With Simon still chugging along on the UK’s glorious waterways, beloved actor and Take fave Sanjeev Bhaskar steps in to chat nonsense – ahem, review films - with Mark.
Sanjeev speaks with director Neill Blomkamp about his new stranger-than-fiction biographical sports drama ‘Gran Turismo’, covering everything from Blomkamp’s motivations for making the film t ... Show More
Jul 16
Is THE ODYSSEY truly epic? With SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redac ... Show More
1h 26m
Jul 9
Are we in for a MOAN-A from Mark about live action remakes?
The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redac ... Show More
1h 21m
Jul 2
Are the Minions master movie makers? + Edward Norton & Olivia Wilde on THE INVITE
The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redac ... Show More
1h 35m
Dec 2021
Riz Ahmed, Encounter, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and C'mon C'mon
Riz Ahmed talks to Simon about his role as Malik Khan in Michael Pearce’s Encounter. Mark reviews that film, along with Silent Night, the horror/comedy Keira Knightley came on the show to talk about last week; Mike Mills’s C’Mon C’Mon, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a radio journali ... Show More
1h 55m
Aug 2023
#577 — Gal Gadot & Alia Bhatt, Justin Simien
This week's Empire Podcast sees Gal Gadot and Alia Bhatt, stars of the new Netflix blockbuster Heart Of Stone, sit down for a lovely chat with Amon Warmann, in which they talk about the dangers of A.I., and Gadot's recent cameo in a major blockbuster. No, not that one. No, not th ... Show More
1h 43m
Jun 2021
David Oyelowo, Fast and Furious 9, Supernova and Sweat
Mark and Simon are joined by David Oyelowo who talks about his forthcoming film The Water Man.Mark also reviews the latest in the automotive action series Fast and Furious 9, in which Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's younger brother, to take revenge on Dom and his team; Su ... Show More
1h 50m
Apr 2021
John Hawkes, Nomadland, The Mitchells vs The Machines and Wild Mountain Thyme
Mark and Simon are joined by John Hawkes, who talks about his new film End of Sentence. Plus your essential streaming reviews including big Oscar winner Nomadland, Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan as lovers in Ireland who get caught up in a family land dispute, Michael B Jordan as Jo ... Show More
1h 43m
Apr 2024
#611 — Jordan Peele, Rufus Sewell & Philip Martin, Nell Tiger Free & Bill Nighy
This week's Empire Podcast has more guests than the Overlook Hotel, all chatting to Chris Hewitt about their new movies. First, producer Jordan Peele tells Chris why he was so taken by Dev Patel's directorial debut, Monkey Man, that he came on board to help it get a theatrical re ... Show More
2 h
Jun 2021
Ben Wheatley, In the Earth, Luca, Monster Hunter and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Mark and Simon are joined by Ben Wheatley who talks about his new film In the Earth.Mark also reviews new Disney animation Luca, about an unlikely but strong friendship between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human on the Italian riviera; Monster Hunter from direct ... Show More
2h 3m
Aug 2023
Gran Turismo is Cynical and Glorious
This week, Julia is joined by Slate associate culture writer Nadira Goffe and Jamelle Bouie, opinion columnist at The New York Times. The panel begins by test driving Gran Turismo, a sports movie that is essentially a Playstation commercial based on popular intellectual property ... Show More
55m 35s
Feb 2021
Sam Neill, Rams, Malcolm and Marie and Greenland
Mark and Simon are joined by Sam Neill, who talks about his new film Rams. Mark reviews of A Glitch in the Matrix which asks if we are living in a simulation, Stewart Lee’s documentary King Rocker, about Robert Lloyd, the lead singer of Birmingham post-punk band The Nightingales, ... Show More
1h 57m