Kermode & Mayo’s Take

No interview this week, but even more witterings from your favourite duo for your trouble.

Mark gives his thoughts on new releases, including ‘Late Night with the Devil’, a found footage horror, which sees a 1977 live television broadcast go horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms; ‘Immaculate’, a Sydney Sweeney-starring horror about an American nun who heads to a convent in Italy only to discover that her new home harbours a sinister secret; and ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’, the latest instalment in the supernatural comedy franchise, which sees Ghostbusters new and old join forces to protect their home against evil forces and save the world from a second ice age.

Plus, Mark and Simon keep us abreast of the cinematic events happening around the country.

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

08:38 Late Night with the Devil review

19:25 Box Office Top 10

39:08 Immaculate review

45:56 Laughter Lift

52:01 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review

01:00:13 What’s On

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This week, the one and only Cate Blanchett joins Mark and Simon for a chat about her drama ‘The New Boy’, which follows a young Aboriginal Australia orphan, who is brought into a Christian monastery, run by a renegade nun, begin to question his faith and loyalty to his heritage.

Mark gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘Monster’, a Japanese psychological mystery thriller about a mother who confronts a teacher after noticing disturbing changes in her son’s behaviour; and ‘Drive Away Dolls’, an Ethan Coen-helmed road trip caper about two lesbian friends who get caught up in crime.

Plus, Mark and Simon keep us abreast of the cinematic events happening around the country.

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

08:23 Monster review

23:27 Box Office Top 10

37:28 Cate Blanchett interview

52:03 The New Boy review

57:23 Laughter Lift

01:02:48 Drive-Away Dolls review

01:09:23 What’s On

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This week, acclaimed director Ava DuVernay chats to Simon and Mark about ‘Origin’, her new biographical drama based on the life of the author Isabel Wilkerson who wrote the seminal book ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’, while coping with personal tragedy.

Mark also offers his thoughts on the film, as well as reviewing ‘The Inventor’, a Stephen Fry-starring animation, which imagines Leonardo da Vinci, as he leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment, study and invent freely; and ‘High and Low – John Galliano’, a documentary charting the triumphs and controversies of the legendary and controversial fashion designer.

Plus, Mark and Simon keep us abreast of the cinematic events happening around the country.

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

08:16 High & Low: John Galliano review

20:52 Box Office Top 10

32:52 Ava DuVernay interview

47:29 Origin review

54:55 Laughter Lift

01:03:42 The Inventor review

01:09:09 What’s On

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With the 2024 Academy Awards taking place on Sunday, the most trusted voices in film Mark and Simon are here to guide you through the 10 films in the running for Best Picture.  

Featuring highlights from interviews with directors Greta Gerwig, Celine Song and Jonathan Glazer, and actors Cillian Murphy (an exclusive unheard part of his chat with the pair), Emma Stone, and Jeffrey Wright. Plus Mark’s thoughts on all of the films involved.  

Timecodes for the Vanguard:  

02:36 Cillian Murphy interview (exclusive unheard part of interview) 

06:39 Oppenheimer review 

09:06 Greta Gerwig interview 

12:19 Barbie review 

15:35 Killers of the Flower Moon review 

20:07 Emma Stone and Ramy Youssef interview 

23:14 Poor Things review 

25:35 The Holdovers review 

32:54 Jonathan Glazer interview 

36:02 The Zone of Interest review 

39:16 Maestro review 

44:42 Jeffrey Wright interview 

47:22 American Fiction review 

50:20 Anatomy of a Fall review 

55:07 Celine Song interview 

58:53 Past Lives review 

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This week, acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve and renowned composer Hans Zimmer join Simon for a chat about their hotly-anticipated project, ‘Dune: Part Two’ - the next chapter in their adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi saga. 

Mark also gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘Four Daughters’, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated documentary, which mixes fact and fiction to tell the story of Olfa Hamrouni, a Tunisian woman whose two eldest daughters were radicalized by Islamic extremists; and ‘Lisa Frankenstein’, a Diablo Cody-penned comedy about a misunderstood teenager and a reanimated Victorian corpse who embark on a murderous – and romantic – journey together.  

Plus, Mark and Simon tell us about the exciting cinematic events happening around the country.   

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 

08:39 Four Daughters review 

22:19 Box Office Top 10  

34:33 Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer interview 

49:31 Dune: Part Two review 

01:00:13 Laughter Lift  

01:02:44 Lisa Frankenstein review  

01:08:38 What’s On  

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This week, director Jonathan Glazer talks to Simon about his Bafta award-winning and Oscar-nominated historical drama ‘The Zone of Interest, which follows the commandant of Auschwitz and his wife, as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house next to the camp.

Meanwhile, Mark gives his take on an array of new releases, including ‘Perfect Days’, Wim Wenders’ latest offering, which follows a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, who finds joy in the mundane, but beautiful, details of everyday life; ‘Madame Web’, Dakota Johnson’s first superhero outing, which sees her play a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance and must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead; ‘Shoshana’, Michael Winterbottom’s biographical thriller about the tragic, real life love story between Shoshana Borochov and Tom Wilkin, set against the British Mandate in Palestine; and ‘Wicked Little Lies’, a star-studded British black comedy about a real life scandal that saw residents of a quaint Sussex town receive letters filled with obscenities and hilarious profanity.

Plus, Mark and Simon tell us about your own cinematic events happening around the country.

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

12:29 Perfect Days review

23:46 Box Office Top 10

29:48 Madame Web review

37:00 Jonathan Glazer interview

53:43 Shoshana review

01:03:49 What’s On

01:04:47 Wicked Little Letters review

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Happy Valentine’s! Sit back and enjoy our latest episode – a gift to all film lovers. This week, director Michael Winterbottom talks to Simon about his new biographical thriller ‘Shoshana’, which follows the tragic real life love story between Shoshana Borochov and Tom Wilkin, set against the British Mandate in Palestine.

Mark will be reviewing ‘Shoshana’ next week, but, in the meantime, gives his take on various other new releases, including ‘Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son’, a documentary in which filmmaker Lorna Tucker returns to her former haunts and speaks to current and former homeless people about why, 25 years on, record numbers of people are still reduced to living on Britain’s streets; ‘Bob Marley: One Love’, a biopic exploring the life and struggles of the legendary reggae musician and activist; and ‘The Taste of Things’, a romantic drama which follows the relationship between a cook, played by Juliette Binoche, and the gourmet she works for - an apt cinematic treat for this Valentine’s week.

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

08:05 Somone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son review

19:59 Box Office Top 10

37:26 Michael Winterbottom interview

52:42 Bob Marley: One Love review

01:00:11 Laughter Lift

01:04:48 The Taste of Things review

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This week, Steve McQueen and his wife, historian, filmmaker and producer Bianca Stigter, are in the studio to chat with Simon about ‘Occupied City’, their four-hour documentary about the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam from 1940-45, which is based on Stigter’s book on the subject.

Mark gives his thoughts on the film, along with reviewing ‘Your Fat Friend’, a documentary that charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger to NYTimes best-selling author and podcaster, whose goal is to shift the way we see fat people in the world and the fat on our own bodies; and ‘The Iron Claw’, the Zac Efron-starring true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.

Plus, we find out about the exciting cinematic events happening around the UK.

Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

08:44 Your Fat Friend review

19:00 Box Office Top 10

34:00 Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter interview

49:32 Occupied City review

59:03 Laughter Lift

01:01:49 The Iron Claw review

01:08:00 What’s On

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It’s a bumper week for (lauded) guests! Simon chats to Jeffrey Wright about his Oscar-nominated role in ‘American Fiction’, which tells the story of a Black novelist, frustrated with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes, who uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, only to find himself at the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain; and both Simon and Mark talk to Cillian Murphy about his Oscar-nominated turn as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s eponymous biopic.  

Mark gives his thoughts on ‘American Fiction’, along with reviewing Jonathan Glazer’s historical drama ‘The Zone of Interest’, which follows the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp; and ‘Argylle’, a star-studded spy action-comedy about a reclusive author who writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent on a mission to unravel a global spy syndicate only to find that the plots of her books are starting to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organisation.  

A very glitzy week for you! 

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 

08:15 The Zone of Interest review 

22:13 Box Office Top 10 

31:29 Jeffrey Wright interview 

45:47 American Fiction review 

53:41 Laughter Lift 

55:44 Cillian Murphy interview 

01:07:52 Argylle review 

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This week, Simon sits down for a thoughtful and moving chat with director Andrew Haigh about his new Bafta-nominated drama ‘All of Us Strangers’, which sees Andrew Scott play a lonely screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home, where his parents appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died 30 years ago.

Mark also gives his take on the film, as well reviewing ‘Baghead’, a horror in which a young woman discovers the pub she’s inherited is home to a 400-year-old she-devil; and ‘The Color Purple’, the second adaptation of Alice Walker’s classic novel, which tells the story of Celie, an African American woman living in the American South during the early 1900s.

Plus, it’s awards season! The duo give their thoughts on who was – and wasn’t, ahem - nominated at this year’s Oscars.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

10:55 Baghead review

23:24 Box Office Top 10

35:44 Andrew Haigh interview

50:54 All of Us Strangers review

57:10 Laughter Lift

59:18 The Color Purple review

01:06:16 What’s On

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This week, the one and only Daniel Kaluuya is in the studio and ready to chat with Mark and Simon about his dystopian directorial debut – co-directed with his longtime friend and collaborator Kibwe Tavares - ‘The Kitchen’, which sees a funeral-service worker looking for a way out of the chaotic housing block of the title.  

Mark also offers up his critical perspective on the film, as well as reviewing ‘The End Where We Start From’, a Jodie Comer-starring drama about a woman trying to find her way home with her newborn as an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters; and ‘The Holdovers’, Alexander Payne’s latest, which sees Paul Giamatti play a curmudgeonly teacher at a New England school, who remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students only to form an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker and the school’s head cook.  

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 

09:50 The End We Start From review 

21:13 Box Office Top 10 

38:28 Daniel Kaluuya interview 

57:32 The Kitchen review 

01:00:32 The Laughter Lift  

01:03:15 The Holdovers review 

01:09:43 What’s On

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OK, now we are really back! Mark and Simon are firmly back in their seats and ready to shepherd you through a new year in cinema.

This week, Simon sits down with Emma Stone and Ramy Youssef to discuss their roles in Yorgos Lanthimos’ wild new science fantasy black comedy ‘Poor Things’, which tells the story of a young woman in Victorian London, who, after being crudely resurrected by a scientist following her suicide, runs off with a debauched lawyer to embark on an odyssey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.

Mark also offers his thoughts on the film, as well as reviewing ‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’, a documentary narrated by Dakota Johnson, which follows the life of American-born German sex educator and feminist Shere Hite; and the George Clooney-helmed ‘The Boys in the Boat’, a biographical sports drama about the University of Washington rowing team that represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

08:39 The Disappearance Of Shere Hite review

17:44 Box Office Top 10

33:41 Interview with Emma Stone and Ramy Youssef

49:43 Poor Things review

58:21 Laughter Lift

01:02:37 The Boys in the Boat revew

01:08:53 What’s On

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We’re back! Well kind of. This week, Robbie Collin and Rhianna Dhillon are filling in for Mark and Simon, who are still recovering from their completely raucous New Year celebrations.

Rhianna chats to director James Hawes about his new war drama ‘One Life’, which sees both Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn star as humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who is known for his role in rescuing Jewish children during the Holocaust.

Robbie gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘Night Swim’, a horror about a haunted swimming pool – yes, you read that right, a haunted swimming pool; and ‘Good Grief’, the directorial debut of Dan Levy of Schitt’s Creek fame, which follows an artist who takes his two best friends on a trip to Paris after the death of his famous writer husband.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!):

03:07 Night Swim review

15:52 Box Office Top 10

35:01 James Hawes interview

50:04 One Life review

54:58 Laughter Lift

59:29 Good Grief review

01:07:18 What’s On

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This week sees Mark review ‘Raging Grace’, a social issue drama-come-gothic horror about a Filipino single mother working in a sinister British family mansion; ‘Priscilla’, Sofia Coppola’s adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir about her complicated relationship with music icon Elvis Presley; and ‘Scala!!!’, a documentary telling the riotous story of the famed London cinema, which inspired a generation during Britain’s turbulent Thatcher years.

Plus, Mark talks us through his best and worst films of 2023. You’re welcome!

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10:36 Raging Grace review

21:16 Priscilla review

31:30 Scala!!! review

41:32 Mark’s Top 5 and Bottom 5 Films of 2023

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It’s Christmas! This week, Simon chats to Zack Snyder about his new space opera ‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire’, which sees an ex-soldier search for allies to help defend her home when it is threatened by the cruel ruling Imperium.

Mark gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘The Boy and the Heron’, the long-awaited and apparently final film from legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, which follows a 12-year-old boy, who, after speaking to a talking heron, journeys into another world to search for his mother, who he believed to be dead; and ‘Ferrari’, Michael Mann’s 30-years-in-the-making passion project, a biographical sports drama about  Enzo Ferrari, who founded the iconic Italian car company.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free):

11:35 The Boy and the Heron Review

20:08 Box Office Top Ten

31:53 Zack Snyder Interview

49:00 Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire Review

57:36 Laughter Lift

01:05:14 Ferrari Review

01:13:00 What’s On

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This week sees Mark and Simon chat to director, writer and producer Taika Waititi and American Samoan footballer Jaiyah Saelua about ‘Next Goal Wins’, a sports comedy-drama based on the documentary of the same name, which chronicles the national team of American Samoa as they try to recover from the indignity of the worst loss in international football history and attempt to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Mark also offers up his thoughts on the film, along with reviewing ‘What Happens Later’, a romantic comedy that marks Meg Ryan’s second outing as director, and sees her star alongside David Duchovny as ex-lovers that get snowed-in at a regional airport; ‘The Three Musketeers: Milady’, an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel, which sees D’Artagnan embark on a frantic quest to save the woman he loves, joining forces with the mysterious Milady de Winter in the process; and ‘Godzilla Minus One’, a Japanese-language addition to the Godzilla franchise, which sees a post war Japan faced with a new crisis in the form of a giant monster, baptised in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

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08:32 What Happens Later Review

17:41 Box Office Top Ten

28:20 Taika Waititi and Jaiyah Saelua Interview

44:21 Next Goal Wins Review

49:45 Laughter Lift

56:01 The Three Musketeers: Milady Review

59:34 Godzilla Minus One Review

01:08:18 What’s On

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Simon sits down with director and screenwriter Paul King and screenwriter Simon Farnaby to discuss their new Timothée Chalamet-starring Christmas blockbuster, ‘Wonka’, which is a prequel to the Roald Dahl children’s classic ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.

Mark gives his take on the film, along with reviewing ‘Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain’, the Saturday Night Live trio’s first comedy feature about a three childhood friends who realise they don’t like their life trajectory and so set off to find the treasure that is rumoured to be buried in a nearby mountain; and ‘Leave the World Behind’, Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail’s star-studded psychological thriller – and adaptation of the novel of the same – which sees a family’s Long Island vacation interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout.

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09:44 Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Review

18:45 Box Office Top Ten

35:05 Simon Farnaby and Paul King Interview

51:05 Wonka Review

01:00:19 Laughter Lift

01:04:05 Leave the World Behind Review

01:13:38 What’s On

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It’s another bumper week for guests: Simon and Mark chat to their fave “gorgeous George” Mackay about his new psychosexual noir ‘Femme’, which sees a man who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack seek revenge on one of his attackers, played by Mackay. They also say hello to Jason Isaacs, who is here in the studio to chew the fat and discuss his turn as Hollywood legend Cary Grant in the ITV miniseries ‘Archie’.

Mark gives his thoughts on both, along with reviewing ‘Eileen’, an adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s best-selling, psychological-thriller novel about a shy young woman working at a prison when a captivating, glamorous counsellor, played by Anne Hathaway, and helps her access new facets of her personality, but may be drawing her into something more dangerous - Hathaway described it as ‘Carol’ meets ‘Reservoir Dogs’.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

06:54 Eileen review

15:55 Box Office Top Ten

27:36 Jasson Isaacs interview

51:24 Laughter Lift

54:41 George MacKay interview

01:11:49 Femme review

01:15:35 What’s On

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Strap in for a bumper week of interviews: Simon sits down for an entertaining chat with Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby to discuss their turns in Ridley Scott’s new epic, ‘Napoleon’, which looks at the military commander’s origins and ruthless climb to emperor through the prism of his volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine; and both Simon and Mark talk to Jodie Whittaker about her new Australian-set series ‘One Night’, which follows three friends whose friendship was destroyed by a traumatic event 20 years prior.

Mark gives his thoughts on both, along with reviewing Joanna Hogg’s latest offering, ‘The Eternal Daughter’, a gothic mystery drama, which stars long-time collaborator Tilda Swinton in a double role, playing both a middle-aged filmmaker and her elderly mother who are guests at a mysterious hotel.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

06:26 The Eternal Daughter review

16:37 Box Office Top Ten

29:45 Jodie Whittaker interview

46:36 One Night review

51:26 Laughter Lift

54:44 Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby interview

01:09:58 Napoleon review

01:19:25 What’s On

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Simon meets director Todd Haynes to discuss his thorny, new offering ‘May December’, which stars the powerhouse duo of Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, and tells the story of a seemingly perfect married couple’s marriage buckling under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their notorious tabloid romance twenty years prior.

Mark also weighs in on the film, along with giving his thoughts on ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’, the latest instalment of the dystopian kids franchise, which sees Rachel Zegler star as a defiant female tribute from the impoverished District 12; ‘The Marvels’, the second instalment for Brie Larson’s titular superhero Captain, which sees Carol Danvers get her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe; and ‘Saltburn’, Emerald Fennell’s class-skewering psychological thriller, which she was on the show to talk about last week.

Plus, Mark and Simon take us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.

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09:53 Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Review

21:55 Box Office Top Ten

30:37 The Marvels Review

35:43 Todd Haynes Interview

56:26 Laughter Lift

01:00:15 Salburn Review

01:11:44 What's On

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Simon sits down with actor-writer-director Emerald Fennell to discuss her new, star-studded, class-skewering, psychological thriller ‘Saltburn’, which sees an Oxford scholarship student drawn into the world of a charming aristocrat when he invites him to his family’s sprawling country estate.  

Mark reviews ‘The Automat’, a Mel Brooks-fronted documentary centered on the vending machine popularised in the 20th Century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery; ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, the Palme d’Or winning crime thriller about the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband in their remote chalet in the French Alps; ‘Dream Scenario’, a surreal comedy about a hapless family man, played by Nicolas Cage, who finds his life upended when millions of strangers start seeing him in their dreams.  

Plus, Mark and Simon take us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.  

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!): 

09:15 The Automat Review 

20:48 Box Office Top Ten  

36:56 Emerald Fennell Interview 

52:35 Laughter Lift 

55:18 Anatomy of a Fall Review 

01:03:38 Dream Scenario Review 

01:12:06 What's On 

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This week, Simon sits down with the brilliant and always-interesting Gabriel Byrne for a philosophical chat about his turn as the legendary Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in ‘Dance First’, James Marsh’s experimental biographical drama. Their conversation is so good, there’s more of it in Take 2!

Mark also gives his thoughts on the film, as well as reviewing ‘How To Have Sex’, cinematographer-turned director Molly Manning Walker's Cannes-winning feature debut about  a group of teen girls’ rite-of-passage first holiday to Malia; ‘Bottoms’, the Young Hollywood-packed second feature from director Emma Seligman, which follows two unpopular queer high school students as they start a fight club in a bid to have sex before graduation; and ‘The Killer’, David Fincher’s latest offering starring Michael Fassbender as a – you guessed it – contract killer with a growing conscience.

Plus, Mark and Simon take us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.

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11:12 How To Have Sex Review

21:24 Box Office Top Ten

32:55 Gabriel Byrne Interview

46:50 Dance First Review

52:09 Laughter Lift

57:52 Bottoms Review

01:04:27 The Killer Review

01:11:46 What's On

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This week, certified film royalty is in the studio! Mark and Simon sit down with Martin Scorsese’s legendary film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, who is here to discuss restoring her late husband director Michael Powell’s equally legendary body of work as part of the iconic filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger. She also talks about her own work with Scorsese. A must listen!

Mark reviews the restoration of the Powell and Pressburger classic ‘Peeping Tom’, a psychological horror about a filmmaker who murders women and records their dying moments; ‘Typist Artist Pirate King’, director Carol Morley’s warm and sympathetic fictionalised portrait of the late “avant-garde and misunderstood” artist Audrey Amiss; ‘Cat Person’, a darkly comic psychological thriller about a college student who goes on an awkward date with an older man who may be a murderer, based on Kristen Roupenian’s viral New Yorker short story of the same name; and ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s, a supernatural horror inspired by the indie video game of the same name, which sees a troubled security guard menaced by creepy, animatronic, funhouse animals.

Plus, the duo takes us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

10:38 Typist Artist Pirate King Review

22:27 Box Office Top Ten

35:45 Thelma Schoonmaker Interview

53:32 Laughter Lift

58:06 Cat Person Review

01:04:56 Five Nights At Freddy’s Review

01:10:17 What's On

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Tristan Redman is a journalist who doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom – weirder than normal. When, years later, he discovers subsequent occupants of his family home were haunted by the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s curious. Because by a strange coincidence, it just so happens that the house Tristan grew up in is right next door to a murder scene - where his wife’s great grandmother was killed by two gunshots to the face. Could there be a connection? Tristan decides to investigate and soon finds himself where no son-in-law should ever be: delving deep into his wife’s family history, asking questions no one wants answered. Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios present Ghost Story — a seven-part podcast series about family secrets, overwhelming coincidences and the things that come back to haunt us.

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Simon may be back in the studio, but this week Mark steps into the interviewer’s chair. He sits down with legendary documentarian Errol Morris to discuss his new film about the storied life and career of the equally legendary spy novelist, John le Carré.

Mark also gives his take on ‘Foe’, a psychological sci-fi starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as a married couple conscripted into an off-planet settlement program; and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Martin Scorsese’s epic Western crime drama set in 1920s Oklahoma, which centres on the serial murder of members of the oil-rich Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.

Plus our favourite duo takes us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

11:19 Foe Review

20:53 Box Office Top Ten

36:20 Errol Morris Interview

48:56 The Pigeon Tunnel Review

54:17 Laughter Lift

58:54 Killers of the Flower Moon Review

01:08:48 What's On

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This week, Mark hosts the show alongside Take fave Ben Bailey-Smith. Ben sits down with one of Hollywood’s finest actresses Laura Linney to discuss her sentimental comedy-drama ‘The Miracle Club’, which follows a group of Dublin women in 1960’s Ireland as they embark on a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Mark offers his own thoughts on the film, while also giving his take on ‘Blackberry’, a Glenn Howerton-starring biographical drama about the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone; ‘Silver Dollar Road’, Raoul Peck’s latest documentary about a Black family’s decades-long legal fight to maintain ownership of their coastal property in North Carolina; and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, a Mike Flanagan-helmed Netflix horror miniseries loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story of the same name.

Mark and Ben also take us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

09:37 Silver Dollar Road Review

18:12 Box Office Top Ten

20:17 Blackberry Mini Review

34:49 Laura Linney Interview

49:12 The Miracle Club Review

55:23 Laughter Lift

01:04:34 Fall Of the House of Usher Review

01:09:47 What's On

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This week, Simon sits down with director Gareth Edwards to talk about his new AI-centred sci-fi action thriller epic, ‘The Creator’. Mark reviewed this last week.

Other films Mark gives his takes on include ‘The Exorcist: Believer’, the sixth instalment of the horror franchise, which sees Hollywood icon Ellen Burstyn reprise her role from the original film; ‘The Burial’, a Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones-helmed legal drama about a lawyer who helps a funeral home-owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth; and ‘The Great Escaper’, which sees a World War 2 veteran, played by Michael Caine, escape from his care home to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.

Our dynamic duo also takes us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

09:59 The Great Escaper Review

20:59 Box Office Top Ten

30:50 Gareth Edwards Interview

49:00 The Burial Review

52:59 Laughter Lift

56:53 The Exorcist: Believer Review

01:06:06 What's On

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This week’s episode sees Simon interview director Craig Gillespie, to discuss his film 'Dumb Money’, which is based on the true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop(!) into the world's hottest company. Mark reviewed this in full last week.

Other films Mark reviews include ‘The Creator’ - set against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with AI, a former soldier finds a secret weapon, which turns out to be a robot in the form of a child. Plus ‘Saw X’, where John is back; he travels to Mexico for a risky, experimental medical procedure in the hopes of a miracle cure for cancer... only to discover the entire operation is a scam.

Obviously they also cover the Box Office Top 10, plus it’s a bumper episode for What’s On.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

09:46 The Creator Review

20:19 Box Office Top Ten

38:15 Craig Gillespie Interview

58:04 Laughter Lift

01:03:08 Saw X Review

01:11:25 What's On

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The smash-hit interview podcast Out To Lunch is out now, with a sparkly new host on dining duty: the much loved British actor, comedian and writer Ade Edmondson.

Ade takes guests such as Chrissie Hynde, Reece Shearsmith, Tony Visconti, Daisy Haggard and Ed Byrne to a top restaurant whilst you get to hear the witty and wonderous conversation. It’s like you’re sat at the table next to us.

After breaking into the comedy circuit in the 1980s, Edmondson starred in countless British films and TV shows, including seminal comedy The Young Ones and alongside his wife, Jennifer Saunders as part of the legendary Comic Strip Presents. Ade’s more recent projects include Rain Dogs with Daisy May Cooper, Back to Life with Daisy Haggard and as Captain Peavey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Having won Celebrity MasterChef and 'star baker' in The Great Sports Relief Bake Off, Ade will leave the cooking to the professionals...

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More Mark, more Simon, more mindless natter – and some movie reviews for good measure!

This week’s episode sees Simon sit down with director and Take diehard Alice Troughton, who’s in the studio to discuss her film debut ‘The Lesson’, a mystery-thriller about an aspiring young writer who accepts a tutoring position at the estate of his literary idol only to become ensnared in a web of family secrets.

Mark also offers his thoughts on the film, along with reviewing ‘Dumb Money’, Craig Gillespie’s star-studded dramatisation of the David-and-Goliath, real events, which saw a group of savvy Redditors game the stock market, making a mall video game store the world’s hottest company in the process; and ‘Expend4bles’, the fourth instalment of the Stallone and Statham-helmed franchise, which sees the team assigned to stop a terrorist organisation smuggling nuclear warheads that will ignite a conflict between Russia and the US. High-octane indeed.

The Box Office Top 10 and What’s On are covered as usual.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

11:36 Dumb Money Review

22:38 Box Office Top Ten

35:29 Alice Troughton Interview

52:11 The Lesson Review

58:44 Laughter Lift

01:00:17 What's On

01:05:00 Expend4bles Review

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Don’t worry, Mark and Simon are back for good! This week’s episode sees Simon sit down with the humble and delightful Timothy Spall, who is in the studio to discuss his new film ‘Bolan’s Shoes’, a melodrama about the enduring legacy of childhood trauma and the deep bonds of sibling love set to the music of the film’s namesake, T-Rex's Mark Bolan.

Our own iconic Mark also offers his thoughts on the film, along with reviewing ‘A Haunting in Venice’, Kenneth Brannagh’s stab at a Poirot murder-mystery, which sees the famous detective investigating a murder while attending a Halloween séance at a haunted palazzo in Venice, and ‘Brother’, a Canadian drama about the sons of Caribbean immigrants dealing with issues of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto’s early hip-hop scene.

The Box Office Top 10 and What’s On are covered as usual.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

08:54 Brother Review

21:31 Box Office Top Ten

35:22 Timothy Spall Interview

50:30 Bolan’s Shoes Review

58:27 Laughter Lift

01:01:05 Haunting in Venice Review

01:08:39 What's On

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Mark and Simon are finally back on land, having abandoned their canalboat somewhere near Slough, and, more importantly, Celine Song is in the studio to discuss her soulful debut feature ‘Past Lives’. The film is her directorial debut, and sees two deeply connected childhood friends reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life.

Plus, Mark reviews two new sequels, ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’, the Portokalos gang’s latest outing directed by lead actress Nia Vardalos; and ‘The Nun 2’, which sees Sister Irene once again come face to face with the demonic force that plagued her four years ago.

The Box Office Top 10 and What’s On are covered as always.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

13:02 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Review

22:33 Box Office Top Ten

40:54 Celine Song Interview

57:13 Past Lives Review

01:03:17 Laughter Lift

01:07:52 The Nun 2

01:14:32 What's On

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With Mark and Simon still having the time of their lives at sea, Anna Bogutskaya and Rhianna Dhillon are back to warm their seats with some sizzling, cinematic takes.

Say a prayer to the cinematic powers that be because this week is a bumper week for interviews. Rhianna sits down with not one but two - yes two! - brilliant directors, Antoine Fuqua and Ira Sachs, to talk about their respective new films, ‘The Equalizer 3’, the final outing for Denzel Washington’s violent vigilante Robert McCall, and ‘Passages’, which sees a gay couple’s marriage thrown into crisis when one of them impulsively begins a passionate affair with a young woman. While we don’t have time to include the interviews in their entirety in Take 1, you can listen to the rest of them in Take 2.

Anna jumps in to offer her thoughts on both, as well as reviewing ’Sound of Freedom’, the controversial, Q-Anon and Donald Trump-endorsed, Jim Caviezel-starring action film about a former US government agent who embarks on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

00:04:14 Ira Sachs Interview

00:17:01 Passages Review

00:24:49 Box Office Top 10

00:38:04 Antoine Fuqua Interview

00:48:23 The Equalizer 3 Review

00:57:37 Laughter Lift

00:59:24 Sound of Freedom Review

01:13:18 What’s On

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With Mark deciding he simply hasn’t had enough of the UK’s waterways and heading back out to join Simon, Robbie Collin and James King are stepping in to co-captain The Take podcasting vessel.  

James sits down with the funny and philosophical French writer, director and actor, Louis Garrel, to discuss his latest film ‘The Innocent’, a comedy-heist-come-family-farce that’s far more personal than you’d first think.   

Robbie reviews ‘Scrapper’, a sunny, imaginative kitchen-sink drama starring Harris Dickinson; and ‘Theater Camp’, a Young Hollywood-packed comedy about the eccentric staff of a rundown theatre camp, who band together with the beloved founder’s crypto-bro son in an attempt to keep it afloat. 

All in all, a great week in movie going.   

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!): 

11:43 Scrapper review 

24:31 Box Office Top 10 

40:00 Louis Garrel interview 

56:53 The Innocent review 

1:02:10 Laughter Lift 

1:05:20 Theatre Camp review 

1:13:41 What’s On 

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This week sees Mark holding down the fort with fellow professional film watcher Robbie Collin.  

In a special twist, both Mark and Robbie sit down for a brilliant conversation with British-acting-legend-in-the-making Harris Dickinson to discuss his sunny, new, kitchen-sink drama, ‘Scrapper’. 

They also debate the merits of ‘Strays’, an R-rated comedy featuring the voices of Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher and Will Ferrell, who play a motley crew of stray dogs, who team up to get revenge on one of their owners; ‘Lie With Me’, a thoughtful French film about an author who, on returning to his hometown for the first time in decades, meets the son of his first love; and ‘Blue Beetle’, DC’s latest offering, which sees an alien scarab choose a young, college graduate to be its symbiotic host, bestowing him with a suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers.  

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!): 

06:46 Lie With Me Review 

15:44 Box Office Top 10 

33:33 Harris Dickinson Interview 

52:47 Strays Review 

58:32 Laughter Lift 

01:02:44 Blue Beetle Review 

01:09:08 What's On 

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With Simon still chugging along on the UK’s glorious waterways, beloved actor and Take fave Sanjeev Bhaskar steps in to chat nonsense – ahem, review films - with Mark.

Sanjeev speaks with director Neill Blomkamp about his new stranger-than-fiction biographical sports drama ‘Gran Turismo’, covering everything from Blomkamp’s motivations for making the film to the challenges of shooting in a moving race car - or as the directors puts it, a “motion sickness, nausea machine”.

Mark offers his thoughts on Blomkamp’s new film, which sees a young man win an opportunity to become a real racing driver because of his prowess playing the Gran Turismo video game.

He also reviews ‘Haunted Mansion’, a star-studded remake of the Eddie Murphy-helmed 2003 supernatural comedy of the same name, which sees Rosario Dawson and Lakeith Stanfield take the spooky baton; and ‘Meg 2: The Trench’, indie director Ben Wheatley’s stab at a sequel for the arguably soon-to-be-cult-classic prehistoric shark franchise.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

14:13 Haunted Mansion Review

23:38 Box Office top 10

41:13 Neill Blomkamp Interview

55:57 Gran Turismo Review

01:01:03 Laughter lift

01:03:53 Meg 2: The Trench Review

01:14:02 What’s On

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BBC’s ‘Ghosts’ - we explore them further. We also ask if Homer Simpson is abusive and we answer your questions in this special bonus edition.

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With Mark and Simon on their rip-roaring canal cruise, this week’s episode sees favorites Rhianna Dhillon and Anna Bogutskaya take the helm of the good Take ship.

Rhianna speaks to writer and director Nicole Holofcener about her new film ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ - her view on drafting the script and how she takes feedback...

Rhianna and Anna also review ‘Heartstopper’ Season 2, a Netflix series about two teens Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) who are in the midst of navigating school and young love; ‘Joy Ride’ an outrageous raunchy comedy starring Ashley Park, directed by Adele Lim; plus ‘You Hurt My Feelings’, where a novelist's long-standing marriage suddenly turns upside down when she overhears her husband give his honest reaction to her latest book.

Rhianna and Anna are subjected to this week’s Laughter Lift, and wade through plenty of Box Office Top 10 correspondence!

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

08:56:01 Heartstopper Review

20:10:01 Box Office top 10

42:56:01 Nicole Holofcener Interview

55:59:01 You Hurt My Feelings Review

01:02:56:01 Laughter lift

01:04:46:01 Joyride Review

01:12:22:25 What’s On

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Ben’s close encounter with an obsessive fan. Plus we ask why writers create good-looking psychopaths and we explore your character suggestions in this special bonus edition.

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With Mark and Simon setting off on their rip-roaring canal cruise, this week’s episode sees favourites Rhianna Dhillon and Anna Bogutskaya take the helm of the good ship Take.

Rhianna chats to SAG Executive Vice President Ben Whitehair to find out more about the strikes, including what actors are fighting for and the wider implications for the industry.

Anna reviews ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’, the star-studded, Seth Rogen co-penned, computer-animated superhero outing, which sees the iconic Turtles set out to be accepted as normal teenagers through acts of heroism; ‘The Beanie Bubble’, a comedy drama about the meteoric rise in popularity of Beanie Babies soft toys; and ‘Talk To Me’, a freaky Australian horror about a young woman who becomes embroiled with the supernatural following a séance with an embalmed hand.

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

13:58 The Bear Season 2 Review

23:14 Box Office Top 10

38:19 Greta Gerwig Interview

53:10 Barbie Review

01:01:42 Laughter Lift

01:03:32 Oppenheimer Review

01:14:05 What’s On

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As Season 2 hits our screens, we reflect on the recipe that had everyone crying into their dinner, how Carmy and Ritchie approach grief differently and how advice from a Vietnamese Buddist Monk can be applied to a professional kitchen.

The Bear is available to watch on Disney Plus. As ever, adult issues, language and spoilers will be sprinkled liberally throughout the show.

If you want to catch the BBC show that Ben is in (as mentioned): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0fvlpf9/the-sixth-commandment

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The humanity in growing old. Mattel's uncomfortable history. The undeniability of Ryan Gosling. This week’s episode sees Simon discuss all things ‘Barbie’, already one of the hottest – and pinkest – films of the year, with its wonderfully thoughtful co-writer and director Greta Gerwig.

And if that’s not enough, Mark reviews the other big-hitter of the summer, ‘Oppenheimer’, Christopher Nolan’s epic biographical thriller about the scientist who developed the atomic bomb; and the second season of ‘The Bear’, Christopher Storer’s dynamic, heart-filled kitchen comedy, which sees the chefs at The Beef prepare to reopen as a high-end restaurant.

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

13:58 The Bear Season 2 Review

23:14 Box Office Top 10

38:19 Greta Gerwig Interview

53:10 Barbie Review

01:01:42 Laughter Lift

01:03:32 Oppenheimer Review

01:14:05 What’s On

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You’d think someone with two therapist parents would be golden. Why Otis is scared of sex. Plus what’s worse, having a parent who is strict or a smotherer? We look at what it’s like for the rest of the boys such as Eric, Adam and Jackson in the second of this two-parter on the hugely popular Netflix show.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode: For the UK, call SAMARITANS on 116 123 samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan.

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The terror of wondering whether Tom Cruise has died. Writing the rulebook for shooting in a pandemic. The artistic mediocrity of AI. Even more Tom Cruise! This week’s episode sees Simon sit down for a chat with another iconic Simon, the brilliant Simon Pegg, who has once again strapped on his harness to join the Mission Impossible crew for its seventh stunt-filled, death-defying outing.

Mark reviews ‘Medusa’, a drama about a young woman who leads a vigilante girl gang enforcing Christian standards in Brazil; ‘Squaring the Circle’, a documentary about the creative team responsible for some of the most iconic album artwork of all time; and ‘While We Watched’, a turbulent newsroom documentary that intimately chronicles the working life of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar, who risks his life to tell the truth about India today.

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

10:05 Name me Lawand review

23:41 Box Office Top 10

38:38 Peter Sohn interview

53:25 Elemental review

57:29 Laughter Lift

00:31 Mission Impossible review

01:14:22 What’s on

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What it’s like being called a ‘cock-biter’ - how Maeve is misunderstood and underestimated. Plus revenge porn, toxic friendships and fears or fascination around sex. In this two parter: we look at the girls first and what they face growing up in this hugely popular Netflix show.

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An emotional interview with Pixar director and voice over, Peter Sohn, about his latest film ‘Elemental’. During the interview Peter opens up to Simon about why this film is particularly close to his heart.

Mark reviews the seventh film in the Mission Impossible franchise, ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell and Rebecca Ferguson, plus a new heartfelt documentary ‘Name Me Lawand’, which shows us the world from the point of view of a migrant whose life was transformed by a school for the deaf in the UK.

Plus Mark and Simon cover this week’s Box Office Top 10, What's On and the ever-hilarious laughter lift.

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

10:05 Name me Lawand review

23:41 Box Office Top 10

38:38 Peter Sohn interview

53:25 Elemental review

57:29 Laughter Lift

00:31 Mission Impossible review

01:14:22 What’s on

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Emotional contagion in gang culture is not the only issue driving this week's client. Does compartmentalising ruthless work and being a caregiver have ill effects? We delve into how grief can drive reckless decision-making to become Top Boy.

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‘Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a modern creative force’ who keeps Harrison Ford on his toes, according to director James Mangold, who has just directed the fifth film in the Indiana Jones franchise, ‘Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny’.

Simon is remote from Denmark, so Mark takes the reins on this week’s interview, in which they discuss the genius of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and agree Toby Jones can do no wrong whilst talking about working with Harrison Ford...

Mark reviews ‘Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny’, plus Isabelle Huppert’s new French thriller ‘La Syndicaliste’ and this week’s Box Office Top 10, in a slightly shorter than usual episode, as Mayo has to catch a plane.

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

13:52 La Syndicaliste

19:24 Box Office Top 10

30:33 James Mangold Interview

45:56 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

EVERYTHING ELSE IN TAKE 2 THIS WEEK

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The difference between personality types: Feeler or Dealer. Plus why Mitch is so desperate to be one of the crowd and Cam wants to stand outside of it. We explore two of our favourite characters in more detail.

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Work experience with Kenneth Branagh. A guardian angel dance troupe. The Simon Mayo cameo that could have been. This week’s episode features an interview with Aisling Bea and Lara McDonnell, who star as the younger and older iterations of the lead character in ‘Greatest Days’, a jukebox musical featuring the hits of Take That.

Mark reviews ‘No Hard Feelings’, Jennifer Lawrence’s new, R-rated, coming-of-age sex comedy; ‘Nimona’, a computer-animated fantasy featuring the voices of Riz Ahmed and Chloë Grace Moretz, which sees a knight and a scrappy shapeshifting teen team up to prove the former’s innocence after he is accused of a crime he did not commit; and ‘Asteroid City’, Wes Anderson’s latest star-studded outing set at a stargazing convention in a retro-futuristic version of 1955.

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

09:33 No Hard Feelings review

20:47 Box Office Top 10

32:55 Aisling Bea and Lara McDonnell

51:14 Nimona review

56:55 Laughter Lift

01:03:36 Asteroid City review

01:11:40 What’s On

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