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Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Sony Music Entertainment

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. Live Christmas Spectacular with Nia DaCosta and Jason Isaacs

    · 1 h 24 min · S1 E205

    Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and…

  2. FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: “I was struggling to stay awake” + Legendary James L Brooks

    · 1 h 29 min · S1 E204

    Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and…

  3. Is CHRISTY a knockout? + Noah Baumbach on JAY KELLY

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E203

    Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and…

  4. Now & Ben: Benedict Cumberbatch on THE THING WITH FEATHERS

    · 16 min · S1 E202

    Howdy Take listeners—it's about time for another Now & Ben, don’t you think? This time it’s Benedict Cumberbatch—who chats to our Ben about his new film ‘The Thing With Feathers’, alongside director Dylan Southern.…

  5. WICKED: Which Witch Wins - Is the Sequel/Prequel Equal?

    · 1 h 23 min · S1 E201

    Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and…

  6. Edgar Wright on THE RUNNING MAN

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E200

    Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and…

  7. Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis on ANEMONE

    · 1 h 27 min · S1 E199

    Some exciting news — The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and…

  8. Is BUGONIA out of this world? + Ruth Wilson on DOWN CEMETERY ROAD

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E198

    Some exciting news — The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and…

  9. Did Mark ‘Louvre’ Josh O’Connor’s timely heist movie THE MASTERMIND? + Does SPRINGSTEEN deliver?

    · 1 h 29 min · S1 E197

    This Week on the Show: Josh O’Connor, Kelly Reichardt & the Art of the Heist Fresh off the headlines of a real-life Louvre robbery, indie auteur Kelly Reichardt and breakout star Josh O’Connor join Simon to talk about…

  10. Has FRANKENSTEIN got Mark (re)animated? + Russell Tovey

    · 1 h 24 min · S1 E196

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  11. TRON: ARES: “It was like my brain was atrophying” + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson

    · 1 h 16 min · S1 E195

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  12. Aimee Lou Wood on Film Club + a DOUBLE BILL of films of the week

    · 1 h 17 min · S1 E194

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  13. Is ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER film of the year? With Paul Thomas Anderson

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E192

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  14. Robert Redford remembered + Paul Greengrass on THE LOST BUS

    · 1 h 16 min · S1 E191

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  15. Does SPINAL TAP II turn it up to 11? + the rockin’ Warren Ellis

    · 1 h 16 min · S1 E190

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  16. HONEY, DON’T: a film title that reviews itself? + Sam Riley on ISLANDS

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E189

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  17. Summer Holiday Highlights of the year so far

    · 1 h 08 min · S1 E188

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  18. Now and Ben: Olivia Colman and Jay Roach on THE ROSES

    · 15 min · S1 E187

    Surprise! It’s another tasty nugget of Now & Ben in the Take feed. This time, Ben sits down with Olivia Colman and Jay Roach, star and director of ‘The Roses’--which hits the big screen this Friday. This grown-up…

  19. Tom Hiddleston & Chiwetel Ejiofor on THE LIFE OF CHUCK

    · 1 h 07 min · S1 E186

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  20. Bob Odenkirk talks NOBODY 2 – will it meet Mark’s expectations?

    · 1 h 09 min · S1 E185

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  21. Is Mark freaked out by FREAKIER FRIDAY? + Celine Song on THE MATERIALISTS

    · 1 h 09 min · S1 E184

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  22. Alien: Earth Bonus Special

    · 42 min · S1 E183

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  23. Does NAKED GUN even pass the one laugh test? + Guy Pearce on INSIDE

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E182

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  24. FILM OF THE YEAR ALREADY? Mark on BRING HER BACK

    · 1 h 05 min · S1 E181

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  25. More SALT PATH & Harry Melling + your take on SUPERMAN

    · 1 h 09 min · S1 E180

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  26. THE SALT PATH: Simon and Mark’s reaction. Plus SUPERMAN

    · 1 h 06 min · S1 E179

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  27. Will Jurassic World Rebirth turn Mark into a Rantosaurus? + David Cronenberg

    · 1 h 07 min · S1 E178

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  28. Is F1 in pole position for film of the week?

    · 1 h 08 min · S1 E177

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  29. 28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film

    · 1 h 04 min · S1 E176

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  30. Domnhall Gleeson on Echo Valley

    · 1 h 03 min · S1 E175

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  31. Now and Ben: Carey Mulligan and Tim Key

    · 14 min · S1 E174

    Welcome to another Now & Ben! This little nugget of bonus interview goodness features Carey Mulligan and Tim Key—stars of the new wholesome folk musical The Ballad of Wallis Island—in cinemas now. Ben sits down with…

  32. 20 Years of Kermode & Mayo

    · 1 h 06 min · S1 E173

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  33. Hello to Jason Isaacs! In The Salt Path

    · 1 h 11 min · S1 E172

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  34. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning with Chris McQuarrie

    · 1 h 09 min · S1 E171

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  35. The Last of Us with Craig Mazin

    · 1 h 09 min · S1 E170

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  36. Is Nic Cage still riding the comeback wave in THE SURFER?

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E169

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  37. Another Paul Feig film? Do me a Favor

    · 1 h 14 min · S1 E168

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  38. David Oyelowo on Government Cheese + Mark’s verdict on The Studio

    · 1 h 17 min · S1 E167

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  39. Warfare with Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E166

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  40. Now and Ben: Charlie Brooker & Emma Corrin on Black Mirror

    · 15 min · S1 E165

    If you’ve managed to watch any of the excellent seventh series of Black Mirror yet, you might have spotted our super sub Ben Bailey Smith popping up there... and just for you he’s collared his fellow dystopians Charlie…

  41. Laurence Fishburne & James Hawes on The Amateur

    · 1 h 06 min · S1 E164

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  42. Death of a Unicorn + Toby Jones

    · 1 h 20 min · S1 E163

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  43. Gorgeous George MacKay + Mark vs. The Stath

    · 1 h 09 min · S1 E162

    Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2…

  44. Snow White: Mark’s Verdict

    · 1 h 18 min · S1 E161

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  45. Ashley Walters & Erin Doherty on Adolescence

    · 1 h 16 min · S1 E160

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  46. Now and Ben: Bong Joon Ho on Mickey 17, British winters & his iPad obsession

    · 15 min · S1 E159

    It’s ‘Mickey 17’ release day, and Ben is chatting to Director Bong Joon Ho in today’s episode to celebrate. Starring Robert Pattinson as an expendable worker on a colonized ice planet, the new film from Korean…

  47. Daisy Ridley’s surprise BAFTA + Mark on Mickey 17

    · 1 h 05 min · S1 E158

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  48. Best birdsong ever from Robert Carlyle

    · 1 h 05 min · S1 E156

    Begbie himself, and surely a frontrunner for British cinema’s scariest man (on screen only, we might add), is our guest this week—it’s Robert Carlyle. This time he’s playing staunchly moral councilor Sam Hagen in new…

  49. Now and Ben: Angela Bassett on Zero Day, Strange Days and The Simpsons

    · 16 min · S1 E154

    We’ve got a bona fide icon for you in today’s Now & Ben—a movie star of four decades known for tackling tough female characters in films like ‘Boyz n the Hood’, ‘Malcolm X’, ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It?’ and ‘Black…

  50. A film of the year already – is it The Monkey?

    · 1 h 06 min · S1 E153

    Welcome to another show jam-packed with top takes from Simon & Mark—which are still eliciting your ‘quiet affirmative noises’... Reviews this week of The Monkey—a splattery and slanted dark comedy horror about a…

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