Kermode: Joss Whedon and Henry Cavill
Our guests are the legend that is JOSS WHEDON, who joins Simon and Mark in the studio and HENRY CAVILL, who plays Superman in Man of Steel. Mark reviews Much Ado About Nothing, Man of Steel, Admission, Summer in February, Stuck in Love & Paradise: Love.
Friday, 14-Jun-13 08:41 UTC
Kermode: Michael Douglas, 7 June 13
Our guest this week is Michael Douglas who stars in Liberace movie Behind the Candelabra. As well as that movie, Mark will review The Stone Roses: Made of Stone, Will Smith’s After Earth, Michael Shannon in The Iceman, The Last Exorcism Part II and Thérès
Friday, 07-Jun-13 10:11 UTC
Kermode: Michael Shannon & Shane Meadows, 31 May 13
Zoe Ball and James King stand in for Simon and Mark this week. Zoe talks to Michael Shannon who stars in The Iceman, and James chats to Shane Meadows, director of forthcoming Stone Roses film Made of Stone. Reviews of Blood, Byzantium, Everybody Has a Pla
Friday, 31-May-13 09:57 UTC
Kermode: Saoirse Ronan, 24 May 13
Our guest is Saoirse Ronan who stars in the forthcoming vampire flick Byzantium. Mark will review animated adventure Epic, The Hangover Part III, Grave of the Fireflies , My Neighbour Totoro, Something in the Air and The Big Wedding. Plus your correspond
Friday, 24-May-13 09:38 UTC
Kermode: Jason Isaacs, 17 May 13
We say "Hello to Jason Isaacs" as the great man himself joins Simon and Mark live in the studio. Mark reviews The Great Gatsby, The Liability, Beware of Mr. Baker, Fast & Furious 6 and The Stoker. Plus Jason Isaacs' TV Movie of the Week.
Friday, 17-May-13 18:23 UTC
Kermode: JJ Abrams, 10 May 13
JJ Abrams, director of Star Trek Into Darkness joins Simon and Mark to discuss the movie. Mark will also review Deadfall starring Eric Bana, Mud, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Mira Naira's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Our Children and A Hijacking. Als
Friday, 10-May-13 09:22 UTC
Kermode: Pedro Almodovar 03 May 13
Our guest this week is Pedro Almodovar, who joins us to talk Iâm So Excited. Weâll also have reviews of 21 And Over, Dead Man Down, Gimme The Loot and All Stars. Plus the UK Box Office Top Ten, DVD of the Week and TV Movie of the Week
Friday, 03-May-13 15:40 UTC
Kermode: Gwyneth Paltrow, 26 April 13
Our guest this week is Gwyneth Paltrow, who joins us to talk Iron Man 3. We'll have reviews of Bernie, The Look of Love, White Elephant, In the Fog and The ABCs of Death. Plus your UK Box Office Top Ten, DVD of the Week and TV Movie of the Week.
Friday, 26-Apr-13 15:48 UTC
Kermode: Steve Coogan, 19 April 13
Our guest this week is Steve Coogan, who talks about playing Paul Raymond, Soho’s King of Clubs. We’ll have reviews of Love is All You Need, Promised Land, Evil Dead, Fruitcake for Forest, Bait, Me and You & Rebellion. Plus your UK Box Office Top Ten, DVD
Friday, 19-Apr-13 08:11 UTC
Kermode: Gerard Butler, 5 April 13
Jo Whiley sits in for Simon and James King sits in for Mark. Jo talks to GERARD BUTLER about his leading role in loud presidential actioner Olympus Has Fallen and James reviews Dark Skies, Spring Breakers, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, All Things to All
Friday, 05-Apr-13 08:19 UTC
Kermode: Danny Boyle, 22 March 13
National treasure Danny Boyle joins Simon and Mark to talk about his new movie TRANCE. We also have COMPLIANCE director Craig Zobel live from the USA.PLUS reviews of Reality, Compliance, Trance, Identity Thief, Jack the Giant Slayer, Good Vibrations, St
Friday, 22-Mar-13 11:33 UTC
Kermode: One Hour Show, 15 March 13
One hour show this week with reviews of The Paperboy, Beyond the Hills, Welcome to the Punch, Red Dawn, Maniac and The Spirit of ’45. Plus Mark’s DVD & TV Movie of the Week.
Friday, 15-Mar-13 11:37 UTC
Kermode: David Morrissey and Sam Raimi
Star of Brit thriller Welcome to the Punch and director of Oz: The Great and the Powerful both join Simon and Mark for this week's show. Reviews of Broken, The Guilt Trip, Robot and Frank, Parker, Oz: The Great and the Powerful and Side Effects.
Friday, 08-Mar-13 16:53 UTC
Kermode: Richard Gere, 01 March 13
A very affable Richard Gere talks to Simon Mayo about his new movie, thriller Arbitrage. Mark reviews Stoker, Broken City, The Bay, Safe Haven & Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters. Plus the top ten, soft food ideas, the origins of 'Soho' and a tremendous nut m
Friday, 01-Mar-13 12:59 UTC
Kermode: Gemma Arterton & Dylan Mohan Gray, 22 Feb 13
Zoe Ball and James King stand in for Simon and Mark on this week’s show. James talks to Gemma Arterton about her role in Song for Marion and Dylan Mohan Gray joins us live in the studio to talk about his documentary Fire in the Blood. We also have reviews
Friday, 22-Feb-13 11:39 UTC
Kermode: Gael Garcia Bernal, 8th February 13
Gael Garcia Bernal talks to Simon and Mark about his new film No. Reviews of No, Hitchcock, I Wish, I Give It A Year, Warm Bodies, Wreck-It Ralph and A Liar's Autobiography. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and TV Movie of the Week.
Friday, 08-Feb-13 16:09 UTC
Kermode: Denzel Washington, 1 February 13
Reviews of Bullet to the Head, Rundskop/ Bullhead, Antiviral, Cirque du Soleil, Hyde Park on Hudson and Flight, which stars Denzel Washington, who joins Simon to talk about playing alcoholic pilot Whip Whitaker.
Friday, 01-Feb-13 11:45 UTC
Kermode: Steven Spielberg, 25 January 13
Living legend Steven Spielberg joins Simon and Mark to talk about his new film Lincoln. Mark reviews that film along with Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial Bin Laden movie Zero Dark Thirty, Movie 43, The Last Stand, Won’t Back Down and Hollow. Plus your Box
Friday, 25-Jan-13 09:12 UTC
Kermode: Kathryn Bigelow & Mark Strong, 18 January 13
Director of Zero Dark Thirty KATHRYN BIGELOW talks to Simon and Mark about her movie ZERO DARK THIRTY and MARK STRONG, who’s also in that movie joins us live. Reviews of Django Unchained, The Sessions, V/H/S, Everyday & Monsters Inc Threed.
Friday, 18-Jan-13 09:53 UTC
Kermode: Anne Hathaway, 11 January 13
Reviews of Les Miserables, Gangster Squad, What Richard Did, American Mary and May I Kill U?. Guest is Anne Hathaway.
Friday, 11-Jan-13 10:03 UTC
Kermode: Oscar Nominations Special, 10 January 13
Simon and Mark discuss today's Oscars announcements with special guests Peter Lord, director of Pirates!, which has been nominated as Best Animated Feature, Tim Bevan, producer of Les Miserables, which has been nominated for seven statuettes.
Thursday, 10-Jan-13 09:17 UTC
Kermode: Ewan MacGregor, 4 January 13
Ewan MacGregor, who stars in the week’s big film The Impossible, talks to Simon about the trials and tribulations of that movie. Mark reviews that film along with Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet, McCullin, Hors Satan, Playing for Keeps and Texa
Friday, 04-Jan-13 10:35 UTC
Kermode: Best of 2012
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo look back at the best films from 2012 and re-live some classic Kermode reviews.
Friday, 28-Dec-12 16:01 UTC
Kermode: Toby Jones, 21 December 12
Mark reviews Jack Reacher, Life of Pi, Midnight's Children, Pitch Perfect & Parental Guidance. Plus Toby Jones in the studio to talk about his new Hitchcock project.
Friday, 21-Dec-12 17:37 UTC
Kermode: Peter Jackson, 14 December 12
Peter Jackson, Director of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey talks to Simon. Reviews of that film, plus Tinkerbell and the Secret Of The Wings, Neil Young Journeys, Smashed, Love Crime & Codename: Geronimo. Plus Mark's choice of DVD and TV Movie of the We
Friday, 14-Dec-12 17:08 UTC
Kermode: Dustin Hoffman, 7 December 12
Dustin Hoffman talks to Simon Mayo about his directorial debut in 'Quartet'. Mark Kermode reviews Seven Psychopaths, The Oranges, So Undercover, Celeste and Jesse Forever, I, Anna & The Man with the Iron Fists. Plus Mark's choice of DVD and TV Movie of th
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:33 UTC
Kermode: Helena Bonham Carter 30 Nov 12
Simon and Mark talk to Helena Bonham Carter who stars as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations. Mark reviews the movie along with Sightseers, The Hunt and Trouble With The Curve. Plus DVD and TV movies of the week and the Box Office Top 10.
Friday, 30-Nov-12 13:56 UTC
Kermode: Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz, 23 November 12
Guests are Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. Reviews of Gambit, End of Watch, Silver Linings Playbook, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger, The House I Live In & Starbuck.
Friday, 23-Nov-12 10:25 UTC
Kermode: K-Stew and Paul Thomas Anderson, 16 November 12
Simon and Mark are joined by Kristen Stewart, star of Breaking Dawn: Part 2, and Paul Thomas Anderson, director of The Master. Mark reviews both those movies, along with Amour, Mental and Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet. Plus Mark's choice of TV Movie of the W
Friday, 16-Nov-12 10:52 UTC
Kermode: Ben Affleck, 09 November 12
Ben Affleck joins Simon and Mark to talk about his new thriller ARGO. Mark reviews that film, along with The Sapphires, Here Comes the Boom, People Like Us, Alps & My Brother The Devil. Plus the DVD and TV Movie of the Week and your UK Box Office Top Ten.
Friday, 09-Nov-12 09:44 UTC
Kermode: Marion Cotillard, 02 November 12
Al Murray, Boyd Hilton and Nigel Floyd review For a Good Time, Call, Fun Size, Rust and Bone, Keep the Lights On, Excision, The Shining, Silent Hill: Revelation and Call Me Kuchu. With guest Marion Cotillard.
Friday, 02-Nov-12 09:41 UTC
Kermode: Tim Burton, 19 October 12
Reviews today of Frankenweenie, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ginger & Rosa, Madagascar 3, Paranormal Activity 4 and Five Broken Cameras. Our guest is TIM BURTON. Plus Mark's TV Movie of the Week and his DVD of the Week.
Friday, 19-Oct-12 10:13 UTC
Kermode: Octoberfest from Sheffield, 12 Oct 12
Sheffield Octoberfest special with reviews of Hit & Run, Hotel Transylvania, On The Road, Pusher, Radioman and Ruby Sparks. Plus guests Paul Bettany and Mark Herbert.
Friday, 12-Oct-12 13:41 UTC
Kermode: Josh Radnor, 5 October 12
Simon and Mark talk to director, writer and star of Liberal Arts JOSH RADNOR. Mark will review that film, along with Everything or Nothing, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Taken 2, Sinister & Some Guy Who Kills People. Plus Mark’s choice of TV Movie of t
Friday, 05-Oct-12 10:05 UTC
Kermode: Looper, 28 September 12
It’s a one hour show this Friday due to The Ryder Cup. Mark Kermode reviews The Campaign, Looper, Barbara & Holy Motors. Plus the TV Movie of the Week. With added Frenchman.
Friday, 28-Sep-12 08:21 UTC
Kermode: Oliver Stone, 21 September 12
Mark reviews Savages, Killing Them Softly, Tower Block, Hysteria, Now Is Good, Untouchable & The Prophet. Plus – More details of our Sheffield show on October 12th, an interview with Oliver Stone and Marks’ TV Movie of the Week.
Friday, 21-Sep-12 10:51 UTC
Kermode: A James Bond Special, 14 September 12
Reviews today of Paranorman, Sweeney, Hope Springs, To Rome With Love, About Elly, and of course some great Bond music from the BBC Philharmonic, Ren Harvieu, Lance Ellington and Claire Moore. Please note the songs are truncated on the podcast due to rig
Friday, 14-Sep-12 17:08 UTC
Kermode: Bill Forsyth, 7 September 12
Director of Gregory’s Girl and Local Hero Bill Forsyth is our guest as Mark broadcasts from Shetland, where he is curating a film festival. Mark reviews A Night in the Woods, Dredd, Lawless, St. George’s Day and Shut Up and Play the Hits.
Friday, 07-Sep-12 08:53 UTC
Kermode: Ray Winstone & Ben Drew, 31 August 12
Stars of The Sweeney Ray Winstone and Ben Drew join Simon and Mark in the studio. Mark reviews Keith Lemon: The Film, Total Recall, Samsara, Cockneys v Zombies, Berberian Sound Studio, A Few Best Men & Myth of the American Sleepover.
Friday, 31-Aug-12 08:33 UTC
Kermode: Toby Jones, 24 August 12
James King stands in for Mark and reviews The Three Stooges, Keith Lemon: The Film, Shadow Dancer & The Imposter.Guests are director of The Imposter BART LAYTON and on the phone from Venice is TOBY JONES, starring in Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound S
Friday, 24-Aug-12 09:27 UTC
Kermode: Colin Farrell, 17 August 12
Boyd and Floyd join Simon for reviews of The Bourne Legacy, The Expendables 2, Take This Waltz, The Wedding Video, The Devil's Business, Brave & L'Oiseau. Plus Colin Farrell talks about his latest movie Total Recall.
Friday, 17-Aug-12 09:18 UTC
Kermode: Edward Norton, 26 July 12
Star of The Bourne Legacy Ed Norton Plus Mark reviews The Man Inside, Dr. Seuss: The Lorax, El Bulli, Searching for Sugar Man & Woman in a Dressing Gown. Plus DVD of the week, and a bonus review of Ted from Al Murray. Please note - the podcast ending cont
Thursday, 26-Jul-12 12:02 UTC
Kermode: Christopher Nolan, 20 July 12
Director Christopher Nolan talks to Zoe and Mark about the final part of his Batman trilogy - The Dark Knight Rises. As well as a review of that picture, Mark looks at In Your Hands, Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap, The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the B
Friday, 20-Jul-12 17:00 UTC
Kermode: Wimbledon One Hour Special, 06 July 12
Today's show was from the All England Club. Mark reviews The Hunter, The Players, Strawberry Fields, God Bless America, Ping Pong, Seven Days in Havana & You've Been Trumped. Our special guest is Pat Cash.
Friday, 06-Jul-12 10:48 UTC
Kermode: The Amazing Spider-Man, 29 June 12
Reviews of The Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Horse, Friends with Kids, Killer Joe, Your Sister's Sister & Lovely Molly.
Friday, 29-Jun-12 15:00 UTC
Kermode: Andrew Garfield, 22 June 12
Reviews today of WHERE DO WE GO NOW, THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT, THINK LIKE A MAN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, THE CHERNOBYL DIARIES, THE LAST PROJECTIONIST, CLOCLO & PLANET OF SNAIL.Plus ANDREW GARFIELD in the studio.And as your DVD extras, Mark's
Friday, 22-Jun-12 10:28 UTC
Kermode: Michael Sheen, 23 Dec 11
Michael Sheen joins Simon and Mark at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square for a Christmas special. Reviews of The Lady, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and The Artist. Plus a singalong.
Friday, 23-Dec-11 17:00 UTC