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May 2021
1h 42m

Toby Jones, Peter Rabbit 2, Army of the ...

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In the first show back after some UK cinemas reopened, Mark and Simon are joined by Toby Jones, who talks about his new film First Cow.

Plus your essential cinematic and streaming reviews including Irritating Rabbit 2, Billie Piper’s ‘anti romcom’ Rare Beasts, which she wrote, directed and starred in, Sigourney Weaver in My New York Year, about a graduate who takes a job working for reclusive writer J.D. Salinger’s agent, Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead about a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, documentary The 8th, about the fight to repeal Ireland’s 8th Amendment, The Human Factor, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of America’s thirty year battle to secure peace in the Middle East and The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet.

As audiences return to some UK cinemas we’ll take another look at the films that are available theatrically.

Plus Mark and Simon’s Movie Road Trip continues into Northwest Territories.

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 mayo@bbc.co.uk.

00:19:36 Celebrating Cinema 00:20:51 Current releases 00:23:22 Box Office Top Ten! 00:31:35 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway review 00:40:13 The 8th review 00:42:53 My New York Year review 00:47:09 Toby Jones interview 01:03:40 Rare Beasts review 01:08:32 North American Movie Trip 01:12:05 Army of the Dead review 01:18:01 The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet review 01:20:48 TV Movies of the Week 01:24:39 The Human Factor review 01:36:09 DVD of the Week

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