Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
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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 2008
Babycall
Mark Kermode reviews Babycall. Noomi Rapace plays a mother hiding from her abusive husband in this Norwegian thriller.
Date reviewed: 29th March 2012
Bad Lieutenant
Werner Herzog's unofficial remake of Abel Ferrara's dark classic sees Nic Cage in fine form as the chaotic Bad Lieutenant.
Date reviewed: 21st May 2010
Barbara
Mark Kermode reviews Barbara. A young doctor in 1980s East Germany is sent to work at a provincial hospital as punishment for attempting to escape to the West.
Date reviewed: 28th September 2012
Barbaric Genius
Mark Kermode reviews Barbaric Genius. A documentary on the life of John Healy, who rose from a life of homelessness to become a chess champion and successful author.
Date reviewed: 25th May 2012
Barney's Version
The no-holds barred tale of one man's life, starring Paul Giamatti.
Date reviewed: 28th January 2011
Battle: Los Angeles
Jonathan Liebesman's action film about a Marine platoon up against an alien invasion.
Date reviewed: 11th March 2011
Battleship
Al Murray and Boyd & Floyd review special effects movie Battleship. Starring Liam Neeson, Rihanna and Taylor Kitsch.
Date reviewed: 13th April 2012
Beasts of the Southern World
Mark Kermode reviews Beasts of the Southern Wild, starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry and Levy Easterly.
Date reviewed: 19th October 2012
Beginners
Drama starring Ewan McGregor as a son coming to terms with his father's homosexuality and terminal illness.
Date reviewed: 22nd July 2011
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
Benda Bilili!
Documentary following the story of Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili.
Date reviewed: 18th March 2011
Berberian Sound Studio
Mark Kermode reviews Berberian Sound Studio. A sound engineer's work in a horror studio becomes a case of life imitating art.
Date reviewed: Friday 31st August 2012
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Mark Kermode delivers his verdict on Beverly Hills Chihuahua, featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Date reviewed: 16th January 2009
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
The latest in the Big Momma franchise leaves Mark almost speechless.
Date reviewed: 18th February 2011
The Big Picture
French thriller, based on Douglas Kennedy's 1997 novel, and starring Romain Duris and Catherine Deneuve.
Date reviewed: 22nd July 2011
Biutiful
Story exploring the boundary of life and death from Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Date reviewed: 28th January 2011
Black Death
A film about "the pestilence". Is Dr Mark Kermode going to enjoy Black Death? Of course he is.
Date reviewed: 11th June 2010
Black Swan
Mark is totally entertained by Darren Aronofsky's nutcracker psycho drama.
Date reviewed: 21st January 2011
Blackthorn
Al Murray and Boyd & Floyd review Blackthorn, a western charting the adventures of an aging Butch Cassidy.
Date reviewed: 13th April 2012
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 2008
Blue Valentine
Mark is impressed by the central performances in this relationship drama.
Date reviewed: 14th January 2011
The Boat That Rocked
Richard Curtis' nostalgic take on 1960s pirate radio, starring Rhys Ifans and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Date reviewed: 3rd April 2009
Body of Lies
Mark Kermode reviews Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's spy thriller.
Date reviewed: 21st November 2008
Bolt
Disney's first purpose-built 3D animation, by Toy Story director John Lasseter.
Date reviewed: 6th February 2009
The Book Of Eli
The Hughes brothers' post-apocalyptic tale starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman.
Date reviewed: 15th January 2010
The Bounty Hunter
Mark Kermode reviews the film about a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter (Gerard Butler) who is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, played by Jennifer Aniston.
Date reviewed: 19th March 2010
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 2009
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Moving drama, telling the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young boy.
Date reviewed: 12th September 2008
Breathing
Mark Kermode reviews Breathing, a drama from first time Austrian director Karl Markovics.
Date reviewed: 20th April 2012
Bride Wars
Mark Kermode gives Simon Mayo his review of the Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway film, Bride Wars.
Date reviewed: 9th January 2009
Brideshead Revisited
Mark Kermode reviews the film of the Evelyn Waugh book which was famously also a television series.
Date reviewed: 3rd October 2008
Bridesmaids
Comedy starring Kristen Wiig as the maid of honor in a group of oddball bridesmaids.
Date reviewed: 24th June 2011
Bright Star
Jane Campion's drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.
Date reviewed: 6th November 2009
Brighton Rock
Sam Riley and Helen Mirren star in the crime thriller based on Graham Greene's book.
Date reviewed: 4th February 2011
Bronson
Controversial film about the prisoner Charles Bronson, starring Tom Hardy.
Date reviewed: 13th March 2009
Brooklyn's Finest
Mark sees Richard Gere's performance as a New York City cop in Brooklyn's Finest as a "return to form".
Date reviewed: 11th June 2010
Brothers
Star-studded remake of Danish film Brodre, featuring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman.
Date reviewed: 22nd January 2010
Bruno
Mark Kermode gets to grips with Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy, Bruno - and finds that it's not bad actually.
Date reviewed: 10th July 2009
Burke and Hare
Nigel Floyd and Boyd Hilton review Burke and Hare, John Landis' black comedy about two 19th century grave robbers.
Date reviewed: 29th October 2010
Burn After Reading
Comedy from the Coen Brothers and featuring an all star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton.
Date reviewed: 17th October 2008
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