Alle afleveringen van Kermode and Mayo's Film Review – pagina 2 van 13

Aubrey Plaza, Promising Young Woman & I Blame Society

16 april 2021 · 1 uur 29 min

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Edith Bowman and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Aubrey Plaza, who talks about her new film Black Bear, in which she plays a filmmaker at a creative impasse seeking solace at a rural retreat. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including the new Neil Marshall film The Reckoning, about a young widow haunted by the recent suicide of her husband, The Sound of Scars, a documentary about the influential metal band Life of Agony, Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and Gillian Wallace Horvat’s I Blame Society, in which a filmmaker realises that the skill set to make a movie is the same to commit the perfect murder.

Our rotating chart this week is from the week our presenter Edith Bowman joined BBC Radio 1 in 2003.

Plus Edith and Anna will be looking back at the BAFTAs.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

00:09:10 Celebrating Cinema
00:13:09 Current releases
00:17:00 Chart: 2003
00:26:25 Promising Young Woman review
00:34:09 Aubrey Plaza interview
00:53:13 The Sound of Scars review
00:56:46 The Reckoning review
01:00:50 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:03:36 True Mothers review
01:07:59 TV Movies of the Week
01:14:12 I Blame Society review
01:16:48 Steelers review
01:22:06 Valley of Souls review
01:24:10 DVD of the Week

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Elizabeth Lo, Sound of Metal, Palm Springs and Assimilate

10 april 2021 · 1 uur 40 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Elizabeth Lo, who talks about her new movie Stray about stray dogs in Istanbul. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including a 70s-set British supernatural thriller called The Power, Sci-fi horror Assimilate, Cornwall-set drama Wilderness, Andy Samberg in time-loop comedy/ fantasy Palm Springs and Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal, who was interviewed on the show last week.

Our rotating chart this week is the Official Film Chart.

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through California and Oregon.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

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00:31:06 Chart: Digital Top 10
00:40:39 The Power review
00:46:15 Elizabeth Lo interview
01:03:35 Assimilate review
01:06:10 US Movie Road Trip
01:15:07 Palm Springs Review
01:19:41 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:44 Sound of Metal review
01:27:26 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:31:38 A Common Crime
01:33:45 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Riz Ahmed, Godzilla vs Kong, Antebellum, Minari and The Mauritanian

2 april 2021 · 1 uur 58 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Riz Ahmed, who talks about his new movie The Sound of Metal, in which he plays a heavy-metal drummer whose life is thrown into freefall. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including: Godzilla vs Kong, which pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another, Antebellum, in which a successful author finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality, Minari, nominated for six Oscars, about a Korean family who start a farm in 1980s Kansas, The Mauritanian, which stars Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim in a story about a man detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government at Guantanamo Bay and Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’s novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, directed by Doug Liman and starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley.

Our rotating chart this week is the top fives of your life, in which listeners talk us through the most important films.

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Arizona, Utah and Nevada.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

00:25::54 CELEBRATING CINEMA
00:36:16 LISTENER CHARTS - TOP FIVES
00:46:27 UNDINE REVIEW
00:49:55 CHAOS WALKING REVIEW
00:56:45 RIZ AHMED INTERVIEW
01:13:45 THE MAURITANIAN REVIEW
01:20:40 AMERICAN ROADTRIP
01:28:40 MINARI REVIEW
01:33:28 LOBBYDOWN CORRESPONDENCE
01:36:46 GODZILLA VS KONG REVIEW
01:40:11 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:44:52 ANTEBELLUM REVIEW

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Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell, Tom and Jerry: The Movie

26 maart 2021 · 1 uur 43 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell who talk about their forthcoming film Promising Young Woman, which has been nominated for five Oscars. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including the latest cinematic adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Ammonite, starring Saorise Ronan and Kate Winslet in a romantic drama set in 1840s England, Stray, a documentary about the world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul, haunted house flick The Banishing and explicit horror Violation.

Our rotating chart this week is the box office top ten from this weekend in 2001.

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

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00:33:11 Chart: 2001 Top 10
00:46:11 Tom and Jerry Review
00:49:21 Guest: Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell
01:06:40 Stray
01:09:42 US Movie Road Trip
01:15:55 Ammonite
01:19:49 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:04 Memories of My Father
01:26:06 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:28:01 The Banishing
01:29:42 Violation
01:34:03 Made In Italy
01:36:41 Six Minutes to Midnight
01:39:18 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Jodie Foster, Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Silk Road

19 maart 2021 · 1 uur 59 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Jodie Foster, who talks about her new film The Mauritanian, based on the book Guantánamo Diary. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including Amber & Me, a documentary about twin sisters, one of whom has Down's Syndrome, as they navigate through their first 4 years of primary school, Creation Stories, about the influential record label, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a longer cut of 2017’s Justice League.

Our rotating chart this week is the box office top ten from last weekend in South Korea, where all cinemas are open.

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

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00:39:42 Chart: South Korea
00:45:48 Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
00:53:15 A Month of Single Frames review
00:54:53 Guest: Jodie Foster
01:10:59 Amber and Me review
01:15:32 US Movie Road Trip
01:22:20 Oleg review
01:25:02 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:29:54 Zack Snyder’s Justice League review
01:39:34 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:44:19 Silk Road review
01:46:49 Creation Stories
01:54:17 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Liam Neeson & Micheál Richardson, Judas and the Black Messiah, Locked Down and Cherry

12 maart 2021 · 1 uur 43 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson, who talk about their new film Made in Italy, about a bohemian artist who travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house he inherited from his late wife. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including Judas and the Black Messiah, which stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield, about the FBI’s infiltration of The Black Panthers, crime romance Locked Down, in which a couple, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathway, attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at a department store and Cherry, which stars Tom Holland as an Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

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00:29:46 - CHART
00:37:27 - THE COLLUMIST REVIEW
00:44:45 - LIAM NEESON AND MICHAEL RICHARDSON
01:02:46 - MOUTHPIECE REVIEW
01:08:42 - US MOVIE ROADTRIP
01:15:48 - JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH REVIEW
01:21:11 - TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:24:25 - THE LITTLE THINGS REVIEW
01:26:55 - LOBBYDOWN CORRESPONDENTS
01:30:12 - LOCKED DOWN REVIEW
01:34:30 - DVD OF THE WEEK

Guy Pearce, The Last Vermeer, Raya and the Last Dragon, Moxie and Coming 2 America

5 maart 2021 · 1 uur 42 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Guy Pearce who talks about his new movie The Last Vermeer, in which he stars as "Han" van Meegeren, a Dutch painter and portraitist, one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including Raya and the Last Dragon, the new Disney animation starring Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina and Gemma Chan, Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler about a shy 16-year-old finding inspiration from her mother's rebellious past, and Coming 2 America, sequel to the 1988 film Coming To America.

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

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00:29:34 Chart: Top Five Of Your Life
00:43:11 Moxie review
00:47:02 Guest: Guy Pearce
01:02:50 The Last Vermeer review
01:08:25 Coming 2 America
01:13:29 US Movie Roadtrip
01:18:53 Raya and the Last Dragon
01:21:54 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:24:39 Into the Darkness
01:26:52 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:30:24 The Dissident
01:34:50 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Sienna Miller, Wander Darkly and The United States vs Billie Holiday

26 februari 2021 · 1 uur 47 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Sienna Miller, star of disorientating new movie Wander Darkly, in which she stars alongside Diego Luna as new parents Adrienne and Matteo who are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship, revisiting the memories of their past and unravelling haunting truths. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including Lee Daniels’ biopic The United States vs Billie Holiday, the documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché about the singer of X-Ray Spex, horror Wrong Turn and Erēmīta (Anthologies).

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.

They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.

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00:36:32 Chart: Time Tunnel - 1991
00:42:53 Wrong Turn review
00:48:18 Algorithm review
00:51:29 Guest: Sienna Miller
01:07:24 Wander Darkly review
01:11:41 US Movie Road Trip
01:14:55 The United States vs Billie Holiday
01:19:02 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:09 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche
01:26:47 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:31:33 Erēmīta (Anthologies) review

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Lakeith Stanfield, I Care a Lot, Zappa and Music

19 februari 2021 · 1 uur 51 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Lakeith Stanfield, who talks about his new film Judas and the Black Messiah, in which he stars as FBI informant Bill O’Neal, opposite Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including Alex Winter’s documentary Zappa, Rosamund Pike as a crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards in I Care a Lot and Sia’s directorial debut Music, about newly sober Zu who receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum.

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.

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00:34:25 Chart: Australia
00:41:22 Bad Tales Review
00:45:05 Algorithm
00:47:35 Guest: LaKeith Stanfield
01:08:38 US Road Trip
01:15:28 I Care A Lot review
01:20:09 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:15 Music review
01:26:41 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:30:40 Zappa
01:35:55 Stump the Guesser
01:37:15 The Twentieth Century
01:39:41 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Paul Greengrass, The News of the World, Barb and Star and Willy’s Wonderland

12 februari 2021 · 1 uur 48 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Paul Greengrass, who talks about his new western The News of the World, which stars Tom Hanks as a Civil War veteran who agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming and cinema reviews including Kristen Wiig in new comedy Barb and Star and Nicolas Cage in horror thriller Willy’s Wonderland.

Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and West Virginia. They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.

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00:21:19 Celebrating Cinema
00:36:41 The Chart: Digital
00:41:58 Willy’s Wonderland review
00:46:55 Algorithm
00:49:11 Paul Greengrass interview
01:04:13 News of the World review
01:08:18 US Movie Road Trip
01:15:57 Barb and Star
01:19:29 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:10 Slalom
01:25:06 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:29:10 PVT Chat
01:31:11 Sator
01:36:16 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Sam Neill, Rams, Malcolm and Marie and Greenland

5 februari 2021 · 1 uur 58 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Sam Neill, who talks about his new film Rams. Lees meer

Mark reviews of A Glitch in the Matrix which asks if we are living in a simulation, Stewart Lee’s documentary King Rocker, about Robert Lloyd, the lead singer of Birmingham post-punk band The Nightingales, new Netflix drama Malcolm and Marie, and Gerard Butler in actioner Greenland.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.

00:30:04 Celebrating Cinema
00:34:43 Current releases
00:40:28 Chart: Top 5s of all time
00:46:00 Simple Passion review
00:48:28 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You
00:53:47 Malcolm & Marie review
00:58:33 Sam Neil interview
01:10:30 Rams review
01:14:19 US Movie Road Trip
01:21:48 King Rocker review
01:25:18 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:29:02 Greenland review
01:32:56 TV Movies of the Week
01:35:58 A Glitch in the Matrix review
01:42:42 Life in a Day 2020 review
01:49:52 DVD of the Week

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Adam Curtis, Synchronic, The Dig and Palmer

29 januari 2021 · 1 uur 42 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Adam Curtis, who talks about his new film Can't Get You Out Of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World. Lees meer

Mark reviews Synchronic, starring Jamie Dornan as a New Orleans paramedic, Beginning, which is Georgia’s submission for 'Best International Feature Film' at this year’s Oscars, Apple TV’s Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake as an ex-convict who strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home and The Dig, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a self-taught archaeologist.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm.

00:18:57 Celebrating Cinema
00:26:58 Chart: 2011
00:39:52 Beginning review
00:43:48 Adam Curtis interview
00:56:35 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You
01:01:51 The Capote Tapes review
01:05:09 Assassins review
01:06:35 US Movie Road Trip
01:12:24 The Dig review
01:16:53 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:05 Palmer review
01:25:12 TV Movies of the Week
01:27:41 Synchronic review
01:32:39 DVD of the Week

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Kevin Macdonald, Quo Vadis, Aida? 76 Days and White Tiger

22 januari 2021 · 1 uur 47 min

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Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's movies, including Quo Vadis, Aida? 76 Days and White Tiger. Plus an interview with director Kevin Macdonald to talk about Life In A Day 2020. Lees meer

00:22:38 Celebrating Cinema
00:32:13 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You
00:39:28 Quo Vadis, Aida? review
00:44:02 The White Tiger review
00:48:34 Kevin Macdonald interview
01:05:26 Persian Lessons review
01:10:06 US Movie Road Trip
01:16:42 Baby Done review
01:21:32 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:26:07 Are We Lost Forever review
01:28:57 TV Movies of the Week
01:32:49 76 Days review
01:38:17 DVD of the Week

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Ralph Fiennes, Stardust, MLK/FBI, Blithe Spirit and Dear Comrades!

15 januari 2021 · 1 uur 42 min

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Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's movies, including Stardust, MLK/FBI, Blithe Spirit and Dear Comrades! Plus Ralph Fiennes talks about his new film, The Dig. Lees meer

Also on the programme, interviews with key figures from the world of cinema, as well as your emails, and the latest Box Office top ten.

00:22:37 Virtual American road trip films
00:29:28 Rotating charts
00:31:21 Pieces of a Woman correspondence
00:32:43 Top 10 Digital Downloads
00:39:06 Blithe Spirit review
00:42:25 Archive review
00:46:18 Ralph Fiennes interview
01:04:16 Dear Comrades! review
01:10:53 Stardust review
01:18:17 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:40 Imperial Blue review
01:26:47 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:30:23 MLK/FBI review
01:35:22 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman, Sylvie’s Love and Vanguard

8 januari 2021 · 1 uur 40 min

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Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Vanessa Kirby who talks about her new film Pieces of a Woman. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming reviews including the new Jackie Chan film Vanguard, Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha in Sylvie’s Love and drama documentary Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, about the last days of a Las Vegas dive bar.

Ben and Anna also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.

00:25:25 Box Office Top 10
00:39:23 The Basilisks
00:43:04 Vanessa Kirby interview
00:57:46 Pieces of a Woman
01:05:07 Sylvie’s Love
01:08:17 Ham on Rye
01:11:50 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:15:43 Vanguard
01:20:12 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:26:07 Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
01:35:05 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Best of 2020

1 januari 2021 · 1 uur 16 min

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Simon and Mark present their favourite bits of the show from across the year including reviews of The Ringmaster, Dolittle and I'm Thinking of Ending Things and interviews with Werner Herzog, Charlize Theron and Richard Dreyfuss. Lees meer

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Pete Docter, Soul, One Night in Miami and Adoration

25 december 2020 · 2 uur 26 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Director Pete Docter who talks about his new film Soul. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including documentaries Mayor and Sing Me a Song, and French drama Adoration.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.

Podcast timings:
00:47:47 Box Office Top 10 Of the Year
00:55:55 One Night in Miami review
01:02:54 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:07:52 TV MOVIE OF BOXING DAY
01:10:50 Adoration review
01:39:04 Sing Me A Song review
01:42:46 Pete Doctor interview
01:57:51 Soul review
02:09:39 The Mayor review
02:19:16 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Viola Davis, Wonder Woman 1984, Come Away and Let Him Go

18 december 2020 · 1 uur 53 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Viola Davis who talks about her film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984, the sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman, Kevin Costner in thriller Let Him Go and David Oyelowo in Come Away.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.

00:39:08 Box Office Top 10
00:51:48 Let Him Go review
00:56:53 Viola Davis interview
01:12:39 The Woman Who Ran review
01:15:28 Come Away review
01:20:42 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:23:50 Wonder Woman 1984 review
01:29:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:32:59 The Macaloso Sisters
01:35:56 Farewell Amor
01:45:02 DVD OF THE WEEK

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David Oyelowo, The Midnight Sky, American Utopia and Dreamland

11 december 2020 · 1 uur 52 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by David Oyelowo who talks about his forthcoming film Come Away. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including David’s other new film, The Midnight Sky, in which he plays the husband of last week’s guest, Felicity Jones, the new Spike Lee and David Byrne film American Utopia and Margot Robbie in Dreamland.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.

00:35:40 Box Office Top 10
00:47:25 American Utopia review
00:53:33 David Oyelowo Interview
01:08:54 Midnight Sky review
01:16:10 Silent Night review
01:20:53 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:51 Dreamland
01:30:43 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:34:22 Cold Meridian
01:40:30 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Felicity Jones, The Prom, Host and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

4 december 2020 · 1 uur 42 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Felicity Jones who talks about her forthcoming film Midnight Sky. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Ryan Murphy’s The Prom, Zoom-based horror Host and Chadwick Boseman’s last screen appearance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas.

00:27:57 Box Office Top 10
00:41:43 A Christmas Carol
00:44:33 Felicity Jones interview
01:01:43 The Prom
01:06:42 Host
01:14:19 County Lines
01:19:39 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:25 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
01:25:12 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:26:37 Crock of Gold
01:37:41 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Viggo Mortensen, Red, White and Blue, Possessor, and The Ringmaster

27 november 2020 · 1 uur 48 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Viggo Mortensen who talks about his new film Falling. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Steve McQueen’s drama Red, White and Blue, starring John Boyega, and new horrors Possessor and The Ringmaster.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films from November 2001.

00:34:53 Box Office Top 10 from 2001
00:46:55 Viggo Mortensen interview
01:02:50 Falling review
01:05:30 Possessor
01:11:29 Red, White and Blue
01:17:31 The Ringmaster
01:20:42 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:11 Mank
01:29:46 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:25 Happiest Season
01:43:57 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Peter Strickland, Uncle Frank, The Kid Detective, Patrick and Skyfire

20 november 2020 · 1 uur 44 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Peter Strickland who talks about his new film Cold Meridian. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including The Kid Detective, about a once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, Skyfire, starring Jason Isaacs in a disaster movie about volcanoes. And Uncle Frank, starring Paul Bettany.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 digital films in the Official Film Chart.

00:33:44 The Australian Box Office Top 10
00:48:48 Peter Strickland Interview
01:06:21 Skyfire
01:16:23 Patrick
01:25:13 Uncle Frank
01:30:16 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:31 Kid Detective
01:39:32 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Jason Isaacs, Skyfire, Jingle Jangle and Hillbilly Elegy

13 november 2020 · 1 uur 51 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Jason Isaacs who talks about his new film Skyfire, directed by Simon West, whose previous work includes Con Air. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Netflix’s Christmas movie Jingle Jangle, Sophia Loren in The Life Ahead and Amy Adams and Glenn Close in Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, adapted from the J.D.Vance memoir by Vanessa Taylor.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 digital films in the Official Film Chart.

00:37:35 Top 10 Current Films
00:46:21 Breathless/A bout de Soufflé 60th Anniversary review
00:49:17 Jason Isaacs Interview
01:08:54 Lennox review
01:11:37 Hillbilly Elegy review
01:18:33 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:22:43 The Life Ahead review
01:25:12 Jingle Jangle review
01:30:36 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:29 To The Ends of the Earth review
01:38:31 Billie review
01;43:22 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Tilda Swinton, A Christmas Gift from Bob, About Endlessness and Looted

6 november 2020 · 1 uur 52 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Tilda Swinton who talks about her new film The Human Voice, directed by Pedro Almodóvar and adapted from the monodrama written by Jean Cocteau. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Roy Andersson’s About Endlessness, Andrea Riseborough in drama Luxor, Thomas Turgoose in Looted and Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, the sequel to the acclaimed 2016 south Korean action horror.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00:34:47 Box Office Top 10
00:46:05 Looted review
00:49:58 Tilda Swinton interview
01:06:03 The Human Voice review
01:12:09 A Christmas Gift From Bob
01:15:34 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:19:00 About Endlessness
01:21:09 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:26:10 Words on Bathroom Walls
01:30:02 Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula
01:42:00 Luxor review
01:45:41 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Elisabeth Moss, Shirley, Relic, The Witches, Mogul Mowgli and Wolfwalkers

30 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 53 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Elisabeth Moss to talk about her new film, Shirley. Elisabeth stars as the writer Shirley Jackson, in this fictionalised account of a time in her life. Lees meer

We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of The Witches, Mogul Mowgli, starring Riz Ahmed and new horror, Relic.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00:34:36 Box Office Top 10
00:47:09 Relic review
00:51:02 Elizabeth Moss interview
01:05:49 Shirley review
01:12:28 Mogul Mowgli review
01:16:52 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:20:37 Wolfwalkers review
01:23:57 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:30:09 The Burnt Orange Heresy
01:34:04 Uncle Vanya
01:43:20 The Witches
01:46:20 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Colm Meaney, Pixie, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Honest Thief and The Climb

23 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 48 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Colm Meaney who talks about his new movie Pixie. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Liam Neeson’s new actioner Honest Thief, Sacha Baron Cohen’s return as Borat in Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, new American comedy The Climb and François Ozon’s latest drama Summer of 85.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00:39:39 Box Office Top 10
00:49:39 Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm review
00:55:42 Colm Meaney interview
01:11:06 Pixie review
01:14:16 Honest Thief review
01:17:43 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:21:50 The Climb review
01:28:10 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:32:06 Secret Garden review
01:35:29 Summer of 85
01:39:34 Antrum
01:42:47 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Morfydd Clark, Rebecca, I Am Greta, Carmilla

16 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 46 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Morfydd Clark who talks about her new movie Saint Maud. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Ben Wheatley’s new adaptation of Rebecca, I Am Greta, a documentary about the climate activist and Carmilla, Directed by Emily Harris and starring Tobias Menzies, Greg Wise and Jessica Raine.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00:36:20 Box Office Top 10
00:46:54 I Am Greta
00:50:10 Morfydd Clark interview
01:06:00 The Other Lamb
01:09:15 Body of Water
01:12:14 Being A Human Person
01:15:55 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:20:06 Rebecca
01:26:44 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:31:31 Carmilla
01:34:23 Time
01:38:26 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Ben Wheatley, Kajillionaire, Saint Maud and I Am Woman

9 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 48 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Ben Wheatley who talks about his new movie Rebecca. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including highly-rated horror Saint Maud, Miranda July’s new drama Kajillionaire, and a Helen Reddy biopic, I Am Woman.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00:28:28 Box Office Top 10
00:42:30 Phil Clapp interview
00:49:04 Beyond the Visible: Halma Af Klint
00:52:00 Ben Wheatley interview
01:05:59 Kajillionaire
01:10:43 Landline
01:15:41 I Am Woman
01:20:27 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:25:17 Saint Maud
01:32:18 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:41:02 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Sally Hawkins, Eternal Beauty, On the Rocks and The Trial of the Chicago 7

2 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 43 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Sally Hawkins who talks about her new movie Eternal Beauty. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Aaron Sorkin’s star-studded drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks, about a young mother reconnecting with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York, starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00:32:24 Box Office Top 10
00:44:07 A Perfectly Normal Family
00:47:27 Sally Hawkins interview
00:59:20 Eternal Beauty
01:04:06 The Boys In The Band
01:10:29 On The Rocks
01:15:56 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:19:29 Dick Johnson is Dead
01:22:14 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:28:47 The Trial of the Chicago 7
01:35:55 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Ron Howard, Rebuilding Paradise, Becky, Monsoon and Miss Juneteenth

25 september 2020 · 1 uur 44 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Ron Howard who talks about Rebuilding Paradise. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Channing Godfrey Peoples’ drama Miss Juneteenth about a former beauty queen and single mother preparing her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant, Henry Golding as Kit, a British Vietnamese man, returning to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years, after fleeing during the Vietnam-American War in Monsoon, and Becky, an action drama about a teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father taking a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, Bill and Ted Face the Music, Rocks and Tesla

18 september 2020 · 1 uur 46 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter who talk about Bill and Ted Face the Music. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including coming of age drama Rocks about a young teenage girl who finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother and Tesla, a freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light starring Ethan Hawke.

00:26:49 - Box office top 10
00:45:04 - Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter interview
00:57:47 - Bill & Ted Review
01:04:49 - Hendrix And The Spook Review
01:07:46 - Lobbydown Correspondents
01:10:45 - Tesla Review
01:15:00 - The 800 Review
01:17:56 - TV Movies Of The Week
01:23:50 - Rocks Review
01:29:13 - Nocturnal Review
01:31:29 - White Riot Review

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

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Peter Bogdanovich, The Roads Not Taken and The Broken Hearts Gallery

11 september 2020 · 1 uur 45 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by legendary director Peter Bogdanovich who talks about his new Buster Keaton documentary The Great Buster. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including romcom The Broken Hearts Gallery and Sally Potter’s new drama The Roads Not Taken.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00:28:49 Box Office Top 10
00:44:33 Peter Bogdanovich interview
00:55:51 Lobbydown Correspondents
01:02:05 La Haine review
01:06:33 Memories of Murder review
01:13:41 The Broken Hearts Gallery
01:18:43 Max Richter’s Sleep
01:22:13 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:28:02 The Roads Not Taken
01:31:20 The Devil All The Time
01:36:26 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Jessie Buckley, Tenet, Mulan and The New Mutants

4 september 2020 · 1 uur 44 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Jessie Buckley who talks about her new film I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including long-awaited superhero movie The New Mutants, Disney’s live action remake of Mulan & new French film Les Miserables.

Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.

00.29.15 Box Office Top 10
00:18:56 Chadwick Boseman
00:36:46 Tenet review
00:45:44 Lobbydown Correspondents
00:47:10 Jessie Buckley Interview
01:00:05 I’m Thinking Of Ending Things review
01:09:27 New Mutants review
01:11:57 Mulan review
01:16:19 Koko-Di Koko-Da review
01:20:26 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:26:04 Les Miserables review
01:31:02 Socrates review

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Chris Nolan, Tenet, Hope Gap, Get Duked and Rising Phoenix

28 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 26 min

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Edith and Clarisse are joined by internationally renowned director Christopher Nolan, who talks about his new film Tenet. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Tenet, Hope Gap, Get Duked, Rising Phoenix and The Lost Prince. Tenet stars John David Washington as a secret agent who embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of World War III.

Edith and Clarisse chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services - as well as those with cinema releases - and we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.

00:15:29 Top 10 - Films Predominantly Set on A Train
00:31:41 Christopher Nolan Interview
00:47:25 Hope Gap review
00:54:07 Lobby Correspondents
00:58:16 Tenet review
01:06:37 Rising Phoenix
01:13:38 Get Duked
01:18:29 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:22:11 DVD OF THE WEEK

We’ll also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films predominantly set on a train.
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Annette Bening, The One and Only Ivan, Yes, God, Yes and Random Acts of Violence

21 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 31 min

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Sanjeev and Robbie are joined by Annette Bening who talks about her new film Hope Gap. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including The One and Only Ivan which stars Sam Rockwell as a gorilla and Chaka Khan as a chicken.

Yes, God, Yes stars Natalia Dyer as a Catholic teenager who struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation, and Random Acts of Violence, in which a pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.

Robbie and Sanjeev chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 films set in Scotland.

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Bryan Cranston, Babyteeth, Pinocchio, Spree and Sputnik.

14 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 17 min

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Clara Amfo and Rhianna Dhillon are joined by Bryan Cranston who talks about his role in The One and Only Ivan. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Pinocchio, Matteo Garrone’s live-action adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life, Spree, starring Stranger Things’ Joe Keery as a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral, Babyteeth, about a seriously ill teenager who falls in love with a drug dealer, and My Rembrandt, a documentary set in the world of the Old Masters.

Clara and Rhianna chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 current digital downloads.

00:09:01 Top 10 Digital Downloads
00:25:15 Spree
00:29:28 Sputnik
00:32:38 Lockdown Correspondents
00:38:44 Inception (10th Anniversary)
00:44:04 My Rembrandt
00:50:39 Bryan Cranston Interview
01:03:51 Pinocchio
01:07:32 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:12:03 Babyteeth

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Seth Rogen, Ben Mendelsohn, An American Pickle, Endings, Beginnings and Perfect 10

7 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 49 min

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Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Seth Rogen and Ben Mendelsohn, who talk about their films An American Pickle and Babyteeth. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Shailene Woodley and Jamie Dornan in Endings, Beginnings and new British drama Perfect 10.

Ben and Anna chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 portmanteau horror films.

00:23:31 Top 10 PORTMANTEAU HORROR
00:39:43 Perfect 10 review
00:46:44 Interview: Ben Mendelsohn
01:01:40 Babyteeth review
01:04:40 Lockdown Correspondents
01:09:22 Around The Sun review
01:12:35 Interview: Seth Rogen
01:24:43 American Pickle review
01:28:01 Endings Beginnings
01:31:09 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:34:58 Papicha
01:38:46 Young Ahmed
01:44:01 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Gemma Arterton, Summerland, Unhinged and Proxima

31 juli 2020 · 1 uur 55 min

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Simon and Mark are joined by Gemma Arterton who talks about her new movie Summerland. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Russell Crowe in Unhinged, Eva Green in Proxima and Claire Oakley’s mystery drama set on a Cornwall holiday park, Make Up.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best sequels better than the originals.

00:34:18 Top 10 - Sequels that are better than the originals
00:47:03 Gemma Arterton interview
01:01:41 Summerland review
01:07:15 Lockdown Correspondents
01:11:56 The Vigil
01:14:18 Last and First Men
01:16:03 Make Up
01:20:59 Proxima
01:25:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:33:24 Unhinged
01:44:21 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Lucy Liu, Stage Mother, Saint Frances, How to Build a Girl.

24 juli 2020 · 1 uur 49 min

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Simon and Mark are joined by Lucy Liu, who talks about her new movie Stage Mother. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including big festival comedy/ drama Saint Frances and Beanie Feldstein in the film adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s novel of the same name.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best Jason Statham films.

00:38:28 - TOP 10 - Statham
00:48:02 - Lucy Liu interview
01:00:38 - Stage Mother review
01:04:20 - Lockdown Correspondents
01:10:00 - Alice review
01:14:30 - How To Build A Girl review
01:20:09 - The Traitor review
01:22:30 - Strasbourg 15/18 review
01:25:36 - TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:31:24 - St Francis review
01:37:20 - Parasite review
01:43:55 - DVD OF THE WEEK

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Ben Whishaw, Black Water: Abyss, Clemency and Come As You Are

17 juli 2020 · 1 uur 53 min

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Simon and Mark are joined by Ben Whishaw, who talks about his movie Little Joe. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Alfre Woodard in Clemency, comedy Come As You Are, war thriller Ghosts of War and horror Black Water: Abyss.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best uncomfortably sweaty films.

00:32:40 Top 10 - Sweatiest films
00:48:20 Ben Whishaw interview
01:03:18 Buñuel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles
01:06:41 Lockdown Correspondents
01:12:54 Clemency
01:18:34 Come As You Are
01:22:09 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:28:09 Ghosts of War
01:32:14 Black Water Abyss
01:40:26 Kat and the Band
01:42:35 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Alfre Woodard, Scoob!, Greyhound and The Way Back

10 juli 2020 · 1 uur 51 min

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Sanjeev Bhaskar talked to Alfre Woodard about her stunning performance in Clemency - which is out next week. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews from Robbie Collin, including Greyhound - the new high seas war film, starring Tom Hanks, Scoob! (Hello to Jason Isaacs), British flick Love Sarah, starring Celia Imrie and The Way Back, which sees Ben Affleck star as an alcoholic ex-high school basketball superstar, returning to the school to coach the team .
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best films which take place in 24 hours.

00:40:18 Top 10 FILMS SET OVER 24 HOURS
00:51:34 Greyhound review
00:59:50 Alfre Woodard interview
01:16:58 lockdown correspondents
01:19:49 Finding The Way Back review
01:26:33 Love Sarah review
01:33:38 The Old Guard
01:39:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:42:48 Scoob!
01:47:51 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Werner Herzog, Family Romance LLC, Lynn + Lucy and Lost Transmissions

3 juli 2020 · 1 uur 53 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Werner Herzog, who talks about his new film Family Romance LLC. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Lost Transmissions, starring Simon Pegg as an acclaimed music producer who goes off his medication for schizophrenia, Lynn + Lucy, about lifelong best friends whose friendship is tested in extreme circumstances.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the ten best Powell and Pressburger movies.

00:34:21 Top 10 - Powell AND Pressburger
00:51:32 Lynn + Lucy
00:58:03 Back Roads
01:02:30 Lockdown Correspondents
01:10:11 Werner Herzog interview
01:28:42 Family Romance LLC
01:32:18 Lost Transmissions
01:37:45 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:48:11 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Simon Pegg, Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga and Irresistible

26 juni 2020 · 1 uur 53 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Simon Pegg who talks about his movie Lost Transmissions. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Eurovision Song COntest: The Story of Fire Saga, starring Will Ferrell and Rachel Rachel McAdams as Iceland’s entry to the EBU pop competition and Fanny Lye Deliver’d, about a 17th century puritan woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech, plus we count down the best hiking and trekking movies.

00:35:08 Top 10 - films that take their plot from a Shakespeare play
00:49:56 The Girl with a Bracelet
00:53:19 Lockdown Correspondents
00:58:22 Ride Like A Girl
01:03:05 Simon Pegg interview
01:18:41 Irresistible
01:25:32 Fanny Lye Deliver’d
01:29:56 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01:34:59 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
01:39:54 On The Record
01:41:36 Last ever Hanks for Listening
01:44:19 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Armando Iannucci, White Riot, 7500 and Resistance

19 juni 2020 · 1 uur 47 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Armando Iannucci, who talks about his movie The Personal History of David Copperfield. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Bruno Dumont’s Joan of Arc, Jesse Eisenberg in Resistance, The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance during World War II, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a pilot whose aircraft is attacked by terrorists and White Riot, about the Rock Against Racism movement.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech, plus we count down the best hiking and trekking movies.

00:29:00 Top 10 - Hiking and Walking Movies
00:46:42 Joan of Arc
00:53:24 Lockdown Correspondents
00:58:42 On A Magical Night
01:02:55 White Riot
01:08:55 Armando Iannucci
01:25:53 7500
01:28:40 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:33:02 Resistance
01:36:46 Hanks for Listening
01:41:47 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Sir Kenneth 'Chuckles' Branagh, Spike Lee, Artemis Fowl, Da 5 Bloods and The King of Staten Island

12 juni 2020 · 1 uur 59 min

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Mark and Simon are joined by Sir Ken Branagh and Spike Lee, who talk about their new movies Artemis Fowl and Da 5 Bloods. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Judd Apatow’s latest The King of Staten Island, which stars Pete Davidson in this semi-autobiographical comedy drama. Mark also reviews You Don’t Nomi, a documentary about Showgirls, The Australian Dream, a documentary about the inspirational story of sporting hero Adam Goodes.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.

00:39:04 Top 10 Black and white films from the colour era
00:52:05 Kenneth Branagh interview
01:05:42 Artemis Fowl
01:07:47 Lockdown Correspondents
01:12:57 You Don’t Nomi
01:16:13 The Australian Dream
01:20:02 Spike Lee Interview
01:30:40 Da 5 Bloods
01:34:28 The Ground Beneath My Feet
01:37:24 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:41:27 The King of Staten Island
01:44:51 Hanks for Listening
01:49:05 What the Hell Were ‘U’ Thinking
01:52:51 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Judd Apatow, Dating Amber and Days of the Bagnold Summer

5 juni 2020 · 1 uur 48 min

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Mark and Edith Bowman, sitting in for Simon, are joined by Judd Apatow, who talks about his new film The King of Staten Island. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Simon Bird’s directorial debut Days of the Bagnold Summer, Dating Amber, an Irish film about two school friends who decide to start a relationship in an effort to fit in. They also talk about A Rainy Day in New York, the new Woody Allen film and Echo in the Canyon, about the music scene of Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles.

Mark and Edith chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.

00:22:17 Top 10
00:40:46 Dating Amber review
00:44:29 The Uncertain Kingdom review
00:49:29 Lockdown Correspondents
00:59:39 Judd Apatow Interview
01:16:10 Days of the Bagnold Summer
01:20:57 Echo in the Canyon
01:27:32 Women at War
01:29:16 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:34:23 Hanks for Listening
01:37:18 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Rosamund Pike, The High Note, Only the Animals and Krabi, 2562

29 mei 2020 · 1 uur 39 min

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Rosamund Pike joins Simran Hans and Edith Bowman to talk about Radioactive. She also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Mike Wallace is here, about the legendary American reporter, Only the Animals, a French film about a woman who goes missing by director Domink Moll and The High Note, which stars Dakota Johnson as a personal assistant and Tracee Ellis Ross is the pop singer for whom she works.

Edith and Simran chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.

00:20:23 Top 10 Swedish Comedies
00:36:38 Mike Wallace Is Here review
00:41:37 Krabi, 2562 review
00:48:48 Lockdown Correspondents
00:55:18 Rosamund Pike interview (Radioactive)
01:11:33 Only The Animals
01:14:04 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:19:58 The High Note review
01:26:53 Around the World When You Were My Age review
01:31:33 Director of the Week
01:35:34 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Marielle Heller, The Lovebirds, Take Me Somewhere Nice, and The County

22 mei 2020 · 2 uur

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Marielle Heller drops by to talk It’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, which she directed. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including action comedy The Lovebirds, about a couple who are unintentionally wrapped up in a murder mystery, drama Take Me Somewhere Nice and Icelandic comedy, The County, about a widowed farmer beginning a new life, fighting corruption.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.

00:33:17 Top 10 - Greater remakes of Great Films
00:47:36 The Lovebirds review
00:51:52: Monos (new to VOD) review
00:59:25 Take Me Somewhere Nice review
01:02:01 Marielle Heller interview
01:19:22 The Vast of Night review
01:25:25 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK
01:30:19 The County review
01:45:07 Well Done U
01:53:48 DVD OF THE WEEK

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George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy

15 mei 2020 · 1 uur 54 min

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George McKay drops by to talk Oscar-winning film 1917 and playing Ned Kelly in The True History of the Kelly Gang. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. Lees meer

Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Cassandro, The Exotico! About a gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestler who reinvents himself, sci-fi Proximity and The Orphanage, about a 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul who dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech.

00:33:57 Top 10 ‘single location movies’
00:45:03 Proximity review
00:49:43 The Orphanage review
00:53:40 Lockdown Correspondents
01:02:39 Cassandro, The Exotico! review
01:07:08 George MacKay interview
01:25:42 Romantic Comedy review
01:28:13 The Atom: A Love Affair review
01:31:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:42:02 Director of the week
01:46:24 DVD OF THE WEEK

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Amma Asante, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, In Search of Greatness and Camino Skies

8 mei 2020 · 2 uur 1 min

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Amma Asante chats to Simon and Mark about the challenges of continuing to work as a film director in lockdown and gives us some tips for some films to watch. Lees meer

Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Eliza Hittman’s drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always, sports documentary In Search of Greatness and a film about is the journey of six strangers from New Zealand and Australia walking the 800km Camino de Santiago.

Mark also reviews Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce’s horror The Wretched, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Romanian drama The Whistlers.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

00:29:58 New to Download
00:31:20 Top Ten - Fictional Bands in Films
00:46:41 Never Rarely Sometimes Always
00:53:00 The Wretched
00:56:57 Lockdown Correspondents
01:04:30 Camino Skies
01:10:51 Amma Asante interview
01:23:57 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK
01:29:03 The Whistlers review
01:31:39 More Beautiful For Having Been Broken
01:34:43 Time To Hunt
01:37:23 Tom Hanks
01:46:30 Well Done U
01:51:32 DVD OF THE WEEK

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