When politeness gets Your head chopped off...

Literally the most terrifying correspondence ever on this week’s Take 2 as we discover—inspired by ‘Heretic’—just how far you Vanguardistas will go in doing stupid and scary things in the name of politeness. Plus more of your thoughts on the small hill of Japanese grammar pedantry, and whether ‘The Substance’ should be a silent movie. Extra reviews this week are ‘Joy’, the Jack Thorne penned period drama starring Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton, who play the pioneers of IVF working medical miracles against the odds and much opposition—and Armando Iannucci’s slick satire going behind the scenes of a superhero movie, ‘The Franchise’, starring Himesh Patel. Long-awaited sequels are the theme of this week’s One Frame Back as we dig into the cinematic follow ups that we spent years asking for (not to mention those that absolutely nobody did). Some big hitters on the Weekend Watchlist, big turkeys on the Weekend Notlist, and your Questions Schmestions on the grimmest films (120 days of Sodom), the gentlest films (I Know Where I'm Going!), and Mark & Simon’s all-time worst rude awakenings. Timecodes: Joy Review: 09:04 One Frame Back: 22:28 The Franchise Review: 29:25 Weekend Watchlist: 45:33 Questions Schmestions: 49:41 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