Richard Dreyfuss, Dreamland, Why Don’t You Just Die, and Cuck

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.7 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Richard Dreyfuss talks Astronaut, his film about a lonely widower who battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Dreamland, about the world of opioids, Why Don’t You Just Die, Kirill Sokolov’s film about Andrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father who brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment. Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00:47:17 The Top 10 (Ashley Mowat’s favourite Billy Wilder films) 00:54:38 TV MOVIE(s) OF THE WEEK 01:00:42 Richard Dreyfuss interview 01:20:03 Dreamland review 01:22:43 Why Don’t You Just Die review 01:33:14 Selah and the Spades review 01:37:13 The Host review 01:39:41 Cuck review 01:44:53 The Tom Hanks moment 01:48:07 Director of the Week 01:56:07 DVD(s) OF THE WEEK Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.5	Don't look at me like that, Mark.
0:08.0	This is weird actually seeing you now.
0:10.0	This is really strange.
0:11.0	Don't look at me like that.
0:12.6	I'm not looking at you.
0:13.6	So you're looking at me?
0:15.4	Yeah, the reason you're not looking at me, this is a real treat for the listener.
0:21.0	No, that's, don't even do that.
0:23.4	That's really creepy.
0:24.4	So what's happened is that due to the technical genius of the production staff, we are now
0:29.5	joined together with a video link.
0:31.8	And in my video link, you can see the microphone, I'm talking to the other microphone that's
0:36.0	recording the back up.
0:37.9	And you can see some kippel in the background.
0:39.9	And you can see the top of the Werner Herzog box set, there you go, that I've got the microphone
0:45.5	bouncing with you, however, all I can see is your hair.
0:49.9	And the whole of your face is obscured by the most ridiculously large pop shield.
0:56.0	It's as if when you say the letter P, it has the thrust.
0:59.2	It's true, I'm a jet engine.
1:01.3	And you, I mean, that pop shield is the size of your head.
1:04.4	So I can't, I actually can't see you.
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