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Join Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo for your essential film and premium TV reviews, interviews and conversation 🍿
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🏍️ ⛓️ PILLION: everyone's favourite new Dom-Com classic?

Check out Mark's full review in the latest Take 🎬

+ CHRISTY 🥊
ZOOTROPLOLIS 2 🐰🐍
NOAH BAUMBACH on JAY KELLY 🤩
& more 🍿

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXfY...
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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🚨 Take Ultra is happening today at 12:30 🚨

Ultra Vanguardistas can join us here ⬇️
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Join the Ultra Vanguard to get in on it 🙌
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🚨 New TAKE ULTRA live tomorrow 26th November at 12:30 🚨

⏰ Set your alarms, Ultra Vanguardistas!

And the rest of you—sign up on our Patreon page to get in on it ➡️ www.patreon.com/c/kermodeand...

See you there 🫡
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Alexander Skarsgård says his new movie PILLION is a "classic Dom-Com" 😂

⛓️🏍️ Hear him unpack the spicy BDSM biker comedy drama with Simon in the latest Take 🎬

We guarantee you've never seen anything like it before... 😳

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wg...
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"He's the man who refuses to die" 💪

🙌 SISU fans rejoice—SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is here 💥

Catch Mark's review in the latest Take 🎬

+ WICKED: FOR GOOD, THE CARPENTER'S SON & Alexander Skarsgård on PILLION 🍿

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wg...
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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WICKED double bill anyone? 🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️

🍿 Don't miss Mark's verdict on the musical smash sequel + SISU, THE CARPENTER'S SON & more in this week's new Take 🎬

+ 🤩 Alexander Skarsgård on PILLON ⛓️🏍️

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wg...
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🫣 Which film is making Mark want to "beat his face against a wall"? 😬

Check out the latest Take to find out 🎬

+ Edgar Wright on THE RUNNING MAN 🤩🏃‍♂️

& The week's biggest movies reviewed 🍿

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtxRzwqbNH8
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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"It's very nerve-wracking handing in your homework to the world's most famous English teacher" 😰

🤩 Edgar Wright joins Simon in this week's new pod to talk about his fresh adaptation of Stephen King's THE RUNNING MAN 🏃‍♂️

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtxR...
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🎬 Brand new Take out now—and it's IRL!
Don't miss the Good Doctors in the flesh 👓👓

+Sir Daniel Day-Lewis and his son & director Ronan Day-Lewis on ANEMONE 🌼

Reviews🍿
👶 DIE MY LOVE
🎼 THE CHORAL
💥 PREDATOR: BADLANDS

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FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWdAeoKJhA
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Has Mark been banged up?! 🔒🗝️

Find out why he's seen the inside of the slammer in the latest Take 🎬

+ Reviews of
👽 BUGONIA
☎️ RELAY
🕵️‍♂️ DOWN CEMETERY ROAD with special guest Ruth Wilson 🤩

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Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRM...
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Is Emma Stone an alien though? 👽🤔

Check out Mark's full BUGONIA review in this week's brand new Take 🎬

+ Ruth Wilson on DOWN CEMETERY ROAD 🤩

🍿 More movie review madness & top quality nonsense 💯

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📺 Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRM...
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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REGRETTING YOU... Sounds like Mark's regretting watching it 🫣

🚨 Rant radar flashing 🚨

Don't miss his full review in the latest Take
+ SPRINGSTEEN 🎸
& THE MASTERMIND 🖼️ with Josh O'Connor & Kelly Reichardt 🤩

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📺 Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXT...
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Well hello there, Times Square. Come and join the church over on Patreon for loads of extra content: www.patreon.com/c/kermodeand...
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Does THE MASTERMIND pull it off? 🖼️

🎬 Check out this week's new Take for Mark's verdict + special guests Josh O'Connor & Kelly Reichardt 🤩

+ More reviews of
🎸 SPRINGSTEEN
💔 REGRETTING YOU
🖍️ SKETCH
& more 🍿

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Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXT...
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🚨 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

🎉 We are now on Patreon 🎉

Lots of new tasty extra stuff coming your way for Vanguardistas and.... ULTRA VANGUARDISTAS 💪

Subscribe ➡️ www.patreon.com/cw/kermodean...

🎁 Use code KM70 for 70% off
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🤩 Russell Tovey joins us on the latest Take 🎬

He talks to Simon about PLAINCLOTHES 👕

It's a period piece, but he says its story of entrapment is sadly still relevant right now

+ They talk art, Dr Who & more 🍿

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📺 FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53Helvi37A
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Who's excited for FRANKENSTEIN? 🧟‍♂️

🎬 Don't miss Mark's review of Guillermo del Toro's reimagining of the horror classic as you've never seen it before 🍿

+ More reviews & guest Russell Tovey 🤩

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📺 Watch the FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53Helvi37A
October 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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📣 Simon's got a new toy...

And we've got a new Take 🎬

Check out this weeks new pod for...

🧟‍♂️ FRANKENSTEIN
🏠 ROOFMAN
😈 BLACK PHONE 2
🎓 AFTER THE HUNT

+ Guest Russell Tovey on PLAINCLOTHES 👕

🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/33e92c

📺 FULL SHOW on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53Helvi37A
October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Please send your favourite cinematic memories of Diane Keaton (1946-2025) for potential inclusion on this week's pod.
October 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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🤩 Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson are our special guests on the Take this week 🎬

They chat to Ben about their new nuclear thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE 🧨

+ Reviews 🍿
🤖 TRON: ARES
🤬 I SWEAR
👮‍♂️ PLAINCLOTHES

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+ Watch the FULL SHOW on Youtube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDfo...
October 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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🫣 No prizes for guessing which film Mark is talking about here...
Don't miss his full review in this week's Take 🎬

📽️ All the week's biggest movies too + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson on A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE 🧨 🤩

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+ FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDfo...
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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The Rock is unrecognizable in THE SMASHING MACHINE 😲🥊

Check out Mark's full review in the latest Take 🎬

+ Reviews of
URCHIN
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
FILM CLUB with Aimee Lou Wood 🤩

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October 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"I want neurotic chatterboxes falling in love!"❤️

Aimee Lou Wood joins us in this week's Take 🎬
She's bringing back the spirit of classic romcoms in her new series FILM CLUB 📽️🍿

+ 🎞️
THE SMASHING MACHINE
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
URCHIN

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📺 FULL SHOW www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiI_...
October 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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When Mark's review is more entertaining than the movie itself 😬

Catch his full verdict on THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 in the latest Take 🎬

+ THE DEAD OF WINTER, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER & Paul Thomas Anderson 🤩

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September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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"It's impossible to see this and not find stuff that you'll love"🍿

Don't miss Mark's full review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER in the latest Take 🎬

+ Paul Thomas Anderson himself unpacks the movie with Simon 🎞️

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📺 Watch the full show on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXf-...
September 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM