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.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 243
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’S “Taystee”: Adoption, Child States and Attachment Theory – SHRINK THE BOX
Ben and Nemone discuss Tasha Jefferson, aka Taystee, from Orange is the New Black. We get fascinating insights into child states and how difficult they are to escape; attachment theory and why prison…
00:47:23 |
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Does EVERYONE love Twisters… except Mark?
Another guestless week but that just means more musings, fun and general nonsense from your favourite Good Doctors.
Mark gives his thoughts on various new releases, including ‘Blur: To The End’, a…
00:56:27 |
Thu 18 Jul 2024
REESE WITHERSPOON and JENNIFER ANISTON’s Alex and Bradley tackle sexism and false selves on The Morning Show - SHRINK THE BOX
Ben and Nemone put Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s The Morning Show characters, Alex and Bradley, on the couch. We ask how a person creates a false self at work, what makes Bradley break the…
00:46:15 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Fly Me to the Moon, Hundreds of Beavers, Longlegs & Despicable Me 4
No guest this week, but that just means more from your favourite professional witterers – and a whole load of reviews!
Mark gives his thoughts on various new releases including ‘Fly Me to the Moon’,…
00:59:30 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Addiction in “Euphoria”, Analysis vs. Therapy and Sir Salman Rushdie! - SHRINK THE INBOX
Ben and Nemone answer your questions and explore your suggestions. They talk about whether they have any friends who are spies and explore some brilliant female led comedies you've either missed or f…
00:42:07 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
Ti West, Maxxxine, Blue Lock The Movie – Episode Nagi & Kill
This week’s guest is director Ti West, who is on the show to tell Mark all about ‘Maxxxine’, the hotly-anticipated third instalment of his cult horror trilogy made in collaboration with its star Mia …
01:00:02 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
TYRION LANNISTER knows how to play the Game...of Thrones SHRINK THE BOX
Ben and Nemone put Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones on the couch. Tyrion doesn’t conform to society’s norms. How does he use that to his advantage? He’s booksmart, cunning and the most open-mind…
00:43:59 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos, Kinds of Kindness, A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
This week’s guests are the red-hot actor and director duo, Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos. They’re on to talk about their film ‘Kinds of Kindness’, which is released on 28th June, among tons of o…
01:01:13 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
SYDNEY from THE BEAR: when will she reach her boiling point? SHRINK THE BOX
Ben and Nemone put sous-chef Sydney Adamu from The Bear into therapy. She helps whip the team at the restaurant into shape, she’s nurturing but anxious and riddled with self-doubt, not to mention a p…
00:47:38 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Asif Kapadia & Joe Sabia, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Green Border, The Exorcism & The Bikeriders
This week’s guests are documentarian Asif Kapadia and videographer Joe Sabia, the co-directors of ‘Federer: Twelve Final Days’, an intimate look at the tennis legend as he approaches his retirement. …
01:02:30 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
CHANDLER BING: could it BE any more complicated? SHRINK THE BOX
Ben and Nemone put Chandler from Friends on the famous Central Perk couch to talk about his phobia of commitment, his attachment patterns and how he feels about mum AND dad putting on a black dress a…
00:48:06 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Jeff Nichols, Freud’s Last Session, Arcadian & Inside Out 2
This week’s guest is writer-director Jeff Nichols, who is on the show to tell Simon all about his long-awaited, star-studded crime drama ‘The Bikeriders’, which stars Simon’s fave Austin Butler, and …
00:58:12 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
MICHAEL SCOTT invites you into The Office: SHRINK THE BOX
Ben and Nemone stroll into The Office (USA). They consider the differences between Michael Scott and David Brent, explore ego and ask why some people think they’re funny (when they’re just not).
W…
00:46:27 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Richard Linklater, Hit Man, The Dead Don’t Hurt & Bad Boys: Ride or Die
This week’s guest is one of America’s most beloved auteurs, and arguably the most laid-back director working today, Richard Linklater, who is on the show to tell Simon all about his latest black roma…
00:59:19 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
SHRINK THE INBOX
Ben and Nemone answer your questions and explore your suggestions. They talk about whether they have any friends who are spies and explore some brilliant female led comedies you've either missed or f…
00:32:23 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Benedict Cumberbatch, Eric, The Beast & Sting
This week, Take fave Benedict Cumberbatch tells Simon all about his psychological miniseries ‘Eric’, which sees him play troubled puppeteer Vincent, who clings to his missing son’s drawings of a blue…
00:59:45 |
Thu 30 May 2024
LARRY DAVID: Curb star who falls out with everyone in SHRINK THE BOX
He’s grumpy, belligerent, stubborn, filterless and has to win every single argument. We ask how Larry David has any friends left and why he is so concerned with manners, yet is rude to virtually ever…
00:47:21 |
Tue 28 May 2024
George Miller, Furiosa, In Flames & The Garfield Movie
This week, director George Miller sits down with Simon to chat all things ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’, the origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and team-up with Mad Max.
Mark …
01:00:32 |
Thu 23 May 2024
TOMMY SHELBY: We Peek Behind the Blinders in SHRINK THE BOX
Gang dynamics, whether you can escape a criminal heritage and the physiological cause and effect of PTSD. Plus, race rigging, opium smoking and casual violence - all in a day's work for The Peaky Bli…
00:49:13 |
Tue 21 May 2024
Vicky McClure, If, Two Tickets to Greece & Hoard
This week, Vicky McClure chats to Simon about her new limited series ‘Insomnia’, which sees a mother approaching her fortieth birthday forced to grapple with her traumatic past after she develops ins…
00:54:44 |
Thu 16 May 2024
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