Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - Sir Michael Caine, Halloween Kills, Venom, Ron’s Gone Wrong, The Last Duel and The Velvet Underground
Sir Michael Caine talks about his new movie Best Sellers, about a cranky, retired author who reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.
Plus we have reviews of Halloween Kills, starring Jamie Lee Curtis in the continuing saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode; The Last Duel, Sir Ridley Scott’s film about King Charles VI declaring that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel, written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and starring Jodie Comer; Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Andy Serkis’s sequel starring Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson and Michelle Williams; The Velvet Underground, Todd Hayne’s documentary about the seminal sixties band; Ron's Gone Wrong, the story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device; and Ear for Eye, Debbie Tucker Green’s film following British and American Black characters of different generations navigating their way through today's society, offering a critical perspective on the state of the nation.
Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.
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03.00: CORRESPONDENCE
20.24: CELEBRATING CINEMA
24.05: BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
48.40: HALLOWEEN KILLS
56.28: GUEST: SIR MICHAEL CAINE
01.15.24: RON’S GONE WRONG
01.20.40: WTF 1
01.26.00: TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK
01.31.10: THE LAST DUEL
01.42.42: EAR FOR EYE
01.47.79: NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN
01.51.40: WTF 2
01.55.59: VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
02.02.25: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
02.10.35: DVD OF THE WEEK
Published on Friday, 15th October 2021.
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