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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.

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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.

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    S2,Ep1: SHRINK THE BOX: The hidden story behind Frasier Crane (Frasier)

    S2,Ep1: SHRINK THE BOX: The hidden story behind Frasier Crane (Frasier)

    Where does Frasier’s snobbery originate from? Why does he revert to his ‘child state’ when around his father? And... the hidden story behind Frasier being a Freudian analyst and Niles (his brother) being a Jungian analyst.

    Plus, Ben and Nemone’s minds are blown when they realise a crazy coincidence with Frasier and Tony Soprano.

    We want to hear from you!!! Please drop the team an email with your questions and theories (which may be part of the show): shrinkthebox@sonymusic.com



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    Cersei, Game of Thrones (Season 1)

    Tommy Shelby, Peaky Blinders (Season 1)

    Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 7)

    Sydney, The Bear (Season 2)

    Michael, Office (USA. Season 1)



    CREDITS

    We used clips from Season 1 of Frasier

    Starring: Kelsey Grammar as Dr Fraiser Crane, David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane, John Mahoney as Martin Crane, Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle and Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon.

    Created and written by: David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee and Brad Hall.

    Directed by: James Burrows, David Lee, Andy Ackerman and Rick Beren.

    Produced by: Grub Street Productions, Paramount Network Television, Paramount Television (in association with) Grammnet Productions and National Broadcasting Company (NBC)



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    • 51 min
    More Josh O’Connor, Red Herring, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Baby Reindeer, Best Stunt Performances & Question Schmestions

    More Josh O’Connor, Red Herring, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Baby Reindeer, Best Stunt Performances & Question Schmestions

    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
    You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo

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    Josh O’Connor, La Chimera, Love Lies Bleeding, The Idea of You & The Fall Guy

    Josh O’Connor, La Chimera, Love Lies Bleeding, The Idea of You & The Fall Guy

    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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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Best Films Set On or Featuring Space Stations & Questions Schmestions

    Best Films Set On or Featuring Space Stations & Questions Schmestions

    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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    Ordinary Angels, Boy Kills World, I.S.S., Challengers & The American Society of Magical Negroes

    Ordinary Angels, Boy Kills World, I.S.S., Challengers & The American Society of Magical Negroes

    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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    • 1 hr 2 min
    The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Highlights and Lowlights so far this year

    The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Highlights and Lowlights so far this year

    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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    • 1 hr 4 min

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