Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

Edith Bowman and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Felicity Jones, who talks about her new film, romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, in which she stars alongside Shailene Woodley.

Anna reviews drama Profile, in which an undercover journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State; Stillwater, which stars Matt Damon as a dad who travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit; Zola, a black comedy film based on a viral Twitter thread, in which Taylour Paige plays the titular stripper who is convinced by her new friend (Riley Keough) to travel to Tampa, Florida, in order to earn money, only to get in over her head; Beasts Clawing At Straws, a crime drama in which a struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mother, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker; and reissue Now, Voyager, which stars Bette Davis as a frumpy spinster who blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman; and Boys From County Hell, about a crew of hardy road workers who must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.

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 instant reaction to any film attached to an email to [email protected] for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’.

00:13:04 WTF? 00:23:40 Box Office Top 10 00:37:27 Profile review 00:42:55 Now, Voyager review 00:47:19 Zola review 00:52:15 Felicity Jones interview 01:06:29 The Last Letter From Your Lover review 01:08:24 Stillwater review 01:12:45 Beasts Clutching at Straws review 01:15:51 Boys From County Hell review 01:22:42 TV Movies of the Week 01:28:25 DVD of the Week

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Ali and Robbie’s guest this week is Ryan Reynolds, who talks about his role as a bank cashier who discovers that he's actually inside a brutal, open world video game in Free Guy.

Robbie and Ali also review Benedict Cumberbatch in The Courier, about Cold War spy Greville Wynne trying to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis; Coda, about Ruby, who is the only hearing person in her deaf family; Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin’s film Wendy, a reimagining of Peter Pan; Minamata, which stars Johnny Depp as war photographer W. Eugene Smith who travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities; WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, Jed Rothstein’s documentary about the collapse of the office space company; and Dan Stevens in I’m Your Man, about a scientist who in order to obtain research funds for her studies, accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment. What’s That Film continues, in which your mysterious half-remembered films are (hopefully) identified.

Ali and Robbie 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 instant reaction to any film attached to an email to [email protected] for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’.

Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

00:15:34 Box Office Top 10 00:35:03 Minamata review 00:43:54 Ryan Reynolds interview 00:55:38 Free Guy review 00:59:45 The Courier review 01:08:53 TV Movie of the Week 01:12:57 Wendy review 01:18:15 WeWork review 01:33:47 I'm Your Man review 01:41:46 Coda Review

Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Emily Blunt talks about The Huntsman: Winter's War. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Winter's War, Midnight Special and Hardcore Henry. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: [email protected] Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.

Will Poulter talks about Midsommar. Plus the Box Office Top Ten and reviews including Spider-Man: From Home, Ibiza: The Silent Movie and Don't Look Now.

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Director Asif Kapadia joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about his new documentary Diego Maradona. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Diego Maradona, Men In Black International, The Hummingbird Project and Sometimes Always Never.

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A Somethin' Else Production