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Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Alien: Romulus – Mess or Masterpiece?

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Sony Music

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Tv Reviews, Film Interviews

4.42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week we have an extra special treat, as Take fave Sanjeev Bhaskar joins Mark in the host’s seat to deliver a funny and insightful episode. Mark reviews various new releases, including ‘Only the River Flows’, a Chinese neo-noir crime thriller, which sees an ambitious police detective attempt to solve a series of murders from a disused cinema; ‘Swan Song’, an immersive documentary following The National Ballet of Canada as it mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake; and ‘Alien: Romulus’, a new addition to the sci-fi horror franchise, which sees space colonisers come face-to-face with the most terrifying life-form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station. Will Mark like it, love it, hate it? Listen to find out! Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): Only The River Flows Review – 06:46 Box Office Top Ten – 13:14 Swan Song Review – 35:53 Alien: Romulus – 45:33 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] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks Ben Bailey here or should I say Baron Bailey the swashbuckling hero wrongly accused of a crime he didn't commit now seeking revenge

0:08.2

Okay, that's not me or is it never know? Look either way I'm gonna take this chance to tell you that the Count of Monte Cristo is in UK and Irish cinemas on August 30th, certificate 12 a. You can watch Alexandra Dumas's classic novel come to life in a timeless and thrilling new

0:23.7

version on the big screen it's got an amazing cast and look don't take my word

0:28.2

for it here's what the critics think okay variety called it stunning genuine

0:31.9

triumph he said it was wildly enjoyable deadline called it stunning, genuine triumph, he said it was wildly enjoyable,

0:34.0

deadline called it sumptuous and thrilling, I mean come on, what more do you want?

0:38.0

Oh, here's some more, 100% rating on rotten tomatoes, boom,

0:42.0

five-star reviews across the board. I mean, critics and audiences already

0:46.4

raving about this. It's a European smash hit. So watch the Count of Monte Cristo in cinemas from August 30th.

0:53.0

Revenge.

0:55.0

Hey, my... Hey movie goers! After tonight's feature, why not take your taste buds on a culinary journey?

1:09.0

We offer you the authentic taste of England right here in India that our English chef delight you with his traditionally prepared dishes

1:16.5

including potatoes chicken and also bees all at

1:20.9

Baton's English restaurant too two, by a small place.

1:24.0

Just round the corner from this cinema.

1:27.0

Well, yes.

1:29.0

Funny every time.

1:30.0

Funny every time.

1:31.0

An earlier incarnation, we see my love of cinema went back to to that

1:36.3

sketch so that is for people who would not recognize that bit because that's not the famous

1:41.0

bit is the going for an English sketch that we did on goodness gracious me and for

1:46.1

those people do that that was a a South Asian sketch show on the BBC 25 years ago 26 years ago.

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