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Aubrey Plaza, Promising Young Woman & I Blame Society

Edith Bowman and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Aubrey Plaza, who talks about her new film Black Bear, in which she plays a filmmaker at a creative impasse seeking solace at a rural retreat.Plus your essential streaming reviews including the new Neil Marshall film The Reckoning, about a young widow haunted by the recent suicide of her husband, The Sound of Scars, a documentary about the influential metal band Life of Agony, Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and Gillian Wallace Horvat’s I Blame Society, in which a filmmaker realises that the skill set to make a movie is the same to commit the perfect murder.Our rotating chart this week is from the week our presenter Edith Bowman joined BBC Radio 1 in 2003. Plus Edith and Anna will be looking back at the BAFTAs.They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.00:09:10 Celebrating Cinema 00:13:09 Current releases 00:17:00 Chart: 2003 00:26:25 Promising Young Woman review 00:34:09 Aubrey Plaza interview 00:53:13 The Sound of Scars review 00:56:46 The Reckoning review 01:00:50 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:03:36 True Mothers review 01:07:59 TV Movies of the Week 01:14:12 I Blame Society review 01:16:48 Steelers review 01:22:06 Valley of Souls review 01:24:10 DVD of the Week Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Apr 16, 20211h 29m

Elizabeth Lo, Sound of Metal, Palm Springs and Assimilate

Mark and Simon are joined by Elizabeth Lo, who talks about her new movie Stray about stray dogs in Istanbul. Plus your essential streaming reviews including a 70s-set British supernatural thriller called The Power, Sci-fi horror Assimilate, Cornwall-set drama Wilderness, Andy Samberg in time-loop comedy/ fantasy Palm Springs and Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal, who was interviewed on the show last week. Our rotating chart this week is the Official Film Chart. Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through California and Oregon. They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. Send us your sub-20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. 00:31:06 Chart: Digital Top 10 00:40:39 The Power review 00:46:15 Elizabeth Lo interview 01:03:35 Assimilate review 01:06:10 US Movie Road Trip 01:15:07 Palm Springs Review 01:19:41 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:44 Sound of Metal review 01:27:26 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:31:38 A Common Crime 01:33:45 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Apr 10, 20211h 40m

Riz Ahmed, Godzilla vs Kong, Antebellum, Minari and The Mauritanian

Mark and Simon are joined by Riz Ahmed, who talks about his new movie The Sound of Metal, in which he plays a heavy-metal drummer whose life is thrown into freefall.Plus your essential streaming reviews including: Godzilla vs Kong, which pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another, Antebellum, in which a successful author finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality, Minari, nominated for six Oscars, about a Korean family who start a farm in 1980s Kansas, The Mauritanian, which stars Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim in a story about a man detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government at Guantanamo Bay and Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’s novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, directed by Doug Liman and starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. Our rotating chart this week is the top fives of your life, in which listeners talk us through the most important films. Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Arizona, Utah and Nevada. They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.00:25::54 CELEBRATING CINEMA 00:36:16 LISTENER CHARTS - TOP FIVES 00:46:27 UNDINE REVIEW 00:49:55 CHAOS WALKING REVIEW 00:56:45 RIZ AHMED INTERVIEW 01:13:45 THE MAURITANIAN REVIEW 01:20:40 AMERICAN ROADTRIP 01:28:40 MINARI REVIEW 01:33:28 LOBBYDOWN CORRESPONDENCE 01:36:46 GODZILLA VS KONG REVIEW 01:40:11 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:44:52 ANTEBELLUM REVIEWSend us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Apr 2, 20211h 58m

Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell, Tom and Jerry: The Movie

Mark and Simon are joined by Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell who talk about their forthcoming film Promising Young Woman, which has been nominated for five Oscars. Plus your essential streaming reviews including the latest cinematic adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Ammonite, starring Saorise Ronan and Kate Winslet in a romantic drama set in 1840s England, Stray, a documentary about the world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul, haunted house flick The Banishing and explicit horror Violation.Our rotating chart this week is the box office top ten from this weekend in 2001.Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. 00:33:11 Chart: 2001 Top 10 00:46:11 Tom and Jerry Review 00:49:21 Guest: Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell 01:06:40 Stray 01:09:42 US Movie Road Trip 01:15:55 Ammonite 01:19:49 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:23:04 Memories of My Father 01:26:06 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:28:01 The Banishing 01:29:42 Violation 01:34:03 Made In Italy 01:36:41 Six Minutes to Midnight 01:39:18 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Mar 26, 20211h 43m

Jodie Foster, Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Silk Road

Mark and Simon are joined by Jodie Foster, who talks about her new film The Mauritanian, based on the book Guantánamo Diary.Plus your essential streaming reviews including Amber & Me, a documentary about twin sisters, one of whom has Down's Syndrome, as they navigate through their first 4 years of primary school, Creation Stories, about the influential record label, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a longer cut of 2017’s Justice League.Our rotating chart this week is the box office top ten from last weekend in South Korea, where all cinemas are open.Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]:39:42 Chart: South Korea 00:45:48 Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time 00:53:15 A Month of Single Frames review 00:54:53 Guest: Jodie Foster 01:10:59 Amber and Me review 01:15:32 US Movie Road Trip 01:22:20 Oleg review 01:25:02 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:29:54 Zack Snyder’s Justice League review 01:39:34 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:44:19 Silk Road review 01:46:49 Creation Stories 01:54:17 DVD OF THE WEEKDownload our podcast from the BBC Snouds app.We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Mar 19, 20211h 59m

Liam Neeson & Micheál Richardson, Judas and the Black Messiah, Locked Down and Cherry

Mark and Simon are joined by Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson, who talk about their new film Made in Italy, about a bohemian artist who travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house he inherited from his late wife.Plus your essential streaming reviews including Judas and the Black Messiah, which stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield, about the FBI’s infiltration of The Black Panthers, crime romance Locked Down, in which a couple, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathway, attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at a department store and Cherry, which stars Tom Holland as an Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska.They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment00:29:46 - CHART 00:37:27 - THE COLLUMIST REVIEW 00:44:45 - LIAM NEESON AND MICHAEL RICHARDSON 01:02:46 - MOUTHPIECE REVIEW 01:08:42 - US MOVIE ROADTRIP 01:15:48 - JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH REVIEW 01:21:11 - TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:24:25 - THE LITTLE THINGS REVIEW 01:26:55 - LOBBYDOWN CORRESPONDENTS 01:30:12 - LOCKED DOWN REVIEW 01:34:30 - DVD OF THE WEEK

Mar 12, 20211h 42m

Guy Pearce, The Last Vermeer, Raya and the Last Dragon, Moxie and Coming 2 America

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Mark and Simon are joined by Guy Pearce who talks about his new movie The Last Vermeer, in which he stars as "Han" van Meegeren, a Dutch painter and portraitist, one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Plus your essential streaming reviews including Raya and the Last Dragon, the new Disney animation starring Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina and Gemma Chan, Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler about a shy 16-year-old finding inspiration from her mother's rebellious past, and Coming 2 America, sequel to the 1988 film Coming To America.Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri. They also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. 00:29:34 Chart: Top Five Of Your Life 00:43:11 Moxie review 00:47:02 Guest: Guy Pearce 01:02:50 The Last Vermeer review 01:08:25 Coming 2 America 01:13:29 US Movie Roadtrip 01:18:53 Raya and the Last Dragon 01:21:54 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:24:39 Into the Darkness 01:26:52 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:30:24 The Dissident 01:34:50 DVD OF THE WEEKDownload our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Mar 5, 20211h 41m

Sienna Miller, Wander Darkly and The United States vs Billie Holiday

Mark and Simon are joined by Sienna Miller, star of disorientating new movie Wander Darkly, in which she stars alongside Diego Luna as new parents Adrienne and Matteo who are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship, revisiting the memories of their past and unravelling haunting truths.Plus your essential streaming reviews including Lee Daniels’ biopic The United States vs Billie Holiday, the documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché about the singer of X-Ray Spex, horror Wrong Turn and Erēmīta (Anthologies).Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.They 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 try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. 00:36:32 Chart: Time Tunnel - 1991 00:42:53 Wrong Turn review 00:48:18 Algorithm review 00:51:29 Guest: Sienna Miller 01:07:24 Wander Darkly review 01:11:41 US Movie Road Trip 01:14:55 The United States vs Billie Holiday 01:19:02 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:09 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche 01:26:47 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:31:33 Erēmīta (Anthologies) review Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Feb 26, 20211h 46m

Lakeith Stanfield, I Care a Lot, Zappa and Music

Mark and Simon are joined by Lakeith Stanfield, who talks about his new film Judas and the Black Messiah, in which he stars as FBI informant Bill O’Neal, opposite Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party,Plus your essential streaming reviews including Alex Winter’s documentary Zappa, Rosamund Pike as a crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards in I Care a Lot and Sia’s directorial debut Music, about newly sober Zu who receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. They 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 try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. 00:34:25 Chart: Australia 00:41:22 Bad Tales Review 00:45:05 Algorithm 00:47:35 Guest: LaKeith Stanfield 01:08:38 US Road Trip 01:15:28 I Care A Lot review 01:20:09 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:23:15 Music review 01:26:41 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:30:40 Zappa 01:35:55 Stump the Guesser 01:37:15 The Twentieth Century 01:39:41 DVD OF THE WEEKDownload our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Feb 19, 20211h 51m

Paul Greengrass, The News of the World, Barb and Star and Willy’s Wonderland

Mark and Simon are joined by Paul Greengrass, who talks about his new western The News of the World, which stars Tom Hanks as a Civil War veteran who agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. Plus your essential streaming and cinema reviews including Kristen Wiig in new comedy Barb and Star and Nicolas Cage in horror thriller Willy’s Wonderland.Plus Mark and Simon’s US Movie Road Trip continues through Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and West Virginia. They 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 try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm. Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. 00:21:19 Celebrating Cinema 00:36:41 The Chart: Digital 00:41:58 Willy’s Wonderland review 00:46:55 Algorithm 00:49:11 Paul Greengrass interview 01:04:13 News of the World review 01:08:18 US Movie Road Trip 01:15:57 Barb and Star 01:19:29 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:23:10 Slalom 01:25:06 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:29:10 PVT Chat 01:31:11 Sator 01:36:16 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Feb 12, 20211h 48m

Sam Neill, Rams, Malcolm and Marie and Greenland

Mark and Simon are joined by Sam Neill, who talks about his new film Rams. Mark reviews of A Glitch in the Matrix which asks if we are living in a simulation, Stewart Lee’s documentary King Rocker, about Robert Lloyd, the lead singer of Birmingham post-punk band The Nightingales, new Netflix drama Malcolm and Marie, and Gerard Butler in actioner Greenland.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 try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm. 00:30:04 Celebrating Cinema 00:34:43 Current releases 00:40:28 Chart: Top 5s of all time 00:46:00 Simple Passion review 00:48:28 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You 00:53:47 Malcolm & Marie review 00:58:33 Sam Neil interview 01:10:30 Rams review 01:14:19 US Movie Road Trip 01:21:48 King Rocker review 01:25:18 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:29:02 Greenland review 01:32:56 TV Movies of the Week 01:35:58 A Glitch in the Matrix review 01:42:42 Life in a Day 2020 review 01:49:52 DVD of the WeekSend us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Feb 5, 20211h 57m

Adam Curtis, Synchronic, The Dig and Palmer

Mark and Simon are joined by Adam Curtis, who talks about his new film Can't Get You Out Of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World.Mark reviews Synchronic, starring Jamie Dornan as a New Orleans paramedic, Beginning, which is Georgia’s submission for 'Best International Feature Film' at this year’s Oscars, Apple TV’s Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake as an ex-convict who strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home and The Dig, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a self-taught archaeologist. 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 try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm. 00:18:57 Celebrating Cinema 00:26:58 Chart: 2011 00:39:52 Beginning review 00:43:48 Adam Curtis interview 00:56:35 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You 01:01:51 The Capote Tapes review 01:05:09 Assassins review 01:06:35 US Movie Road Trip 01:12:24 The Dig review 01:16:53 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:05 Palmer review 01:25:12 TV Movies of the Week 01:27:41 Synchronic review 01:32:39 DVD of the WeekSend us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jan 29, 20211h 42m

Kevin Macdonald, Quo Vadis, Aida? 76 Days and White Tiger

Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review the week's movies, including Quo Vadis, Aida? 76 Days and White Tiger. Plus an interview with director Kevin Macdonald to talk about Life In A Day 2020.00:22:38 Celebrating Cinema 00:32:13 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You 00:39:28 Quo Vadis, Aida? review 00:44:02 The White Tiger review 00:48:34 Kevin Macdonald interview 01:05:26 Persian Lessons review 01:10:06 US Movie Road Trip 01:16:42 Baby Done review 01:21:32 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:26:07 Are We Lost Forever review 01:28:57 TV Movies of the Week 01:32:49 76 Days review 01:38:17 DVD of the WeekDownload the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app.Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jan 22, 20211h 46m

Ralph Fiennes, Stardust, MLK/FBI, Blithe Spirit and Dear Comrades!

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 review 00:46:18 Ralph Fiennes interview 01:04:16 Dear Comrades! review 01:10:53 Stardust review 01:18:17 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:40 Imperial Blue review 01:26:47 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:30:23 MLK/FBI review 01:35:22 DVD OF THE WEEKDownload the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app.Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jan 15, 20211h 42m

Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman, Sylvie’s Love and Vanguard

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 and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas. 00:25:25 Box Office Top 10 00:39:23 The Basilisks 00:43:04 Vanessa Kirby interview 00:57:46 Pieces of a Woman 01:05:07 Sylvie’s Love 01:08:17 Ham on Rye 01:11:50 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:15:43 Vanguard 01:20:12 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:26:07 Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets 01:35:05 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jan 8, 20211h 40m

Best of 2020

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: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jan 1, 20211h 16m

Pete Docter, Soul, One Night in Miami and Adoration

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 Night in Miami review 01:02:54 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:07:52 TV MOVIE OF BOXING DAY 01:10:50 Adoration review 01:39:04 Sing Me A Song review 01:42:46 Pete Doctor interview 01:57:51 Soul review 02:09:39 The Mayor review 02:19:16 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Dec 25, 20202h 25m

Viola Davis, Wonder Woman 1984, Come Away and Let Him Go

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. 00:39:08 Box Office Top 10 00:51:48 Let Him Go review 00:56:53 Viola Davis interview 01:12:39 The Woman Who Ran review 01:15:28 Come Away review 01:20:42 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:23:50 Wonder Woman 1984 review 01:29:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:32:59 The Macaloso Sisters 01:35:56 Farewell Amor 01:45:02 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Dec 18, 20201h 52m

David Oyelowo, The Midnight Sky, American Utopia and Dreamland

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 of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas. 00:35:40 Box Office Top 10 00:47:25 American Utopia review 00:53:33 David Oyelowo Interview 01:08:54 Midnight Sky review 01:16:10 Silent Night review 01:20:53 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:25:51 Dreamland 01:30:43 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:34:22 Cold Meridian 01:40:30 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Dec 11, 20201h 52m

Felicity Jones, The Prom, Host and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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 Box Office Top 10 00:41:43 A Christmas Carol 00:44:33 Felicity Jones interview 01:01:43 The Prom 01:06:42 Host 01:14:19 County Lines 01:19:39 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:25 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 01:25:12 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:26:37 Crock of Gold 01:37:41 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Dec 4, 20201h 42m

Viggo Mortensen, Red, White and Blue, Possessor, and The Ringmaster

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 Top 10 from 2001 00:46:55 Viggo Mortensen interview 01:02:50 Falling review 01:05:30 Possessor 01:11:29 Red, White and Blue 01:17:31 The Ringmaster 01:20:42 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:25:11 Mank 01:29:46 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:33:25 Happiest Season 01:43:57 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Nov 27, 20201h 47m

Peter Strickland, Uncle Frank, The Kid Detective, Patrick and Skyfire

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 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 10 digital films in the Official Film Chart. 00:33:44 The Australian Box Office Top 10 00:48:48 Peter Strickland Interview 01:06:21 Skyfire 01:16:23 Patrick 01:25:13 Uncle Frank 01:30:16 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:33:31 Kid Detective 01:39:32 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Nov 20, 20201h 44m

Jason Isaacs, Skyfire, Jingle Jangle and Hillbilly Elegy

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 will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 digital films in the Official Film Chart. 00:37:35 Top 10 Current Films 00:46:21 Breathless/A bout de Soufflé 60th Anniversary review 00:49:17 Jason Isaacs Interview 01:08:54 Lennox review 01:11:37 Hillbilly Elegy review 01:18:33 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:43 The Life Ahead review 01:25:12 Jingle Jangle review 01:30:36 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:33:29 To The Ends of the Earth review 01:38:31 Billie review 01;43:22 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Nov 13, 20201h 51m

Tilda Swinton, A Christmas Gift from Bob, About Endlessness and Looted

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 on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office. 00:34:47 Box Office Top 10 00:46:05 Looted review 00:49:58 Tilda Swinton interview 01:06:03 The Human Voice review 01:12:09 A Christmas Gift From Bob 01:15:34 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:19:00 About Endlessness 01:21:09 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:26:10 Words on Bathroom Walls 01:30:02 Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula 01:42:00 Luxor review 01:45:41 DVD OF THE WEEKDownload our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Nov 6, 20201h 51m

Elisabeth Moss, Shirley, Relic, The Witches, Mogul Mowgli and Wolfwalkers

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 DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office.00:34:36 Box Office Top 10 00:47:09 Relic review 00:51:02 Elizabeth Moss interview 01:05:49 Shirley review 01:12:28 Mogul Mowgli review 01:16:52 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:20:37 Wolfwalkers review 01:23:57 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:30:09 The Burnt Orange Heresy 01:34:04 Uncle Vanya 01:43:20 The Witches 01:46:20 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app.We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Oct 30, 20201h 53m

Colm Meaney, Pixie, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Honest Thief and The Climb

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 down the top 10 films at the UK box office. 00:39:39 Box Office Top 10 00:49:39 Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm review 00:55:42 Colm Meaney interview 01:11:06 Pixie review 01:14:16 Honest Thief review 01:17:43 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:21:50 The Climb review 01:28:10 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:32:06 Secret Garden review 01:35:29 Summer of 85 01:39:34 Antrum 01:42:47 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Oct 23, 20201h 48m

Morfydd Clark, Rebecca, I Am Greta, Carmilla

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 Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office. 00:36:20 Box Office Top 10 00:46:54 I Am Greta 00:50:10 Morfydd Clark interview 01:06:00 The Other Lamb 01:09:15 Body of Water 01:12:14 Being A Human Person 01:15:55 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:20:06 Rebecca 01:26:44 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK 01:31:31 Carmilla 01:34:23 Time 01:38:26 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Oct 16, 20201h 45m

Ben Wheatley, Kajillionaire, Saint Maud and I Am Woman

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 10 00:42:30 Phil Clapp interview 00:49:04 Beyond the Visible: Halma Af Klint 00:52:00 Ben Wheatley interview 01:05:59 Kajillionaire 01:10:43 Landline 01:15:41 I Am Woman 01:20:27 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:25:17 Saint Maud 01:32:18 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:41:02 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Oct 9, 20201h 47m

Sally Hawkins, Eternal Beauty, On the Rocks and The Trial of the Chicago 7

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. They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office. 00:32:24 Box Office Top 10 00:44:07 A Perfectly Normal Family 00:47:27 Sally Hawkins interview 00:59:20 Eternal Beauty 01:04:06 The Boys In The Band 01:10:29 On The Rocks 01:15:56 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:19:29 Dick Johnson is Dead 01:22:14 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:28:47 The Trial of the Chicago 7 01:35:55 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Oct 2, 20201h 42m

Ron Howard, Rebuilding Paradise, Becky, Monsoon and Miss Juneteenth

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 teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father taking a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week. They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office. Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Sep 25, 20201h 43m

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

Mark and Simon are joined by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter who talk about Bill and Ted Face the Music. Plus your essential streaming film reviews including coming of age drama Rocks about a young teenage girl who finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother and Tesla, a freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light starring Ethan Hawke. 00:26:49 - Box office top 10 00:45:04 - Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter interview 00:57:47 - Bill & Ted Review 01:04:49 - Hendrix And The Spook Review 01:07:46 - Lobbydown Correspondents 01:10:45 - Tesla Review 01:15:00 - The 800 Review 01:17:56 - TV Movies Of The Week 01:23:50 - Rocks Review 01:29:13 - Nocturnal Review 01:31:29 - White Riot Review Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week. They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Sep 18, 20201h 45m

Peter Bogdanovich, The Roads Not Taken and The Broken Hearts Gallery

Mark and Simon are joined by legendary director Peter Bogdanovich who talks about his new Buster Keaton documentary The Great Buster. Plus your essential streaming film reviews including romcom The Broken Hearts Gallery and Sally Potter’s new drama The Roads Not Taken. Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week. They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office. 00:28:49 Box Office Top 10 00:44:33 Peter Bogdanovich interview 00:55:51 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:02:05 La Haine review 01:06:33 Memories of Murder review 01:13:41 The Broken Hearts Gallery 01:18:43 Max Richter’s Sleep 01:22:13 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:28:02 The Roads Not Taken 01:31:20 The Devil All The Time 01:36:26 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Sep 11, 20201h 45m

Jessie Buckley, Tenet, Mulan and The New Mutants

Mark and Simon are joined by Jessie Buckley who talks about her new film I’m Thinking of Ending Things.Plus your essential streaming film reviews including long-awaited superhero movie The New Mutants, Disney’s live action remake of Mulan & new French film Les Miserables.Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week. They also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films at the UK box office. 00.29.15 Box Office Top 10 00:18:56 Chadwick Boseman 00:36:46 Tenet review 00:45:44 Lobbydown Correspondents 00:47:10 Jessie Buckley Interview 01:00:05 I’m Thinking Of Ending Things review 01:09:27 New Mutants review 01:11:57 Mulan review 01:16:19 Koko-Di Koko-Da review 01:20:26 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:26:04 Les Miserables review 01:31:02 Socrates reviewDownload our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Sep 4, 20201h 43m

Chris Nolan, Tenet, Hope Gap, Get Duked and Rising Phoenix

Edith and Clarisse are joined by internationally renowned director Christopher Nolan, who talks about his new film Tenet.Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Tenet, Hope Gap, Get Duked, Rising Phoenix and The Lost Prince. Tenet stars John David Washington as a secret agent who embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of World War III.Edith and Clarisse chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services - as well as those with cinema releases - and we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week.00:15:29 Top 10 - Films Predominantly Set on A Train 00:31:41 Christopher Nolan Interview 00:47:25 Hope Gap review 00:54:07 Lobby Correspondents 00:58:16 Tenet review 01:06:37 Rising Phoenix 01:13:38 Get Duked 01:18:29 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:22:11 DVD OF THE WEEK We’ll also recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 films predominantly set on a train. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app.We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Aug 28, 20201h 25m

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

Sanjeev and Robbie are joined by Annette Bening who talks about her new film Hope Gap.Plus your essential streaming film reviews including The One and Only Ivan which stars Sam Rockwell as a gorilla and Chaka Khan as a chicken.Yes, God, Yes stars Natalia Dyer as a Catholic teenager who struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation, and Random Acts of Violence, in which a pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.Robbie and Sanjeev chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 films set in Scotland.Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Aug 21, 20201h 30m

Bryan Cranston, Babyteeth, Pinocchio, Spree and Sputnik.

Clara Amfo and Rhianna Dhillon are joined by Bryan Cranston who talks about his role in The One and Only Ivan. Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Pinocchio, Matteo Garrone’s live-action adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life, Spree, starring Stranger Things’ Joe Keery as a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral, Babyteeth, about a seriously ill teenager who falls in love with a drug dealer, and My Rembrandt, a documentary set in the world of the Old Masters.Clara and Rhianna chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 current digital downloads.00:09:01 Top 10 Digital Downloads 00:25:15 Spree 00:29:28 Sputnik 00:32:38 Lockdown Correspondents 00:38:44 Inception (10th Anniversary) 00:44:04 My Rembrandt 00:50:39 Bryan Cranston Interview 01:03:51 Pinocchio 01:07:32 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:12:03 Babyteeth Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Aug 14, 20201h 16m

Seth Rogen, Ben Mendelsohn, An American Pickle, Endings, Beginnings and Perfect 10

Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Seth Rogen and Ben Mendelsohn, who talk about their films An American Pickle and Babyteeth. Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Shailene Woodley and Jamie Dornan in Endings, Beginnings and new British drama Perfect 10.Ben and Anna chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the top 10 portmanteau horror films.00:23:31 Top 10 PORTMANTEAU HORROR 00:39:43 Perfect 10 review 00:46:44 Interview: Ben Mendelsohn 01:01:40 Babyteeth review 01:04:40 Lockdown Correspondents 01:09:22 Around The Sun review 01:12:35 Interview: Seth Rogen 01:24:43 American Pickle review 01:28:01 Endings Beginnings 01:31:09 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:34:58 Papicha 01:38:46 Young Ahmed 01:44:01 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Aug 7, 20201h 48m

Gemma Arterton, Summerland, Unhinged and Proxima

Simon and Mark are joined by Gemma Arterton who talks about her new movie Summerland.Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Russell Crowe in Unhinged, Eva Green in Proxima and Claire Oakley’s mystery drama set on a Cornwall holiday park, Make Up. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best sequels better than the originals. 00:34:18 Top 10 - Sequels that are better than the originals 00:47:03 Gemma Arterton interview 01:01:41 Summerland review 01:07:15 Lockdown Correspondents 01:11:56 The Vigil 01:14:18 Last and First Men 01:16:03 Make Up 01:20:59 Proxima 01:25:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:33:24 Unhinged 01:44:21 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jul 31, 20201h 55m

Lucy Liu, Stage Mother, Saint Frances, How to Build a Girl.

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 down the best Jason Statham films. 00:38:28 - TOP 10 - Statham 00:48:02 - Lucy Liu interview 01:00:38 - Stage Mother review 01:04:20 - Lockdown Correspondents 01:10:00 - Alice review 01:14:30 - How To Build A Girl review 01:20:09 - The Traitor review 01:22:30 - Strasbourg 15/18 review 01:25:36 - TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:31:24 - St Francis review 01:37:20 - Parasite review 01:43:55 - DVD OF THE WEEKDownload our podcast from the BBC Sounds app.We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jul 24, 20201h 48m

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

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 uncomfortably sweaty films. 00:32:40 Top 10 - Sweatiest films 00:48:20 Ben Whishaw interview 01:03:18 Buñuel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles 01:06:41 Lockdown Correspondents 01:12:54 Clemency 01:18:34 Come As You Are 01:22:09 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:28:09 Ghosts of War 01:32:14 Black Water Abyss 01:40:26 Kat and the Band 01:42:35 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jul 17, 20201h 52m

Alfre Woodard, Scoob!, Greyhound and The Way Back

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 Collin 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 films which take place in 24 hours. 00:40:18 Top 10 FILMS SET OVER 24 HOURS 00:51:34 Greyhound review 00:59:50 Alfre Woodard interview 01:16:58 lockdown correspondents 01:19:49 Finding The Way Back review 01:26:33 Love Sarah review 01:33:38 The Old Guard 01:39:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:42:48 Scoob! 01:47:51 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jul 10, 20201h 51m

Werner Herzog, Family Romance LLC, Lynn + Lucy and Lost Transmissions

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 TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the ten best Powell and Pressburger movies. 00:34:21 Top 10 - Powell AND Pressburger 00:51:32 Lynn + Lucy 00:58:03 Back Roads 01:02:30 Lockdown Correspondents 01:10:11 Werner Herzog interview 01:28:42 Family Romance LLC 01:32:18 Lost Transmissions 01:37:45 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:48:11 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jul 3, 20201h 52m

Simon Pegg, Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga and Irresistible

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 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, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech, plus we count down the best hiking and trekking movies. 00:35:08 Top 10 - films that take their plot from a Shakespeare play 00:49:56 The Girl with a Bracelet 00:53:19 Lockdown Correspondents 00:58:22 Ride Like A Girl 01:03:05 Simon Pegg interview 01:18:41 Irresistible 01:25:32 Fanny Lye Deliver’d 01:29:56 TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK 01:34:59 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga 01:39:54 On The Record 01:41:36 Last ever Hanks for Listening 01:44:19 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jun 26, 20201h 53m

Armando Iannucci, White Riot, 7500 and Resistance

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 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, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech, plus we count down the best hiking and trekking movies. 00:29:00 Top 10 - Hiking and Walking Movies 00:46:42 Joan of Arc 00:53:24 Lockdown Correspondents 00:58:42 On A Magical Night 01:02:55 White Riot 01:08:55 Armando Iannucci 01:25:53 7500 01:28:40 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK 01:33:02 Resistance 01:36:46 Hanks for Listening 01:41:47 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jun 19, 20201h 47m

Sir Kenneth 'Chuckles' Branagh, Spike Lee, Artemis Fowl, Da 5 Bloods and The King of Staten Island

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 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, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech. 00:39:04 Top 10 Black and white films from the colour era 00:52:05 Kenneth Branagh interview 01:05:42 Artemis Fowl 01:07:47 Lockdown Correspondents 01:12:57 You Don’t Nomi 01:16:13 The Australian Dream 01:20:02 Spike Lee Interview 01:30:40 Da 5 Bloods 01:34:28 The Ground Beneath My Feet 01:37:24 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:41:27 The King of Staten Island 01:44:51 Hanks for Listening 01:49:05 What the Hell Were ‘U’ Thinking 01:52:51 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jun 12, 20201h 59m

Judd Apatow, Dating Amber and Days of the Bagnold Summer

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 Canyon, about the music scene of Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles.Mark and Edith 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, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech. 00:22:17 Top 10 00:40:46 Dating Amber review 00:44:29 The Uncertain Kingdom review 00:49:29 Lockdown Correspondents 00:59:39 Judd Apatow Interview 01:16:10 Days of the Bagnold Summer 01:20:57 Echo in the Canyon 01:27:32 Women at War 01:29:16 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:34:23 Hanks for Listening 01:37:18 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

Jun 5, 20201h 47m

Rosamund Pike, The High Note, Only the Animals and Krabi, 2562

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 Simran 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, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech. 00:20:23 Top 10 Swedish Comedies 00:36:38 Mike Wallace Is Here review 00:41:37 Krabi, 2562 review 00:48:48 Lockdown Correspondents 00:55:18 Rosamund Pike interview (Radioactive) 01:11:33 Only The Animals 01:14:04 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:19:58 The High Note review 01:26:53 Around the World When You Were My Age review 01:31:33 Director of the Week 01:35:34 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

May 29, 20201h 39m

Marielle Heller, The Lovebirds, Take Me Somewhere Nice, and The County

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 films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech. 00:33:17 Top 10 - Greater remakes of Great Films 00:47:36 The Lovebirds review 00:51:52: Monos (new to VOD) review 00:59:25 Take Me Somewhere Nice review 01:02:01 Marielle Heller interview 01:19:22 The Vast of Night review 01:25:25 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK 01:30:19 The County review 01:45:07 Well Done U 01:53:48 DVD OF THE WEEK Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

May 22, 20201h 59m

George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy

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. 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, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech. 00:33:57 Top 10 ‘single location movies’ 00:45:03 Proximity review 00:49:43 The Orphanage review 00:53:40 Lockdown Correspondents 01:02:39 Cassandro, The Exotico! review 01:07:08 George MacKay interview 01:25:42 Romantic Comedy review 01:28:13 The Atom: A Love Affair review 01:31:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:42:02 Director of the week 01:46:24 DVD OF THE WEEK Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

May 15, 20201h 53m

Amma Asante, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, In Search of Greatness and Camino Skies

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, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Romanian drama The Whistlers. 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. 00:29:58 New to Download 00:31:20 Top Ten - Fictional Bands in Films 00:46:41 Never Rarely Sometimes Always 00:53:00 The Wretched 00:56:57 Lockdown Correspondents 01:04:30 Camino Skies 01:10:51 Amma Asante interview 01:23:57 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:29:03 The Whistlers review 01:31:39 More Beautiful For Having Been Broken 01:34:43 Time To Hunt 01:37:23 Tom Hanks 01:46:30 Well Done U 01:51:32 DVD OF THE WEEK Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your written or audio contributions: send to [email protected]. Twitter: @wittertainment

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