Another Paul Feig film? Do me a Favor

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

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

4.4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recommendations from the Good Doctors and whole bonus episodes just for you. And if you’re already a Vanguardista, we salute you. The 50th anniversary re-release of ‘Slade in Flame’ is making Mark very happy this week, and he’ll be reviewing this “Citizen Kane of rock movies” at the top of the show to celebrate. Starring the real-life Black Country glam rockers as the fictional band Flame, it follows their rapid rise and fall via record company clashes that reveal the darker side of the music industry. Plus, new (and new-ish) releases ‘Thunderbolts*’, the Marvel anti-hero ensemble starring Florence Pugh, and ‘Sinners’—Ryan Coogler’s 1930s southern gothic tale of two twin brothers coming face to face with evil when they return to their Mississippi hometown in search of a new start. It came out while we were on our holibobs, so we’re catching up this week with a full review and some top takes from those of you who have seen it already. ‘Another Simple Favor’ is out this week too—and we’ve got director Paul Feig, also known for ‘Bridesmaids’, ‘Spy’ and, yes, the all-female Ghostbusters remake—on the show to talk Simon through it. A follow-up to the 2018 hit ‘A Simple Favor’, it sees Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick reprise their roles in a genre-mashing comedy-mystery-crime-thriller, this time on the isle of Capri. Feig talks power dressing, breaking his no-sequels rule, and how that Blue Origin all-female space flight could definitely be straight out of one of his movies. Mark reviews it too—and we also hear plenty from you wonderful wittertainees, including your takes on Mark’s ‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’ review. Enjoy! Timecodes (for Vanguardistas listening ad-free): Slade in Flame review: 11:34 Sinners review: 27:49 Paul Feig Interview: 36:44 Another Simple Favor review: 50:05 Laughter Lift: 57:20 You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo Please take our survey and help shape the future of our show: https://www.kermodeandmayo.com/survey 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] And to find out more about Sony’s new show Origins with Cush Jumbo, click here&l Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ben here. Now, I am a self-diagnosed documentary addict. Unfortunately, Netflix is serving up some serious fare this month.
0:09.0	First up, streaming right now is Diamond Heist, which is a premium doc series produced by the doyen of Geesea pictures, Guy Ritchie.
0:16.4	It's the story of a plan to steal a diamond in a hall worth 350 million pounds but here's the thing it's
0:22.4	all told firsthand by the perpetrators themselves and the squad who foiled them it's presented
0:28.4	with all the trademark crash bang and wallop you'd expect and if you're still hungry for more
0:33.9	there's two other true stories coming to Netflix this month. Bad influence, the dark
0:38.6	side of kid fluencing, which is this doc that tells some unsettling truths about child influences
0:44.1	via the story of viral star named Piper Raquel and Oklahoma City bombing, American Terror,
0:50.6	all about the tragic events in Oklahoma back on April 19, 1995.
0:55.7	Now, you're not going to get this selection anywhere else, so start streaming today on Netflix.
1:00.8	Hello, Simon Mayo here.
1:02.2	And Mark Herbert here.
1:03.3	Before we begin, a quick reminder that you can become a Vanguard Easter and get an extra episode
1:08.2	every Thursday, Including bonus reviews.
1:11.2	Extra viewing suggestions.
1:12.8	Viewing recommendations at home and in cinemas.
1:15.6	Plus your film and non-film questions answered as best we can in questions, Schmestians.
1:20.0	You can get all that extra stuff via Apple Podcasts or head to extra takes.com for non-fruit
1:26.0	related devices.
1:27.1	There's never been a better time to become a vanguard Easter.
1:29.9	Free offer, now available wherever you get your podcasts.
1:32.6	And if you're already a vanguard Easter,
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