Kermode & Mayo’s Take The Take

Josh O’Connor and Simon’s chat was so good that we had to include more of it in Take 2 – you're welcome!
Mark espouses his critical wisdom on ‘Red Herring’, an autobiographical documentary, which sees filmmaker Kit Vincent faced with a terminal diagnosis, leading him to enlist his family on an intimate and darkly funny journey to help them come to terms with his illness; ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace’, the (chronologically) first instalment of George Lucas’ legendary sci-fi saga, which follows the first fateful steps in the journey of Anakin Skywalker; and ‘Baby Reindeer’, the unexpected smash hit Netflix series which is based on writer and comedian Richard Gadd’s real-life experience of being stalked and sexually assaulted in his twenties.
This week’s One Frame Back is the best stunt performances to coincide with the release of ‘The Fall Guy’.
Our bespectacled duo help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend.
Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from what happens when a director realises that an actor has been hopelessly miscast to the popular consumer products they think are giant rip-offs.
Timecodes:
8:36 Red Herring Review
18:43 Phantom Menace Review
30:08 One Frame Back: Best Stunt Performances
33:16 More Josh O’Connor
41:57 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist
46:14 Baby Reindeer Review
54:15 Questions Schmestions
Watchlist films this week:
By the Grace of God – BBC Two, Sun 5 May, 1.45am
We Need to Talk About Kevin – BBC Two, Sun 5 May, 12am
Saint Maud – Film4, Fri 3 May, 10.50pm
Senna – Channel 4, Sun 5 May, 11.20pm
The Road – GREAT! Movies, Sun 5 May, 11.05pm
Notlist films this week:
London Has Fallen – Film4, Sat 4 May, 9pm
SPYkids 3-D: Game Over – ITV2, Sat 4 May, 3.35pm
Salt – Film4, Sat 4 May, 2am
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This week, man of the moment Josh O’Connor is in the studio to chat to Simon about his leading role in ‘La Chimera’, Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher’s period fantasy drama about a British archaeologist who becomes involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s.

Mark gives his take on various new releases including ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, the latest offering from Kermode fave Rose Glass, which sees Kristen Stewart play a reclusive gym manager who falls for an ambitious bodybuilder only for the pair to become embroiled in the former’s violent criminal family; and ‘The Idea of You’, an Anne Hathaway-starring romcom that sees a 40-year-old single mum begin an unexpected romance with the 24-year-old leader singer of the biggest boy band on the planet.

The big review of the week is 'The Fall Guy’, a Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt-starring action comedy, which sees a battle-scarred stuntman spring back into action when the star of a big studio movie suddenly and mysteriously disappears.

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

06:20 – Love Lies Bleeding Review

12:36 – Box Office Top Ten

25:02 – Josh O’Connor Interview

42:24 – The Idea of You

48:46 – What's On May

55:23 – The Fall Guy

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Mark and Simon answer a host of listener questions.
This week’s One Frame Back is the best films set on or featuring space stations to coincide with the release of ‘I.S.S.’
Our bespectacled duo help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend.
Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from how they feel about Paul Atreides to their thoughts on the most overhyped skills people boast about having.

Timecodes:
14:59 One Frame Back: Best Kirsten Dunst films
31:21 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist
34:36 Questions Schmestions

Watchlist films this week:
X – Channel 4, Sat 27 April, 1.10am
I Am Not a Witch – Film4, Sat 27 April, 1.45am
Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse – Channel 4, Sat 27 April, 11.35am
Hereditary – Film4, Sat 27 April, 11.20pm
AI: Artificial Intelligence – Film4, Sun 28 April, 11.20pm

Notlist films this week:
American Reunion – Channel 4, Fri 26 April, 11.05pm
Hitman – Film4, Mon 29 April, 11.05pm
Mile 22, Film4, Mon 29 April, 10.50pm

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This week there’s no guest, but lots more witterings from the good doctors to make up for it.  



Mark gives his take on a swathe of new films, including ‘Ordinary Angels’, a Hilary Swank-starring emotional drama about a hairdresser who rallies an entire community to help a widowed father get his critically ill youngest daughter a liver transplant; ‘Boy Kills World’, an action thriller about a martial arts expert who goes on a campaign of vengeance after he is rendered deaf-mute by an attack that killed his entire family; ‘I.S.S.’, a science fiction thriller, which sees tensions flare aboard the International Space Station when a worldwide conflict breaks out on earth; and ‘Challengers’, Luca Guadagnino’s latest, which sees Zendaya star as a former-tennis-prodigy-turned-coach who transforms her husband into a world-famous grand slam champion only to become embroiled in a love triangle when he competes against his former best friend – and her former lover.  



The big review of the week is ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’, a comedy-drama, which sees a young man join a clandestine group of magical African Americans committed to enhancing the lives of white individuals, satirising the Magical Negro trope.  



Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

09:39 – Orindary Angels

16:42 – Boy Kills World

20:45 – Box Office Top Ten

35:19 – I.S.S.

43:33 – Challengers

50:27 – American Society of Magical Negroes



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This week Simon and Mark are away so instead we have a clip episode for your viewing pleasure featuring interviews with the likes of Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone, Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer; and reviews of everything from ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ to Madame Web.

Enjoy listening to some of the best The Take has had to offer these past few months!



Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

2:08 The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, Universal)

4:57  Scala!!! (Jane Giles, Ali Catterall, BFI)

8:35 Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, A24)

12:19 All of us strangers (Andrew Haigh, Disney)

15:42 Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, Disney)

21:19 Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone

25:21 Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer

31:02 Cate Blanchett

35:12 Cillian Murphy

42:13 Kung Fu Panda (Mike Mitchell, Universal)

45:42 Godzilla x Kong The New Empire ( Adam Wingard, Warner Bros)

47:11 Madame Web (SJ Clarkson, Columbia Pictures)

50:49 Driveaway Dolls (Ethan Coen, Universal)

53:59 Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (Gil Kenan, Columbia)



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Bonus reviews include ‘Opponent’, a drama about an Iranian wrestling champion’s complex battle for asylum for him and his family in Sweden; ‘Ratcatcher’, Scottish auteur Lynne Ramsay’s now-classic debut feature, which has been restored in 4K to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and follows a young boy’s life on a derelict Glaswegian council estate where killing rats has become a sport for local children; and ‘All You Need is Death’, which sees a young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past.

This week’s One Frame Back is the best Kirsten Dunst performances to celebrate the release of her new film ‘Civil War’.
Mark and Simon help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend.

Plus, they answer a few of your Questions (film-related) and Schmestions (non-film related), from the terrible movies they still love because they loved them as a kid to how they feel about using nuclear energy as a power source.

Timecodes:
03:43 Opponent review
13:27 Ratcatcher review
17:10: All You Need is Death review
20:33 One Frame Back: Best Kirsten Dunst films
25:12 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist
27:43 Questions Schmestions

Watchlist films this week:
The Power of the Dog – BBC Two, Fri 12 April, 11.05pm
Hombre – Talking Pictures TV, Sat 13 April, 3.35pm
Bridesmaids – itv2, Sat 13 April, 9pm
Inglorious Basterds – 5Star, Sat 13 April, 9pm
Sorry to Bother You – BBC Two, Sun 14 April, 11.40pm
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