Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, Bill and Ted Face the Music, Rocks and Tesla Sep 18, 2020

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

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.

Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

Peter Bogdanovich, The Roads Not Taken and The Broken Hearts Gallery Sep 11, 2020

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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.

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 Sep 04, 2020

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

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 Aug 28, 2020

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

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. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

Annette Bening, The One and Only Ivan, Yes, God, Yes and Random Acts of Violence Aug 21, 2020

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

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.

Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

Bryan Cranston, Babyteeth, Pinocchio, Spree and Sputnik. Aug 14, 2020

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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.

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 Aug 07, 2020

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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.

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

Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

Gemma Arterton, Summerland, Unhinged and Proxima Jul 31, 2020

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

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. Jul 24, 2020

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

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.

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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We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

Ben Whishaw, Black Water: Abyss, Clemency and Come As You Are Jul 17, 2020

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

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.

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

Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

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