Kermode & Mayo’s Take

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Does RESIDENT EVIL equal WEAPONS? + JULIETTE BINOCHE

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Sep 17
1 h 24 min

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

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Sep 10
1 h 25 min

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

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Sep 3
1 h 21 min

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

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Aug 27
1 h 15 min

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

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Aug 20
1 h 15 min

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

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Aug 13
1 h 29 min

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

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Aug 6
1 h 15 min

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

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Jul 30
1 h 26 min

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

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Jul 23
1 h 25 min

Is THE ODYSSEY truly epic? With SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

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Jul 16
1 h 26 min

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

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Jul 9
1 h 21 min

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

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Jul 2
1 h 35 min

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

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Jun 25
1 h 23 min

Is playtime finally over for TOY STORY?

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Jun 18
1 h 16 min

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

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Jun 11
1 h 30 min

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

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Jun 4
1 h 17 min

Does Mark think BACKROOMS is a-maze-ing?

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May 28
1 h 22 min

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

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May 21
1 h 20 min

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

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May 14
1 h 15 min

SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

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May 7
1 h 14 min

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I absolutely adore Mark’s reviews and Simon’s commentary and interviews. Some of the best critics around with an incredible podcast.

straightfromanalistmoviescene · Jun 2025

I am a sarcy native of the UK’s shores living with the “oh so pleased with themselves” techarati in Silicon Valley and this is hands down my favourite listening of the week. Feels like two old friends sitting at my kitchen table with a suitable beverage making me laugh, shout, disagree and learn in the same debate, question the nonsense but celebrate the really talented, creative stories and people we have in this choppy world. Cheers to you both - for a naturally optimistic soul with a grumpy gene like me, I feel like I have my tribe with me three times a week!!

Fionacorona · Jul 2024

Love the show. Love the banter and the bickering and Mark’s occasional off the rails rants. The interviews are always illuminating. I can handle the commercials, which is why I haven’t made the fairly robust financial commitment to become a vanguardista. What I would like to suggest is another tier of support. I would pay to be able to listen to the show without the Laughter Lift. I despise that segment. For a time, it seemed like it might have met its demise, as everyone, especially the super subs, groaned and protested. But Mark has been scarily cheery about it lately. Who likes these lame “jokes?” Is it only Simon Paul, like as an exercise in seeing what he can get Simon to do? Is it because Simon’s child is a comedy writer? Like, what even is the purpose? It doesn’t have anything to do with film. It never used to be part of the show. Ugh. Anyway, that’s how you will get me to part with my money. Offer a Laughter Lift Free edition, and I am in. No rimshot necessary. Hello to Jason, who seems to feel the same as I do about said segment.

ThistleTat · Jul 2024

As a Colonial Commoner, my national news and media continually flog at my psyche, determined to drag me down a spiral of subservient sadness. Mark and Simon provide the aural antidote with their weekly unique, erudite witterings. Around a creamy filling of film reviews, the doctors administer a surprisingly healthy donut of hope and happiness. Four out of five medical doctors approve of this podcast (the fifth one is a fan of Michael Bay, and only looks at feet). As the Laughter Lift raises my spirit, I raise my spirit of the Japanese whiskey varietal to solute these two men of unrivaled intelligence. Sirs, may you continue to lift us out of dark times, denounce dunces, and loudly praise bloody-good cinema! (Not swearing, that’s a Horror flick reference)

SeñorNoBueno · Jul 2024

I was a longtime listener, and an OG subscriber to the “Takes” iteration of this show, so leaving this review makes me very sad: the show has become unlistenable. Kermode’s (and to a lesser extent Simon’s) rants about geopolitics in general and American politics in particular have rendered the show unlistenable. I say this as a progressive Democrat who is every bit as enraged as they are about the state of the world. But hearing what they think about the state of things is not why I listen to this movie review podcast. I listen to it for the movie reviews and the formerly pleasant “witterings.” You would think this would be obvious to the production team, but on top of increasingly dwelling on politics, they also now review fewer movies, even with a paid subscription for “extra takes.” This takes things from bad to worse, and I’m afraid for me it’s the end of what had been a truly glorious podcasting road.

iolantherosa · Apr 2026

I started listening to Mark and Simon more than 20 years ago when I emigrated from the UK. Over the majority of that time I barely missed a show or pod. Not just for the fabulously sharp reviews but for the feeling that these two incredibly likable friends were part of my life and an important connection to my home . So how incredibly disappointing that this stalwart has so declined. The energy and sharpness has been replaced by flabby reviews, disconnected and forced conversation and wall to wall ads. Sadly it’s now just dull and somewhat irrelevant.

Sam Limes · Feb 2026

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