 hour, 45 minutes, 55 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/7/20211 hour, 46 minutes, 2 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/30/20211 hour, 43 minutes, 7 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. . We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/23/20211 hour, 52 minutes, 18 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/16/20211 hour, 29 minutes, 11 seconds
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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. Send us your sub-20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/10/20211 hour, 40 minutes, 13 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/2/20211 hour, 58 minutes, 14 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/26/20211 hour, 43 minutes, 10 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/19/20211 hour, 59 minutes, 13 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
3/12/20211 hour, 42 minutes, 34 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/5/20211 hour, 41 minutes, 37 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/26/20211 hour, 46 minutes, 39 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/19/20211 hour, 51 minutes, 18 seconds
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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. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. 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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/12/20211 hour, 48 minutes, 25 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/5/20211 hour, 57 minutes, 31 seconds
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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 Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/29/20211 hour, 42 minutes, 8 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/22/20211 hour, 46 minutes, 46 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/15/20211 hour, 42 minutes, 17 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/8/20211 hour, 40 minutes, 27 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/1/20211 hour, 16 minutes, 27 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/25/20202 hours, 25 minutes, 49 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/18/20201 hour, 52 minutes, 31 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/11/20201 hour, 52 minutes
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/4/20201 hour, 42 minutes, 15 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/27/20201 hour, 47 minutes, 46 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/20/20201 hour, 44 minutes, 20 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/13/20201 hour, 51 minutes, 21 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/6/20201 hour, 51 minutes, 49 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/30/20201 hour, 53 minutes, 20 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/23/20201 hour, 48 minutes
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/16/20201 hour, 45 minutes, 38 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/9/20201 hour, 47 minutes, 38 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/2/20201 hour, 42 minutes, 43 seconds
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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. Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
9/25/20201 hour, 43 minutes, 31 seconds
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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. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
9/18/20201 hour, 45 minutes, 53 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
9/11/20201 hour, 45 minutes, 17 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
9/4/20201 hour, 43 minutes, 57 seconds
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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 We’ll also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films predominantly set on a train. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
8/28/20201 hour, 25 minutes, 32 seconds
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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. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
8/21/20201 hour, 30 minutes, 40 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
8/14/20201 hour, 16 minutes, 32 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
8/7/20201 hour, 48 minutes, 32 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/31/20201 hour, 55 minutes, 25 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/24/20201 hour, 48 minutes, 43 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/17/20201 hour, 52 minutes, 53 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/10/20201 hour, 51 minutes, 4 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
7/3/20201 hour, 52 minutes, 33 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
6/26/20201 hour, 53 minutes, 28 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
6/19/20201 hour, 47 minutes, 28 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
6/12/20201 hour, 59 minutes, 21 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
6/5/20201 hour, 47 minutes, 59 seconds
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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 Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/29/20201 hour, 39 minutes, 29 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/22/20201 hour, 59 minutes, 53 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/15/20201 hour, 53 minutes, 49 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your written or audio contributions: send to mayo@bbc.co.uk. Twitter: @wittertainment
5/8/20202 hours, 36 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
5/1/20201 hour, 56 minutes, 5 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/24/20201 hour, 55 minutes
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/17/20202 hours, 2 minutes, 53 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/10/20202 hours, 18 minutes, 43 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
4/3/20201 hour, 59 minutes, 54 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/27/20202 hours, 8 minutes, 43 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/20/20201 hour, 54 minutes, 47 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/16/20202 hours, 4 minutes, 19 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/6/202055 minutes, 57 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
3/6/20201 hour, 11 minutes, 40 seconds
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The lost bit from 28th February

Featuring reviews on the Kelly Gang, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Colour Out of Space.
3/6/202042 minutes, 15 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/28/20202 hours, 8 minutes
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
2/21/20201 hour, 51 minutes, 8 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/14/20201 hour, 57 minutes, 20 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
2/7/20201 hour, 56 minutes, 5 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/31/20201 hour, 57 minutes, 38 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. 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
1/25/20201 hour, 59 minutes, 15 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/17/20201 hour, 58 minutes, 20 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/10/20202 hours, 24 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
1/3/20201 hour, 46 minutes, 50 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app.
12/25/20191 hour, 42 minutes, 50 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/20/20192 hours, 2 minutes, 11 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/12/20191 hour, 9 minutes, 20 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
12/6/20191 hour, 56 minutes, 1 second
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/29/20192 hours, 3 minutes, 1 second
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/22/20191 hour, 53 minutes, 33 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/15/20191 hour, 58 minutes, 22 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/8/20191 hour, 55 minutes, 37 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
11/1/20191 hour, 59 minutes, 15 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/25/20192 hours, 3 minutes, 15 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/18/20191 hour, 46 minutes, 22 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/11/20192 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
10/4/20192 hours, 1 minute, 11 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
9/27/20191 hour, 53 minutes, 29 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 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
9/20/20191 hour, 57 minutes, 17 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
9/13/20191 hour, 48 minutes, 54 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
9/6/20191 hour, 51 minutes, 16 seconds
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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 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
8/30/20192 hours, 4 minutes, 20 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. 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.
8/23/20191 hour, 55 minutes, 47 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
8/16/20191 hour, 51 minutes, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
8/9/20191 hour, 41 minutes, 47 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
8/2/20191 hour, 38 minutes, 13 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
7/26/20191 hour, 55 minutes, 47 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
7/19/20192 hours, 16 minutes, 31 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
7/12/20192 hours, 7 minutes, 21 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
7/5/20192 hours, 4 minutes, 2 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
6/28/20192 hours, 5 minutes, 3 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
6/21/20191 hour, 55 minutes, 31 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else Production
6/14/20192 hours, 3 minutes, 36 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
6/7/20192 hours, 1 minute, 4 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
5/31/20191 hour, 35 minutes, 47 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
5/24/20192 hours, 11 minutes, 39 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
5/17/20191 hour, 57 minutes, 32 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
5/10/20192 hours, 13 minutes, 49 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else Production.
5/3/20192 hours, 7 minutes, 53 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
4/26/20192 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
4/19/20191 hour, 47 minutes, 43 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
4/12/20191 hour, 47 minutes, 40 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
4/5/20192 hours, 12 minutes, 1 second
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
3/29/20192 hours, 4 minutes, 49 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
3/22/20192 hours, 4 minutes, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
3/15/20191 hour, 36 minutes, 13 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
3/8/20192 hours, 19 minutes, 27 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
3/1/20192 hours, 4 minutes, 40 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
2/22/20191 hour, 50 minutes, 15 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
2/15/20192 hours, 11 minutes, 16 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
2/8/20192 hours, 9 minutes, 34 seconds
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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? Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
2/1/20192 hours, 7 minutes, 15 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
1/25/20192 hours, 6 minutes, 24 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else Production
1/18/20192 hours, 11 minutes, 32 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
1/11/20192 hours, 3 minutes, 38 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
1/4/20191 hour, 59 minutes, 54 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
12/25/20181 hour, 38 minutes, 45 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
12/21/20182 hours, 5 minutes, 15 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
12/14/20182 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
12/7/20182 hours, 5 minutes, 16 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
11/30/20182 hours, 1 minute, 29 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
11/23/20182 hours, 3 minutes, 47 seconds
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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). Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
11/16/20182 hours, 8 minutes, 15 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
11/9/20182 hours, 4 minutes, 46 seconds
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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. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
11/2/20182 hours, 6 minutes, 50 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
10/26/20182 hours, 2 minutes, 7 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
10/19/20182 hours, 4 minutes, 18 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
10/12/20182 hours, 9 minutes, 44 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
10/5/20182 hours, 3 minutes, 10 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/27/20181 hour, 59 minutes, 55 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
9/21/20181 hour, 56 minutes, 32 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
9/14/20182 hours, 5 minutes, 48 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
9/7/20181 hour, 59 minutes, 52 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/31/20181 hour, 57 minutes, 3 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/24/20182 hours, 3 minutes, 20 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/17/20181 hour, 48 minutes, 27 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/10/20182 hours, 1 minute, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/3/20181 hour, 39 minutes, 30 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/27/20181 hour, 49 minutes, 9 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/20/20182 hours, 10 minutes, 29 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/13/20181 hour, 31 minutes, 15 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/6/20182 hours, 3 minutes, 53 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/29/20182 hours, 13 minutes, 42 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/22/20181 hour, 44 minutes, 15 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/15/20181 hour, 43 minutes, 31 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/8/20182 hours, 7 minutes, 50 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/4/20181 hour, 33 minutes, 33 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
5/25/20181 hour, 55 minutes, 25 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
5/18/20182 hours, 5 minutes, 26 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
5/11/20182 hours, 10 minutes, 2 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
5/4/20182 hours, 7 minutes, 51 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
4/27/20182 hours, 11 minutes, 3 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
4/20/20182 hours, 3 minutes, 44 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
4/13/20181 hour, 49 minutes
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
4/6/20181 hour, 48 minutes, 43 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/30/20182 hours, 9 minutes, 20 seconds
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with Ava DuVernay

Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to review the week's movies. 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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/23/20182 hours, 2 minutes, 44 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/16/20181 hour, 47 minutes, 5 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/9/20181 hour, 58 minutes, 58 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/2/20181 hour, 52 minutes, 37 seconds
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Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie talks about I, Tonya. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Finding Your Feet and Dark River. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/23/20182 hours, 10 minutes, 25 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/16/20181 hour, 45 minutes, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/9/20182 hours, 3 minutes, 13 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/2/20182 hours, 1 minute, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/26/20182 hours, 16 minutes, 56 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/19/20181 hour, 58 minutes, 9 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/12/20182 hours, 3 minutes, 33 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/5/20181 hour, 59 minutes, 6 seconds
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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. Download the podcast: bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
12/25/20171 hour, 39 minutes, 4 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/22/20172 hours, 7 minutes, 40 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/15/20172 hours, 9 minutes, 52 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/8/20172 hours, 13 minutes, 28 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/1/20172 hours, 5 minutes, 51 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
11/24/20171 hour, 56 minutes, 21 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
11/17/20171 hour, 56 minutes, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
11/10/20172 hours, 53 seconds
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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. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
11/6/20172 hours, 5 minutes, 38 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/31/20171 hour, 54 minutes, 18 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/20/20171 hour, 58 minutes, 53 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/13/20172 hours, 4 minutes, 7 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/6/20172 hours, 3 minutes, 5 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/29/20171 hour, 55 minutes, 49 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/27/20172 hours, 7 minutes, 53 seconds
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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! Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/15/20172 hours, 1 minute, 50 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/8/20171 hour, 57 minutes, 51 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/1/20172 hours, 46 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/25/20172 hours, 8 minutes, 11 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/18/20171 hour, 43 minutes, 23 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/11/20171 hour, 40 minutes, 37 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/4/20171 hour, 53 minutes, 1 second
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
7/28/20171 hour, 35 minutes, 39 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/21/20171 hour, 48 minutes, 3 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/14/20171 hour, 21 minutes, 58 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/7/20171 hour, 44 minutes, 2 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk. Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/30/20172 hours, 2 minutes, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/23/20172 hours, 3 minutes, 19 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/16/20172 hours, 2 minutes, 30 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/8/20171 hour, 58 minutes, 12 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
6/2/20171 hour, 45 minutes, 58 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
5/26/20172 hours, 4 minutes, 45 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
5/19/20172 hours, 5 minutes, 11 seconds
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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.
5/12/20172 hours, 2 minutes, 44 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
5/5/20171 hour, 53 minutes, 25 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
4/28/20171 hour, 57 minutes, 7 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
4/21/20171 hour, 46 minutes, 59 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
4/14/20171 hour, 29 minutes, 23 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
4/7/20171 hour, 43 minutes, 43 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/31/20171 hour, 55 minutes, 26 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/24/20171 hour, 58 minutes, 57 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/17/20171 hour, 43 minutes, 54 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/10/20172 hours, 9 minutes, 2 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
3/3/20172 hours, 1 minute, 56 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/24/20171 hour, 57 minutes, 10 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/17/20172 hours, 8 minutes, 47 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/10/20172 hours, 59 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
2/3/20172 hours, 1 minute, 20 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/27/20171 hour, 59 minutes, 14 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/20/20171 hour, 57 minutes, 41 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/13/20172 hours, 25 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
1/6/20172 hours, 4 minutes, 3 seconds
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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.
12/30/20161 hour, 38 minutes, 59 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/23/20162 hours, 12 minutes, 56 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/16/20162 hours, 3 minutes, 21 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/9/20162 hours, 5 minutes, 20 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
12/2/20162 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
11/25/20162 hours, 7 minutes, 49 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
11/18/20162 hours, 40 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
11/11/20162 hours, 39 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
11/4/20162 hours, 3 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/28/20161 hour, 48 minutes, 27 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
10/21/20162 hours, 8 minutes, 5 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/14/20162 hours, 33 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/7/20162 hours, 1 minute, 44 seconds
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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.
9/30/20161 hour, 48 minutes, 48 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/23/20161 hour, 57 minutes, 51 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/16/20162 hours, 5 minutes, 17 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/9/20161 hour, 57 minutes, 47 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
9/2/20161 hour, 56 minutes, 25 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/26/20162 hours, 7 minutes, 14 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
8/5/20161 hour, 36 minutes, 16 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/29/20161 hour, 50 minutes, 18 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
7/22/20161 hour, 56 minutes, 35 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
7/15/20162 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds
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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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
7/8/20161 hour, 32 minutes