
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...
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Episodes (300)
Did Mark ‘Louvre’ Josh O’Connor’s timely heist movie THE MASTERMIND? + Does SPRI...
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Has FRANKENSTEIN got Mark (re)animated? + Russell Tovey
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TRON: ARES: “It was like my brain was atrophying” + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Fe...
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Aimee Lou Wood on Film Club + a DOUBLE BILL of films of the week
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Is ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER film of the year? With Paul Thomas Anderson
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Robert Redford remembered + Paul Greengrass on THE LOST BUS
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Does SPINAL TAP II turn it up to 11? + the rockin’ Warren Ellis
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HONEY, DON’T: a film title that reviews itself? + Sam Riley on ISLANDS
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Summer Holiday Highlights of the year so far
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Now and Ben: Olivia Colman and Jay Roach on THE ROSES
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Tom Hiddleston & Chiwetel Ejiofor on THE LIFE OF CHUCK
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Bob Odenkirk talks NOBODY 2 – will it meet Mark’s expectations?
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Is Mark freaked out by FREAKIER FRIDAY? + Celine Song on THE MATERIALISTS
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Alien: Earth Bonus Special
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Does NAKED GUN even pass the one laugh test? + Guy Pearce on INSIDE
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FILM OF THE YEAR ALREADY? Mark on BRING HER BACK
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More SALT PATH & Harry Melling + your take on SUPERMAN
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THE SALT PATH: Simon and Mark’s reaction. Plus SUPERMAN
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Will Jurassic World Rebirth turn Mark into a Rantosaurus? + David Cronenberg
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Is F1 in pole position for film of the week?
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28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film
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Domnhall Gleeson on Echo Valley
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Now and Ben: Carey Mulligan and Tim Key
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20 Years of Kermode & Mayo
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Hello to Jason Isaacs! In The Salt Path
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning with Chris McQuarrie
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The Last of Us with Craig Mazin
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Is Nic Cage still riding the comeback wave in THE SURFER?
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Another Paul Feig film? Do me a Favor
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David Oyelowo on Government Cheese + Mark’s verdict on The Studio
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Warfare with Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza
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Now and Ben: Charlie Brooker & Emma Corrin on Black Mirror
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Laurence Fishburne & James Hawes on The Amateur
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Death of a Unicorn + Toby Jones
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Gorgeous George MacKay + Mark vs. The Stath
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Snow White: Mark’s Verdict
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Ashley Walters & Erin Doherty on Adolescence
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Now and Ben: Bong Joon Ho on Mickey 17, British winters & his iPad obsession
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Daisy Ridley’s surprise BAFTA + Mark on Mickey 17
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Best birdsong ever from Robert Carlyle
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Now and Ben: Angela Bassett on Zero Day, Strange Days and The Simpsons
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A film of the year already – is it The Monkey?
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Did Bridget Jones make Mark cry? + Stephen Graham & Malachi Kirby
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Awards Schmawards
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We made Mark watch Dog Man – will it be film of the week?
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Now and Ben: Chris Sanders on The Wild Robot, hand drawn animation vs. CG, and L...
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Brady Corbet on The Brutalist, Oscars & AI
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Flight Risk embargo special - they tried to stop us...
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The Brutalist + Mike Leigh & Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Hard Truths
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A Complete Unknown divides Simon and Mark – with director James Mangold
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