Film reviews and interviews from a famous duo.
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Mark reviews psychological thriller Primetime is directed by Lance Oppenheim and stars Robert Pattinson as NBC journalist Chris Hansen. To hear more, follow Kermode and Mayo's Take wherever you get your podcasts
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In this regular Kermode & Mayo’s Take feature, Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo count down the UK Box Office Top 10, discussing the biggest films in cinemas right now. From Hollywood blockbusters and family favourites to acclaimed indies and surprise hits, they analyse what audiences are watching and why the charts are changing week to week.
9:5960K views · 12h ago · 9:59
Mark Kermode reviews The Devils: Director's Cut on Kermode and Mayo’s Take. Ken Russell's controversial 1971 masterpiece returns in its long-awaited definitive 4K restoration, fully restored to the director's intended vision. Starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, this landmark historical drama explores religious hysteria, political corruption and institutional power.
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Mark Kermode reviews Animol on Kermode and Mayo’s Take. Directed by this week’s podcast guest Ashley Walters, this powerful British prison drama follows a young offender navigating gangs, violence and an unexpected bond inside a detention centre. Starring Tut Nyuot, Vladyslav Baliuk and Stephen Graham.
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Mark Kermode reviews Wicker on Kermode and Mayo’s Take. Starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, this unusual fantasy romance follows an ostracised fisherwoman who commissions a basket weaver to create her perfect husband, only for his arrival to upend the entire village.
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It’s another packed show this week, with a bumper four films up for review again in Take 1... First, Mark will be tackling Primetime, a psychological thriller from Lance Oppenheim starring Robert Pattinson as journalist Chris Hansen, inspired by the true story behind To Catch a Predator.
Topics: 00 Introduction · 15 Primetime review · 16 Box Office Top Ten · 14 Ashley Walters interview · 10 Animol review · 09 Laughter Lift
14:5428K views · 6d ago · 14:54
Guest: Jim Howick
This week on Kermode & Mayo’s Take, Simon Mayo sits down with Jim Howick and Laurence Rickard, stars and co-creators of the hit BBC comedy Ghosts. With the release of Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, they discuss bringing the much-loved series to the big screen, creating its memorable characters, and the enduring appeal of life, death and laughter at Button House.
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In this regular Kermode & Mayo’s Take feature, Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo count down the UK Box Office Top 10, discussing the biggest films in cinemas right now. From Hollywood blockbusters and family favourites to acclaimed indies and surprise hits, they analyse what audiences are watching and why the charts are changing week to week.
6:1314K views · 1w ago · 6:13
Mark Kermode reviews All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea, director Jeanie Finlay’s documentary about a North East fishing community confronting environmental disaster. Following fisherman Stan Rennie’s search for answers after mass crab and lobster die-offs, this timely film examines pollution, power and grassroots activism through a deeply local story with national resonance.
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Mark Kermode reviews Fatherland, the latest drama from Ida and Cold War director Paweł Pawlikowski. Starring Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler, this historical road movie follows author Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika as they travel through a divided Germany in 1949. A Cannes award-winner exploring identity, exile and post-war Europe.
5:03122K views · 1w ago · 5:03
Mark Kermode reviews Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, the big-screen continuation of the hit BBC sitcom series. Simon Farnaby, Matthew Baynton, Jim Howick and the rest of the original ensemble return for a supernatural family adventure as the residents of Button House face a new threat.
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12:31234K views · 1w ago · 12:31
Mark Kermode reviews Ali G: Who Iz I?, the new mockumentary from Sacha Baron Cohen. Revisiting one of his most famous creations, the film follows Ali G on a transatlantic quest to reclaim his former fame while preparing for fatherhood. Mixing hidden-camera comedy, social satire and outrageous encounters, it marks Ali G’s long-awaited return to cinemas.
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Guest: Jim Howick
Simon Mayo is back behind the mic this week, and the Redactor is back in the shadows, just where Mayo likes him to stay. It’s a bumper week with four reviews in today’s Take 1. In the superhero blockbuster corner we’ve got Clayface, a body-horror thriller starring Tom Rhys Harries in an origin story for the DC villain, and at the arthouse end of things we’ve got Fatherland, Paweł Pawlikowski’s post-war European drama starring Sandra Hüller.
Topics: All Rivers Spill Their Story to the Sea · Box Office Top Ten · Jim Howick & Laurence Rickard Interview · Ghosts review · Laughter Lift · Fatherland review
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18:3751K views · 2w ago · 18:37
Mark Kermode and The Redactor return for their weekly Box Office Top 10, counting down the biggest films in the UK cinema chart. From Hollywood blockbusters and franchise sequels to indie breakthroughs and surprise hits, they break down this week's highest-grossing movies, discuss the latest box office results, and give their verdict on the films audiences are rushing out to see.
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Mark Kermode reviews Street Fighter, directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo and Callina Liang. Based on Capcom's iconic video game franchise, this live-action martial arts movie follows fighters Ryu and Ken as they reunite when Chun-Li recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament. The ensemble cast also includes Jason Momoa, David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, 50 Cent and Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i.
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Mark Kermode reviews Forgotten Island on Kermode and Mayo’s Take. Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, and starring H.E.R., Liza Soberano and Dave Franco, this Best Animated Feature-tipped film is a fantasy adventure about two best friends who become stranded on the mystical world of Nakali, where their only escape might cost them their shared lifetime of memories.
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Mark Kermode reviews Whalefall on Kermode and Mayo’s Take. Whalefall is directed by Brian Duffield and stars Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin and Elisabeth Shue. Based on the acclaimed 2023 novel by Daniel Kraus, this survival thriller follows a young scuba diver searching for his father's remains who is swallowed alive by an 80-foot sperm whale and given just one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.
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With Simon Mayo off on the Marrakech Express, Simon Poole, AKA The Redactor is stepping into the breach to host the Take this week. After 15 long years his moment in the limelight has finally come, and by God is he milking it for all it’s worth. How will he measure up to Mayo? There’s only one way to find out...
Topics: Forgotten Island review · Box Office Top Ten · Josh Brolin and Austin Abrams interview · Whalefall review · Laughter Lift · Street Fighter review
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6:4397K views · 3w ago · 6:43
Mark Kermode reviews The Uprising Based on the true story of the uprising that inspired the legend of Robin Hood, Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II in a fight for justice.
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After her father's sudden death, sheltered teenager Carrie White, raised by her domineering mother, enters public high school, where she faces a viral bullying scandal and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers. To hear more, follow Kermode and Mayo's Take wherever you get your podcasts
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Mark and Simon run through this week's box office number 1... To hear more, follow Kermode and Mayo's Take wherever you get your podcasts
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Paul Greengrass is our special guest this week, and he’s talking to Simon about The Uprising—his new medieval thriller set at the time of the peasants revolt. It stars Andrew Garfield as ‘Ploughman’, who’s violent rebuttal to one tax collection too many provides the spark for the historic revolution, alongside Wat Tyler (Cosmo Jarvis) and John Ball (Jamie Bell). Paul chats to Simon about the film’s political echoes today and more.
Topics: The Social Reckoning · Box Office Top Ten · Paul Greengrass interview · The Uprising review · Laughter Lift · Carrie review
13:30323K views · 4w ago · 13:30
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything. To hear more, follow Kermode and Mayo's Take wherever you get your podcasts
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