Does NAKED GUN even pass the one laugh test? + Guy Pearce on INSIDE

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Sony Music

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

4.3 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 72 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. ‘Naked Gun’ is out this week, where Liam Neeson finally embraces his meme-status by playing parody cop Frank Drebin Jr.--son of Leslie Nielsen’s hero of the 1988 original. ...Is it naff though? Find out what Mark thinks—along with his verdicts on Willem Dafoe-starring weirdy fantasy drama ‘The Legend of Ochi’, and ‘Savages’, the new stop motion tale from the director of ‘My Life as a Courgette’. School’s out but the reviews still keep coming! Our guest this week is Guy Pearce, who chats so Simon about this hard-hitting new prison drama ‘Inside’, set in his native Oz. Pearce plays grizzled lifer Warren, who is facing up to the uncertainties of freedom days before his long-awaited parole—but does he really want to get out? He stars alongside the ever-versatile Cosmo Jarvis and newcomer Vincent Miller, who plays the 18-year-old new inmate who Warren takes under his wing. Guy unpacks it all with Simon—plus we hear about his music projects, ‘The Brutalist’, and find out which classic role of his he actually hates... Some really amazing correspondence this week on ‘The Narrow Road To The Deep North’ too, which has reminded us that we really do have the best and most fascinating listeners evs. Thanks as ever Wittertainees! Timecodes (for Vanguardistas listening ad-free): Savages Review: 07:54 BO10: 14:39 The Bad Guys 2 Review: 27:28 Guy Pearce Interview: 33:09 The Naked Gun Review: 49:01 The Legend of Ochi Review: 59:24 You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com 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: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello there everybody, Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode here to tell you about EETV.
0:04.0	EETV has the ultimate flex. You can change your package every month so you only pay for what you want to watch.
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0:23.7	It's TV your way.
0:25.8	Run back through award-winning shows such as The Crown, Baby Rainier or All Quiet on the Western Front.
0:30.9	Or cozy on down with the family over August's new releases like the Thursday Murder Club or Wednesday season two.
0:38.0	You know, I'm a goth at heart.
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0:47.2	Enjoy.
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0:57.7	Before we begin, a quick reminder that you can become a Vanguard Easter and get an extra episode
1:03.0	every Thursday, including bonus reviews, extra viewing suggestions, viewing recommendations
1:08.7	at home and in cinemas. Plus your film and non-film questions answered as best we can in questions, Schmestians.
1:14.8	You can get all that extra stuff via Apple Podcasts or head to extra takes.com for non-fruit-related devices.
1:21.9	There's never been a better time to become a Vanguard Easter.
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1:27.2	And if you're already a Vanguard Easter, we salute you.
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