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Kermode & Mayo’s Take

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300 episodes

Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media.

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  1. Will Mark lose his head over the GHOSTS film? with Jim Howick & Laurence Rickard

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E251

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  2. JOSH BROLIN and AUSTIN ABRAMS talk Whalefall

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E250

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  3. Is THE UPRISING revolutionary or revolting? + PAUL GREENGRASS

    · 1 h 32 min · S1 E249

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  4. Does Mark dig Digger? + AARON SORKIN

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E248

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  5. Does the new Austen adaptation suit Mark's sensibility? With George MacKay

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E247

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  6. Does RESIDENT EVIL equal WEAPONS? + JULIETTE BINOCHE

    · 1 h 24 min · S1 E246

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  7. Has PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 got Mark spellbound? + NICOLAS WINDING REFN

    · 1 h 26 min · S1 E245

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  8. Is this the darkest ROBIN HOOD adaptation ever? + BILL PULLMAN

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E244

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  9. THE DOG STARS: Top dog or a dog’s dinner?

    · 1 h 16 min · S1 E243

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  10. TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: The most Mark film evz? + Johnny Flynn

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E242

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  11. THE END OF OAK STREET: “Why does it exist?” + SIAN CLIFFORD on LADY

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E241

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  12. Is ICE CREAM MAN Eli Roth’s most chilling work or does it need more sprinkles? + Taika Waititi

    · 1 h 16 min · S1 E240

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  13. Has SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY got Mark’s Spidey senses tingling? + ASA BUTTERFIELD

    · 1 h 26 min · S1 E239

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  14. Are some ANIMAL FARM adaptations more equal than others? With ANDY SERKIS

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E238

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  15. Is THE ODYSSEY truly epic? With SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

    · 1 h 27 min · S1 E237

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  16. Are we in for a MOAN-A from Mark about live action remakes?

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E236

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  17. Are the Minions master movie makers? + Edward Norton & Olivia Wilde on THE INVITE

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E235

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  18. Jackass: I thought Jonny Knoxville was an a***

    · 1 h 23 min · S1 E234

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  19. Is playtime finally over for TOY STORY?

    · 1 h 16 min · S1 E233 · Explicit

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  20. Is DISCLOSURE DAY the best Spielberg in decades? With EMILY BLUNT & COLMAN DOMINGO

    · 1 h 31 min · S1 E232

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  21. Is SAVAGE HOUSE Richard E. Grant’s most unhinged role yet?

    · 1 h 18 min · S1 E231

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  22. Does Mark think BACKROOMS is a-maze-ing?

    · 1 h 23 min · S1 E230

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  23. Is THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU a STAR WARS spin off too far? + Leo Woodall

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E229

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  24. THREE FILMS OF THE WEEK? Is that even allowed? + Olivia Colman

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E228

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  25. SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E227

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  26. Does THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 rock the sequel trend? + STEVE COOGAN

    · 1 h 19 min · S1 E226

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  27. Have we found Mark’s film of the year already?

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E225

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  28. John Waters: “I’m so respectable I could puke”

    · 1 h 17 min · S1 E224

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  29. Brian Cox on GLENROTHAN: will it go down smoothly with Mark?

    · 1 h 19 min · S1 E223

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  30. Level up or game over for SUPER MARIO GALAXY?

    · 1 h 19 min · S1 E222

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  31. THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE: Enchanting or just lost in the woods?

    · 1 h 11 min · S1 E221

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  32. Is Stephen Graham another bad boy in THE GOOD BOY?

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E220

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  33. Oscars Schmoscars 2026

    · 46 min · Explicit

    In this Oscars special episode of Kermode & Mayo’s Take, Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode break down the biggest moments from the 2026 Academy Awards. Mark shares his reactions to the ceremony, from Avatar: Fire and Ash…

  34. Ryan Gosling on PROJECT HAIL MARY

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E219

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  35. Take Ultra preview - A look ahead to the Oscars

    · 11 min · Trailer

    Here's a cheeky preview of our latest Take Ultra video episode in which Mark and Simon look ahead to this week’s Oscars and assess the state of the race. Ultra-Vanguardistas get these live streams every other week,…

  36. Does THE BRIDE! earn its exclamation mark?

    · 1 h 28 min · S1 E218

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  37. Celebrating Women in Film with Vanguard

    · 27 min · S1 E217

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  38. What did Mark make of the BAFTAs?

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E216

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  39. Amanda Seyfried… as a Mancunian?

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E215

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  40. Did Mark Fall for Wuthering Heights — or Run Screaming Across the Moors? With Emerald Fennell

    · 1 h 20 min · S1 E214

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  41. Take 2 taster: why not join us on Patreon?

    · 10 min · Trailer

    Hello hello, Take listeners! A quick heads‑up: if you’re not yet part of our brilliant Patreon community, you’re missing out on an entire extra episode every single week. Take 2 is where Mark & Simon stretch out, go…

  42. MELANIA: “A piece of handsomely mounted crypto‑fascist propaganda” + Riz Ahmed

    · 1 h 23 min · S1 E213

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  43. How did Hollywood turn John Bishop into Will Arnett?

    · 1 h 20 min · S1 E212

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  44. Can Claire Foy handle a “perfectly evolved psychopath” in H IS FOR HAWK?

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E211

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  45. Jack O’Connell on 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E210

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  46. Does HAMNET deserve the hype?

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E209

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  47. Best and Worst Films of the Year

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E208

    It’s that time of year on the Take when Mark runs down his best and worst films of the year—so get ready for a reminder of 2025’s biggest raves and rants from I’m Still Here to Tron: Ares. It’s all new content as he…

  48. Good Kate Winslet (lass) Looks Back on her Feats of Acting

    · 1 h 02 min · S1 E207

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  49. AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: “like some nightmare furries convention”

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E206

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  50. Live Christmas Spectacular with Nia DaCosta and Jason Isaacs

    · 1 h 24 min · S1 E205

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