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Feb 2021
1h 48m

Paul Greengrass, The News of the World, ...

Bbc Radio 5 Live
About this episode

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 mayo@bbc.co.uk.

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

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