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Episodes
333-
Is playtime finally over for TOY STORY?
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026
332-
Is DISCLOSURE DAY the best Spielberg in decades? With EMILY BLUNT & COLMAN DOMINGO
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026
331-
Is SAVAGE HOUSE Richard E. Grant’s most unhinged role yet?
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Thu, 04 Jun 2026
330-
Does Mark think BACKROOMS is a-maze-ing?
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Thu, 28 May 2026
329-
Is THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU a STAR WARS spin off too far? + Leo Woodall
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Thu, 21 May 2026
328-
THREE FILMS OF THE WEEK? Is that even allowed? + Olivia Colman
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Thu, 14 May 2026
327-
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…
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Thu, 07 May 2026
326-
Does THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 rock the sequel trend? + STEVE COOGAN
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Thu, 30 Apr 2026
325-
Have we found Mark’s film of the year already?
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Thu, 23 Apr 2026
324-
John Waters: “I’m so respectable I could puke”
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Thu, 16 Apr 2026
323-
Brian Cox on GLENROTHAN: will it go down smoothly with Mark?
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Thu, 09 Apr 2026
322-
Level up or game over for SUPER MARIO GALAXY?
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Thu, 02 Apr 2026
321-
THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE: Enchanting or just lost in the woods?
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026
320-
Is Stephen Graham another bad boy in THE GOOD BOY?
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Thu, 19 Mar 2026
319-
Oscars Schmoscars 2026
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Mon, 16 Mar 2026
318-
Ryan Gosling on PROJECT HAIL MARY
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Thu, 12 Mar 2026
317-
Take Ultra preview - A look ahead to the Oscars
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Mon, 09 Mar 2026
316-
Does THE BRIDE! earn its exclamation mark?
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Thu, 05 Mar 2026
315-
Celebrating Women in Film with Vanguard
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Mon, 02 Mar 2026
314-
What did Mark make of the BAFTAs?
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Thu, 26 Feb 2026
313-
Amanda Seyfried… as a Mancunian?
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026
312-
Did Mark Fall for Wuthering Heights — or Run Screaming Across the Moors? With Emerald Fennell
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Thu, 12 Feb 2026
311-
Take 2 taster: why not join us on Patreon?
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Wed, 11 Feb 2026
310-
MELANIA: “A piece of handsomely mounted crypto‑fascist propaganda” + Riz Ahmed
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Thu, 05 Feb 2026
309-
How did Hollywood turn John Bishop into Will Arnett?
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Thu, 29 Jan 2026
308-
Can Claire Foy handle a “perfectly evolved psychopath” in H IS FOR HAWK?
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Thu, 22 Jan 2026
307-
Jack O’Connell on 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
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Thu, 15 Jan 2026
306-
Does HAMNET deserve the hype?
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Thu, 08 Jan 2026
305-
Best and Worst Films of the Year
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Mon, 22 Dec 2025
304-
Good Kate Winslet (lass) Looks Back on her Feats of Acting
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Sat, 20 Dec 2025
303-
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: “like some nightmare furries convention”
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Thu, 18 Dec 2025
302-
Live Christmas Spectacular with Nia DaCosta and Jason Isaacs
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Thu, 11 Dec 2025
301-
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: “I was struggling to stay awake” + Legendary James L Brooks
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Thu, 04 Dec 2025
300-
Is CHRISTY a knockout? + Noah Baumbach on JAY KELLY
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Thu, 27 Nov 2025
299-
Now & Ben: Benedict Cumberbatch on THE THING WITH FEATHERS
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Fri, 21 Nov 2025
298-
WICKED: Which Witch Wins - Is the Sequel/Prequel Equal?
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Thu, 20 Nov 2025
297-
Edgar Wright on THE RUNNING MAN
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Thu, 13 Nov 2025
296-
Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis on ANEMONE
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Thu, 06 Nov 2025
295-
Is BUGONIA out of this world? + Ruth Wilson on DOWN CEMETERY ROAD
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Thu, 30 Oct 2025
294-
Did Mark ‘Louvre’ Josh O’Connor’s timely heist movie THE MASTERMIND? + Does SPRINGSTEEN deliver?
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Thu, 23 Oct 2025
293-
Has FRANKENSTEIN got Mark (re)animated? + Russell Tovey
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Thu, 16 Oct 2025
292-
TRON: ARES: “It was like my brain was atrophying” + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025
291-
Aimee Lou Wood on Film Club + a DOUBLE BILL of films of the week
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025
290-
Is ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER film of the year? With Paul Thomas Anderson
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Thu, 25 Sep 2025
289-
Robert Redford remembered + Paul Greengrass on THE LOST BUS
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Thu, 18 Sep 2025
288-
Does SPINAL TAP II turn it up to 11? + the rockin’ Warren Ellis
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Thu, 11 Sep 2025
287-
HONEY, DON’T: a film title that reviews itself? + Sam Riley on ISLANDS
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Thu, 04 Sep 2025
286-
Summer Holiday Highlights of the year so far
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Thu, 28 Aug 2025
285-
Now and Ben: Olivia Colman and Jay Roach on THE ROSES
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025
284-
Tom Hiddleston & Chiwetel Ejiofor on THE LIFE OF CHUCK