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Join Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo for your essential film and premium TV reviews, interviews and conversation 🍿
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🎬 Brand new Take out now—and it's IRL!
Don't miss the Good Doctors in the flesh 👓👓

+Sir Daniel Day-Lewis and his son & director Ronan Day-Lewis on ANEMONE 🌼

Reviews🍿
👶 DIE MY LOVE
🎼 THE CHORAL
💥 PREDATOR: BADLANDS

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWdAeoKJhA
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Has Mark been banged up?! 🔒🗝️

Find out why he's seen the inside of the slammer in the latest Take 🎬

+ Reviews of
👽 BUGONIA
☎️ RELAY
🕵️‍♂️ DOWN CEMETERY ROAD with special guest Ruth Wilson 🤩

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Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRM...
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Is Emma Stone an alien though? 👽🤔

Check out Mark's full BUGONIA review in this week's brand new Take 🎬

+ Ruth Wilson on DOWN CEMETERY ROAD 🤩

🍿 More movie review madness & top quality nonsense 💯

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📺 Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRM...
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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REGRETTING YOU... Sounds like Mark's regretting watching it 🫣

🚨 Rant radar flashing 🚨

Don't miss his full review in the latest Take
+ SPRINGSTEEN 🎸
& THE MASTERMIND 🖼️ with Josh O'Connor & Kelly Reichardt 🤩

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October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Does THE MASTERMIND pull it off? 🖼️

🎬 Check out this week's new Take for Mark's verdict + special guests Josh O'Connor & Kelly Reichardt 🤩

+ More reviews of
🎸 SPRINGSTEEN
💔 REGRETTING YOU
🖍️ SKETCH
& more 🍿

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Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXT...
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🚨 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

🎉 We are now on Patreon 🎉

Lots of new tasty extra stuff coming your way for Vanguardistas and.... ULTRA VANGUARDISTAS 💪

Subscribe ➡️ www.patreon.com/cw/kermodean...

🎁 Use code KM70 for 70% off
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🤩 Russell Tovey joins us on the latest Take 🎬

He talks to Simon about PLAINCLOTHES 👕

It's a period piece, but he says its story of entrapment is sadly still relevant right now

+ They talk art, Dr Who & more 🍿

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📺 FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53Helvi37A
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Who's excited for FRANKENSTEIN? 🧟‍♂️

🎬 Don't miss Mark's review of Guillermo del Toro's reimagining of the horror classic as you've never seen it before 🍿

+ More reviews & guest Russell Tovey 🤩

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October 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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📣 Simon's got a new toy...

And we've got a new Take 🎬

Check out this weeks new pod for...

🧟‍♂️ FRANKENSTEIN
🏠 ROOFMAN
😈 BLACK PHONE 2
🎓 AFTER THE HUNT

+ Guest Russell Tovey on PLAINCLOTHES 👕

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📺 FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53Helvi37A
October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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🤩 Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson are our special guests on the Take this week 🎬

They chat to Ben about their new nuclear thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE 🧨

+ Reviews 🍿
🤖 TRON: ARES
🤬 I SWEAR
👮‍♂️ PLAINCLOTHES

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+ Watch the FULL SHOW on Youtube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDfo...
October 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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🫣 No prizes for guessing which film Mark is talking about here...
Don't miss his full review in this week's Take 🎬

📽️ All the week's biggest movies too + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson on A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE 🧨 🤩

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+ FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDfo...
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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The Rock is unrecognizable in THE SMASHING MACHINE 😲🥊

Check out Mark's full review in the latest Take 🎬

+ Reviews of
URCHIN
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
FILM CLUB with Aimee Lou Wood 🤩

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October 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"I want neurotic chatterboxes falling in love!"❤️

Aimee Lou Wood joins us in this week's Take 🎬
She's bringing back the spirit of classic romcoms in her new series FILM CLUB 📽️🍿

+ 🎞️
THE SMASHING MACHINE
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
URCHIN

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October 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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When Mark's review is more entertaining than the movie itself 😬

Catch his full verdict on THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 in the latest Take 🎬

+ THE DEAD OF WINTER, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER & Paul Thomas Anderson 🤩

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September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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"It's impossible to see this and not find stuff that you'll love"🍿

Don't miss Mark's full review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER in the latest Take 🎬

+ Paul Thomas Anderson himself unpacks the movie with Simon 🎞️

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September 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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New Take out now! 🎬

🤩 Our super special guest is Paul Thomas Anderson 🎉
He talks ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER & that feeling when the movie Gods answer your prayers 🙏

Mark reviews it +
❄️ THE DEAD OF WINTER
🔪 THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2

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Full show on YouTube 📺 tinyurl.com/dam63use
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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🤩 The ever-excellent Paul Greengrass is our special guest on this week's Take 🎬

He talks THE LOST BUS, writing chaos & how he creates authenticity onscreen 🚌

Mark reviews it +
🏫 STEVE
🚗 A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY

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+ FULL SHOW on Youtube 📺
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September 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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"There was an audible intake of breath, because it was... it was Robert Redford" ❤️

We're remembering the true movie legend that is Robert Redford in this week's Take 🎬

Here's Mark on meeting the man himself ⭐

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September 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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🎸 The wait is over for SPINAL TAP II...
...But is it funny? 😬

Mark's been biting his nails over this one—check out the latest Take for his verdict 🎬

+ More reviews and special guest Warren Ellis on ELLIS PARK 🤩

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📺 FULL SHOW on YouTube ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkS...
September 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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🏝️ ISLANDS is out Friday 🏖️

🤩 Its star Sam Riley joins Simon on the latest Take 🎬

He's in typical self-deprecating form, but don't be fooled—he's ace as tennis coach Tom in this Hitchcockian holiday thriller 🎾

Tune in to this week's show on Thursday for Mark's review 🎥

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September 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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👀 Is that a rant on the horizon in the latest Take? 🎬

Featuring brand new reviews of...
👹 THE CONJURING: LAST RITES
☘️ CHRISTY
🏖️ SIGNS OF LIFE
🕵️‍♀️ HONEY, DON'T

Find out which one is in for a slating from Mark in the show... 🍿

+ Special guest Sam Riley on ISLANDS 🏝️

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September 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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"There is a part of me that is terrified, terrified, properly terrified" 😰 🎸

🫣 Mark's biting his nails as SPINAL TAP II approaches...
Can they turn it up to 11 for a second time? 🎛️

The Good Doctors look ahead to the biggest new releases coming soon in our latest Take 2 🍿

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September 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM