Detective Benoit Blanc is back!! Simon sits down with Daniel Craig, and director Rian Johnson to chat all things ‘Glass Onion: A Knives out Mystery,’ the sequel to ‘Knives Out.’ (2019) Mark reviews ‘The Enforcer’- an American action thriller starring Antonio Banderas who must sacrifice everything to save a young girl from his femme fatale boss (Kate Bosworth ... Show More
Jul 3
Will Jurassic World Rebirth turn Mark into a Rantosaurus? + David Cronenberg
Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recomm ... Show More
1h 10m
Jun 26
Is F1 in pole position for film of the week?
Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recomm ... Show More
1h 11m
Jun 19
28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film
Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recomm ... Show More
1h 6m
Mar 2021
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 in ... Show More
1h 42m
Dec 2021
Steven Spielberg, Ariana DeBose, West Side Story, Don’t Look Up and Being the Ricardos
Steven Spielberg and Ariana DeBose talk to Simon about West Side Story. Mark reviews that film, along with Don’t Look Up, which stars Leo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as two low-level astronomers who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that wil ... Show More
2h 2m
Feb 2021
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 stream ... Show More
1h 48m
Dec 2020
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 Le ... Show More
1h 52m
Jun 2021
Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller, The Father and Ellie and Abby and Ellie's Dead Aunt.
Mark and Simon are joined by Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller, star and director respectively of Oscar-winning drama The Father. Mark also reviews Bob Odenkirk’s new action thriller Nobody, about a mild-mannered bystander who intervenes in a crime; Ellie and Abby and Ellie's Dead ... Show More
1h 50m
May 2021
Sigourney Weaver, Tilda Swinton, Those Who Wish Me Dead and Oxygen
In the last show back before cinemas reopen, Mark and Simon are joined by Sigourney Weaver, who talks about her new film My New York Year.Plus your essential streaming reviews including Taylor Sheridan’s action drama Those Who Wish Me Dead, which stars Angelina Jolie and Nicholas ... Show More
1h 45m
Oct 2023
What's Buoying You?: Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner Speak Out After ‘Successful Mediation,’ Vow To Be ‘Great Co-Parents’ (Page Six) (25:47)Dancing With The Stars: Mauricio Umansky Declares That He ‘Danced For Israel’ After Performing Foxtrot (Daily Mail) (28:24)Yellowstone’s Cole Hauser Launches a New C ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2024
#603 — Jeffrey Wright, Sean Durkin & Zac Efron
Another week, another packed episode of the Empire Podcast, and once again we're joined by some cracking guests. First, Jeffrey Wright, the freshly Oscar-nominated star of American Fiction, joins Chris Hewitt to talk about that movie, his working practices, the film's unusual ori ... Show More
1h 47m
Jun 2024
#623 ft. Michael Sarnoski, Jesse Plemons & Yorgos Lanthimos, Adil & Bilall
We're back in the multi-guest business with this week's episode of the Empire Podcast, folks. First, Ben Travis has a very hushed Zoom chat with A Quiet Place: Day One director, Michael Sarnoski. [22:46 - 40:44 approx] Then, Sophie Butcher talks to Kinds Of Kindness director and ... Show More
1h 54m