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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 biographical period drama, 'Chevalier’.

Mark reviews ‘Medusa Deluxe’, a murder mystery set in a high-stakes hairdressing competition; ‘Chevalier’, an upcoming biographical drama based on the true story of Black composer Joseph Bologne, the son of an enslaved Senegalese woman and a French plantation owner, who rose to great heights in 18th Century French society; and 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts', the latest installment of the Hasbro toy franchise, which sees a new faction of Transformers join the Autobots as allies in the battle for earth.

Time Codes (relevant only when you are part of the Vanguard):

10:05 Medusa Deluxe Review

23:14 Box Office Top 10

34:11 Interview with Lucy Boynton +

52:34 Chevalier Review

57:36 Laughter lift

01:08:29 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Review

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