Episodes
Ralph Fiennes, Stardust, MLK/FBI, Blithe Spirit and Dear Comrades!
Jan 15 2021
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. 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...more
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman, Sylvie’s Love and Vanguard
Jan 08 2021
Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Vanessa Kirby who talks about her new film Pieces of a Woman. 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...more
Best of 2020
Jan 01 2021
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. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
Pete Docter, Soul, One Night in Miami and Adoration
Dec 25 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Director Pete Docter who talks about his new film Soul. 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 Nigh...more
Viola Davis, Wonder Woman 1984, Come Away and Let Him Go
Dec 18 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Viola Davis who talks about her film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. 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...more
David Oyelowo, The Midnight Sky, American Utopia and Dreamland
Dec 11 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by David Oyelowo who talks about his forthcoming film Come Away. 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 o...more
Felicity Jones, The Prom, Host and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Dec 04 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Felicity Jones who talks about her forthcoming film Midnight Sky. 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...more
Viggo Mortensen, Red, White and Blue, Possessor, and The Ringmaster
Nov 27 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Viggo Mortensen who talks about his new film Falling. 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...more
Peter Strickland, Uncle Frank, The Kid Detective, Patrick and Skyfire
Nov 20 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Peter Strickland who talks about his new film Cold Meridian. 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 ...more
Jason Isaacs, Skyfire, Jingle Jangle and Hillbilly Elegy
Nov 13 2020
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. 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 wi...more
Tilda Swinton, A Christmas Gift from Bob, About Endlessness and Looted
Nov 06 2020
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. 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 ...more
Elisabeth Moss, Shirley, Relic, The Witches, Mogul Mowgli and Wolfwalkers
Oct 30 2020
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. 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 D...more
Colm Meaney, Pixie, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Honest Thief and The Climb
Oct 23 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Colm Meaney who talks about his new movie Pixie. 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 ...more
Morfydd Clark, Rebecca, I Am Greta, Carmilla
Oct 16 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Morfydd Clark who talks about her new movie Saint Maud. 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 Wee...more
Ben Wheatley, Kajillionaire, Saint Maud and I Am Woman
Oct 09 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Ben Wheatley who talks about his new movie Rebecca. 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 1...more
Sally Hawkins, Eternal Beauty, On the Rocks and The Trial of the Chicago 7
Oct 02 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Sally Hawkins who talks about her new movie Eternal Beauty. 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. ...more
Ron Howard, Rebuilding Paradise, Becky, Monsoon and Miss Juneteenth
Sep 25 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Ron Howard who talks about Rebuilding Paradise. 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 ...more
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, Bill and Ted Face the Music, Rocks and Tesla
Sep 18 2020
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 transmi...more
Peter Bogdanovich, The Roads Not Taken and The Broken Hearts Gallery
Sep 11 2020
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. 0...more
Jessie Buckley, Tenet, Mulan and The New Mutants
Sep 04 2020
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. ...more
Chris Nolan, Tenet, Hope Gap, Get Duked and Rising Phoenix
Aug 28 2020
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 release...more
Annette Bening, The One and Only Ivan, Yes, God, Yes and Random Acts of Violence
Aug 21 2020
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 an...more
Bryan Cranston, Babyteeth, Pinocchio, Spree and Sputnik.
Aug 14 2020
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...more
Seth Rogen, Ben Mendelsohn, An American Pickle, Endings, Beginnings and Perfect 10
Aug 07 2020
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,...more
Gemma Arterton, Summerland, Unhinged and Proxima
Jul 31 2020
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...more
Lucy Liu, Stage Mother, Saint Frances, How to Build a Girl.
Jul 24 2020
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. 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 d...more
Ben Whishaw, Black Water: Abyss, Clemency and Come As You Are
Jul 17 2020
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. 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 uncomfort...more
Alfre Woodard, Scoob!, Greyhound and The Way Back
Jul 10 2020
Sanjeev Bhaskar talked to Alfre Woodard about her stunning performance in Clemency - which is out next week. 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 Col...more
Werner Herzog, Family Romance LLC, Lynn + Lucy and Lost Transmissions
Jul 03 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Werner Herzog, who talks about his new film Family Romance LLC. 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...more
Simon Pegg, Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga and Irresistible
Jun 26 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Simon Pegg who talks about his movie Lost Transmissions. 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 st...more
Armando Iannucci, White Riot, 7500 and Resistance
Jun 19 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Armando Iannucci, who talks about his movie The Personal History of David Copperfield. 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 th...more
Sir Kenneth 'Chuckles' Branagh, Spike Lee, Artemis Fowl, Da 5 Bloods and The King of Staten Island
Jun 12 2020
Mark and Simon are joined by Sir Ken Branagh and Spike Lee, who talk about their new movies Artemis Fowl and Da 5 Bloods. 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 fi...more
Judd Apatow, Dating Amber and Days of the Bagnold Summer
Jun 05 2020
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. 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...more
Rosamund Pike, The High Note, Only the Animals and Krabi, 2562
May 29 2020
Rosamund Pike joins Simran Hans and Edith Bowman to talk about Radioactive. She also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. 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 Simra...more
Marielle Heller, The Lovebirds, Take Me Somewhere Nice, and The County
May 22 2020
Marielle Heller drops by to talk It’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, which she directed. 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 fi...more
George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy
May 15 2020
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. 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. ...more
Amma Asante, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, In Search of Greatness and Camino Skies
May 08 2020
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. 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, C...more
Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan, The Assistant, Reborn and Ema
May 01 2020
Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan talk Calm with Horses, their film set in Ireland where lives are torn apart and loyalties tested when choices must be made between drug-dealing and family. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including drama The Assistant starring Julia Garner, horror film Reborn and Pablo Larraín’s Ema, which focuses on a couple dealing with the aftermath of an adoption that goes wrong. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we...more
Pablo Larrain and Gael Garcia Bernal, Extraction, Astronaut, Sea Fever and Moffie
Apr 24 2020
Pablo Larrain and Gael Garcia Bernal talk Ema, their film set in Chile about a couple dealing with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Chris Hemsworth in actioner Extraction, horror thriller Sea Fever and Moffie, about a young man drafted into South Africa's military who knows he is different and must keep himself hidden. Mark also reviews Richard Dreyfuss in Astronaut. Mark and Simon chat through...more
Richard Dreyfuss, Dreamland, Why Don’t You Just Die, and Cuck
Apr 17 2020
Richard Dreyfuss talks Astronaut, his film about a lonely widower who battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Dreamland, about the world of opioids, Why Don’t You Just Die, Kirill Sokolov’s film about Andrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father who brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streamin...more
Paul Walter Hauser, Michael Sheen, Trolls World Tour and The Grand Bizarre
Apr 10 2020
Paul Walter Hauser & Michael Sheen. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including 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. 00:39:40 Box Office Top 10 (Fastest Digital Downloads) 00:54:04 Michael Sheen interview 01:06:56 Martin Margiela review 01:10:22 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK 01:15:47 Paul Walter Hauser inter...more
John Turturro, Four Kids and It and The Whalebone Box
Apr 03 2020
John Turturro talks Jesus Rolls, which returns to his character Jesus Quintana from The Big Lebowski. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including the new Andrew Kotting film The Whalebone Box, Nona: If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them, about Josefina, a radical homemaker, committed a crime of passion that led her to self-exile at a coastal town. Michael Caine plays a sand creature in Four Kids and It. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we t...more
Jesse Eisenberg & Imogen Poots, Vivarium, The Banker, The Perfect Candidate and System Crasher
Mar 27 2020
Another chance to hear Jesse Eisenberg & Imogen Poots talk about Vivarium. Plus all your essential on demand film reviews including the new Apple TV movie The Banker, starring Samuel L Jackson and Nicolas Hoult, System Crasher, about a 9-year-old’s untamed energy which drives everyone around her to despair, and The Perfect Candidate, about a determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections, directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. Mark and Simon chat tell you the best...more
The Truth, Dogs Don't Wear Pants and Fire Will Come
Mar 20 2020
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's essential streaming movies, including the new Hirokazu Koreeda film The Truth, J.-P. Valkeapää's drama Dogs Don't Wear Pants and Fire Will Come, a Galician-language film directed by Oliver Laxe which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. On the podcast, available on the BBC Sounds app, Mark and Simon discuss the work of Lynne Ramsay. Mark also recommends our weekly U certificate c...more
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Misbehaviour, The Hunt and My Spy
Mar 16 2020
Gugu Mbatha-Raw talks Misbehaviour, the film of the protests at the 1970 Miss World protests. Plus all your essential film reviews including the new family action-comedy My Spy, horror The Hunt, documentary Cunningham, Barry Keoghan in Calm with Horses and Brazilian thriller Bacurau. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the W...more
Onward, Military Wives and The Photograph PART 2
Mar 06 2020
Reviews on Onward, Military Wives, Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island and The Photograph among others. 00:16:07 Military Wives 00:33:24 Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island 00:35:44 Onward 00:40:30 The Photograph 00:44:23 Sulpher and White 00:47:05 Vitalina Varela Review Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, Escape from Pretoria PART 1
Mar 06 2020
Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, plus Box Office Top 10 and Escape from Pretoria review. PART 1 00:32:40 Box Office Top 10 00:50:17 Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots Interview 01:06:38 Escape from Pretoria Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
The lost bit from 28th February
Mar 06 2020
Featuring reviews on the Kelly Gang, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Colour Out of Space.
Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Dark Waters
Feb 28 2020
Elisabeth Moss talks The Invisible Man. Plus film reviews including Todd Haynes’s Dark Waters, starring Mark Ruffalo, Céline Sciamma’s romantic drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire and George MacKay in Justin Kurzel’s True History Of The Kelly Gang. Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon, as they chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of th...more
Steve Coogan, Greed, The Call of the Wild, Little Joe
Feb 21 2020
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's movies. Steve Coogan joins Simon and Mark for a chat about his new film Greed. Plus Mark will review the latest film releases including The Call Of The Wild and Little Joe. 00:18:07 Box Office Top 10 00:38:06 Steve Coogan Interview 00:51:30 Greed Review 01:07:24 The Call of the Wild 01:14:36 Little Joe 01:32:19 The Public 01:37:52 Like a Boss 01:42:00 Midnight Family Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: m...more
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma, Sonic the Hedgehog and Spycies.
Feb 14 2020
Anya Taylor-Joy talks Emma. Plus film reviews including Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog and animation Spycies. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00:23:05 Box Office Top 10 00:45:28 Anya Taylor-Joy interview 00:59:46 Emma review 01:20:38 Spycies review 01:24:57 First Love review 01:37:27 Sonic the Hedgehog ...more
Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite, Dolittle and Birds of Prey
Feb 07 2020
Bong Joon-Ho talks Parasite. Plus film reviews including Robert Downey Junior in Dolittle, Margot Robbie in Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn and Kristen Stewart in Underwater. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00:27:55 Box Office Top 10 00:44:33 Bong Joon Ho Interview 00:59:5...more
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse, Richard Jewell and A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood.
Jan 31 2020
Willem Dafoe talks The Lighthouse. Plus film reviews including Clint Eastwood’s drama Richard Jewell, Daniel Kaluuya in Queen and Slim, and Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.19.27 Box Office Top 10 00.39.16 Willem Dafoe Interview 00.57.46 The Lighthouse 01...more
Tom Hanks, The Personal History Of David Copperfield and The Grudge.
Jan 25 2020
Tom Hanks talks A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood. Plus film reviews including Bad Boys for Life, Armando Iannucci’s Dickens adaptation The Personal History Of David Copperfield, psychological horror The Grudge, and supernatural horror The Turning. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. Download the Kermode and May...more
Charlize Theron, Bombshell and Just Mercy.
Jan 17 2020
Charlize Theron talks about Bombshell. Plus film reviews including legal drama Just Mercy, buddy cop action comedy Bad Boys for Life starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.28.08 Box Office Top 10 00.47.08 Charlize Theron interview 01.01.49 Bombshell review 01.17.37 A H...more
Sam Mendes, The Safdie Brothers, 1917, Uncut Gems and Seberg.
Jan 10 2020
Director Sam Mendes talks about 1917 and The Safdie Brothers talk about Uncut Gems. Plus film reviews including political thriller Seberg, starring Kristen Stewart and Jack O'Connell and adventure movie The Runaways. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.16.34 Box Office Top 10 00.36.33 Safdie Brothers Interview...more
Greta Gerwig, Little Women, Jojo Rabbit and The Gentlemen
Jan 03 2020
Director Greta Gerwig talks about Little Women. Plus film reviews including Taiki Waititi’s wartime comedy drama Jojo Rabbit, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, and Giancarlo Esposito and Aaron Eckhart in In the Line of Duty. Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.14.14 Box Office Top 10 00.39.01 Greta...more
Best Of 2019
Dec 25 2019
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present their annual festive opportunity to hear the best film reviews and interviews from 2019. With guests including Renée Zellweger, Taron Egerton, and reviews including Holmes and Watson, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Gemini Man and Night Hunter. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app.
JJ Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Cats, The Gentlemen and Little Women
Dec 20 2019
Director JJ Abrams talks about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Plus film reviews including Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, Guy Ritchie’s latest The Gentlemen and John Cena in Playing with Fire. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.35.27 Box Office Top 1...more
Jumanji: The Next Level, QT8: The First Eight and Black Christmas
Dec 12 2019
Mark Kermode reviews Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Kevin Hart in Jumanji: The Next Level. Plus reviews including yuletide-themed horror remake Black Christmas, QT8: The First Eight, a documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's directorial career and Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next...more
Alex Gibney, Lucy in the Sky, Honey Boy, Ordinary Love, Motherless Brooklyn and Gremlins
Dec 06 2019
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney talks about his new film Citizen K. Plus film reviews including Shia Leboeuf in Honey Boy, Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm in Lucy in the Sky, Edward Norton’s neo-noir Motherless Brooklyn and Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville in Ordinary Love. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week 00.24....more
Ed Norton, Motherless Brooklyn, Charlie’s Angels, Knives Out, The Two Popes and Atlantics.
Nov 29 2019
Ed Norton talks about his film Motherless Brooklyn. Plus film reviews including Rian Johnson’s thriller Knives Out, a reboot of Charlie’s Angels with Kristen Stewart, and biographical drama film The Two Popes directed by Fernando Meirelles. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 0.24.59 Box Office Top 10 00.42.17 Ed...more
Chadwick Boseman, 21 Bridges, Judy and Punch, Frozen II and Harriet
Nov 22 2019
Chadwick Boseman talks about his film 21 Bridges. Plus film reviews including Suburban soccer moms in Greener Grass, Comedy Crime Drama Judy and Punch, hotly anticipated sequel Frozen II and the tale of a woman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes in Harriet. Mark Kermode also reviews Blue Story and Them That Follow. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst film...more
Emilia Clarke, Last Christmas, The Report, Le Mans '66 and Little Monsters
Nov 15 2019
Emilia Clarke talks about Last Christmas. Plus film reviews including Christian Bale and Matt Damon in Le Mans ‘66 and Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad in comedy horror Little Monsters. Mark Kermode also reviews docudrama The Report, starring Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Tim Blake Nelson and Jon Hamm. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in D...more
Helen Mirren, The Irishman, The Good Liar and Driven.
Nov 08 2019
Helen Mirren talks about The Good Liar. Plus film reviews including Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Naomi Watts and Octavia Spencer in Luce. Mark Kermode also reviews Nick Hamm’s thriller Driven and Roland Emmerich’s Midway, the story of the World War II battle as told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertain...more
Felicity Jones, The Aeronauts, Doctor Sleep and Brittany Runs a Marathon
Nov 01 2019
Felicity Jones talks about The Aeronauts. Plus film reviews including The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, comedy Brittany Runs a Marathon and Ken Loach’s new drama Sorry We Missed You. Mark Kermode also reviews mystery Earthquake Bird directed by Wash Westmoreland. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.29.35 Box Offi...more
Rebecca Fergsuon, Terminator: Dark Fate, Monos, Black and Blue
Oct 25 2019
Rebecca Ferguson talks about Dr. Sleep. Plus film reviews including animation Monos, the next instalment of the Terminator franchise, and drama The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Mark Kermode also reviews war drama film Monos directed by Alejandro Landes about a group of teenage bandits. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of t...more
Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Official Secrets.
Oct 18 2019
Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie talk about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Plus film reviews including A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Official Secrets and Zombieland: Double Tap. Mark Kermode also reviews The Peanut Butter Falcon, the story of a young man with Down’s Syndrome, who runs away from a residential home. Mark and Ben Bailey Smith chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommen...more
Sienna Miller, Abominable, Gemini Man, The Day Shall Come
Oct 11 2019
Sienna Miller talks about American Woman. Plus film reviews including animation Abominable, new Will Smith flick Gemini Man and Chris Morris’s The Day Shall Come. Mark Kermode also reviews The King and Dolemite is My Name. Plus Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.30.46 Box Office Top 10 00.48.45 Sienna Miller In...more
Renée Zellweger, Joker, Judy and Good Posture
Oct 04 2019
Renée Zellweger talks about Judy. Plus film reviews including Judy, Joaquin Phoenix as Joker, Emily Mortimer in Good Posture and World War II drama Werewolf. Mark Kermode also reviews Ross Clarke’s The Birdcatcher and Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and War, the story of one man's cinematic vision of the 20th century and his own incredible journey through it. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst...more
Emily Mortimer, The Goldfinch, Ready or Not, Skin & Rambo: Last Blood
Sep 27 2019
Emily Mortimer talks about Good Posture. Plus your essential film reviews including Sly returning in Rambo: Last Blood, Jamie Bell as a racist skinhead in Skin, and the Donna Tartt adaptation The Goldfinch. Mark Kermode also reviews Martha Pinson’s Tomorrow, and Shola Amoo’s drama The Last Tree. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in D...more
Jason Isaacs, Hotel Mumbai, Ad Astra, The Kitchen, The Farewell
Sep 20 2019
Jason Isaacs talks Hotel Mumbai. Plus the only reviews of the week's films you need including Brad Pitt in Ad Astra, dramedy The Farewell, and crime drama The Kitchen. Mark Kermode also reviews a documentary about KLF frontman Bill Drummond, Best Before Death and drama Tomorrow. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk...more
with Hugh Bonneville
Sep 13 2019
Hugh Bonneville talks about Downton Abbey. Plus reviews of Night Hunter, Hustler and For Sama, the UK Box Office top ten and TV Movie of the Week. Box Office Top 10 00:20:56 Hugh Bonneville Interview 00:41:00 Downton Abbey Review 00:55:32 Hustlers Review 01:04:47 For Sama Review 01:12:43 Night Hunter 01:25:10 Honeyland 01:30:37 The Shock of the Future 01:35:17 Phoenix 01:36:46 Midnight Cowboy 01:38:05 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twi...more
with James McAvoy
Sep 06 2019
James McAvoy talks about It Chapter Two. Plus reviews of A Minuscule Adventure, The Shiny Shrimps and Rojo. Plus the Box Office top ten. 00.26.15 - Top 10 00.44.21 - James McAvoy interview 00.58.58 - IT Chapter Two review 01.19.15 - A Minuscule Adventure review 01.30.04 - Rojo review 01.35.56 - Scarborough review 01.40.37 - The Shiny Shrimps review 01.43.41 - The Run review 01.45.29 - Rapid Response Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.u...more
with Timothy Spall
Aug 30 2019
Timothy Spall talks about Mrs. Lowry and Son. Plus reviews of A Million Little Pieces, The Souvenir and The Informer. Plus the Box Office top ten. Reviews: 00.26.13 Top 10 01.01.01 Mrs Lowry and Son 01.09.10 The Informer 01.12.48 The Souvenir 01.20.18 A Million Little Pieces 01.39.32 The Mustang 01.44.22 Bait 01.49.46 Seahorse Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
With Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Aug 23 2019
Mark Kermode is joined by Geoff Lloyd for this week's film reviews. Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson talk about their movie A Million Little Pieces. Plus reviews of Pain And Glory, Angel has Fallen and Crawl & the UK Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Reviews: Angel Has Fallen 01.00.53 Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark 01.07.27 Aniara 01.13.28 Pain and Glory 01.26.48 Crawl 01.32.40 Hail Satan 01.36.31 A Somethin' Else production.
with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt
Aug 16 2019
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon to review the week's movies. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt talk about Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. Plus reviews of Uglydolls, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and JT Leroy. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
09/08/2019
Aug 09 2019
Antonio Banderas talks about Pain and Glory. Plus reviews of The Playmobil Movie, Blinded by the Light and Opus Zero. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Gurinder Chadha
Aug 02 2019
Gurinder Chadha talks about Blinded by the Light. And the week's film reviews with Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey featuring The Angry Birds Movie 2, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, and Animals. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Ben Bailey Smith and Clarisse Loughrey
Jul 26 2019
Nick Frost talks about Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans. Plus reviews of The Current War, The Chambermaid and Marianne and Leonard. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Chiwetel Ejiofor
Jul 19 2019
Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about The Lion King. Plus the Box Office Top Ten and reviews including Varda by Agnes, Tell it to the Bess and Making Noise Quietly. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
with Tuppence Middleton
Jul 12 2019
Tuppence Middleton talks about The Current War. Plus reviews of Armstrong, The Dead Don't Die and Annabelle Comes Home. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Will Poulter
Jul 05 2019
Will Poulter talks about Midsommar. Plus the Box Office Top Ten and reviews including Spider-Man: From Home, Ibiza: The Silent Movie and Don't Look Now. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Danny Boyle and Himesh Patel
Jun 28 2019
Danny Boyle and Himesh Patel talk to Simon about Yesterday. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Yesterday, In Fabric, Apollo 11 and Support The Girls. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Tom Hanks
Jun 21 2019
Tom Hanks talks about Toy Story 4. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Toy Story 4, Child's Play and BrightBurn. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Asif Kapadia
Jun 14 2019
Director Asif Kapadia joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new documentary Diego Maradona. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Diego Maradona, Men In Black International, The Hummingbird Project and Sometimes Always Never. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else Production
With Jessica Chastain and Sophie Turner
Jun 07 2019
Jessica Chastain and Sophie Turner talk to Simon about X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Late Night, Gloria Bell and Dirty God. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat
May 31 2019
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat talk about their new film Animals. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Ma and Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
with Taron Egerton
May 24 2019
Taron Egerton talks to Simon about Rocketman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Rocketman, Booksmart, Aladdin, Ad Astra and The Secret Life Of Pets 2. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Keanu Reeves
May 17 2019
Keanu Reeves talks to Simon about John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including John Wick 3, Breakthrough and Beats. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Amma Asante
May 10 2019
Director Amma Asante joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about her new film Where Hands Touch. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Where Hands Touch, The Hustle, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, High Life and Destination Wedding. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen
May 03 2019
Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen talk to Simon about Long Shot. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Long Shot; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile; Tolkien and Vox Lux. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else Production.
With Zac Efron and Lily Collins
Apr 26 2019
Zac Efron and Lily Collins talk to Simon about their new film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Avengers: Endgame, Bel Canto and Eighth Grade. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Jude Law
Apr 19 2019
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jude Law talks about his new film Vox Lux. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Greta, Red Joan and Dragged Across Concrete. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Sophie Okonedo
Apr 12 2019
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Sophie Okonedo talks about her new films Wild Rose and Hellboy. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Hellboy, Wild Rose, Little and Wonder Park. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Chris Butler
Apr 05 2019
Director Chris Butler talks to Simon about his new animation, Missing Link. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Missing Link, Shazam and The Sisters Brothers. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Colin Farrell
Mar 29 2019
Colin Farrell talks to Simon about Dumbo. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Dumbo, Out Of Blue, Lords Of Chaos, At Eternity's Gate and Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Jordan Peele
Mar 22 2019
Director Jordan Peele talks to Simon about his new film Us. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Us, The White Crow and Five Feet Apart. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Ralph Fiennes
Mar 15 2019
Ralph Fiennes talks to Simon about The White Crow, which he directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including What Men Want, Ben Is Back, Fisherman's Friends and Benjamin. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Mar 08 2019
Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck talk to Simon about Captain Marvel. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Captain Marvel, The Kindergarten Teacher and Everybody Knows. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Stephen Merchant
Mar 01 2019
Stephen Merchant joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about Fighting With My Family, which he wrote and directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fighting With My Family, The Aftermath and What They Had. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Felicity Jones
Feb 22 2019
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Felicity Jones talks about her new film On The Basis Of Sex. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including On The Basis Of Sex, Cold Pursuit and Capernaum. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Rosamund Pike
Feb 15 2019
Ben Bailey Smith sits in for Simon. Rosamund Pike talks about A Private War. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including A Private War, Happy Death Day 2U, Instant Family and The Kid Who Would Be King. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Kenneth Branagh
Feb 08 2019
Kenneth Branagh talks to Simon about his new film All Is True. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including All Is True, The Lego Movie 2, Alita: Battle Angel, If Beale Street Could Talk and Boy Erased. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Barry Jenkins
Feb 01 2019
The director of Moonlight, Barry Jenkins, talks to Simon about his new film If Beale Street Could Talk. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Green Book, Escape Room, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Can You Ever Forgive Me? Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Nicole Kidman and Richard E Grant
Jan 25 2019
Nicole Kidman talks about her new film Destroyer. Richard E. Grant joins Simon and Mark in the studio to discuss Can You Ever Forgive Me? Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Destroyer, Vice, The Mule and Second Act. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie
Jan 18 2019
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie talk to Simon about Mary Queen Of Scots. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Mary Queen Of Scots, Beautiful Boy and Glass. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else Production
with Steve Coogan and John C Reilly
Jan 11 2019
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly talk to Simon about Stan & Ollie. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Stan & Ollie, Colette, The Front Runner and The Upside. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Keira Knightley
Jan 04 2019
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Keira Knightley talks about her new film Colette. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Favourite and Welcome To Marwen. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Best of 2018
Dec 25 2018
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present another chance to hear the best reviews and interviews from 2018. Features reviews of Black Panther, Peter Rabbit, Hunter Killer and The Nun, and interviews with Jamie Lee Curtis, David Oyelowo, Chloe Grace Moretz, Saoirse Ronan & Ava DuVernay. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
with Emily Blunt
Dec 21 2018
Emily Blunt talks to Simon about Mary Poppins Returns. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Mary Poppins Returns, Bumblebee, Papillon and 1985. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Olivia Colman
Dec 14 2018
Olivia Colman talks to Simon about The Favourite. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Mortal Engines, Aquaman and The House That Jack Built. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Steve Carell
Dec 07 2018
Steve Carell talks to Simon about his new film Welcome To Marwen. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Old Man & The Gun, Sorry To Bother You and White Boy Rick. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Peter Jackson
Nov 30 2018
Peter Jackson talks to Simon about Mortal Engines. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Ralph Breaks The Internet, Creed II, Disobedience and Roma. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Claire Foy
Nov 23 2018
Claire Foy talks to Simon about The Girl In The Spider's Web. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Girl In The Spider's Web, Robin Hood, Assassination Nation and Nobody's Fool. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Katherine Waterston and Eddie Redmayne
Nov 16 2018
Katherine Waterston and Eddie Redmayne talk to Simon about Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, Suspiria, Hell Fest and Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back). Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Dakota Johnson
Nov 09 2018
Dakota Johnson talks to Simon about Suspiria. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Overlord, The Grinch and Wildlife. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With Carey Mulligan
Nov 02 2018
Carey Mulligan talks to Simon about her new film Wildlife. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Widows, Slaughterhouse Rulez, The Nutcracker And The Four Realms, Peterloo and Juliet, Naked. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Jane Fonda
Oct 26 2018
Clarisse Loughrey and Sanjeev Bhaskar sit in for Mark and Simon. Jane Fonda talks about the re-release of 9 to 5. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Bohemian Rhapsody, The Hate You Give, Possum and An Evening With Beverley Luff Linn. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
with Jamie Lee Curtis
Oct 19 2018
Jamie Lee Curtis talks to Simon about Halloween. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Halloween, Hunter Killer, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween and Fahrenheit 11/9. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
with Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle
Oct 12 2018
Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle talk to Simon about their new film First Man. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including First Man, Bad Times At The El Royale, 22 July and Smallfoot. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
with Paul Greengrass
Oct 05 2018
Director Paul Greengrass talks to Simon about his new film 22 July. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including A Star Is Born, Venom and Johnny English Strikes Again. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
with Bradley Cooper
Sep 27 2018
Bradley Cooper talks to Simon about A Star Is Born. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Night School, Skate Kitchen and The Wife. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Cate Blanchett and Jack Black
Sep 21 2018
Cate Blanchett and Jack Black talk to Simon about The House With A Clock In Its Walls. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The House With A Clock In Its Walls, The Little Stranger and Mile 22. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
With Domhnall Gleeson
Sep 14 2018
Domhnall Gleeson joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Little Stranger. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including King of Thieves, The Predator and Crazy Rich Asians. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
with Michael Caine and Tom Courtenay
Sep 07 2018
Michael Caine and Tom Courtenay talk about King Of Thieves. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, The Nun, American Animals and Puzzle. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment
with Chloe Grace Moretz
Aug 31 2018
Chloe Grace Moretz talks to Simon about her new film The Miseducation Of Cameron Post. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Searching, Yardie, Cold War, Upgrade and The Happytime Murders. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Idris Elba
Aug 24 2018
Idris Elba talks to Simon about Yardie, which he directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including BlaKkKlansman, The Children Act and Luis And The Aliens. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Emma Thompson
Aug 17 2018
Romesh Ranganathan and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Emma Thompson talks about her new film The Children Act. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Christopher Robin, The Equalizer 2 and The Festival. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Denzel Washington
Aug 10 2018
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Denzel Washington talks about The Equalizer 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Meg, The Darkest Minds, Unfriended: Dark Web and Dog Days. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd
Aug 03 2018
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd talk about Ant-Man And The Wasp. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Ant-Man And The Wasp, Teen Titans Go To The Movies, Hearts Beat Loud, The Escape and A Sicilian Love Story. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Rebecca Ferguson
Jul 27 2018
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Rebecca Ferguson talks about Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation and Apostasy. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan
Jul 20 2018
Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan talk to Simon about Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, Hotel Artemis, A Prayer Before Dawn and Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Holly Hunter
Jul 13 2018
Holly Hunter talks to Simon about Incredibles 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Incredibles 2, Skyscraper, First Reformed and The Secret Of Marrowbone. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ethan Hawke
Jul 06 2018
Ethan Hawke talks to Simon about his new film First Reformed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Swimming With Men, Whitney and The First Purge. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Rob Brydon and Kevin Macdonald
Jun 29 2018
Rob Brydon joins Simon and Mark live in the studio to talk about his new film Swimming With Men. Director Kevin Macdonald tells Simon about his documentary Whitney. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sicario 2: Soldado, Adrift, The Book Shop and Leave No Trace. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Sam Claflin
Jun 22 2018
Sam Claflin talks about his new film Adrift. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Freak Show, In The Fade and Overboard. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Rupert Everett
Jun 15 2018
Rupert Everett talks to Simon about his new film The Happy Prince. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Happy Prince, Ocean's 8, Hereditary and Super Troopers 2. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt
Jun 08 2018
Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt talk to Simon about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, All The Wild Horses, McQueen and Welcome To Curiosity. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Toni Collette
Jun 04 2018
Ben Bailey Smith and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Toni Collette talks about her new film Hereditary. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new films including Book Club, My Friend Dahmer and Last Summer. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Ron Howard
May 25 2018
Director Ron Howard talks to Simon about Solo: A Star Wars Story. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Solo: A Star Wars Story, Show Dogs, Edie, The Breadwinner and The Little Vampire. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Ian McKellen
May 18 2018
Ian McKellen talks to Simon about McKellen: Playing The Part. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Deadpool 2 and On Chesil Beach. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Saoirse Ronan
May 11 2018
Saoirse Ronan talks to Simon about On Chesil Beach. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Entebbe, Sherlock Gnomes, Life Of The Party and Breaking In. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Andrew Haigh
May 04 2018
Director Andrew Haigh talks about his new film Lean On Pete. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including I Feel Pretty, Tully, The Strangers: Prey At Night and Lean On Pete. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Eddie Marsan
Apr 27 2018
Eddie Marsan joins Simon and Mark live in the studio to talk about his new film Entebbe. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Avengers: Infinity War, Beast, The Wound and The Deminer. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Lily James
Apr 20 2018
Lily James talks to Simon about her new film The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Every Day, The Leisure Seeker and Let The Sunshine In. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Naomie Harris
Apr 13 2018
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Naomie Harris talks about her new film Rampage. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Rampage, Truth Or Dare, Custody, The Titan, A Gentle Creature and Western. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Emily Blunt and Martin Freeman
Apr 06 2018
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Emily Blunt discusses her new film A Quiet Place. Martin Freeman talks about Ghost Stories. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including A Quiet Place, Ghost Stories, 120 Beats Per Minute, Thoroughbreds and Love, Simon. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Steven Spielberg and Bryan Cranston
Mar 30 2018
Steven Spielberg discusses Ready Player One, Bryan Cranston talks about Isle Of Dogs. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Ready Player One, Isle Of Dogs, Blockers, Midnight Sun and Journeyman. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ava DuVernay
Mar 23 2018
Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to review the week's movies. Also on the programme, interviews with key figures from the world of cinema, as well as your emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Alicia Vikander
Mar 16 2018
Alicia Vikander talks to Simon about Tomb Raider. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Tomb Raider, Mary Magdalene, Peter Rabbit and The Square. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Rooney Mara
Mar 09 2018
Rooney Mara talks to Simon about her new film Mary Magdalene. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Gringo, You Were Never Really Here and Sweet Country. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With David Oyelowo
Mar 02 2018
David Oyelowo talks to Simon about his new film Gringo. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's news films including Red Sparrow and Monster Family. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Margot Robbie
Feb 23 2018
Margot Robbie talks about I, Tonya. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Finding Your Feet and Dark River. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Saoirse Ronan
Feb 16 2018
Edith Bowman and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark. Saoirse Ronan talks about her new film Lady Bird. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Lady Bird, The Shape Of Water and Father Figures. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth and Lupita Nyong'o
Feb 09 2018
Rachel Weisz and Colin Firth talk to Simon about The Mercy. Lupita Nyong'o talks Black Panther. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including the Mercy, Black Panther, The 15:17 To Paris, Fifty Shades Freed and Tad The Lost Explorer And The Secret Of King Midas. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Helen Mirren
Feb 02 2018
Helen Mirren talks to Simon about her new film Winchester. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Winchester, Phantom Thread, Den Of Thieves and Journey's End. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Paul Thomas Anderson
Jan 26 2018
Director Paul Thomas Anderson talks to Simon about his new film Phantom Thread. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Downsizing, Early Man and 12 Strong. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks
Jan 19 2018
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks talk to Simon about their new film The Post. Plus UK the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Post, The Commuter, Coco and The Final Year. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Gary Oldman
Jan 12 2018
Gary Oldman talks to Simon about his new film Darkest Hour. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Darkest Hour, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and Insidious: The Last Key. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Martin McDonagh
Jan 05 2018
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Director Martin McDonagh talks about his new film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Hostiles and Brad's Status. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Best of 2017
Dec 25 2017
Simon and Mark present highlights of the show in 2017 including guests Keanu Reeves, Emma Stone and Riz Ahmed, reviews of Blade Runner 2049, Moonlight and Paddington 2 and their favourite contributions from the Wittertainment congregation. Download the podcast: bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
with Hugh Jackman
Dec 22 2017
Hugh Jackman talks to Simon about The Greatest Showman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Greatest Showman, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, Pitch Perfect 3 and Molly's Game. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Rian Johnson
Dec 15 2017
Director Rian Johnson talks to Simon about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ferdinand, Bingo: King Of The Mornings and Mountain. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Steve Coogan
Dec 08 2017
Steve Coogan joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Dinner. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Dinner, Stronger, Better Watch Out and Brigsby Bear. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jonathan Pryce
Dec 01 2017
Jonathan Pryce joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about The Man Who Invented Christmas. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Wonder, Happy End and Dolores. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with James and Dave Franco
Nov 24 2017
James and Dave Franco talk to Simon about The Disaster Artist. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Suburbicon, Daddy's Home 2 and Battle Of The Sexes. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With John Lithgow
Nov 17 2017
John Lithgow talks to Simon about Daddy's Home 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Justice League, Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool and Ingrid Goes West. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
with Toby Jones
Nov 10 2017
Toby Jones talks about his new film Kaleidoscope. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Paddington 2, Only The Brave, Professor Marston And The Wonder Women and The Florida Project. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Kenneth Branagh
Nov 06 2017
Kenneth Branagh talks to Simon about Murder On The Orient Express. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Murder On The Orient Express, The Son Of Bigfoot, Thelma and 78/52. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
With Jeff Goldblum
Oct 31 2017
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Clarisse Loughrey sit in for Simon and Mark, Jeff Goldblum talks about Thor: Ragnarok. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Thor: Ragnarok, Breathe and Call Me By Your Name. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Armando Iannucci
Oct 20 2017
Armando Iannucci joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Death of Stalin. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including: The Death of Stalin, Happy Death Day, My Little Pony and Secret Superstar. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield
Oct 13 2017
Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield talk to Simon about their new film Breathe. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Snowman, The Lego Ninjago Movie, The Ritual and The Party. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson
Oct 06 2017
Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson talk to Simon about The Snowman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Blade Runner 2049, The Mountain Between Us and The Glass Castle. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson
Sep 29 2017
Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson talk to Simon about Goodbye Christopher Robin. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Goodbye Christopher Robin, Home Again, Brimstone and Daphne. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Taron Egerton
Sep 27 2017
Taron Egerton talks to Simon about Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Borg vs McEnroe, Our Last Tango and On Body And Soul. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Dame Judi Dench and Eddie Izzard
Sep 15 2017
Dame Judi Dench and Eddie Izzard talk to Simon about their new film Victoria and Abdul. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Victoria and Abdul, American Assassin, The Jungle Bunch and Mother! Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Darren Aronofsky
Sep 08 2017
Director Darren Aronofsky talks to Simon about his new film Mother! Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including IT, Wind River and The Vault. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Daniel Mays
Sep 01 2017
Daniel Mays joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about The Limehouse Golem. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Limehouse Golem, Stratton, Patti Cakes and God's Own Country. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Adam Driver
Aug 25 2017
Adam Driver talks to Simon about his new film Logan Lucky. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Logan Lucky, Detroit, American Made and Rough Night. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Stanley Tucci
Aug 18 2017
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Stanley Tucci talks about Final Portrait, which he wrote and directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Final Portrait, The Dark Tower, The Hitman's Bodyguard and An Inconvenient Sequel. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Al Gore
Aug 11 2017
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Former US vice president Al Gore talks about his new film An Inconvenient Sequel. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Atomic Blonde, A Ghost Story, Annabelle: Creation and The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ethan Hawke
Aug 04 2017
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Ethan Hawke talks about his new film Maudie. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Maudie, Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets and The Emoji Movie. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Luc Besson
Jul 28 2017
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Director Luc Besson talks about his new film Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Girls Trip, 47 Metres Down and The Wall. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
with Christopher Nolan
Jul 21 2017
Director Christopher Nolan talks to Simon about his new film Dunkirk. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Dunkirk, Monster Island and City Of Ghosts. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Sofia Coppola
Jul 14 2017
Director Sofia Coppola talks to Simon about her new film The Beguiled. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Beguiled, War For The Planet Of The Apes and Cars 3. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Andy Serkis
Jul 07 2017
Andy Serkis talks to Simon about War For The Planet Of The Apes. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Spider-Man: Homecoming, It Comes At Night and The Last Word. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell
Jun 30 2017
Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell talk to Simon about Despicable Me 3. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Despicable Me 3, Baby Driver and The House. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk. Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Kevin Spacey and Edgar Wright
Jun 23 2017
Kevin Spacey and director Edgar Wright talk to Simon about Baby Driver. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Transformers: The Last Knight, Hampstead and The Book Of Henry. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Brendan Gleeson
Jun 16 2017
Brendan Gleeson talks to Simon about his new film Hampstead. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Gifted, Churchill and Rock Dog. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Rachel Weisz
Jun 08 2017
Rachel Weisz talks about her new film My Cousin Rachel. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Mummy and The Shack. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Gal Gadot
Jun 02 2017
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon. Guest Gal Gadot talks about Wonder Woman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Wonder Woman, The Hippopotamus and My Life As A Courgette. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Pirates of the Caribbean
May 26 2017
Mark and Simon revisit Mark's often less than complimentary reviews of the Pirates Of The Caribbean films as the latest in the series, Salazar's Revenge is released. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Baywatch, The Hippopotamus, Spark and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Roger Allam
May 19 2017
Roger Allam joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film The Hippopotamus. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Snatched, King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword and Colossal. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Katherine Waterston
May 12 2017
Katherine Waterston talks to Simon about Alien Covenant. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Alien Covenant, Miss Sloane, Jawbone and The Last Face.
with Jessica Chastain
May 05 2017
Jessica Chastain joins Simon and Mark to talk about her new film Miss Sloane. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sleepless, A Dog's Purpose, Mindhorn and Unlocked. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Chris Pratt
Apr 28 2017
Chris Pratt talks to Simon about Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, The Promise, Lady Macbeth and Lowriders. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
With Warren Beatty
Apr 21 2017
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Warren Beatty talks about his new film Rules Don't Apply. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Rules Don't Apply, Their Finest, Unforgettable and The Zookeeper's Wife. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Bill Nighy
Apr 14 2017
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Bill Nighy talks about his new film Their Finest. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Fast and Furious 8, The Sense of an Ending and The Handmaiden. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Riz Ahmed
Apr 07 2017
Riz Ahmed talks about City of Tiny Lights. Plus interviews, emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office top ten. Reviews include The Boss Baby and Going in Style. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ben Wheatley
Mar 31 2017
Director Ben Wheatley joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new film Free Fire. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Free Fire, Ghost In The Shell, Smurfs: The Lost Village and Man Down. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jake Gyllenhaal
Mar 24 2017
Jake Gyllenhaal talks to Simon about his new film Life. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Life, The Lost City Of Z, CHiPs and Aquarius. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Robert Pattinson
Mar 17 2017
Robert Pattinson talks to Simon about The Lost City Of Z. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Beauty And The Beast, Get Out and Personal Shopper. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Brie Larson
Mar 10 2017
Brie Larson talks to Simon about Kong: Skull Island. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Kong: Skull Island, Elle and The Time Of Their Lives. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Gillian Anderson
Mar 03 2017
Gillian Anderson talks to Simon about Viceroy's House. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Viceroy's House, Logan, Trespass Against Us, Fist Fight and Certain Women. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Hugh Jackman
Feb 24 2017
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Hugh Jackman talks about his new film Logan. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Patriots Day and A Cure For Wellness. Also on the programme, interviews with key figures from the world of cinema, as well as your emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twit...more
With Keanu Reeves and Barry Jenkins
Feb 17 2017
Keanu Reeves talks to Simon about his new film John Wick: Chapter 2 and director Barry Jenkins discusses Moonlight. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including John Wick: Chapter 2, Moonlight, Hidden Figures and The Founder. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Denzel Washington
Feb 10 2017
Denzel Washington talks to Simon about his new film Fences. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fences, The Lego Batman Movie, Fifty Shades Darker and 20th Century Women. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Annette Bening
Feb 03 2017
Annette Bening talks to Simon about her new film 20th Century Women. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Gold, Loving, Rings and Toni Erdmann. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Danny Boyle
Jan 27 2017
Director Danny Boyle joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about T2 Trainspotting. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including T2 Trainspotting, Hacksaw Ridge, Denial and Christine. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Matthew McConaughey
Jan 20 2017
Matthew McConaughey talks to Simon about his new film, Sing. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Jackie, Lion, Split and xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Emma Stone
Jan 13 2017
Emma Stone talks to Simon about La La Land. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including La La Land, Live By Night, Manchester by the Sea and The Young Offenders. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Dev Patel
Jan 06 2017
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Dev Patel talks about his new film Lion. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Zero Days and Endless Poetry. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Best of 2016
Dec 30 2016
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present highlights from 2016, featuring their favourite reviews and interviews including Jodie Foster, David Oyelowo, Hail, Caesar, The Jungle Book, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.
With Michael Fassbender
Dec 23 2016
Michael Fassbender talks to Simon about Assassin's Creed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Passengers and A Monster Calls. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Felicity Jones
Dec 16 2016
Felicity Jones talks to Simon about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Rogue One, The Eagle Huntress and Through The Wall. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Dec 09 2016
Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks to Simon about his new film Snowden. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Snowden, Office Christmas Party, Birth Of A Nation and I Am Not A Serial Killer. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Tom Hanks
Dec 02 2016
Tom Hanks talks to Simon about his new film Sully. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sully, The Edge Of Seventeen, Bleed For This, Moana and Chi-Raq. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Robert Zemeckis
Nov 25 2016
Director Robert Zemeckis talks to Simon about Allied. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Allied, A United Kingdom, Paterson and Bad Santa 2. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Amma Asante and Eddie Redmayne
Nov 18 2016
Director Amma Asante talks to Simon about A United Kingdom, Eddie Redmayne discusses Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fantastic Beasts, Your Name and Gimme Danger. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Amy Adams
Nov 11 2016
Amy Adams talks to Simon about Arrival. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Arrival, 100 Streets and American Pastoral. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck
Nov 04 2016
Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck talk to Simon about The Accountant. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Accountant, Nocturnal Animals, The Light Between Oceans and A Street Cat Named Bob. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Benedict Cumberbatch
Oct 28 2016
Sanjeev Bhaskar and James King sit in for Simon and Mark. Benedict Cumberbatch talks about Doctor Strange. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Doctor Strange and Train To Busan. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Tom Ford
Oct 21 2016
Tom Ford talks to Simon about Nocturnal Animals, which he directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Keeping Up With The Joneses, The Queen of Katwe, Ouija: Origin Of Evil and Trolls. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
with David Oyelowo
Oct 14 2016
Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to review the week's movies. Plus interviews, emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office Top 10. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Emily Blunt
Oct 07 2016
Emily Blunt talks to Simon about The Girl On The Train. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Girl On The Train, Blood Father and War On Everyone. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Tim Burton
Sep 30 2016
Director Tim Burton talks to Simon about Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. Plus the UK Box Office top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, Deepwater Horizon, Free State Of Jones and Swiss Army Man.
with Gemma Arterton
Sep 23 2016
Gemma Arterton talks to Simon about The Girl With All the Gifts. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Girl With All The Gifts, The Magnificent Seven, Imperium, De Palma and Little Men. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ron Howard
Sep 16 2016
Ron Howard talks to Simon about his new film The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Bridget Jones's Baby, Blair Witch and The Infiltrator. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth
Sep 09 2016
Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth talk to Simon about Bridget Jones's Baby. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Ben-Hur, Hell Or High Water, Captain Fantastic, Anthropoid and Kubo And The Two Strings. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan
Sep 02 2016
Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan talk to Simon about Anthropoid. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Sausage Party, Cafe Society, Morgan and Things To Come. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Hello to Jason Isaacs
Aug 26 2016
Jason Isaacs talks to Simon about The Infiltrator. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including War Dogs, Bad Moms and Kids In Love. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jared Leto
Aug 05 2016
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jared Leto talks to Edith about Suicide Squad. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Robbie reviews the week's new films including Suicide Squad, Up For Love and Songs For Amy. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ellen DeGeneres
Jul 29 2016
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Ellen DeGeneres talks about Finding Dory. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new films including Finding Dory, Jason Bourne and The Commune. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass
Jul 22 2016
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass talk to Simon about their new film Jason Bourne. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Star Trek Beyond and The BFG. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto
Jul 15 2016
Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto talk about Star Trek Beyond. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new films. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
With Christoph Waltz
Jul 08 2016
Christoph Waltz talks to Simon about The Legend Of Tarzan. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Legend Of Tarzan, Now You See Me 2 and The Neon Demon. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Jesse Eisenberg
Jul 01 2016
Jesse Eisenberg talks to Simon about Now You See Me 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Now You See Me 2, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie and Central Intelligence. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Eric Stonestreet
Jun 23 2016
Eric Stonestreet talks to Simon about The Secret Life Of Pets. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Secret Life Of Pets, Independence Day: Resurgence and Elvis & Nixon. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
17/06/2016
Jun 17 2016
Simon Mayo and James King, sitting in for Mark Kermode, review the week's movies including Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case, Gods Of Egypt and Tale Of Tales. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Toby Jones
Jun 10 2016
Toby Jones talks to Simon about Tale of Tales. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Boss, Mother's Day and Learning To Drive. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Sir Ben Kingsley
Jun 03 2016
Ben Bailey Smith and James King sit in for Simon and Mark. Sir Ben Kingsley talks about his new film Learning To Drive. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Nice Guys, Me Before You and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jodie Foster
May 27 2016
Jodie Foster talks to Simon about Money Monster, which she directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Money Monster, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Love And Friendship and Top Cat Begins. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Tom Hanks
May 20 2016
Tom Hanks talks to Simon about A Hologram For The King. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including A Hologram For The King, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Call Up and Chicken.
With Richard Linklater
May 13 2016
Director Richard Linklater talks to Simon about Everybody Wants Some. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Angry Birds, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and Green Room. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Tom Hiddleston
May 06 2016
Tom Hiddleston joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about I Saw The Light. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Bad Neighbours 2, Florence Foster Jenkins and Robinson Crusoe. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Chris Evans and Paul Rudd
Apr 29 2016
Chris Evans and Paul Rudd talk to Simon about Captain America: Civil War. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Captain America: Civil War, Demolition and Son of Saul. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Meryl Streep
Apr 22 2016
Meryl Streep talks to Simon about her new film Florence Foster Jenkins. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Friend Request, Bastille Day and Jane Got A Gun. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jon Favreau
Apr 15 2016
Director Jon Favreau talks to Simon about The Jungle Book. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Jungle Book, Eye In The Sky and Criminal. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Emily Blunt
Apr 08 2016
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Emily Blunt talks about The Huntsman: Winter's War. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Winter's War, Midnight Special and Hardcore Henry. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Kirsten Dunst
Apr 01 2016
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Kirsten Dunst talks about Midnight Special. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Eddie The Eagle, Victoria and Anguish. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot
Mar 25 2016
Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot talk to Simon about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Batman v Superman, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and Zootropolis. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
18/03/2016
Mar 18 2016
Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to review the week's movies including High-Rise, Risen and Rock the Kasbah. Plus the UK Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Sienna Miller
Mar 11 2016
Sienna Miller talks to Simon about High-Rise. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Kung Fu Panda 3, Divergent Series: The Allegiant, The Witch and Anomalisa. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Mar 04 2016
Directors Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson join Simon and Mark live in the studio to talk about Anomalisa. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including London Has Fallen, The Choice and Hail, Caesar. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with the Coen Brothers
Feb 26 2016
Directors Ethan and Joel Coen talk to Simon about Hail, Caesar! Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Secret In Their Eyes, The Forest and Grimsby. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Chiwetel Ejiofor
Feb 19 2016
David Morrissey and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Guest Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about his new film Triple 9. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Triple 9, The Finest Hour, How To Be Single and Bone Tomahawk. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson
Feb 12 2016
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson talk to Simon about Zoolander 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Zoolander 2, Concussion, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Deadpool and Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Trip. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Michael Gambon and Toby Jones
Feb 05 2016
Michael Gambon and Toby Jones talk to Simon about Dad's Army. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Dad's Army, Goosebumps, Point Break and Trumbo. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Mark Ruffalo
Jan 29 2016
Mark Ruffalo talks to Simon about Spotlight. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Spotlight, Dirty Grandpa, Capture the Flag, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi and Youth. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Michael Caine
Jan 22 2016
Michael Caine talks to Simon about his new film Youth. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Big Short, Ride Along 2 and Our Brand Is Crisis. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
with Leonardo DiCaprio and Lenny Abrahamson
Jan 15 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio talks to Simon about The Revenant, director Lenny Abrahamson discusses Room. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Revenant, Room and Creed. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Eddie Redmayne
Jan 08 2016
Eddie Redmayne talks to Simon about The Danish Girl. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Hateful Eight. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Guests of the Year 2015
Jan 01 2016
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present some of the best guest interviews from 2015 including Julianne Moore, Sir Ian McKellen, Tom Courtenay, Abi Morgan, Kenneth Branagh, Cate Blanchett and Hugh Jackman. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Ron Howard and Films of the Year
Dec 25 2015
Director Ron Howard talks about In the Heart of the Sea. Mark and Simon look back at the top films of 2015 and present highlights from the show across the year with music from Christmas films chosen by listeners.
with JJ Abrams
Dec 18 2015
Director J.J. Abrams talks to Simon about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie, Daddy's Home, Sherpa and Sparks & Embers. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Tina Fey
Dec 11 2015
Tina Fey talks to Simon about her film Sisters. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including By The Sea, Grandma, Hector and The Forbidden Room. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Lily Tomlin
Dec 04 2015
Lily Tomlin talks to Simon about Grandma. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Christmas With The Coopers, Krampus, Victor Frankenstein and The Night Before. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Cate Blanchett
Nov 27 2015
Cate Blanchett talks to Simon about her film Carol. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Carol, Bridge of Spies, Black Mass and The Good Dinosaur. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg
Nov 20 2015
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg talk to Simon and Mark about Bridge of Spies. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 and The Dressmaker. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson
Nov 13 2015
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson talk to Simon about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Lady In The Van, Steve Jobs, The Hallow and Tangerine.
with Kate Winslet
Nov 06 2015
Kate Winslet talks to Simon about Steve Jobs. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Burnt, Brooklyn, Kill Your Friends and He Named Me Malala. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Saoirse Ronan
Oct 30 2015
Sanjeev Bhaskar and James King sit in for Simon and Mark. Saoirse Ronan talks about Brooklyn. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Vatican Tapes, Under Milk Wood and Do I Sound Gay? Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig, and Well Done U 2015 winner
Oct 23 2015
Simon and Mark present a special edition of the show in front of an audience at the Empire Leicester Square cinema in London. With guests including director Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig talking about Spectre plus the announcement of the winner of the 2015 Well Done U short film competition. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Spectre, Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension and Mississippi Grind.
with Tom Hiddleston
Oct 16 2015
Tom Hiddleston talks to Simon about Crimson Peak. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Crimson Peak, Hotel Transylvania 2, Pan and The Lobster. And we announce the shortlist for our Well Done U 2015 short film competition. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Abi Morgan
Oct 09 2015
Writer Abi Morgan talks to Simon about Suffragette. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Regression and Sicario.
with Hugh Jackman
Oct 02 2015
Hugh Jackman talks to Simon about Pan. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Martian, Macbeth, The Intern and The Walk. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Ridley Scott
Sep 25 2015
Director Ridley Scott talks to Simon about The Martian. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Miss You Already, Solace, Captive and Life. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette
Sep 18 2015
Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette talk to Simon about Miss You Already. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Everest, Bill and A Walk In The Woods.
with Jason Clarke
Sep 11 2015
Jason Clarke talks to Simon about Everest. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Everest, Legend, The Visit, The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, Irrational Man and Pasolini. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Willem Dafoe
Sep 04 2015
Willem Dafoe talks to Simon about Pasolini. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including American Ultra, The Transporter Refuelled, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl and No Escape. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
28/08/2015
Aug 28 2015
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo with reviews of the week's new films including Straight Outta Compton, Hitman: Agent 47, We Are Your Friends and 45 Years. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10. If you are listening to this programme on demand - please note that the Well Done U competition closes at 6pm on Friday 28th August and will no longer accept entries after this time.
with Sir Tom Courtenay
Aug 21 2015
Sir Tom Courtenay joins Simon and Mark live in the studio to talk about 45 Years and Dad's Army. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Bad Education Movie, Vacation and Gemma Bovery.
with Amy Schumer and Bill Hader
Aug 14 2015
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Amy Schumer and Bill Hader talk about Trainwreck. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Trainwreck, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, Pixels, Absolutely Everything, Paper Towns and Mistress America.
07/08/2015
Aug 07 2015
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Armie Hammer talks about The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Fantastic Four, The Gift, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl and Manglehorn.
with Josh Gad
Jul 31 2015
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Josh Gad talks about Pixels. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Hot Pursuit, Beyond The Reach and The Cobbler. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Poehler
Jul 25 2015
David Morrissey and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jake Gyllenhaal talks about Southpaw, Amy Poehler discusses Inside Out. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Southpaw, Inside Out, Maggie, Eden and The Legend Of Barney Thomson. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
10/07/2015
Jul 10 2015
Mark and Simon count down the UK Box Office Top 10 and review the week's new films including Ted 2, The Human Centipede 3, The Choir and Love & Mercy.
With Asif Kapadia
Jul 03 2015
Director Asif Kapadia talks to Simon about Amy, his documentary about Amy Winehouse. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Amy, Terminator Genisys and Magic Mike XXL.
with Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin
Jun 26 2015
Co-directors Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin talk to Simon about Minions. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Minions, She's Funny That Way and Slow West.
with Jeremy Piven
Jun 19 2015
Jeremy Piven talks to Simon about Entourage. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Mr. Holmes, The Longest Ride, Accidental Love and The Burning. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Sir Ian McKellen
Jun 12 2015
Sir Ian McKellen talks to Simon about Mr. Holmes. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Jurassic World, London Road and Age Of Kill. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jason Schwartzman
Jun 05 2015
Jason Schwartzman talks to Simon about Listen Up Philip. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Spy, Survivor, Insidious Chapter 3, Second Coming and Shooting For Socrates. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Al Pacino and Simon Pegg
May 29 2015
Zoe Ball and James King sit in for Simon and Mark. Al Pacino talks about Danny Collins, Simon Pegg discusses Man Up. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Danny Collins, Man Up, San Andreas, Search Party and Results. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
22/05/2015
May 22 2015
Dwayne Johnson joins Simon and Mark live to talk about San Andreas. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Poltergeist, Tomorrowland - A World Beyond, The Moomins On The Riviera and The New Girlfriend.
with Emily Watson
May 15 2015
Emily Watson talks to Simon about A Royal Night Out. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including A Royal Night Out, Mad Max: Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
with Jon Stewart
May 07 2015
Jon Stewart, presenter of The Daily Show, talks to Simon about Rosewater, which he directed. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Spooks: The Greater Good, The Age Of Adaline, Big Game and Top Five.
with Carey Mulligan
May 01 2015
Carey Mulligan talks to Simon about Far From The Madding Crowd. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Unfriended, 81/2 and Two By Two: Oops The Ark Has Gone.
with Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo
Apr 24 2015
Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo talk to Simon about Avengers: Age of Ultron. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including The Falling, Stonehearst Asylum and The Good Lie. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
With Alan Rickman
Apr 17 2015
Edith Bowman and James King sit in for Simon and Mark. Alan Rickman, live in the studio, talks about A Little Chaos, which he directed. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including A Little Chaos, Child 44, The Last Five Years and Glassland.