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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There's one line change Aaron Sorkin wishes he hadn't let Jack Nicholson make... 😬 🤩 He talks screenwriting and THE SOCIAL RECKONING on the latest Take 🎬 + Reviews of 🍿 ⛏️ DIGGER ✍️ VERITY 🍎 EXTRA GEOGRAPHY & More in Take 2 ✨ Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/675f6d Watch 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzT...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 ⛏️ With DIGGER out this week, we're asking for your favourite TOM CRUISE NON-ACTION ROLES 🎬 What's the best? And why? Suggest below and Mark will pick his winner on the show ⤵️

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Tom Cruise Bartending in Cocktail Movie

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Feeling doom & gloomy? Wondering whether climate change or an AI takeover will kill us all first? 🫣 Laughter Lift to the rescue 😂 Here to help you giggle/groan your worries away every week on the Take. Oh, and we do film stuff too 🎬 Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/64ef71 Watch 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzYl...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 🍎 With SENSE AND SENSIBILITY out this week, and with GEORGE MACKAY on the pod, we're asking for your favourite JANE AUSTEN adaptations (TV OR FILM)… 🎬 📺 What's the best? And why? Suggest below and Mark will pick his winner on the show this week ⤵️

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Mr. Collins Praises Excellent Boiled Potatoes

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"There's a creator in each of us" 🎥🎨🎭 ⭐ JULIETTE BINOCHE gives us a masterclass in unlocking our inner artist in the latest Take 🎬 🍿 + Mark Reviews QUEEN AT SEA and... RESIDENT EVIL 🧟‍♂️ BAD APPLES 🍎 SHAUN THE SHEEP 🐑 Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/623fd8 Watch 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhOF...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"I really did find myself saying to myself 'they're just acting'" 🫣 Get Mark's full review of QUEEN AT SEA in the latest Take 🎬 + Star JULIETTE BINOCHE 🤩 🍿 More reviews of RESIDENT EVIL 🧟‍♂️ BAD APPLES 🍎 SHAUN THE SHEEP 🐑 Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/623fd8 Watch 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhOF...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The one and only JULIETTE BINOCHE joins us on the Take 🤩 🌊 She shares a personal connection to QUEEN AT SEA & tells Simon why this was the perfect role for her right now + More reviews 🧟 RESIDENT EVIL 🍎 BAD APPLES 🐑 SHAUN THE SHEEP Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/623fd8 Watch 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhOF...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 🍎 With BAD APPLES out this week, we're asking for your favourite teachers in the movies… 🎬 Comment below and Mark will pick his winner on the show ⤵️

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Harrison Ford as a Professor

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Mark's happy to see double bass players getting their flowers in EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS 🎼 Hear his full review in the latest Take 🎬 + More reviews of... 🍿 🧙‍♀️ PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 🧗 FALL 2 & guest Nicolas Winding Refn 🤩 Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/5f7303 Watch on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXFA...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🫣 "It's only a movie, it's only a movie..." Mark barely made it through FALL 2: DEADPOINT 😱 Check out his full review & more on the week's biggest movies in the latest Take 🎬 + Nicolas Winding Refn on HER PRIVATE HELL 😈 Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/5f7303 Watch on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXFA...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Nicolas Winding Refn joins us on the latest Take 🎬 😨 He tells Simon what it was like to be dead for 25 minutes 💀 + about his new film HER PRIVATE HELL 😈 + The week's biggest movies reviewed 🍿 Listen 🎧 pod.fo/e/5f7303 Watch on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXFA...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 🧙‍♀️ With PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 out this week, we're asking for the best witches in the movies… 🎬 Comment below and Mark will pick his winner on the show ⤵️

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Halloween Hocus Pocus

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Bill Pullman is our guest on the latest Take 🎬 He unpacks his role in EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS + Some bonus chat on his breakout role in Mel Brooks' SPACEBALLS and the spooky symmetry of shooting the sequel with his son 🤩 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/5c6012 📺 Watch on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCY...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Can Ovaltine ice cream change your life? 🤔 Apparently so 🍦 Ice cream and cinema abound in the latest Take 🎬 Reviews of... 📽️ SUPERNATURE 💔 LEVITICUS ✍️ LATE FAME 🏹 THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD 🤩 + Guest Bill Pullman 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/5c6012 📺 Watch on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCY...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 🕷️ With THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD out this week, we're asking for your favourite Robin Hood movies… 🎬 Comment below and Mark will pick his winner on the show ⤵️

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Robin Hood Winks and Smiles

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The unifying power of Dolly Parton is unmatched 💗 We remember her in this week's Take ⭐ + The usual movie madness & reviews 🍿 🐶 THE DOG STARS ✍️ BITTER CHRISTMAS 🫦 I WANT YOUR SEX + Michael Sarnoski on THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD 🏹 🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/584e91 📺 Watch on YT www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsQ...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🧠 "It's full of ideas" 💡 Could TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA be the most Mark film of evz? 🤔 📽️ Check out his full review in the latest Take 🎬 + More on...🍿 💥 COYOTE VS ACME 👨‍👦 & SONS with special guest Johnny Flynn 🤩 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/5607da 📺 Watch on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsOE...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 🕷️ With I WANT YOUR SEX out this week, we're asking for your favourite Olivia Wilde films… 🎬 Comment below and Mark will pick his winner on the show ⤵️

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Olivia Wilde's Two Thumbs Up in House MD

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A film "that makes you go 'what?!'" 🤯 📽️ Mark thinks & SONS pulls it off—but what do you think? 🤔 ⭐ Star Johnny Flynn is our guest on the latest Take 🎬 + 🎞️ Reviews of... 🔪 TEENAGE SEX & DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA 💥 COYOTE VS ACME & More 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/5607da 📺 YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsOE...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"It's my belief that however messed up a relationship with your father might get, we all want to be loved by our dads" ❤️ ⭐ Johnny Flynn talks & SONS, family drama & more on the Take 🎬 + Mark reviews it & more of the week's movies 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/5607da 📺 YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsOE...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA is out this week—so we want to know your FAVOURITE FINAL GIRLS 🔪🏃‍♀️ Comment below and we'll read the best ones on the show ⤵️

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 With LADY out this week—starring our guest SIAN CLIFFORD as a lonely, narcissistic aristocrat—we want to hear about your FAVOURITE NARCISSISTS in film🪞 Comment below and we'll read the best ones on the show ⤵️

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Hades' Vain Reflection: A Narcissus Moment

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 🕷️ With SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY out this week, we're asking you which actor has played your favourite Spidey over the years… 🎬 Comment below and Mark will pick his winner on the show ⤵️

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Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man Meme

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

⭐ ANDY SERKIS is our very special guest on the latest Take 🤩 He talks ANIMAL FARM and tells Simon how the Orwell story changed his life on the school bus 🚌🐷 + Mark reviews it and... 🧵 PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG ⚖️ ASK E JEAN 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/49a148 Watch on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtK1...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The 50s ANIMAL FARM movie was backed by the CIA? 🤯 Another little nugget of film buff knowledge from the Take there for you 🎬 🤩 ANDY SERKIS unpacks his new adaptation in the latest pod 🐷 + Mark reviews it & more new films 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/49a148 Watch on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtK1...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

ANDY SERKIS says Seth Rogan is the perfect Orwell villain 🐷 Hear him out! He joins us to talk ANIMAL FARM on the latest Take 🎬 + Mark's verdict on the film and... 🍿 🧵 PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG ⚖️ ASK E JEAN 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/49a148 FULL SHOW on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtK1...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"We're now living in a world where we don't really know what's true anymore. Truth isn't held as a value that we care about." 🤩 ANDY SERKIS joins us to talk ANIMAL FARM on the Take 🎬 + Mark's verdict on this much-discussed movie 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/49a148 📺 YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtK1...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 🐷 With ANIMAL FARM out this week we want yo know your favourite ANDY SERKIS PERFORMANCES please 🎬 Comment below and Mark will choose his winner on the show ⤵️

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魔戒咕嚕幕後趣事

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Every single moment that Samantha Morton is onscreen... is one of the best sequences I have ever experienced in the cinema"📽️ Hear Mark's take on the performance that steals THE ODYSSEY🎬 + SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN interview 🤩 🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/44c1e8 FULL SHOW on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=54oZ...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🤩 SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN is with us on the latest Take 🎬 He tells Simon how his vision for THE ODYSSEY has been living with him for 20 years 🤯 And why tackling this epic is a once in a lifetime filmmaking opportunity 📽️ 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/44c1e8 FULL SHOW ON YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=54oZ...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 📜 HELLO/ KIA ORA! HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE is out soon, so we'd like your MOST NEW ZEALAND/ AOTEAROA FILMS/ SERIES OF ALL TIME please 🎬 🇳🇿 Mark will choose his winner on the show ⤵️

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Waving New Zealand Flag

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

THE ODYSSEY is finally out 💪 Get Mark's verdict on this epic story in the lastest Take 🎬 He & Ben unpack the epic + Simon talks to director SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/44c1e8 FULL SHOW ON YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=54oZ...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We're looking at the TOP 10 FILMS OF '76 IN THE UK. Your thoughts pls on ANY: 11 Dog Day Afternoon 10 At/ Earth's Core 9 Marathon Man 8 Bad News Bears 7 Bugsy Malone 6 Man Who Would Be King 5 Logan's Run 4 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3 President's Men 2 Return of the Pink Panther 1 Jaws

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Christopher Lloyd's Iconic Look in Cuckoo's Nest

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🏝️ MOANA director Thomas Kail knew he'd hit the jackpot when he cast Catherine Laga'aia ⭐ Don't miss Simon's chat with him in the latest Take 🎬 + Mark reviews MOANA and... 🧟‍♂️ EVIL DEAD BURN 🌹 ROSEBUSH PRUNING & more 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/445e45 FULL SHOW ON YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQX4...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 📜 THE ODYSSEY is out this week (did you hear?), so we want to know which is the best FILMS BASED ON ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY please 🎬. Mark will choose his winner on the show this week ⤵️ Oh and PS - We have SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN on the show this week - you won't want to miss it!

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in Hercules In New York

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thought Saltburn was out there? 😳 🥀 ROSEBUSH PRUNING is on a whole other level of weird 😂 Check out Mark's full review in the latest Take 🎬 + More reviews... 🏝️ MOANA 🧟‍♂️ EVIL DEAD BURN & more 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/445e45 FULL SHOW ON YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQX4...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🏝️ Could the new MOANA be a live action remake that Mark doesn't hate? 🫢 Check out his full review in the latest Take 🎬 + Interview with director Thomas Kail ⭐ And more reviews 🍿 🧟‍♂️ EVIL DEAD BURN 🌹 ROSEBUSH PRUNING & more 🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/445e45 FULL SHOW on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQX4...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's MOANA day 🏝️ And you can hear all about it in this week's Take 🎬 Director Thomas Kail tells us why he couldn't resist giving this Disney hit the live action treatment ⭐ Don't miss his full interview + Mark's verdict & more 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/445e45 📺 on YT: www.youtube.com/kermodeandma...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 MOANA is out this week, so we want to know which is the best LIVE ACTION RE-IMAGINING films please 🎬. Wiki list here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... Mark will choose his winner on the show this week ⤵️

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Cruella De Vil: How Marvelous! (101 Dalmatians)

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Olivia Wilde's guide to creating THE INVITE's unpredictable energy? Go into shooting without deciding on the ending 🫢 She & Edward Norton join us on the latest Take 🎬 Mark reviews it + 🎥 NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE 🟡 MINIONS & MONSTERS 🎧 pod.fo/e/43f33d 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8p-...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Mark is still going to bat for the Minions movies 🍿💪 Catch his full review of MINIONS & MONSTERS in the latest Take 🎬 + NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE 📽️ 🎞️ And THE INVITE with Edward Norton & Olivia Wilde 🤩 🎧Listen: pod.fo/e/43f33d FULL SHOW on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8p-...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 Minions and Monsters is out this week, so we want to know your 'LOVE LETTER TO CINEMA' films please 🎬. Mark will choose his winner on the show this week ⤵️

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Gene Kelly Singing In The Rain Dance

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 JACKASS: BEST AND LAST is out this week, so we want to know your films that feature the most painful injuries you’ve ever seen... or felt on screen 🎬. Let us know your most wince-inducing movies below please! Mark will choose his winner on the show this week ⤵️

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Steve Carell's Painful Waxing in 40 Year Old Virgin

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 TOY STORY 5 is out this week, so we want to hear your favourite animated movies that appeal to the grown-ups as well as the kids 🎬 Comment your picks & Mark will choose his winner ⤵️

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Woody & Buzz Lightyear Truce Handshake

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

⭐ Emily Blunt can do anything 🤩 She and DISCLOSURE DAY co-star Colman Domingo join us on the latest Take 🎬 They unpack this buzzy new Spielberg sci-fi with Simon 👽 + Mark reviews it & all the biggest movies out now 🍿 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/42dfac 📺 FULL SHOW on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HeJ...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What's Colman Domingo's guilty pleasure? Percy Pigs 🐷🍬 🤩 He and DISCLOSURE DAY co-star Emily Blunt join us on the latest Take 🎬 + Mark reviews this new Spielberg sci-fi that we've all been waiting for 👽🛸 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/42dfac 📺 FULL SHOW on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HeJ...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A YouTube series turned into a feature film? 🤔 🤩 And it's ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD??? So much love for BACKROOMS in the Take inbox ✉️ What do you think? Check out Mark's review in our back catalogue + more to come in this week's pod 🎬 Latest show ⬇️ 🎧 pod.fo/e/427d27 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvps...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"There is a savagery at the heart of this social climbing" 🏛️ Check out Mark's full review of SAVAGE HOUSE in the latest Take 🎬 ⭐ Plus an interview with its star, the one and only RICHARD E GRANT 🤩 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/427d27 FULL SHOW on YT 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvps...

Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙 DISCLOSURE DAY is out this week, so we want to hear your favourite Spielberg sci-fi films 🎬 Comment your picks & Mark will choose a winner ⤵️

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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