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THE DOG STARS: Top dog or a dog’s dinner?
Aug 27, 2026
1h 15m 55s
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: The most Mark film evz? + Johnny Flynn
Aug 20, 2026
1h 15m 16s
THE END OF OAK STREET: “Why does it exist?” + SIAN CLIFFORD on LADY
Aug 13, 2026
1h 29m 37s
Is ICE CREAM MAN Eli Roth’s most chilling work or does it need more sprinkles? + Taika Waititi
Aug 6, 2026
1h 15m 57s
Has SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY got Mark’s Spidey senses tingling? + ASA BUTTERFIELD
Jul 30, 2026
1h 26m 12s
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| 8/27/26 | THE DOG STARS: Top dog or a dog’s dinner? | 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 Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show - a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. Three more of the week’s big screen offerings reviewed by the Good Doctors on the Take. First up, The Dog Stars—Ridley Scott’s latest post-apocalyptic survival thriller offering starring Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin. Then there’s the new drama from our favourite multicoloured Spanish maximalist Pedro Almodóvar, Bitter Christmas, and even more outrageously, Gregg Araki’s kinky comedy I Want Your Sex, starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman. Plus our guest this week is Michael Sarnoski, director of Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One, and now The Death of Robin Hood, Out next week, it shows us a darker side of the folk legend, following Hugh Jackman’s grizzled Robin Hood in later life as he reckons with the legacy of years of violence. No men in tights here, sorry. Michael chats to Simon and Mark about reimagining this famous take and directing Huge Action through some serious Northern Irish mud. Laugther Lift too as usual, plus the best of your excellent correspondence, including some great What’s On info and another entry into our new technophobic feature A, I Don’t Like That. Enjoy! You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Our Christmas Movie Spectacular is back! It’s in Bristol this year on Sunday 6th December. Don’t miss it! Here’s the link for tickets: https://www.fane.co.uk/kermode-and-mayo Timecodes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:12:11 The Dog Stars review 00:21:41 Box Office Top Ten 00:30:35 Michael Sarnoski interview 00:45:08 Bitter Christmas review 00:53:37 Laughter Lift 01:01:28 I Want Your Sex review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 15m 55s | ||||||
| 8/20/26 | TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: The most Mark film evz? + Johnny Flynn | 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 Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show - a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. Our special guest this week is Johnny Flynn, who stars in & Sons—A dysfunctional family drama with a twist. His character Richard is one of three long suffering sons to Billy Nighy’s A.N. Dyer, a mega-successful novelist turned alcoholic recluse and personal disaster zone. Johnny chats to Simon about the movie, its unusual filmmaking process, and working alongside Nighy, Imelda Staunton, George McKay and Noah Jupe as part of its all-star ensemble cast. Plus we hear a little about his upcoming performances as Paul Simon in South-African-set drama The Road Home, as a beleaguered sheriff in western A Prayer For The Dying, as Dostoevsky in The Idiots, and as Lucuis Malfoy (i.e. Jason Isaacs) in Harry Potter. I do wish someone would give this lad a bit of work, he must be desperate for something to get his teeth into… Mark reviews & Sons, as well as two more of the week’s most exciting titles. First up, Coyote vs Acme, a live action animation hybrid that sees Looney Tunes’ murderous canine Wile E. Coyote return to the screen in a meta legal drama with the suppliers of his ever-malfunctioning gadgets. Plus, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (one film not two), a meta-slasher starring Gillian Anderson in which a film director becomes obsessed with casting her ‘final girl’ in a classic horror sequel. The most Mark film evz? We’ll find out. All that plus the Laughter Lift, the return of Simon after Sanjeev’s super subbing last week, and of course your witty, erudite and delightful correspondence. Keep the postbag full please gang! You can find out more about Medi Cinema and donate here: https://www.medicinema.org.uk You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Our Christmas Movie Spectacular is back! It’s in Bristol this year on Sunday 6th December. Don’t miss it! Here’s the link for tickets: https://www.fane.co.uk/kermode-and-mayo Timecodes: 00:06:25 Coyote vs Acme Review 00:14:25 Box Office Top Ten 00:26:58 Johnny Flynn interview 00:42:43 & Sons review 00:59:09 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 15m 16s | ||||||
| 8/13/26 | THE END OF OAK STREET: “Why does it exist?” + SIAN CLIFFORD on LADY | 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 Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show - a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo. Supersub Sanjeev is sitting in for Simon on this week’s Take, and he and Mark will be bringing you three brand spanking new reviews of the coming cinematic attractions. The End of Oak Street has got dinosaurs, mysterious teleportation, and… kids with bows and arrows - which is the most unbelievable of those things, according to Sanjeev. But is this 80s-set adventure pleasantly Spielbergian, or just prehistoric? Then there’s Tony, the Anthony Bourdain origin story starring Dominic Sessa as the young rockstar chef to be. It might have Mark salivating - or maybe it’s just an odd mixture of ingredients… And finally we have Lady, starring this week’s special guest, Sian Clifford. In this madcap comedy the BAFTA-winning Fleabag actress plays a self-obsessed aristocrat who looks in the mirror for so long that she starts to see herself disappearing. She talks to Sanjeev about the role and why she hates being on camera as an actor. All that plus the Laughter Lift - this week at least delivered by an actual comedian - the box office top 10, and of course your top correspondence. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Our Christmas Movie Spectacular is back! It’s in Bristol this year on Sunday 6th December. Don’t miss it! Here’s the link for tickets: https://www.fane.co.uk/kermode-and-mayo Timecodes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:10:13 The End of Oak Street review 00:22:52 Box Office Top Ten 00:36:57 Sian Clifford interview 00:51:02 Lady review 01:03:28 Laughter Lift 01:07:25 Tony review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 29m 37s | ||||||
| 8/6/26 | Is ICE CREAM MAN Eli Roth’s most chilling work or does it need more sprinkles? + Taika Waititi | 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 Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show - a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. Mark Kermode assesses Eli Roth’s gory horror Ice Cream Man, about an ice-cream van whose treats turn kids into homicidal monsters. He also reviews French drama Love Me Tender, starring Vicky Krieps as a mother whose divorce and sexuality trigger a brutal custody battle. Staying abroad, Mark then covers The Summer Book, a Tove Jansson adaptation set on a Finnish island, featuring a standout turn from Glenn Close as a grandmother helping a grieving child and her withdrawn father. And Simon Mayo chats to Taika Waititi on adapting the New Zealand novel Wild Pork and Watercress into the much-loved Hunt for the Wilderpeople as it returns in a 10th anniversary 4K release. Plus, the Box Office Top Ten jumps back in time to 1976. As does the Laughter Lift for that matter…. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Our Christmas Movie Spectacular is back! It’s in Bristol this year on Sunday 6th December. Don’t miss it! Here’s the link for tickets: https://www.fane.co.uk/kermode-and-mayo A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Timecodes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:11:52 Ice Cream Man review 00:21:32 Box Office Top Ten (1976) 00:33:37 Taika Waititi Interview 00:47:23 Love Me Tender review 00:55:01 Laughter Lift 00:59:52 The Summer Book review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 15m 57s | ||||||
| 7/30/26 | Has SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY got Mark’s Spidey senses tingling? + ASA BUTTERFIELD | 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 Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show - a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. Spider-Man is swinging back onto cinema screens this weekend in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Tom Holland’s masked web slinger is anonymous once again, his identity having been wiped from the memories of his fellow New Yorkers - including those once closest to him. Mark reviews this latest Marvel blockbuster, alongside a homegrown British indie that’s generating some serious buzz: Ish. Recalling Kes, The 400 Blows and the Apu trilogy, it’s a vivid coming-of-age debut you won’t want to miss. Also coming soon on digital is Our Hero Balthazar, a dark satire tackling gun violence and internet culture, starring Asa Butterfield - who is our special guest this week. He plays Solomon, a gun-obsessed would-be school shooter, online-trolling from the Texas trailer he shares with his granny. The film centres around Solomon’s uneasy friendship with Balthazar, a New York rich kid who craves the social cachet of preventing a shooting by befriending its potential perpetrator. Asa joins Mark and Simon to unpack this transformational performance. Plus the Laughter Lift, more on our inevitable technological overlords in new mini-feature ‘AI Don’t Like That’, and of course lots of top correspondence from you. Cheers! You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo. Our Christmas Movie Spectacular is back! It’s in Bristol this year on Sunday 6th December. Don’t miss it! Here’s the link for tickets: https://www.fane.co.uk/kermode-and-mayo What’s On info: https://www.deliveryafterdark.com/ https://theatreship.co.uk/#tickets EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Timecodes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:08:29 Ish review 00:16:27 Box Office Top Ten 00:31:22 Asa Butterfield interview 00:46:51 Our Hero, Balthazar review 00:57:48 Laughter Lift 00:59:26 AI don't like that 01:03:32 Spider-Man: Brand New Day review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 26m 12s | ||||||
| 7/23/26 | Are some ANIMAL FARM adaptations more equal than others? With ANDY SERKIS | 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 Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show - a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. We have a very ‘precious’ guest for you this week… yes, it’s Andy Serkis, AKA Gollum himself. The actor, director, and motion capturer extraordinaire chats to Simon about his new film Animal Farm - an animated adaptation of Orwell’s classic story for a young audience. With Seth Rogan putting a comic spin on Orwell’s porky totalitarian Napoleon, and a key new character and third act added, Serkis’ child-friendly version has attracted some ire already - but is it fair? Listen in to find out where Mark stands. Plus, we’ve got two more reviews of what’s out this week for anyone not going to see The Odyssey. First up, Pinocchio Unstrung - the latest in Twisted Childhood’s series of slasher-fied, copyright free children’s classics. Then there’s Ask E. Jean, a powerful doc about American columnist E. Jean Carroll, who took on Trump in the courts and won. Plus, the Laughter Lift as usual, and we’re also debuting a technophobic new feature ‘AI don’t like that’ - a home for the ever-increasing correspondence about the terrifying ascendency of our future AI overlords. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Timecodes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:09:04 Pinocchio Unstrung review 00:15:49 Box Office Top Ten 00:31:00 Andy Serkis interview 00:48:20 Animal Farm review 01:02:58 Laughter Lift 01:09:01 Ask E. Jean review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 25m 11s | ||||||
| 7/16/26 | film reviewcinema+3 | Sir Christopher Nolan | THE ODYSSEYSynthetic Sincerity | — | THE ODYSSEYSir Christopher Nolan+5 | — | 1h 26m 41s | ||
| 7/9/26 | live action remakesfilm reviews+5 | Thomas Kail | MoanaHamilton+3 | — | Moanalive action+7 | — | 1h 21m 02s | ||
| 7/2/26 | Minionsfilmmaking+4 | Edward NortonOlivia Wilde | Sony Music EntertainmentPatreon+3 | Bristol | MinionsEdward Norton+6 | — | 1h 35m 09s | ||
| 6/25/26 | film reviewsJackass+3 | Pierre Coffin | MinionsSony Music Entertainment+3 | — | JackassJohnny Knoxville+5 | — | 1h 23m 03s | ||
| 6/18/26 | Toy Story 5film reviews+4 | Timothy Spall | PixarToy Story 5+2 | — | Toy Story 5Timothy Spall+4 | — | 1h 16m 12s | ||
| 6/11/26 | Steven Spielbergfilm review+3 | Emily BluntColman Domingo | Sony Music EntertainmentDisclosure Day+3 | — | Spielbergfilm review+6 | — | 1h 30m 33s | ||
| 6/4/26 | film reviewinterview+3 | Richard E. Grant | Savage HouseMasters of the Universe+3 | — | Richard E. GrantSavage House+5 | — | 1h 17m 44s | ||
| 5/28/26 | film reviewsinterviews+4 | James Graham | Dear EnglandPower Ballad+2 | — | BackroomsDear England+5 | — | 1h 22m 42s | ||
| 5/21/26 | Star Warsfilm review+4 | Leo Woodall | The Mandalorian and GroguTuner+2 | — | The MandalorianGrogu+7 | — | 1h 20m 37s | ||
| 5/14/26 | film reviewsinterview+4 | Olivia Colman | JimpaThe Christophers+2 | — | Olivia Colmanfilm reviews+5 | — | 1h 15m 00s | ||
| 5/7/26 | filminterview+4 | Sir Ian McKellen | Sony Music EntertainmentThe Christophers+1 | — | Ian McKellenThe Christophers+5 | — | 1h 14m 49s | ||
| 4/30/26 | film reviewssequel analysis+3 | Steve Coogan | NetflixPatreon+3 | — | The Devil Wears Prada 2film reviews+5 | — | 1h 18m 50s | ||
| 4/23/26 | film reviewstelevision series+3 | Richard Gadd | BBCPatreon+4 | — | film of the yearHalf Man+3 | — | 1h 32m 36s | ||
| 4/16/26 | film reviewstrash cinema+3 | John Waters | BFIPatreon | — | film reviewsJohn Waters+6 | — | 1h 16m 36s | ||
| 4/9/26 | film reviewdirecting+4 | Brian Cox | Sony Music EntertainmentFather Mother Sister Brother+2 | Glenrothan | Brian CoxGlenrothan+5 | — | 1h 19m 27s | ||
| 4/2/26 | film reviewsTV shows+5 | — | BBCSuper Mario Galaxy+3 | — | Super Mario Galaxyfilm reviews+5 | — | 1h 19m 09s | ||
| 3/26/26 | film reviewinterview+4 | François Ozon | The StrangerThe Magic Faraway Tree+2 | — | François OzonThe Stranger+6 | — | 1h 11m 25s | ||
| 3/19/26 | filminterview+3 | Stephen Graham | The Good BoyProject Hail Mary+2 | — | Stephen GrahamThe Good Boy+7 | — | 1h 29m 32s | ||
| 3/16/26 | Academy AwardsOscar winners+4 | — | Avatar: Fire and AshSentimental Value+4 | — | OscarsAcademy Awards 2026+5 | — | 46m 02s | ||
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Chart history for Kermode & Mayo’s Take
Peaked at #1 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 24 of 50 tracked markets, currently #1 in United Kingdom.
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| United Kingdom | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| Ireland | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| SG | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| Australia | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| AE | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| Ireland | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| PT | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| GR | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| AR | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| PE | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Sweden | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| Norway | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| RO | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| HU | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| BE | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| South Korea | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| TH | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| South Africa | — | #7 | #7 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.