Kermode & Mayo’s Take The Take

It’s a bumper week for Take 2, with Mark reviewing ‘The Matrix’, the Wachowski sisters’ Keanu Reeves-starring, spoon-bending, culture-defining, sci-fi masterpiece, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary; ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2’, the second instalment of the A.A. Milne-inspired slasher series, which sees Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Owl and Tigger take their fight to the town of Ashdown, leaving a bloody trail of death and mayhem in their wake; and ‘Deep Sea’, a Chinese animation, which sees a girl struggling with her parents’ recent divorce, stray into a dreamy deep sea world.

This week’s One Frame Back is the best Richard Linklater films to coincide with the release of his new film ‘Hit Man’.

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 worst pain they’ve ever felt to what is something young people don’t realise is going to impact their health later on.

Timecodes:
7.20 The Matrix Review
16.40 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Review
27.49 One Frame Back: Best Richard Linklater Films
32.05 Deep Sea Review
40.30 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist
42.41 Questions Schmestions

Watchlist films this week:
Apocalypse Now – Film4 – Fri 7 June, 9pm
Insomnia – GREAT! Movies – Fri 7 June, 9pm
Skyfall – ITV – Sat 8 June, 8pm
Darkest Hour – BBC One – Sun 9 June, 8pm
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Film4 – Sun 9 June, 6.50pm

Notlist films this week:
Quantum Sausage – ITV – Fri 7 June, 11.15pm
Bad Boys for Life – Film4 – Sat 8 June, 9pm
The Day My Face Stood Still – Channel 4 – Sun 9 June, 4.35pm

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This week’s guest is one of America’s most beloved auteurs, and arguably the most laid-back director working today, Richard Linklater, who is on the show to tell Simon all about his latest black romantic comedy ‘Hit Man’, which sees a professor moonlighting as a hitman descend into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.

Mark also gives his thoughts on the film, as well as reviewing ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’, Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut which sees a Franco Canadian woman and a Danish immigrant fall in love in 1860s San Francisco only to be separated by the American Civil War.

The big review of the week is ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’, the fourth instalment of the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop action series, which sees the duo’s late police captain get linked to drug cartels, prompting them to embark on a dangerous mission to clear his name.

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

06:36 – The Dead Don’t Hurt Review

12:20 – Box Office Top Ten

23:15 – Richard Linklater Interview

38:55 – Hit Man Review

46:35 – Bad Boys: Ride or Die Review

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Ben and Nemone answer your questions and explore your suggestions. They talk about whether they have any friends who are spies and explore some brilliant female led comedies you've either missed or forgotten.

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Michael, Office (USA. Season 1)

Chandler, Friends (selected episodes)

Sydney, The Bear (season 2)

Tyrion, Game of Thrones (seasons 1&2).

Alex and Bradley, The Morning Show (Season 1)

Tasha, Orange is the New Black (season 2)



CREDITS

We used a clip from Girls, Series 6.

Starring (in the clip we used):

Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath

Adam Driver as Adam Sackler.

Created by: Lena Dunham. Written by Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow.

Directed by: Jesse Peretz

Produced by: Home Box Office.



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It’s all about endurance this week, with bonus reviews including ‘Young Woman and the Sea’, a Daisy Ridley-starring biographical drama which tells the story of competitive swimmer Trudy Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel; and ‘Hard Miles’, a sports drama about a social worker at a youth facility who assembles an unlikely cycling team of juvenile convicts for a transformative 1,000-mile bike ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon.
This week’s One Frame Back is films and TV shows featuring puppets to coincide with the release of Benedict Cumberbatch’s new show ‘Eric’.

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 their thoughts on inappropriate couple’s songs to how much of cinemas’ revenue actually comes from film tickets as opposed to food and drink.

Timecodes:
7.58 Young Woman and the Sea Review
18.21 Hard Miles Review
29.02 One Frame Back: Films and TV Shows Featuring Puppets
34.25 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist
42.58 Questions Schmestions

Watchlist films this week:
Dunkirk – BBC1 – Friday, 11.40pm
A Cock and Bull Story – BBC2 – Saturday, 1am
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse – E4 – Saturday, 12pm
Notorious – Talking Pictures TV – Sunday, 7pm
Catch Me If You Can – Film4 – Friday, 7.15pm

Notlist films this week:
Bicentennial Man – GREAT! Movies – Saturday, 6pm
Angel Has Fallen – Film4 – Saturday, 10pm
Look Who’s Talking Too – GREAT! Movies – Saturday, 6pm

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This week, Take fave Benedict Cumberbatch tells Simon all about his psychological miniseries ‘Eric’, which sees him play troubled puppeteer Vincent, who clings to his missing son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet named Eric, convinced that if he can get Eric on TV then his son will come home.  

Mark also gives his take on the show, as well as reviewing ‘Sting’, which sees a 12-year-old's pet spider rapidly transform into a giant flesh-eating monster, forcing the young girl to fight for her family’s survival.  

This week’s big review is ‘The Beast’, a science fiction romantic drama loosely based on Henry James’ novella ‘The Beast in the Jungle’, which imagines a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone’s lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat. Lea Seydoux and ‘Gorgeous George’ Mackay star.  

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

08:14 – Sting Review 

12:03– Box Office Top Ten 

24:44 – Benedict Cumberbatch Interview 

39:15 – Eric Review 

45:42 – What's On June 

49:06 – The Beast Review 

 

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He’s grumpy, belligerent, stubborn, filterless and has to win every single argument. We ask how Larry David has any friends left and why he is so concerned with manners, yet is rude to virtually everyone he meets. Plus, Ben and Nemone look at why some people find Curb Your Enthusiasm excruciating whilst others just can’t get enough of the hit show.  

We want to hear about any theories we might have missed, what you’ve thought of the show so far and your character suggestions. Please drop the team an email (which may be part of the show): shrinkthebox@sonymusic.com 

 

NEXT CLIENTS ON THE COUCH. Find out how to view here

Michael, Office (USA. Season 1) 

Chandler, Friends (selected episodes) 

Sydney, The Bear (season 2) 

Tyrion, Game of Thrones (seasons 1&2). 

Alex and Bradley, The Morning Show (Season 1)  



CREDITS 

We used clips from Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Episodes 1,4,5,7,10.   

Starring (in the clips we used):  

Larry David as Larry David,  

Jeff Garlin as Jeff Greene 

Cheryl Hines as Cheryl David 

Susie Essman as Susie Greene 

Jason Alexander as Jason Alexander 

Bob Einstein as Marty Funkhouser 

Catherine O'Hara as Bam Bam 

Anita Barone, as Denise 

Peter Mackenzie as Man in Shorts 

Paul Webster as Larry's Friend Jim 

 

Created and written by: Larry David. Directed by Larry Charles, Alec Berg, David Mandel, Bryan Gordon, Jeff Schaffer and Andy Ackerman, 

 

Produced by: Linda Balaban, associate producer 

Alec Berg, executive producer 

Larry Charles, executive producer 

Larry David, executive producer (showrunner) / executive producer 

Jeff Garlin, executive producer 

Tim Gibbons, executive producer 

David Mandel, executive producer 

Megan Murphy, co-producer 

Erin O'Malley, executive producer 

Gavin Polone, executive producer 

Jeff Schaffer, executive producer (showrunner) 

Laura Streicher, producer 

 

Produced by HBO and Production Partners.  

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