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The new home of Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. They’re back, and it’s bigger, and better and larger-er and more-er. Film reviews, TV reviews, and all your conversation around movie and non-movie related stuff. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. As well as the film and TV reviews, Mark and Simon will be talking about anything and everything. Punctuation, Thunderbirds, obscure German pop music, fax machines, subtitles, MRI scans, magic, school assemblies, Scandinavia, and don’t forget the dad jokes. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes for ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show - TAKE TWO, new episodes every Monday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking try free at the top of our show page. If you’re not a fruit-based person, never fear! Subscribe at Extratakes.com to get access on your preferred podcast platform. There's more to discover at kermodeandmayo.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  1. Blue(cat) Christmas

    2 DAYS AGO · BONUS • EXTRA TAKES ONLY

    Blue(cat) Christmas

    Merry Christmas Vanguardistas, one and all! In this week’s Take 2 we’ve got a bonus review of ‘Dolphin Boy’, an animated underwater adventure that sees a baby almost lost at sea rescued and raised by dolphins... if you’re wondering how a human baby survives underwater for hours at a time, so is Mark. Safe to say his review is a lot more entertaining than the film itself sounds... One frame back this week is blue characters--which means a free pass for Mark to gush about Dougal and the Bluecat. We hear your top picks from Aladdin’s Genie to the Muppets’ Gonzo—and find out whether any of them can topple Mark’s firm favourite. This week’s Watchlist is a bumper Christmas holiday edition, with 50 top festive films... And on the Notlist, we’ve picked out the cinematic equivalent of Brussels sprouts so you don’t have to. Plus Simon and Mark answer your Questions Schmestions on their favourite TV shows of the year, the best movie trailers ever made, and a bit of Golden Globes bashing. Timecodes: Dolphin Boy Review: 08:44 One Frame Back: 27:55 Christmas watchlist: 33:11 Questions Schmestions: 41:00 You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com

    58 min
  2. Barry Jenkins on Mufasa

    3 DAYS AGO

    Barry Jenkins on Mufasa

    Wassail Wassail Wassail! Christmas is almost upon us, and we’ve got a gift of a guest for you this week: Barry Jenkins, AKA Mr. Moonlight. He chats to Simon about ‘Mufasa’, the origin story for Simba’s father and the long-awaited prequel to 2016’s live action animation Lion King. When a flood washes the cub-Mufasa away from his homeland and parents, he finds himself an outsider in an altogether new territory—where he stumbles across young lion Taka and begins a life-changing new journey to becoming the King of the Pride Lands we all know and love. Simon asks the Oscar winning indie director how he ended up helming this huge Disney musical, and what he’s learned from the four-year journey to its release. We’ll hear Mark’s take on ‘Mufasa’ too, along with reviews of two more animation releases this week. We’ve got ‘Sonic 3’, where the speedy blue hedgehog and friends face new adversary Shadow—and Aardman’s Christmas gift to us all, the new Wallace & Gromit adventure ‘Vengeance Most Fowl’. The nation’s favourite plasticine pair are up against their old glove-headed adversary Feathers McGraw in this noirish stop-motion treat. You can hear Mark and Simon in conversation with co-directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham in last week’s episode, recorded live at our Christmas Spectacular. Plus one more review of ‘Alien Onstage’—a gloriously oddball documentary about a group of Dorset bus drivers creating a theatrical version of the 1979 sci-fi film classic. We absolutely promise this is the wholesome if slightly madcap holiday viewing you didn’t know you needed—but you really, really do. Top correspondence from you all as usual—including this year’s bespoke Christmas wassail number – don’t miss it! Timecodes (for Vanguardistas listening ad-free): Review: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – 08:13 Review:  Alien on Stage – 58:09 Review: Sonic The Hedgehog 3 – 52:59 Interview: Barry Jenkins – 26:10 And normally this is just for the Vanguardistas, but as we’re feeling festive – here are 50 Christmas TV films of the holidays for everyone: WATCHLIST: FREE FESTIVE FIFTY 1. Easter Parade – December 23, 9.25am BBC TWO 2. Meet Me in St Louis – December 23, 11.05am BBC TWO 3. Coco – December 23, 3.15pm BBC ONE 4. Ghostbusters (1984) – December 23, 4.50pm BBC ONE 5. Chicken Run – December 24, 10am BBC ONE 6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind – December 24, 11.25am CHANNEL 4 7. A Christmas Carol (1984) – December 24, 2.10pm CHANNEL 4 8. White Christmas – December 24, 2.15pm BBC TWO 9. Moana – December 24, 2.20pm BBC ONE 10. It's a Wonderful Life – December 24, 2.30pm ITV 11. The Snowman - Christmas Eve – 3pm CHANNEL 4 12. Shrek – December 24, 3.55pm BBC ONE 13. Home Alone – December 24, 6.05pm CHANNEL 4 14. Beetlejuice – December 24, 10.45pm BBC TWO 15. The Rocky Horror Picture Show – December 25, 00.15am BBC TWO 16. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – December 25, 6.10pm BBC ONE 17. Toy Story 3 – December 25, 11.20am BBC ONE 18. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – December 25, 3.10pm ITV 19. North by Northwest – December 25, 5.05pm BBC TWO 20. On Her Majesty's Secret Service – December 26, 9.25am ITV For the remaining films on the list, go to 33:10 in Take 2 and listen for Mark's pick and reaction as well! You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1h 11m

  3. 5 DAYS AGO

    NOW AND BEN

    Presenting a new feature on the Take Channel.  ANORA has been one of the most talked-about films of 2024 so we sent supersub BEN BAILEY SMITH to speak to director Sean Baker.  In this interview you can hear Ben talk to Sean about how he judges his own work, his love of Chihuahuas, that home invasion scene, little Orphan Annie, and of course Ben asked him about the Take That needledrop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    21 min
  4. Live Show Stocking Fillers

    DEC 13 · BONUS • EXTRA TAKES ONLY

    Live Show Stocking Fillers

    Lots of extra special stocking fillers from our live Christmas Spectacular in Take 2 this week... The Redactor makes a rare appearance from behind the scenes and takes to the stage—dressed head-to-toe as a human Christmas cracker, naturally. More cracker jokes too in a seasonal special Laughter Lift (we edited out the groans from the live audience) and our ‘Markstermind’ contestants impress with their specialist subjects. One Frame Back this week is all about Aardman. We hear your favourites from the beloved stop-motion studio’s wholesome and handmade filmography—from Feathers McGraw’s debut in ‘The Wrong Trousers’ to the OG Wallce & Gromit adventure ‘A Grand Day Out’ in all its cheesy lunar splendour. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Vanguardistas! Thanks for listening—here’s to another year of marvellous moviegoing with the Good Doctors, and stick with us for more top takes in 2025. Timecodes: Backstage extras: 00:00 Redactor routine: 03:07 Markstermind Specialist Subjects: 04:34 Guest Interview Extras: 09:37 One Frame Back: 17:07 You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com

    26 min
  5. Live Christmas Spectacular with Wallce & Gromit, Nick Park, and Merlin Crossingham

    DEC 12

    Live Christmas Spectacular with Wallce & Gromit, Nick Park, and Merlin Crossingham

    Our Christmas Spectacular, recorded live at London’s Prince Edward Theatre is now available in your ears! On our festive guestlist this week we have Wallce & Gromit creator Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, who co-direct the famous plasticine pair’s latest adventure Vengeance Most Fowl. They talk us through what happened when Aardman went noir for this festive film treat, share stop motion secrets, and tell us why it was the right time to bring back dastardly glove-headed supervillain Feathers McGraw. Check out our socials for photos of the real A-Listers on the bill though—actual Wallace and actual Gromit, who also joined us onstage. They were a little shy on the mic... but you can watch them in Vengeance Most Fowl on BBC 1 and iPlayer on Christmas Day at 6:10pm, and on Netflix outside of the UK from 3rd January. Plus a flying visit from someone we’re always happy to being saying hello to—Jason Isaacs himself! If you were one of our fabulous, talented and exceptionally good-looking live audience members then we’ve got some backstage extras in this episode for you too. London cinema tour guide extraordinaire Nigel Smith gives Simon and Mark the lowdown on our venue the Prince Edward’s history as a Cinerama. Plus a bonus backstage review of ‘The Bibi Files’—Alexis Bloom’s documentary expose on Benajamin Netanyahu and the corruptions scandals surrounding his government. Hear Mark’s take on ‘Queer’—Luca Guadagnino’s much-anticipated adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel, starring Daniel Craig as the autobiographical lead William Lee. And—from one former Bond to another—he also reviews ‘From Roger Moore With Love’, a charming celebration of the eyebrow-arching national treasure. You listeners bust out your film-buff smarts too, as two of our live audience take to the stage for a game of ‘(Simon and) Markstermind’... Timecodes (for Vanguardistas listening ad-free): Bibi Files Review: 08:32 Queer Review: 24:04 From Roger Moore with Love Review: 39:26 Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham Interview: 48:16 You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com And to find out more about Sony’s new show Origins with Cush Jumbo, click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1h 20m
  6. What are actors really putting up their noses?

    DEC 6 · BONUS • EXTRA TAKES ONLY

    What are actors really putting up their noses?

    It’s that time of year for Mark’s Jimmy Stewart impression—please accept our apologies, and stick with him because this week he has not one, not two, but three bonus reviews for you: ‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’, a Zambian-Welsh dark tragicomedy of family secrets from ‘I Am Not A Witch’ director Rungano Nyoni; inspirational sports biopic ‘Unstoppable’, which follows teen wrestler Anthony Robles’ tenacious pursuit of a scholarship at a top wrestling college despite having only one leg; and finally, a festive 40th anniversary re-release of ‘Gremlins’. It’s a classic, but does it count as a Christmas film? ‘Rumours’ star and all-round movie legend Cate Blanchett is the theme of One Frame Back this week; we’ll hear your favourites of her stellar screen performances, and Mark’s verdict. Some really top titles on the Weekend Watchlist this week including ‘Strange Days’, ‘Sound of Metal’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’. And on the Notlist, in the week of ‘Nightbitch’s theatrical release, we reckon ‘Daddy Daycare’ is in for some abuse... Plus high quality correspondence as usual on spontaneous applause in the cinema, the art of subtitling and ‘lektoring’ (not Lecter-ing as in Hannibal). Plus answers to your Questions Schmestions on fantasy £100 million movie projects, ear-splitting cinema sound, and what actors onscreen are really putting up their noses.... Timecodes: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Review: 09:02 One Frame Back: 24:42 Unstoppable Review: 33:15 Weekend Watchlist: 44:09 Gremlins Review: 49:07 Questions Schmestions: 53:37 You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com

    1h 11m
  7. Cate Blanchett & Guy Maddin on RUMOURS, bog monsters & a giant brain

    DEC 5

    Cate Blanchett & Guy Maddin on RUMOURS, bog monsters & a giant brain

    The ‘Rumours’ are true... screen superstar Cate Blanchett and director Guy Maddin are joining Simon this week to give us the gossip on their surreal new satire—once they’ve finished fangirling over the music of Sparks, that is. Following decades of avant garde work that’s made him one of Canada’s most celebrated filmmakers, ‘Rumours’ is the biggest movie to date from the Winnipeg weirdo—its star-studded cast featuring Charles Dance and Alicia Vikander alongside Blanchett. Set at a G7 summit called to address an ‘unnamed-crisis’, it follows the hapless world leaders as they are beleaguered by bronze-age bog bodies come to life in some sort of apocalypse situation. There’s also a giant brain. It’s as odd as it sounds. Mark reviews this bizarre object of a film, along with ‘Merchant Ivory’, a documentary deep dive on the filmmakers responsible for all those most quintessentially British of period dramas from ‘Room With A View’ to ‘The Remains of the Day’—and ‘Nightbitch’, Marielle Heller’s dark comedy where Amy Adams plays a new mother at her wits end who transforms into a dog. The Christmas Spectacular is almost upon us! Mark and Simon will be live onstage at London’s Prince Edward theatre this Sunday 8th December. We’re all sold out now, and you can find the event info here: https://www.fane.co.uk/kermode-and-mayo Timecodes (for Vanguardistas listening ad-free): Merchant Ivory Review: 06:09 Cate Blanchett and Guy Maddin Interview: 25:53 Rumours Review: 40:18 Nightbitch Review: 56:11 You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com And to find out more about Sony’s new show Origins with Cush Jumbo, click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1h 11m
  8. Ringo Starr for Pope

    NOV 29 · BONUS • EXTRA TAKES ONLY

    Ringo Starr for Pope

    In this week’s Take 2 we’ve got more bonus reviews for you Vanguardistas: ‘The Contestant’, a Japanese reality TV doc unpacking a bizarre and disturbing 90s show that saw Tomoaki Hamatsu locked in a room for a year, surviving only on his winnings from magazine mail-in competitions as his suffering was broadcast to the nation. And with more joyous tidings, ‘That Christmas’, The Richard Curtis-penned festive animation where kindness and positivity sparkle as a blizzard threatens one seaside town’s holiday plans. One Frame Back this week is all about Popes on film—we hear your righteous and blasphemous nominations from Anthony Hopkins to... erm, Ringo Starr? Watch out for the white smoke as we hear which movie-pontifex will receive Mark’s blessing. The Weekend Watchlist and Notlist takes us on a TV voyage from ‘Cape Fear’ to ‘Quantum of Sausage’, and we’ve got your cinephile Questions Schmestions on fantasy Powell & Pressburger remakes, Douglas Adams quotes, and dream Stephen King adaptations. Timecodes: The Contestant Review: 11:25 One Frame Back: 23:14 That Christmas Review: 29:56 Weekend Watchlist: 36:59 Questions Schmestions: 42:15 You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com

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The new home of Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. They’re back, and it’s bigger, and better and larger-er and more-er. Film reviews, TV reviews, and all your conversation around movie and non-movie related stuff. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. As well as the film and TV reviews, Mark and Simon will be talking about anything and everything. Punctuation, Thunderbirds, obscure German pop music, fax machines, subtitles, MRI scans, magic, school assemblies, Scandinavia, and don’t forget the dad jokes. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes for ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show - TAKE TWO, new episodes every Monday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking try free at the top of our show page. If you’re not a fruit-based person, never fear! Subscribe at Extratakes.com to get access on your preferred podcast platform. There's more to discover at kermodeandmayo.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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