
Kermode & Mayo’s Take
Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes to get ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show, TAKE TWO, with new episodes every Friday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or at extratakes.c...
Episodes (300)
Is this the darkest ROBIN HOOD adaptation ever? + BILL PULLMAN
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THE DOG STARS: Top dog or a dog’s dinner?
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TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: The most Mark film evz? + Johnny Flynn
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THE END OF OAK STREET: “Why does it exist?” + SIAN CLIFFORD on LADY
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Is ICE CREAM MAN Eli Roth’s most chilling work or does it need more sprinkles? +...
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Has SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY got Mark’s Spidey senses tingling? + ASA BUTTERFIE...
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Are some ANIMAL FARM adaptations more equal than others? With ANDY SERKIS
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Is THE ODYSSEY truly epic? With SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
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Are we in for a MOAN-A from Mark about live action remakes?
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Are the Minions master movie makers? + Edward Norton & Olivia Wilde on THE INVIT...
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Jackass: I thought Jonny Knoxville was an a***
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Is playtime finally over for TOY STORY?
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Is DISCLOSURE DAY the best Spielberg in decades? With EMILY BLUNT & COLMAN DOMIN...
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Is SAVAGE HOUSE Richard E. Grant’s most unhinged role yet?
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Does Mark think BACKROOMS is a-maze-ing?
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Is THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU a STAR WARS spin off too far? + Leo Woodall
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THREE FILMS OF THE WEEK? Is that even allowed? + Olivia Colman
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SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…
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Does THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 rock the sequel trend? + STEVE COOGAN
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Have we found Mark’s film of the year already?
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John Waters: “I’m so respectable I could puke”
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Brian Cox on GLENROTHAN: will it go down smoothly with Mark?
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Level up or game over for SUPER MARIO GALAXY?
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THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE: Enchanting or just lost in the woods?
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Is Stephen Graham another bad boy in THE GOOD BOY?
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Oscars Schmoscars 2026
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Ryan Gosling on PROJECT HAIL MARY
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Take Ultra preview - A look ahead to the Oscars
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Does THE BRIDE! earn its exclamation mark?
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Celebrating Women in Film with Vanguard
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What did Mark make of the BAFTAs?
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Amanda Seyfried… as a Mancunian?
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Did Mark Fall for Wuthering Heights — or Run Screaming Across the Moors? With Em...
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Take 2 taster: why not join us on Patreon?
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MELANIA: “A piece of handsomely mounted crypto‑fascist propaganda” + Riz Ahmed
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How did Hollywood turn John Bishop into Will Arnett?
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Can Claire Foy handle a “perfectly evolved psychopath” in H IS FOR HAWK?
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Jack O’Connell on 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
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Does HAMNET deserve the hype?
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Best and Worst Films of the Year
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Good Kate Winslet (lass) Looks Back on her Feats of Acting
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AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: “like some nightmare furries convention”
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Live Christmas Spectacular with Nia DaCosta and Jason Isaacs
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: “I was struggling to stay awake” + Legendary James L...
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Is CHRISTY a knockout? + Noah Baumbach on JAY KELLY
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Now & Ben: Benedict Cumberbatch on THE THING WITH FEATHERS
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WICKED: Which Witch Wins - Is the Sequel/Prequel Equal?
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Edgar Wright on THE RUNNING MAN
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Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis on ANEMONE
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Is BUGONIA out of this world? + Ruth Wilson on DOWN CEMETERY ROAD
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