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Kermode & Mayo’s Take
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. Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes to get ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show, TAKE TWO, with new episodes every Friday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or at…
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs ANIMOL a breakout success? With ASHLEY WALTERS
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeWill Mark lose his head over the GHOSTS film? with Jim Howick & Laurence Rickard
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeJOSH BROLIN and AUSTIN ABRAMS talk Whalefall
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs THE UPRISING revolutionary or revolting? + PAUL GREENGRASS
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDoes Mark dig Digger? + AARON SORKIN
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDoes the new Austen adaptation suit Mark's sensibility? With George MacKay
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDoes RESIDENT EVIL equal WEAPONS? + JULIETTE BINOCHE
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeHas PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 got Mark spellbound? + NICOLAS WINDING REFN
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs this the darkest ROBIN HOOD adaptation ever? + BILL PULLMAN
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeTHE DOG STARS: Top dog or a dog’s dinner?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeTEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: The most Mark film evz? + Johnny Flynn
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeTHE END OF OAK STREET: “Why does it exist?” + SIAN CLIFFORD on LADY
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs ICE CREAM MAN Eli Roth’s most chilling work or does it need more sprinkles? + Taika Waititi
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeHas SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY got Mark’s Spidey senses tingling? + ASA BUTTERFIELD
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeAre some ANIMAL FARM adaptations more equal than others? With ANDY SERKIS
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs THE ODYSSEY truly epic? With SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeAre we in for a MOAN-A from Mark about live action remakes?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeAre the Minions master movie makers? + Edward Norton & Olivia Wilde on THE INVITE
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeJackass: I thought Jonny Knoxville was an a***
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs playtime finally over for TOY STORY?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs DISCLOSURE DAY the best Spielberg in decades? With EMILY BLUNT & COLMAN DOMINGO
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs SAVAGE HOUSE Richard E. Grant’s most unhinged role yet?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDoes Mark think BACKROOMS is a-maze-ing?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU a STAR WARS spin off too far? + Leo Woodall
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeTHREE FILMS OF THE WEEK? Is that even allowed? + Olivia Colman
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeSIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDoes THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 rock the sequel trend? + STEVE COOGAN
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeHave we found Mark’s film of the year already?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeJohn Waters: “I’m so respectable I could puke”
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeBrian Cox on GLENROTHAN: will it go down smoothly with Mark?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeLevel up or game over for SUPER MARIO GALAXY?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeTHE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE: Enchanting or just lost in the woods?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs Stephen Graham another bad boy in THE GOOD BOY?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeOscars Schmoscars 2026
In this Oscars special episode of Kermode & Mayo’s Take, Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode break down the biggest moments from the 2026 Academy Awards. Mark shares…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeRyan Gosling on PROJECT HAIL MARY
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeTake Ultra preview - A look ahead to the Oscars
Here's a cheeky preview of our latest Take Ultra video episode in which Mark and Simon look ahead to this week’s Oscars and assess the state of the race…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDoes THE BRIDE! earn its exclamation mark?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeCelebrating Women in Film with Vanguard
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeWhat did Mark make of the BAFTAs?
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…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeAmanda Seyfried… as a Mancunian?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDid Mark Fall for Wuthering Heights — or Run Screaming Across the Moors? With Emerald Fennell
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeTake 2 taster: why not join us on Patreon?
Hello hello, Take listeners! A quick heads‑up: if you’re not yet part of our brilliant Patreon community, you’re missing out on an entire extra episode every…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeMELANIA: “A piece of handsomely mounted crypto‑fascist propaganda” + Riz Ahmed
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeHow did Hollywood turn John Bishop into Will Arnett?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeCan Claire Foy handle a “perfectly evolved psychopath” in H IS FOR HAWK?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeJack O’Connell on 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDoes HAMNET deserve the hype?
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeBest and Worst Films of the Year
It’s that time of year on the Take when Mark runs down his best and worst films of the year—so get ready for a reminder of 2025’s biggest raves and rants from…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeGood Kate Winslet (lass) Looks Back on her Feats of Acting
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeAVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: “like some nightmare furries convention”
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeLive Christmas Spectacular with Nia DaCosta and Jason Isaacs
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…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeFIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: “I was struggling to stay awake” + Legendary James L Brooks
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs CHRISTY a knockout? + Noah Baumbach on JAY KELLY
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeNow & Ben: Benedict Cumberbatch on THE THING WITH FEATHERS
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…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeWICKED: Which Witch Wins - Is the Sequel/Prequel Equal?
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…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeEdgar Wright on THE RUNNING MAN
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDaniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis on ANEMONE
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeIs BUGONIA out of this world? + Ruth Wilson on DOWN CEMETERY ROAD
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Kermode & Mayo’s TakeDid Mark ‘Louvre’ Josh O’Connor’s timely heist movie THE MASTERMIND? + Does SPRINGSTEEN deliver?
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…
Kermode & Mayo’s TakeHas FRANKENSTEIN got Mark (re)animated? + Russell Tovey
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