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Has PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 got Mark spellbound? + NICOLAS WINDING REFN
Practical Magic 2 (2026) · Sep 10, 2026
THE DOG STARS: Top dog or a dog’s dinner?
The Dog Stars (2026) · Aug 27, 2026
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: The most Mark film evz? + Johnny Flynn
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) · Aug 20, 2026
THE END OF OAK STREET: “Why does it exist?” + SIAN CLIFFORD on LADY
The End of Oak Street (2026) · Aug 13, 2026
Is THE ODYSSEY truly epic? With SIR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
The Odyssey (2026) · Jul 16, 2026
Are we in for a MOAN-A from Mark about live action remakes?
Moana (2026) · Jul 9, 2026
Is playtime finally over for TOY STORY?
Toy Story 5 (2026) · Jun 18, 2026
Does Mark think BACKROOMS is a-maze-ing?
Backrooms (2026) · May 28, 2026
Brian Cox on GLENROTHAN: will it go down smoothly with Mark?
Glenrothan (2026) · Apr 9, 2026
THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE: Enchanting or just lost in the woods?
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) · Mar 26, 2026
Ryan Gosling on PROJECT HAIL MARY
Project Hail Mary (2026) · Mar 12, 2026
MELANIA: “A piece of handsomely mounted crypto‑fascist propaganda” + Riz Ahmed
Melania (2026) · Feb 5, 2026
Jack O’Connell on 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) · Jan 15, 2026
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: “like some nightmare furries convention”
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) · Dec 18, 2025
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: “I was struggling to stay awake” + Legendary James L Brooks
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) · Dec 4, 2025
Edgar Wright on THE RUNNING MAN
The Running Man (1987) · Nov 13, 2025
TRON: ARES: “It was like my brain was atrophying” + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson
TRON: Ares (2025) · Oct 9, 2025
THE SALT PATH: Simon and Mark’s reaction. Plus SUPERMAN
Superman (2025) · Jul 10, 2025
28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film
28 Years Later (2025) · Jun 19, 2025
Domnhall Gleeson on Echo Valley
Echo Valley (2025) · Jun 12, 2025
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning with Chris McQuarrie
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) · May 22, 2025
Warfare with Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza
Warfare (2025) · Apr 17, 2025
Death of a Unicorn + Toby Jones
Death of a Unicorn (2025) · Apr 3, 2025
Snow White: Mark’s Verdict
Snow White (2025) · Mar 20, 2025
Now and Ben: Steven Knight on ‘Maria’, his screenwriting secrets, the Peaky Blinders movie & more
Maria (2024) · Jan 13, 2025
Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin on ‘A Real Pain’
A Real Pain (2024) · Jan 9, 2025
Nosferatu (or Yesferatu?) with Robert Eggers
Nosferatu (1922) · Jan 1, 2025
Sir Ridley Scott on Gladiator II
Gladiator II (2024) · Nov 14, 2024
Emilia Pérez: Have We Found the Film of the Year?
Emilia Pérez (2024) · Oct 24, 2024
Mark Gets to Legitimately Rant About Donald Trump Because He’s Reviewing a Film About Him
The Apprentice (2024) · Oct 17, 2024
Another Transformers Film? What Will Mark Think?
Transformers One (2024) · Oct 10, 2024
Another Transformers Film? What Will Mark Think?
Salem's Lot (2024) · Oct 10, 2024
Joker: Folie à Deux – BETTER THAN JOKER?
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) · Oct 3, 2024
Megalopolis: "The Cinematic Equivalent of Toothache”
Megalopolis (2024) · Sep 26, 2024
The Substance: “Everything Cranked Up To Eleven-ty and Then Some”
The Substance (2024) · Sep 19, 2024
Is Zoe Kravitz Born to Direct?
Between the Temples (2024) · Aug 22, 2024
Is Zoe Kravitz Born to Direct?
Kneecap (2024) · Aug 22, 2024
Alien: Romulus – Mess or Masterpiece?
Alien: Romulus (2024) · Aug 15, 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine: Top or tiresome?
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) · Jul 26, 2024
Fly Me to the Moon, Hundreds of Beavers, Longlegs & Despicable Me 4
Hundreds of Beavers (2024) · Jul 11, 2024
Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos, Kinds of Kindness, A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) · Jun 27, 2024
Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos, Kinds of Kindness, A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) · Jun 27, 2024
Asif Kapadia & Joe Sabia, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Green Border, The Exorcism & The Bikeriders
Green Border (2023) · Jun 20, 2024
Jeff Nichols, Freud’s Last Session, Arcadian & Inside Out 2
Freud's Last Session (2023) · Jun 13, 2024
Richard Linklater, Hit Man, The Dead Don’t Hurt & Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) · Jun 6, 2024
Dev Patel, Monkey Man, Evil Does Not Exist, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire & Seize Them!
Seize Them! (2024) · Apr 5, 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Immaculate & Late Night with the Devil
Immaculate Deception (2023) · Mar 22, 2024
Cate Blanchett, The New Boy, Monster & Drive Away Dolls
The New Boy (2023) · Mar 15, 2024
Ava DuVernay, Origin, The Inventor & High and Low – John Galliano
High and Low (1963) · Mar 8, 2024
Denis Villeneuve & Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two, Four Daughters & Lisa Frankenstein
Lisa Frankenstein (2024) · Mar 1, 2024
Jonathan Glazer, Perfect Days, Madame Web, Shoshana & Wicked Little Letters
Madame Web (2024) · Feb 23, 2024
Michael Winterbottom, Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son, Bob Marley: One Love & The Taste of Things
The Taste of Things (2023) · Feb 16, 2024
Jeffrey Wright, Cillian Murphy, American Fiction, Oppenheimer Revisited, The Zone of Interest in & Argylle
Oppenheimer (2023) · Feb 2, 2024
Jeffrey Wright, Cillian Murphy, American Fiction, Oppenheimer Revisited, The Zone of Interest in & Argylle
American Fiction (2023) · Feb 2, 2024
Andrew Haigh, All Of Us Strangers, Baghead & The Color Purple
All of Us Strangers (2023) · Jan 26, 2024
Daniel Kaluuya, The Kitchen, The End Where We Start From & The Holdovers
The Kitchen (2023) · Jan 19, 2024
Raging Grace, Priscilla & Scala!!!, BEST and WORST films of 2023
Raging Grace (2023) · Dec 29, 2023
Zack Snyder, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, The Boy and the Heron & Ferrari
Ferrari (2023) · Dec 22, 2023
Taika Waititi and Jaiyah Saelua, Next Goal Wins, What Happens Later, The Three Musketeers: Milady & Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One (2023) · Dec 15, 2023
Paul King & Simon Farnaby, Wonka, Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain & Leave the World Behind
Wonka (2023) · Dec 8, 2023
Todd Haynes, May December, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Marvels & Saltburn
May December (2023) · Nov 17, 2023
Gabriel Byrne, Dance First, How To Have Sex, Bottoms & The Killer
How to Have Sex (2023) · Nov 3, 2023
Gareth Edwards, The Exorcist: Believer, The Burial, The Great Escaper
The Great Escaper (2023) · Oct 6, 2023
Craig Gillespie, Dumb Money, The Creator & Saw X
Saw X (2023) · Sep 29, 2023
Timothy Spall, Bolan's Shoes, A Haunting in Venice & Brother
Bolan's Shoes (2023) · Sep 15, 2023
Harris Dickinson, Strays, Lie With Me & Blue Beetle
Strays (2023) · Aug 18, 2023
Neill Blomkamp, Gran Turismo, Haunted Mansion & Meg 2: The Trench
Barbie (2023) · Aug 11, 2023
Neill Blomkamp, Gran Turismo, Haunted Mansion & Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench (2023) · Aug 11, 2023
Ben Whitehair, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Beanie Bubble & Talk To Me
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) · Jul 28, 2023
Ben Whitehair, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Beanie Bubble & Talk To Me
The Beanie Bubble (2023) · Jul 28, 2023
Ben Whitehair, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Beanie Bubble & Talk To Me
Talk to Me (2023) · Jul 28, 2023
Peter Sohn, Elemental, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One & Name Me Lawand
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) · Jul 7, 2023
Peter Sohn, Elemental, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One & Name Me Lawand
Elemental (2023) · Jul 7, 2023
Peter Sohn, Elemental, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One & Name Me Lawand
Name Me Lawand (2023) · Jul 7, 2023
James Mangold, Indiana Jones & La Syndicaliste
La Syndicaliste (2023) · Jun 30, 2023
Aisling Bea & Lara McDonnell, No Hard Feelings, Nimona & Asteroid City
Asteroid City (2023) · Jun 23, 2023
Aisling Bea & Lara McDonnell, No Hard Feelings, Nimona & Asteroid City
No Hard Feelings (2023) · Jun 23, 2023
Aisling Bea & Lara McDonnell, No Hard Feelings, Nimona & Asteroid City
Nimona (2023) · Jun 23, 2023
Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Lucy Boynton, Chevalier, Medusa Deluxe & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Lucy Boynton, Chevalier, Medusa Deluxe & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Chevalier (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Lucy Boynton, Chevalier, Medusa Deluxe & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Medusa Deluxe (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
Reality, Rob Savage, The Boogeyman, Spider-man: Across The Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · Jun 2, 2023
Master Gardener, Hypnotic, The Gallows Pole, Shane Meadows + Sophie McShera
Master Gardener (2023) · May 26, 2023
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Fast X, Beau Is Afraid, Louis Leterrier
Fast X (2023) · May 19, 2023
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Fast X, Beau Is Afraid, Louis Leterrier
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) · May 19, 2023
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Fast X, Beau Is Afraid, Louis Leterrier
Beau Is Afraid (2023) · May 19, 2023
Plan 75, Still: A Michael J Fox Movie, Book Club: The Next Chapter, Summer Preview
Plan 75 (2022) · May 12, 2023
Penelope Wilton, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Polite Society & Top 10 including Pope's Exorcist
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) · Apr 28, 2023
Emily Watson, God’s Creatures, Dungeons & Dragons, and Law of Tehran
Law of Tehran (2019) · Mar 31, 2023
Keanu Reeves, Chad Stahelski, Infinity Pool, The Beasts & John Wick: Chapter 4
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) · Mar 24, 2023
Daveed Diggs, Pearl, Rye Lane, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, 80 for Brady & Extrapolations
Rye Lane (2023) · Mar 17, 2023
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III, Close, Project Wolf Hunting and Electric Malady
Creed III (2023) · Mar 3, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) · Feb 3, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Knock at the Cabin (2023) · Feb 3, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Whale (2022) · Feb 3, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
EO (2022) · Feb 3, 2023
Cate Blanchett, Babylon, Holy Spider, More Than Ever & Alice Darling
Holy Spider (2022) · Jan 20, 2023
Sam Mendes, Empire of Light, Enys Men, Tár & M3gan
Empire of Light (2022) · Jan 13, 2023
Mary McCartney, Till, If These Walls Could Sing, Piggy & A Man Called Otto
Till (2022) · Jan 6, 2023
Mary McCartney, Till, If These Walls Could Sing, Piggy & A Man Called Otto
If These Walls Could Sing (2022) · Jan 6, 2023
Mary McCartney, Till, If These Walls Could Sing, Piggy & A Man Called Otto
A Man Called Otto (2022) · Jan 6, 2023
Daniel Craig and Rian Jonson, The Pale Blue Eye, The Enforcer, I Wanna Dance with Somebody & Corsage
The Pale Blue Eye (2022) · Dec 23, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
Le Pupille (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
The Unofficial Science of Home Alone (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Emma Thompson, Matilda the Musical, Bones and All, She Said & Pinocchio
Bones and All (2022) · Nov 25, 2022
Paul Mescal, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Menu, Aftersun and Armageddon Time
The Menu (2022) · Nov 18, 2022
Paul Mescal, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Menu, Aftersun and Armageddon Time
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) · Nov 18, 2022
Aimee Lou Wood, Lena Dunham, Living, Terrifier 2, Queer for Fear
Terrifier 2 (2022) · Nov 4, 2022
Harris Dickinson, Triangle of Sadness, The Wonder, Bros, Barbarian
Triangle of Sadness (2022) · Oct 28, 2022
Martin McDonagh, Black Adam, Decision to Leave, Matriarch, The Banshees of Inisherin
Black Adam (2022) · Oct 21, 2022
Charlotte Rampling, Blonde, Don’t Worry Darling, Catherine Called Birdy and Juniper
Don't Worry Darling (2022) · Sep 23, 2022
Hugh Bonneville, Bad Sisters, House of the Dragon, My Old School and Fisherman’s Friends: One and All
Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022) · Aug 19, 2022
Alicia Vikander Bullet Train, Irma Vep, The Harder They Come (reissue)
Irma Vep (1996) · Aug 5, 2022
Ron Howard, DC League of Super-Pets, Hit the Road, Thirteen Lives, Fire of Love
DC League of Super-Pets (2022) · Jul 29, 2022
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Where the Crawdads Sing, Notre Dame on Fire, She Will, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021) · Jul 22, 2022
Sheridan Smith, The Railway Children Return, McEnroe, The Gray Man, The Good Boss
The Railway Children Return (2022) · Jul 15, 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru, Nitram, and Tigers
Minions (2015) · Jul 1, 2022
Rowan Atkinson, Elvis, The Black Phone, Man vs. Bee, and Wings of Desire
The Black Phone (2022) · Jun 24, 2022
Tom Hanks, Lightyear, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Everything Went Fine, and Spiderhead
Everything Went Fine (2021) · Jun 17, 2022
Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic World: Dominion, Swan Song, All My Friends Hate Me, Reel Britannia
Jurassic World Dominion (2022) · Jun 10, 2022
Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic World: Dominion, Swan Song, All My Friends Hate Me, Reel Britannia
Swan Song (2021) · Jun 10, 2022
Rory Kinnear, Top Gun Maverick, Stranger Things and Bob’s Burgers
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) · May 27, 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once, Gaspar Noé, The Essex Serpent
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) · May 13, 2022