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Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
Drama
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(500) Days Of Summer
Mark Kermode has a couple of issues with 'kooky' romantic comedy (500) Days Of Summer starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.
Date reviewed: 4th September
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2012
Mark Kermode rips into Roland Emmerich's disaster film 2012, starring John Cusack. He questions both its financial motivations and heavy use of CGI effects.
Date reviewed: 13th November
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4 Christmases
Mark Kermode reviews Seth Gordon's Christmas offering featuring Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon and Robert Duvall.
Date reviewed: 28th November
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88 Minutes
Mark Kermode reviews 88 minutes, a thriller in which Al Pacino stars as a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI.
Date reviewed: 3rd October
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Adventureland
Mark's joined by Charlie Fink, lead singer of Noah and the Whale, to discuss the latest film by the director of Superbad.
Date reviewed: 11th September
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Albert Nobbs
Mark Kermode reviews Albert Nobbs, starring Glenn Close as a 19th century woman who cross dresses so she can work as a bulter.
Date reviewed: 27th April 2012
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All In Good Time
Mark Kermode reviews All in Good Time. Writer of East is East Ayub Khan-Din returns with a new family drama.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
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Angels & Demons
With its bizarre accents and a clunky plot, Mark Kermode finds little to praise in Angels & Demons.
Date reviewed: 15th May
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Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging
5 live's resident movie critic Mark Kermode reviews the latest film from Gurinder Chadha, the director of Bend It Like Beckham and Bride And Prejudice.
Date reviewed: 25th July
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Antichrist
Lars von Trier's controversial, award-winning Antichrist reviewed by Mark Kermode.
Date reviewed: 24th July
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Anything For Her
Mark Kermode reviews a French thriller about a couple whose ordinary life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of murder.
Date reviewed: 5th June
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The Army of Crime
Mark Kermode gives his verdict on the French drama directed by Robert Guédiguian which tracks a group of resistance fighters during World War II.
Date reviewed: 2nd October
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Australia
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo discuss Baz Luhrmann's epic romantic adventure film with leading roles performed by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
Date reviewed: 19th December
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Away We Go
Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director, releases his latest film about a couple very much in love. Despite many reviews, Mark Kermode finds it an uplifting movie-going experience.
Date reviewed: 18th September
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Awaydays
Mark Kermode reviews Away Days, based on the bestselling novel by Kevin Sampson and set in the post-punk era in the North West of England.
Date reviewed: 22nd May
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
Mark Kermode casts his critical eye over the 2008 German film based on the book of the same name.
Date reviewed: 14th November
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Bel Ami
Mark Kermode reviews Bel Ami. Set in 19th century Paris, this period drama features Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci and Uma Thurman.
Date reviewed: 9th March 2012
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Blackthorn
Al Murray and Boyd & Floyd review Blackthorn, a western charting the adventures of an aging Butch Cassidy.
Date reviewed: 13th April 2012
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Blindness
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo discuss the merits of Blindess, a thriller in which a city is hit by an epidemic of 'white blindness'.
Date reviewed: 21st November
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The Boat That Rocked
Mark Kermode's review of The Boat That Rocked, Richard Curtis' nostalgic take on pirate radio in the 1960s.
Date reviewed: 3rd April
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Body of Lies
Mark Kermode reviews Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's spy thriller.
Date reviewed: 21st November
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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
5 live's film critic Mark Kermode reviews The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, which tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young boy. Directed by Mark Herman.
Date reviewed: 12th September
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Breathing
Mark Kermode reviews Breathing, a drama from first time Austrian director Karl Markovics.
Date reviewed: 20th April 2012
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Brideshead Revisited
Mark Kermode reviews the film of the Evelyn Waugh book which was famously also a television series.
Date reviewed: 3rd October
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Bronson
Mark Kermode reviews a controversial film about the prisoner Charles Bronson, starring Tom Hardy.
Date reviewed: 13th March
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Burn After Reading
Mark Kermode reviews the return of the Coen brothers following their Oscar glory with No Country For Old Men. They direct an all star cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton.
Date reviewed: 17th October
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Cafe de Flore
Mark Kermode reviews Cafe de Flore, a drama charting two parallel tales of unrequitted love separated by 40 years.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
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Carancho
Mark Kermode reviews Carancho, a crime drama set in Argentina, focusing on the illegal practices of lawyers who scam victims of traffic accidents.
Date reviewed: 2 March 2012
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Changeling
Mark Kermode reviews Changeling directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie, a role for which she received a 2009 Oscar nomination.
Date reviewed: 28th November
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The Class
Mark Kermode casts a critical eye over Laurent Cantent's film about the life of a French schoolteacher. It was the first French film to win the Palme d'Or since 1987.
Date reviewed: 27th February
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Creation
Real-life husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connolly star in this convincing Charles Darwin biopic.
Date reviewed: 25th September
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mark Kermode reviews David Fincher's fantasy adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's short story, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
Date reviewed: 6th February
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The Damned United
Mark Kermode reviews the film of Dave Peace's book about Brian Clough's ill-fated spell as manager of Leeds United, starring Michael Sheen.
Date reviewed: 20th March
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Damsels in Distress
Mark Kermode reviews Damsels in Distress, Whit Stillman's first feature for 13 years.
Date reviewed: 27th April 2012
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Mark Kermode reviews Keanu Reeves's big summer blockbuster, The Day The Earth Stood Still, also featuring Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates.
Date reviewed: 12th December
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Dean Spanley
5 live's movie critic Mark Kermode reviews Dean Spanley, directed by Toa Fraser with Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown and Peter O'Toole.
Date reviewed: 12th December
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The Decoy Bride
Mark Kermode reviews The Decoy Bride, a wedding comedy set in Scotland, starring David Tenant and Kelly Macdonald.
Date reviewed: 9th March 2012
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Defiance
5 live's resident movie critic tells Simon Mayo what he thinks of Edward Zwick's action film starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell.
Date reviewed: 9th January
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District 9
Mark Kermode gives his opinion on Neill Blomkamp's science fiction film District 9, which sees Lord Of The Rings' director Peter Jackson return to the world of cinema as its producer.
Date reviewed: 4th September
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Doubt
Mark Kermode reviews Doubt, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams; and directed by John Patrick Shanley.
Date reviewed: 6th February
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The Duchess
Mark Kermode reviews Saul Dibb's 2008 film starring Keira Knightly, Ralph Fiennes and Charlotte Rampling.
Date reviewed: 5th September
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Ecstasy
Mark Kermode reviews Ecstasy, a drama based on a short story by Irvine Welsh. Starring Kristin Kreuk, Adam Sinclair and Billy Boyd.
Date reviewed: 20th April 2012
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Eden Lake
Mark Kermode gives his thoughts on Eden Lake, director James Watkins' British horror about a couple whose romantic break takes a turn for the worst. Starring Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender.
Date reviewed: 12th September
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The Edge Of Love
Mark Kermode reviews The Edge Of Love starring Keira Knightley , Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller.
Date reviewed: 20th June
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Elles
Mark Kermode reviews Elles, starring Juliette Binoche as a journalist investigating prostitution amoung female students.
Date reviewed: 20th April 2012
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Even The Rain
Mark Kermode reviews Even the Rain. A film crew shooting an account of Christopher Columbus's conquest of Bolivia find a local protest about water supplies mirrors the events in their movie.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
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Fighting
Mark Kermode reviews Channing Tatum's performance in Fighting, a film about a young man making his way on the New York underground fight scene.
Date reviewed: 15th May
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Fish Tank
The Good Doctor finds this gritty British council estate drama satisfying if challenging viewing.
Date reviewed: 11th September
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Frost/Nixon
After it received five Academy Award nominations, Mark Kermode tackles Frost/Nixon starring Michael Sheen and Frank Langella.
Date reviewed: 23rd January
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Good
Simon Mayo is joined by Jason Isaacs, who stars in Good alongside Viggo Mortensen, to review the movie.
Date reviewed: 17th April
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Gone
Mark Kermode reviews Gone, a thriller starring Amanda Seyfried as a woman forced to confront the serial killer who previously kidnapped her.
Date reviewed: 20th April 2012
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Mark Kermode reviews How I Spent My Summer Vacation, starring Mel Gibson as a career criminal locked away in a Mexican prison.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
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The Hunger Games
Mark Kermode reviews the sci-fi drama The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Date reviewed: 13th April 2012
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Hunky Dory
Mark Kermode reviews Hunky Dory, set in a a school in 1976 and featuring a soundtrack of the hits of the decade.
Date reviewed: 2 March 2012
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Igor
Mark Kermode reviews the animated tale of an ambitious hunchback featuring the voices of Myleene Klass, John Cusack and Robin Walsh.
Date reviewed: 17th October
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Il Divo
Mark Kermode reviews a Biography based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti.
Date reviewed: 20th March
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Imagine That
Mark Kermode reviews Imagine That, a family comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Thomas Haden Church.
Date reviewed: 14th August
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In Darkness
Mark Kermode reviews In Darkness, the story of Polish Jews who hid and lived in the sewers of Nazi-occupied Lvov.
Date reviewed: 16 March 2012
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Inglourious Basterds
Mark Kermode gets cross with Quentin Tarantino once again as he tackles his sixth film, Inglourious Basterds starring Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent and Christoph Waltz.
Date reviewed: 14th August
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The International
Mark Kermode reviews The International, a thriller directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Clive Owen, and Naomi Watts.
Date reviewed: 27th February
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Is Anybody There?
Mark Kermode reviews Michael Caine's performance in Is Anybody There? alongside co-star David Morrissey, who is a guest in the studio, and Stephen Fry.
Date reviewed: 1st May
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Jack Goes Boating
Mark Kermode reviews Jack Goes Boating, which is directed by and stars, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Date reviewed: 4th November 2011
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JCVD
Jean Claude Van Damme plays himself in JCVD, an arthouse film which takes a post-modern look at his screen persona.
Date reviewed: 30th January
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Julie & Julia
Mark has few good things to say about Meryl Streep's depiction of Julia Child in this cookery-themed offering.
Date reviewed: 11th September
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Just Another Love Story
Mark Kermode reviews Just Another Love Story, a Danish neo-noir thriller by Nightwatch director Ole Bornedal.
Date reviewed: 24th July
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Knowing
Mark Kermode assesses Knowing featuring Nicolas Cage, described as one of the "most versatile actors of all time".
Date reviewed: 27th March
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Lakeview Terrace
Mark Kermode reviews Samuel L Jackson in the thriller Lakeview Terrace, directed by Neil LaBute.
Date reviewed: 5th December
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The Last House On The Left
The remake of the controversial classic comes under the scrutiny of our resident horror fanatic, Dr Mark Kermode.
Date reviewed: 12th June
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Looking For Eric
Mark Kermode reviews Ken Loach's tale of a football fanatic postman who gets some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Date reviewed: 12th June
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The Lucky One
Mark Kermode reviews The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron as an Iraq veteran searching for the girl in a photo he found.
Date reviewed: 4th May 2012
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Marley and Me
Mark Kermode gets very hot under the collar about David Frankel's doggy comedy starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.
Date reviewed: 13th March
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Max Payne
Mark Kermode reviews Mark Wahlberg's performance in the film based on the computer game Max Payne.
Date reviewed: 14th November
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Me and Orson Welles
Mark Kermode, reviews me and Orson Welles and thinks the uncanny resemblance between actor Christian McKay in his role as Orson Welles, combined with the classic acting skills of Zac Efron, makes Richard Linklater's biopic of the iconic film and theatre director well worth a view.
Date reviewed: 4th December
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Michael
Mark Kermode reviews Michael, a drama concerning a pedophile who keeps a 10 year old boy locked in his basement.
Date reviewed: 2 March 2012
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Milk
Mark Kermode reviews the Gus Van Sant biography of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn in the title role.
Date reviewed: 23rd January
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Moon
Mark Kermode reviews sci-fi film Moon, the feature debut for director Duncan Jones starring Kevin Spacey and Sam Rockwell.
Date reviewed: 17th July
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Mozart's Sister
Al Murray and Boyd & Floyd review Mozart's Sister, an imagined account of Maria Anna Mozart's early life.
Date reviewed: 13th April 2012
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Nick and Norah's Inifinite Playlist
Mark Kermode reviews Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, a coming-of-age teen comedy film based upon the novel of the same name and starring Michael Cera.
Date reviewed: 30th January
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Notorious
Mark Kermode expands his knowledge of rap music by taking in this biography of Notorious B.I.G.
Date reviewed: 13th February
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Mark Kermode reviews Once upon a Time in Anatolia, a Turkish drama following the hunt for a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
Date reviewed: 16th March 2012
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Observe and Report
Mark Kermode finds little to laugh at in Jody Hills lame comedy flick, Observe And Report.
Date reviewed: 24th April
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Payback Season
Mark Kermode reviews Payback Season, the tale of a blackmailed Premiership footballer.
Date reviewed: 9th March 2012
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Mark Kermode reviews the drama starring Robin Wright Penn, Keanu Reeves and Alan Arkin.
Date reviewed: 10th July
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Public Enemies
Mark Kermode finds a familiar if predictable pattern with Michael Mann's Public Enemies.
Date reviewed: 3rd July
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Quantum Of Solace
Mark Kermode reviews Daniel Craig's second performance as 007 in the 22nd Bond film, which follows on from 2006's Casino Royale.
Date reviewed: 24th October
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Revolutionary Road
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are reunited on screen for the first time since Titanic in Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road. So what do the good doctors Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo make of it?
Date reviewed: 30th January
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Mark Kermode reviews Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a rom com set in the Middle East. Starring Ewan McGregor & Emily Blunt.
Date reviewed: 20th April 2012
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Savage Grace
Mark Kermode reviews Tom Kalin's drama featuring performances by Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane and Anne Reid.
Date reviewed: 11th July
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The Secret Life of Bees
Mark Kermode reviews The Secret Life Of Bees, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson.
Date reviewed: 5th December
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She Monkeys
Mark Kermode reviews She Monkeys, a Swedish film charting the unusual relationship between two young women.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
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Sherlock Holmes
Mark reviews Guy Ritchie's take on the Victorian detective, starring Robert Downie Junior and Jude Law.
Date reviewed: 18th December
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Silent House
Mark Kermode reviews Silent House, starring Elizabeth Olsen as a woman trapped in a remote house and forced to relive her worst nightmare.
Date reviewed: 4th May 2012
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Slumdog Millionaire
Mark Kermode reviews Danny Boyle's film about a Mumbai teen growing up in the slums. Featuring Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto.
Date reviewed: 9th January
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The Soloist
We're entering awards season, and here come the worthy films "for your consideration" - but too much of this feels like a TV movie.
Date reviewed: 25th September
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The Source
Mark Kermode reviews The Source. Set in a North African village, this drama tells the story of local women who go on 'love strike' against their cruel husbands.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
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State of Play
Mark Kermode reviews the big-screen adaptation of the television series, which stars Russell Crowe.
Date reviewed: 24th April
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StreetDance 2
Mark Kermode reviews StreetDance 2, starring Tom Conti and George Sampson from Britains Got Talent.
Date reviewed: 30th March 2012
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Synecdoche, NY
Mark Kermode reviews Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, NY, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Date reviewed: 15th May
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Taken
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo have some fun reviewing Liam Neeson's thriller Taken.
Date reviewed: 26th September
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The Box
Mark Kermode, reviews The Box by Richard Kelly. With James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs, Cameron Diaz. A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know
Date reviewed: 4th December
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The Future
Mark Kermode reviews The Future, which is written by and stars Miranda July.
Date reviewed: 4th November 2011
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The Limits Of Control
Mark reviews the Jim Jarmusch's story of a mysterious loner whose activities remain meticulously outside the law.
Date reviewed: 11th December
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The Righteous Kill
Mark Kermode reviews The Righteous Kill, in which Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are on screen for the first time since 1995's Heat.
Date reviewed: 26th September
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
After enjoying the franchise's debut, how does Mark Kermode rate the second installment of the world-conquering vampire love story, The Twilight Saga: New Moon?
Date reviewed: 20th November
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Then She Found Me
Mark Kermode tells Simon Mayo what he made of Helen Hunt's directorial debut, Then She Found Me. The film stars Hunt alongside Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth and Bette Midler.
Date reviewed: 17th September
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Mark Kermode reviews Robert Schwentke's romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time-travel. Starring Eric Bana and based on the book by Audrey Niffenegger.
Date reviewed: 14th August
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Tiny Furniture
Mark Kermode reviews Tiny Furniture, a new comedy following the trials of a film school graduate after returning home.
Date reviewed: 29th March 2012
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Twilight
Mark Kermode reviews the teen vampire movie based on the cult book of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.
Date reviewed: 19th December
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Two Lovers
Mark Kermode reviews the romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow, directed by James Gray and loosely based on Dostoevsky's White Nights.
Date reviewed: 27th March
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Valkyrie
Mark Kermode reviews Tom Cruise in Bryan Singer's Valkyrie, a film about a plot to assassinate Hitler.
Date reviewed: 23rd January
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Waltz with Bashir
Mark Kermode gives his opinion of Ari Folman's animated documentary into the horrors of the 1982 Lebanon war.
Date reviewed: 21st November
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Watchmen
Mark Kermode reviews Watchmen, Zack Snyder's adaptation of the cult classic graphic novel from Alan Moore.
Date reviewed: 6th March
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The Wave
Mark Kermode reviews The Wave, a German thriller based around a high school teacher's attempts to teach his class about life under a dictatorship.
Date reviewed: 17th September
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We Bought A Zoo
Mark Kermode reviews the sickly-sweet We Bought a Zoo, starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
Date reviewed: 16th March 2012
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Weekend
Mark Kermode reviews Weekend, a love story between two men written and directed by Andrew Haigh.
Date reviewed: 4th November 2011
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Where The Wild Things Are
Mark Kermode gives a thumbs-up for the Spike Jonze adaptation of the hugely-popular children's book, Where the Wild Things Are.
Date reviewed: 11th December
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The White Ribbon
Mark Kermode reviews Michael Haneke's disturbing and moving film set in Germany in 1913 amid a climate of suspicion. It was the winner of the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2009.
Date reviewed: 13th November
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The Wrestler
Mark Kermode assesses the return of Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.
Date reviewed: 16th January
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Wuthering Heights
Mark Kermode reviews Andrea Arnold's adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel, Wuthering Heights.
Date reviewed: 11 November 2011
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The Young Victoria
Mark Kermode reviews a film about Victoria, a teenager who would become Queen Victoria and sees another side to her in Emily Blunt's performance.
Date reviewed: 6th March
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