
Kermode & Mayo’s Take
The new home of Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. They’re back, and it’s bigger, and better and larger-er and more-er.
Film reviews, TV reviews, and all your conversation around movie and non-movie related stuff. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media.
As well as the film and TV reviews, Mark and Simon will be talking about anything and everything. Punctuation, Thunderbirds, obscure German pop music, fax machines, subtitles, MRI scans, magic, school assemblies, Scandinavia, and don’t forget the dad jokes.
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Latest episodes

Jan 6, 2023 • 1h 22min
Mary McCartney, Till, If These Walls Could Sing, Piggy & A Man Called Otto
The daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, Mary McCartney, joins Ben and Anna to give us a glimpse of what went down in the world-famous Abbey Road Studios. Anna reviews ‘Till’ - the heart-breaking film about the death of Emmett Till in 1960s America, the highly anticipated ‘A Man Called Otto’, the Disney Original documentary ‘If These Walls Could Sing’, and ‘Piggy’- a Spanish French indie thriller.
Time Codes (relevant only when you are part of the Vanguard):
13:09 Till Review
24:27 Box Office Top 10
39:55 Mary McCartney Interview
51:32 If These Walls Could Sing Review
57:13 Laughter Lift
01:04:55 Piggy Review
01:09:06 What’s On
01:10:16 A Man Called Otto Review
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Dec 30, 2022 • 1h 16min
BEST OF 2022, TOM HANKS AND MARIANA TREVINO, OBITUARY
Mark and Simon take a look at the best bits of Kermode and Mayo’s Take this year including highlights from Rowan Atkinson, Jeff Goldblum, Charlotte Rampling – as well as the biggest reviews like Top Gun Maverick, Elvis and Everything Everywhere All At Once.
PLUS Simon interviews TOM HANKS and MARIANA TREVINO about the upcoming comedy-drama ‘A Man Called Otto’.
They also reflect on those we have lost this year in the world of Film and TV, including Robbie Coltrane, Angela Lansbury, Olivia Newton-John and Sidney Poiter among others.
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Dec 23, 2022 • 1h 21min
Daniel Craig and Rian Jonson, The Pale Blue Eye, The Enforcer, I Wanna Dance with Somebody & Corsage
Detective Benoit Blanc is back!! Simon sits down with Daniel Craig, and director Rian Johnson to chat all things ‘Glass Onion: A Knives out Mystery,’ the sequel to ‘Knives Out.’ (2019) Mark reviews ‘The Enforcer’- an American action thriller starring Antonio Banderas who must sacrifice everything to save a young girl from his femme fatale boss (Kate Bosworth), ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ - a gothic horror starring Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson and Henry Melling’s as a young Edgar Allan Poe, ‘I Wanna Dane with Somebody’ the new biographical musical about American icon Whitney Houston starring Naomi Ackie and Stanley Tucci, and ‘Corsage’ - a fictional account of a year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria played by Vicky Krieps.
Plus your correspondence, the Box office Top 10, What’s On, the Laughter Lift and much more!
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo
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TIME CODES FOR THE VANGUARD (apologies we can’t put out time codes for those who don’t subscribe as the ad times fluctuate
Time Codes:
00:12:25 – The Enforcer
00:18:02 – Ad
00:19:26 – Box Office Top 10
00:36:16 – Interview
00:53:27 – Laughter Lift
00:55:43 – Ad
00:58:32 – The Pale Blue Eye
01:04:26 – Corsage
01:08:34 – I Wanna Dance with Somebody
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Dec 16, 2022 • 1h 18min
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
It took three years and cost 250 million dollars to make ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, and Mark has some strong feelings on the film... Mark also reviews animated Christmas movie ‘The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute’ - which follows Marie as she makes a wish and becomes the same size as her toy nutcracker, ‘The Unofficial Science of Home Alone’ - a one off Sky special with comedians James Acaster and Guz Khan, as they step into the shoes of the Wet Bandits as they build and test some of the famous boobytraps from the film, and ‘Le Pupille’, Disney+’s new live-action short that follows the rebellious girls of a strict Catholic boarding school in the run up to Christmas.
Plus your correspondence, the Box office Top 10, What’s On, the Laughter Lift and much more!
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo
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TIME CODES FOR THE VANGUARD (apologies we can’t put out time codes for those who don’t subscribe as the ad times fluctuate)
12:02 The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute
17:41 Last Week’s Streamers
19:49 Box Office Top 10
33:12 The Unofficial Science of Home Alone
40:45 Laughter Lift
51:16 Le Pupille
59:48 The Way of Water
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Dec 9, 2022 • 1h 21min
Jerry Bruckheimer, Nocebo, The Silent Twins, Rimini, & Anonymous Club
What is it like to work with Tom Cruise? The legendary Hollywood producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, pays us a visit to tell all and to speak to Simon about the making of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.
Mark reviews ‘Nocebo’ - a new mystery/psychological thriller starring Eva Green and Chai Fonacier, ‘Anonymous Club,’ a documentary that gives an intimate portrayal at the life of beloved singer Courtney Barnett, ‘The Silent Twins’ - a biographical drama about the twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons, who were institutionalized following years of silence as teenagers, and ‘Rimini’ - The latest drama by Ulrich Seidl about a once famous Austrian pop singer who returns home after the death of his Mother.
12:53 Rimini Review
24:05 Box Office Top 10
38:37 Jerry Bruckheimer Interview
54:11 Anonymous Club Review
58:28 Laughter Lift
01:03:48 Nocebo Review
01:07:41 What’s On
01:08:46 Silent Twins Review
Plus your correspondence, the Box office Top 10, What’s On, the Laughter Lift and much more!
TIME CODES FOR THE VANGUARD (apologies we can’t put out time codes for those who don’t subscribe as the ad times fluctuate)
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo
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Dec 2, 2022 • 1h 22min
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses, White Noise, Nil By Mouth, Tori & Lokita, & Violent Night
Why eating nineteen bowls of noodles helped Gary Oldman get into character for Jackson Lamb – he joins Mark and Simon in the studio, fully in character for ‘Slow Horses season two’. Gary talks filming the new series, as well as the 25th anniversary of ‘Nil by Mouth.’
Mark reviews ‘White Noise’- an apocalyptic black comedy directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver and Don Cheadle, ‘Tori & Lokita,’ which tells the tale of two youngsters who are united by their shared experience of travelling alone from Africa and having to contend with the cruel conditions of their exile in Belgium, the 1997 cult classic ‘Nil By Mouth’ which has been re-released by the BFI for its 25th anniversary - written and directed by Gary Oldman, and ‘Violent Night’ - a new Christmas horror comedy – where Santa Claus is called in to rescue a wealthy family from a group of mercenaries.
Plus your correspondence, the Box office Top 10, What’s On, the Laughter Lift and much more!
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media: @KermodeandMayo
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TIME CODES FOR THE VANGUARD (apologies we can’t put out time codes for those who don’t subscribe as the ad times fluctuate)
12:30 White Noise Review
19:41 Box Office Top 10
36:01 Gary Oldman Interview
56:09 Laughter Lift
01:02:18 Tori & Lokita Reivew
01:09:35 What’s On
01:12:28 Violent Night Review
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Nov 25, 2022 • 1h 22min
Emma Thompson, Matilda the Musical, Bones and All, She Said & Pinocchio
The monstrous Miss Trunchbull is played by Dame Emma Thompson in the new musical film ‘Matilda the Musical’ - Simon talks to Dame Emma about this extraordinary role, and how Emma’s comprehensive prosthetics started at 5am each day!
Mark reviews ‘Bones and All’ - a romantic horror road film by Luca Guadagnino, starring Timothée Chalamet Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, ‘She Said’ - a biographical drama based on the 2019 book that follows the New York Times investigation that exposed Harvey Weinstein, ‘Matilda the Musical’ - based on the 1988 book by Roald Dahl with music by Tim Minchin, and the stop-motion animated ‘Pinocchio’ - a spin on the classic tale directed by Guillermo Del Toro.
Plus your correspondence, the Box office Top 10, What’s On, the Laughter Lift and much more!
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media: @KermodeandMayo
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Nov 18, 2022 • 1h 19min
Paul Mescal, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Menu, Aftersun and Armageddon Time
Simon speaks to actor Paul Mescal about his new film ‘Aftersun.’ Mark reviews black comedy horror film ‘The Menu,’ starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Holt, and Ralph Fiennes - about a young couple who visit a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant, but the chef has prepared some shocking surprises for his guests, ‘Armageddon Time’ - a personal coming of age story by James Gray - starring Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, ‘Aftersun’- the debut feature film from Charlotte Wells, about a woman reflecting on the memories of a holiday she spent with her father as a child, and ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ - detective Benoit Blanc is back solving another case, this time in sunny Greece.
Plus your correspondence, the Box office Top 10, What’s On, the Laughter Lift and much more!
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media: @KermodeandMayo
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Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 21min
Florence Pugh, Sebastián Lelio, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Crown, No Bears, A Bunch of Amateurs
Ben Bailey Smith speaks to writer/director Sebastián Lelio and actor Florence Pugh about their haunting new film ‘The Wonder.’ Mark reviews the much-anticipated ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ the first four episodes of ‘The Crown’ season five, ‘No Bears’ by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi – about two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, and ‘A Bunch of Amateurs’ – about the survival of one of one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world.
Plus your correspondence and more
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Nov 4, 2022 • 1h 11min
Aimee Lou Wood, Lena Dunham, Living, Terrifier 2, Queer for Fear
Mark and Simon are LIVE from Indigo at the O2 in Greenwich, and are joined by special guests Aimee Lou Wood (to discuss her new film ‘Living’ in which she stars alongside Bill Nighy), the director of ‘Girls’, and more recently ‘Catherine Called Birdy’; Lena Dunham comes to the stage with her husband Luis Felber who wrote the soundtrack to her latest hit film. Mark reviews ‘Living’ - about a man whose medical diagnosis inspires him to cram some fun into his life, plus some horror themed content including ‘Queer for Fear’- the new shudder docuseries that examines the history of the LGBTQ + community in the horror genre, and ‘Terrifier 2’ - about a sinister clown who terrorises a small community.
Plus your correspondence, The World Cup of Horror FINAL.
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media: @KermodeandMayo
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