Is F1 in pole position for film of the week?

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Sony Music

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

4.4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 71 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. ‘F1’, or ffffwan, as nobody is calling it—is racing onto cinema screens this week, so listen up for Mark’s verdict on this high-speed blockbuster. And we’ve got a review of ‘M3GAN 2.0’—the first of what could be many sequels to the dollfaced genre-mashing horror hit. Can they keep shoehorning numbers into their titles? Looks like we might be about to find out. Our special guest this week is Maxine Peake, who stars in ‘Words of War’--a bold biopic of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, whose work was critical of the Kremlin and the Russian army. She talks to Simon about telling Anna’s powerful story, why the film ditched the fake Russian accents, and being married to Jason Isaacs—onscreen only! You can catch Mark’s review straight after their chat too. Top takes in the Box Office Top 10 this week—and fans of 80s radio nostalgia are in for a treat from Simon, so listen out. Plus, 28 Years Later fans, don’t miss Take 2 for yet more spoiler-tastic chat unpacking the film everyone’s talking about—including lots of you in your top correspondence. Keep it coming! Timecodes (for Vanguardistas listening ad-free): M3GAN 2.0 Review: 09:16 Box Office Top Ten: 14:55 Maxine Peake Interview: 25:10 Words of War review: 40:45 F1 Review: 51:52 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] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Elizabeth from How to Fail here. Just dropping in with some great news that I hope will make your day about cheese. Well, dairy more specifically. As you know, I'm someone who just loves her cheese. I cannot imagine life without it, just as a mid-afternoon snack or a lump of delicious cheddar on a crumpet when I get home late. But I'm fully aware that for some of us,
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0:56.9	To find out more, go to lacto-free.com. Before we begin, a quick reminder that you can become a Vanguard Easter and get an extra episode
1:02.8	every Thursday. Including bonus reviews. Extra viewing suggestions. Viewing recommendations
1:08.6	at home and in cinemas. Plus your film and non-film questions answered as best we can in questions, Schmestians.
1:14.7	You can get all that extra stuff via Apple Podcasts or head to extra takes.com for non-fruit-related devices.
1:21.7	There's never been a better time to become a Vanguard Easter. Free offer, now available wherever you get your podcasts.
1:27.3	And if you're already a Vanguard Easter. Free offer, now available wherever you get your podcasts. And if you're
1:27.9	already a Vanguard Easter, we salute you. Now I'm slightly confused because normally I'm gazing at Mark and he's clearly, he's clearly in Cornwall and he's got a guitar and a sheet behind him and a Tom Robinson poster and a few bits of ephemera.
1:57.2	And now you're in a travel lodge.
2:00.2	No, I'm not in a travel lodge.
2:01.3	I'm in a really, really, I'm at the Pontalopud film festival, this island just off
2:06.5	the, of Croatia.
2:08.8	And we arrived last night at like 2 o'clock in the morning because I was doing screenings
2:13.9	Monday, and then flew and then, you know you know anyway it was a fly and then a
2:18.5	car and then a boat and then I only just saw it when I woke up this morning to look at
2:23.0	and it's very very nice so I'm here it's a very this small film festival where are you
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