Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present their annual festive opportunity to hear the best film reviews and interviews from 2019. With guests including Renée Zellweger, Taron Egerton, and reviews including Holmes and Watson, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Gemini Man and Night Hunter. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app.
Dec 25, 2019•2 hr 43 min
Director JJ Abrams talks about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Plus film reviews including Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, Guy Ritchie’s latest The Gentlemen and John Cena in Playing with Fire. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.35.27 Box Office Top 10 0...
Dec 20, 2019•2 hr 2 min
Mark Kermode reviews Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Kevin Hart in Jumanji: The Next Level. Plus reviews including yuletide-themed horror remake Black Christmas, QT8: The First Eight, a documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's directorial career and Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next wee...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney talks about his new film Citizen K. Plus film reviews including Shia Leboeuf in Honey Boy, Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm in Lucy in the Sky, Edward Norton’s neo-noir Motherless Brooklyn and Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville in Ordinary Love. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week 00.24.38 B...
Dec 06, 2019•2 hr 56 min
Ed Norton talks about his film Motherless Brooklyn. Plus film reviews including Rian Johnson’s thriller Knives Out, a reboot of Charlie’s Angels with Kristen Stewart, and biographical drama film The Two Popes directed by Fernando Meirelles. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 0.24.59 Box Office Top 10 00.42.17 Edward N...
Nov 29, 2019•2 hr 3 min
Chadwick Boseman talks about his film 21 Bridges. Plus film reviews including Suburban soccer moms in Greener Grass, Comedy Crime Drama Judy and Punch, hotly anticipated sequel Frozen II and the tale of a woman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes in Harriet. Mark Kermode also reviews Blue Story and Them That Follow. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on ...
Nov 22, 2019•2 hr 54 min
Emilia Clarke talks about Last Christmas. Plus film reviews including Christian Bale and Matt Damon in Le Mans ‘66 and Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad in comedy horror Little Monsters. Mark Kermode also reviews docudrama The Report, starring Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Tim Blake Nelson and Jon Hamm. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD...
Nov 15, 2019•2 hr 58 min
Helen Mirren talks about The Good Liar. Plus film reviews including Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Naomi Watts and Octavia Spencer in Luce. Mark Kermode also reviews Nick Hamm’s thriller Driven and Roland Emmerich’s Midway, the story of the World War II battle as told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainme...
Nov 08, 2019•2 hr 56 min
Felicity Jones talks about The Aeronauts. Plus film reviews including The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, comedy Brittany Runs a Marathon and Ken Loach’s new drama Sorry We Missed You. Mark Kermode also reviews mystery Earthquake Bird directed by Wash Westmoreland. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.29.35 Box Office T...
Nov 01, 2019•2 hr 59 min
Rebecca Ferguson talks about Dr. Sleep. Plus film reviews including animation Monos, the next instalment of the Terminator franchise, and drama The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Mark Kermode also reviews war drama film Monos directed by Alejandro Landes about a group of teenage bandits. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the...
Oct 25, 2019•2 hr 3 min
Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie talk about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Plus film reviews including A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Official Secrets and Zombieland: Double Tap. Mark Kermode also reviews The Peanut Butter Falcon, the story of a young man with Down’s Syndrome, who runs away from a residential home. Mark and Ben Bailey Smith chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a...
Oct 18, 2019•2 hr 46 min
Sienna Miller talks about American Woman. Plus film reviews including animation Abominable, new Will Smith flick Gemini Man and Chris Morris’s The Day Shall Come. Mark Kermode also reviews The King and Dolemite is My Name. Plus Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.30.46 Box Office Top 10 00.48.45 Sienna Miller Interv...
Oct 11, 2019•2 hr 4 min
Renée Zellweger talks about Judy. Plus film reviews including Judy, Joaquin Phoenix as Joker, Emily Mortimer in Good Posture and World War II drama Werewolf. Mark Kermode also reviews Ross Clarke’s The Birdcatcher and Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and War, the story of one man's cinematic vision of the 20th century and his own incredible journey through it. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst fil...
Oct 04, 2019•2 hr 1 min
Emily Mortimer talks about Good Posture. Plus your essential film reviews including Sly returning in Rambo: Last Blood, Jamie Bell as a racist skinhead in Skin, and the Donna Tartt adaptation The Goldfinch. Mark Kermode also reviews Martha Pinson’s Tomorrow, and Shola Amoo’s drama The Last Tree. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD ...
Sep 27, 2019•2 hr 53 min
Jason Isaacs talks Hotel Mumbai. Plus the only reviews of the week's films you need including Brad Pitt in Ad Astra, dramedy The Farewell, and crime drama The Kitchen. Mark Kermode also reviews a documentary about KLF frontman Bill Drummond, Best Before Death and drama Tomorrow. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitt...
Sep 20, 2019•2 hr 57 min
Hugh Bonneville talks about Downton Abbey. Plus reviews of Night Hunter, Hustler and For Sama, the UK Box Office top ten and TV Movie of the Week. Box Office Top 10 00:20:56 Hugh Bonneville Interview 00:41:00 Downton Abbey Review 00:55:32 Hustlers Review 01:04:47 For Sama Review 01:12:43 Night Hunter 01:25:10 Honeyland 01:30:37 The Shock of the Future 01:35:17 Phoenix 01:36:46 Midnight Cowboy 01:38:05 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @...
Sep 13, 2019•2 hr 49 min
James McAvoy talks about It Chapter Two. Plus reviews of A Minuscule Adventure, The Shiny Shrimps and Rojo. Plus the Box Office top ten. 00.26.15 - Top 10 00.44.21 - James McAvoy interview 00.58.58 - IT Chapter Two review 01.19.15 - A Minuscule Adventure review 01.30.04 - Rojo review 01.35.56 - Scarborough review 01.40.37 - The Shiny Shrimps review 01.43.41 - The Run review 01.45.29 - Rapid Response Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 ...
Sep 06, 2019•2 hr 51 min
Timothy Spall talks about Mrs. Lowry and Son. Plus reviews of A Million Little Pieces, The Souvenir and The Informer. Plus the Box Office top ten. Reviews: 00.26.13 Top 10 01.01.01 Mrs Lowry and Son 01.09.10 The Informer 01.12.48 The Souvenir 01.20.18 A Million Little Pieces 01.39.32 The Mustang 01.44.22 Bait 01.49.46 Seahorse Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
Aug 30, 2019•2 hr 4 min
Mark Kermode is joined by Geoff Lloyd for this week's film reviews. Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson talk about their movie A Million Little Pieces. Plus reviews of Pain And Glory, Angel has Fallen and Crawl & the UK Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Reviews: Angel Has Fallen 01.00.53 Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark 01.07.27 Aniara 01.13.28 Pain and Glory 01.26.48 Crawl 01.32.40 Hail Satan 01.36.31 A Somethin' Else production....
Aug 23, 2019•2 hr 56 min
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon to review the week's movies. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt talk about Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. Plus reviews of Uglydolls, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and JT Leroy. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
Aug 16, 2019•2 hr 52 min
Antonio Banderas talks about Pain and Glory. Plus reviews of The Playmobil Movie, Blinded by the Light and Opus Zero. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Aug 09, 2019•2 hr 42 min
Gurinder Chadha talks about Blinded by the Light. And the week's film reviews with Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey featuring The Angry Birds Movie 2, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, and Animals. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Aug 02, 2019•2 hr 38 min
Nick Frost talks about Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans. Plus reviews of The Current War, The Chambermaid and Marianne and Leonard. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Jul 26, 2019•2 hr 56 min
Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about The Lion King. Plus the Box Office Top Ten and reviews including Varda by Agnes, Tell it to the Bess and Making Noise Quietly. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
Jul 19, 2019•2 hr 17 min
Tuppence Middleton talks about The Current War. Plus reviews of Armstrong, The Dead Don't Die and Annabelle Comes Home. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Jul 12, 2019•2 hr 7 min
Will Poulter talks about Midsommar. Plus the Box Office Top Ten and reviews including Spider-Man: From Home, Ibiza: The Silent Movie and Don't Look Now. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Jul 05, 2019•2 hr 4 min
Danny Boyle and Himesh Patel talk to Simon about Yesterday. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Yesterday, In Fabric, Apollo 11 and Support The Girls. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Jun 28, 2019•2 hr 5 min
Tom Hanks talks about Toy Story 4. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Toy Story 4, Child's Play and BrightBurn. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Jun 21, 2019•2 hr 56 min
Director Asif Kapadia joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new documentary Diego Maradona. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Diego Maradona, Men In Black International, The Hummingbird Project and Sometimes Always Never. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else Production
Jun 14, 2019•2 hr 4 min
Jessica Chastain and Sophie Turner talk to Simon about X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Late Night, Gloria Bell and Dirty God. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Jun 07, 2019•2 hr 1 min