Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNow and Ben: Angela Bassett on Zero Day, Strange Days and The Simpsons
Season 1 Episode 154
We’ve got a bona fide icon for you in today’s Now & Ben—a movie star of four decades known for tackling tough female characters in films like ‘Boyz n…
1 year, 1 month ago
A film of the year already – is it The Monkey?
Season 1 Episode 153
Welcome to another show jam-packed with top takes from Simon & Mark—which are still eliciting your ‘quiet affirmative noises’...
Reviews this week o…
1 year, 1 month ago
Did Bridget Jones make Mark cry? + Stephen Graham & Malachi Kirby
Season 1 Episode 151
We hope this week’s podcast will earn your ‘quiet affirmative noises’--whatever they might sound like...??? Listeners to last week’s show may remembe…
1 year, 2 months ago
Awards Schmawards
Season 1 Episode 150
Awards season spinning your head? The Good Doctors have got you covered...
Welcome to our awards special, where we’ll be giving you the lowdown on a…
1 year, 2 months ago
We made Mark watch Dog Man – will it be film of the week?
Season 1 Episode 149
Dogman heads up Mark’s review slate this week--an anarchic animation based on Captain Underpants creator Dav Pilkey’s graphic novel series, where a l…
1 year, 2 months ago
Now and Ben: Chris Sanders on The Wild Robot, hand drawn animation vs. CG, and Lilo & Stitch
Season 1 Episode 148
In today’s Now & Ben drop, Ben sits down with Chris Sanders—director of the Oscar-nominated animation ‘The Wild Robot’. With a stellar career behind …
1 year, 2 months ago
Brady Corbet on The Brutalist, Oscars & AI
Season 1 Episode 147
Brady Corbet, the now-Oscar-nominated director of ‘The Brutalist’, sits down with Simon for an interview this week. His much lauded and lengthy ficti…
1 year, 2 months ago
Flight Risk embargo special - they tried to stop us...
Season 1 Episode 146
Coming hot off the podcast press, we’ve got Mark’s review of ‘Flight Risk’ - under embargo until now.
The Mel Gibson directed thriller sees a US Mar…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Brutalist + Mike Leigh & Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Hard Truths
Season 1 Episode 145
‘The Brutalist’ is the epic structure on the horizon of this week’s movie releases; Mark reviews this fictional biopic of Hungarian architect László …
1 year, 2 months ago
A Complete Unknown divides Simon and Mark – with director James Mangold
Season 1 Episode 144
The big movie release this week is ‘A Complete Unknown’, but our guest is actually pretty famous... James Mangold, director of the much-anticipated B…
1 year, 3 months ago