Sam Mendes, Empire of Light, Enys Men, Tár & M3gan

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Sony Music

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

4.3 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Would Empire of Light have happened if Olivia Colman hadn’t said yes to playing Hilary? Director and writer, Sam Mendes CBE, chats to Simon in this week’s episode as the pair unpack his latest release. Mark reviews psychological horror ‘Enys Men’, set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast; Cate Blanchett’s new film ‘Tár’ - about the life of composer and conductor, Lydia Tár; ‘M3gan’ - about a robotics engineer at a toy company, who builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own, as well as Olivia Colman and Sam Mendes’ latest ‘Empire of Light’. Time Codes (relevant only when you are part of the Vanguard): 10:24 Enys Men Review 20:45 Box Office Top 10 31:29 Sam Mendes Interview 46:40 Empire of Light Review 54:05 Laughter Lift 59:42 M3GAN Review 01:04:49 What’s On 01:06:05 Tár Review EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Something else.
0:07.0	Yeah Mark, yes I'm happy new year along that jazz.
0:19.4	When's the moratorium on that?
0:21.8	Well we've been advised from production point of view the 7th so we're well past that.
0:26.6	Yeah, okay.
0:28.2	Well I only saw you for the first time this year last night.
0:31.0	So I did say happy new year.
0:32.4	No you did.
0:33.4	And then I should have offered you some old cider and we could have done a little bit of
0:36.8	washaling but in fact you were slightly sniffy about the fact that I said happy new year.
0:40.4	So are we still doing this?
0:41.4	Well I don't know, I just because I'm not sure because I feel socially awkward.
0:45.0	Okay.
0:46.0	I thought it was like in the first couple of weeks of January if you hadn't seen somebody
0:51.2	before you were sort of morally obliged to say happy new year.
0:54.6	Morally abri...
0:55.6	Okay well that's...
0:56.6	Morally abriaged.
0:57.6	So are you done any gigs?
0:59.2	No we're going to Tromso next week.
1:02.0	Wow, well there'll be a love party.
1:04.0	There will be it because I know love party like a Tromso love party.
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