1 hr 53 min

George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

    • Society & Culture

George McKay drops by to talk Oscar-winning film 1917 and playing Ned Kelly in The True History of the Kelly Gang. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown.

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Cassandro, The Exotico! About a gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestler who reinvents himself, sci-fi Proximity and The Orphanage, about a 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul who dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.
00:33:57 Top 10 ‘single location movies’
00:45:03 Proximity review
00:49:43 The Orphanage review
00:53:40 Lockdown Correspondents
01:02:39 Cassandro, The Exotico! review
01:07:08 George MacKay interview
01:25:42 Romantic Comedy review
01:28:13 The Atom: A Love Affair review
01:31:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:42:02 Director of the week
01:46:24 DVD OF THE WEEK

Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

George McKay drops by to talk Oscar-winning film 1917 and playing Ned Kelly in The True History of the Kelly Gang. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown.

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Cassandro, The Exotico! About a gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestler who reinvents himself, sci-fi Proximity and The Orphanage, about a 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul who dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.
00:33:57 Top 10 ‘single location movies’
00:45:03 Proximity review
00:49:43 The Orphanage review
00:53:40 Lockdown Correspondents
01:02:39 Cassandro, The Exotico! review
01:07:08 George MacKay interview
01:25:42 Romantic Comedy review
01:28:13 The Atom: A Love Affair review
01:31:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:42:02 Director of the week
01:46:24 DVD OF THE WEEK

Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

1 hr 53 min

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