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
Andy & Barbara Muschietti, The Flash, Extraction 2 & Pretty Red Dress
Sibling disagreements on set. Making sense of the DC universe. The legend that is Michael Keaton. This week’s episode features an interview with director and producer brother-sister duo Andy and Barb…
01:16:06 |
Fri 16 Jun 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Ghosts - Mike Cooper
With special guest Kiell Smith-Bynoe who plays Mike in hit BBC comedy ‘Ghosts’. Ben and Sasha ask: is sharing your partner with a group of ghosts a metaphor for partnerships and what’s it like to act…
00:42:41 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Lucy Boynton, Chevalier, Medusa Deluxe & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Violin-offs. A fresh interpretation of Marie Antoinette. Simon Mayo, a fashionista? This week’s episode features an interview with actors Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Lucy Boynton about their new biograph…
01:19:01 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Seinfeld - George Costanza
What’s an anxious ruminator? What happens when self-blame is a way of life and how stationery can be lethal? We learn that there’s a little bit of George in all of us and how to keep it at bay.
Our …
00:45:54 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
Reality, Rob Savage, The Boogeyman, Spider-man: Across The Spider-Verse
Simon interviews director Rob Savage about his latest release, 'The Boogeyman’.
Mark reviews, ‘Reality’ - which depicts the unauthorized release of government intelligence to the media about Russia…
01:16:28 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Happy Valley - Catherine Cawood
How anger can be a force for good, are we misusing the word ‘trigger’ and what happens when a birthday party turns into a domestic. We deep dive into the police sergeant’s life to see how she copes (…
00:46:43 |
Tue 30 May 2023
Master Gardener, Hypnotic, The Gallows Pole, Shane Meadows + Sophie McShera
In this special live version of the show from Union Chapel in Islington, Mark reviews, ‘Master Gardener’ - a film which follows a horticulturist devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate o…
00:56:19 |
Fri 26 May 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Schitt’s Creek - David and Alexis Rose
Ben and Sasha break down how the Schitt’s Creek siblings are fuelled differently, the different flavours of wine, and why quality time with the ones who love us most, trumps all.
If you have been af…
00:51:32 |
Tue 23 May 2023
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Fast X, Beau Is Afraid, Louis Leterrier
Mark reviews, ‘Fast X’ - Dom Toretto and his family are back again to confront the most lethal opponent that they've ever faced; ‘Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret’ - a film exploring eleven-year-o…
01:21:46 |
Fri 19 May 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: The White Lotus - Tanya McQuoid
Ben and Sasha ask why do some people behave like big babies (and why is it more obvious in wealthy people); why can trying to hold on to someone mean you actually push them away, and how can we learn…
00:47:45 |
Tue 16 May 2023
Plan 75, Still: A Michael J Fox Movie, Book Club: The Next Chapter, Summer Preview
Mark and Simon look ahead to what to look out for this summer! Mark reviews ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ – the sequel of four best friends who take their book club to Italy for the fun girls’ trip t…
01:18:02 |
Fri 12 May 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Better Call Saul - Jimmy McGill
Ben & Sash explore what makes a successful confidence trickster, and how Jimmy McGill is full of contradictions: criminal and yet kind. Plus, how it’s difficult not to slide back into old habits with…
00:48:34 |
Tue 09 May 2023
Ari Aster, Return to Seoul, Blue Kaftan and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Director of Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster, joins Mark and Simon to discuss his new film ‘Beau is Afraid’. He explains how doing press isn’t his favourite part of the process, but divulges some …
01:14:15 |
Fri 05 May 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Shrink the Inbox
Ben Bailey Smith and Sasha Bates delve into the Shrink the Box emails to answer questions, discuss new character suggestions and pick each other’s brains.
This week: they muse on whether the Roy Fam…
00:29:06 |
Tue 02 May 2023
Penelope Wilton, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Polite Society & Top 10 including Pope's Exorcist
Penelope Wilton talks about the logistics of filming The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and what it was like working alongside Jim Broadbent. Following their Easter break, Mark reviews ‘The Unlik…
01:14:00 |
Fri 28 Apr 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Shrink the Inbox
Ben and Sasha delve into the Shrink the Box emails to answer questions, discuss new character suggestions and pick each other’s brains.
This week: they wonder whether analysing a fictional character…
00:27:47 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch, Dead Ringers, Evil Dead Rise & How To Blow Up A Pipeline
Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch discuss remaking David Cronenberg's chiller ‘Dead Ringers’ and the importance of depictions of birth on screen. Super subs Rhianna Dhillon and Robbie Collin stand in whil…
01:14:44 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Succession - Shiv Roy
Siobhan Roy has it all: a high flying career, a man who adores her, and a private jet at her disposal.
And still it’s not enough. This week we explore the most dysfunctional of family dynamics, how …
00:46:50 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Nicholas Hoult, Renfield, One Fine Morning, Obsession
Super subs Rhianna Dhillon and Anna Bogutskaya stand in whilst Mark and Simon are away. Nicholas Hoult talks to Rhianna about taking center stage as Dracula’s long-suffering servant in ‘Renfield’, pl…
01:07:43 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
SHRINK THE BOX: Friends - Ross & Monica Geller
We look at the Geller siblings: Ross and Monica.
We explore why Monica said “If I could choose my parents, I’d choose yours” to her brother and whether her obsessive neatness is a problem.
Plus, we…
00:46:02 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
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