Benedict Cumberbatch, Eric, The Beast & Sting

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Sony Music

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

4.4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week, Take fave Benedict Cumberbatch tells Simon all about his psychological miniseries ‘Eric’, which sees him play troubled puppeteer Vincent, who clings to his missing son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet named Eric, convinced that if he can get Eric on TV then his son will come home. Mark also gives his take on the show, as well as reviewing ‘Sting’, which sees a 12-year-old's pet spider rapidly transform into a giant flesh-eating monster, forcing the young girl to fight for her family’s survival. This week’s big review is ‘The Beast’, a science fiction romantic drama loosely based on Henry James’ novella ‘The Beast in the Jungle’, which imagines a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone’s lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat. Lea Seydoux and ‘Gorgeous George’ Mackay star. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:14 – Sting Review 12:03– Box Office Top Ten 24:44 – Benedict Cumberbatch Interview 39:15 – Eric Review 45:42 – What's On June 49:06 – The Beast Review 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 Mark, you know I've been spending a lot more time in Denmark recently.
0:04.4	Yeah, the bakery date incident in the calendar still.
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0:58.0	Now, back to the show. Also increasingly it's a would you like some extra pie and I'm good yeah I'm good yeah I didn't ask what I didn't ask whether you were good or not I just asked whether you'd like some extra pie so therefore Mark are you ready then you say I'm good are you you say I'm good. Are you ready Mark? I'm good.
1:25.0	Although I don't mean that do I because it that's the really annoying thing isn't it?
1:30.0	When you say I'm good you don't mean I mean actually people start picking up on it you know I'm good I didn't ask whether you were good I asked if you were ready.
1:36.4	Where did it start? It's probably one of those American things who is philosophically good? I mean you mean just anyway This is good. Yeah we normally get to this point by the end of the second
1:47.0	podcast. I think it's a little bit heavy to start with. So I just want to say that today's
1:52.1	podcast is brought to you by myself.
1:55.0	Simon Mayor, B. A. Honors, Warwick University, History and Politics 2-1.
2:00.2	Mark, PhD, PhD, and then I got a couple of honorary doctorates.
2:13.2	In?
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