Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
Comedy
(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
2 Days in New York
Mark Kermode reviews 2 Days in New York. Starring Julie Delphy and Chris Rock as a New York couple visited by French family members.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
4 Christmases
Mark Kermode reviews Seth Gordon's Christmas offering featuring Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon and Robert Duvall.
Date reviewed: 28th November
21 Jump Street
Mark Kermode reviews 21 Jump Street. High school movie meets action in this new comedy.
Date reviewed: 16th March 2012
A Serious Man
Mark reviews the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man, a black comedy loosely retelling the biblical tale of Job.
Date reviewed: 20th November
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
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
American Pie: Reunion
Mark Kermode reviews American Pie: Reunion. Over a decade since the original American Pie, the characters return to their home town for a high school reunion.
Date reviewed: 4th May 2012
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
Arthur Christmas
Mark Kermode reviews the animated festive comedy, Arthur Christmas.
Date reviewed: 11 November 2011
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
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
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
Bolt
Mark Kermode reviews Bolt, Disney's first purpose-built 3D animation, by Toy Story director John Lasseter.
Date reviewed: 6th February
Bride Wars
Mark Kermode gives Simon Mayo his review of the Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway film, Bride Wars.
Date reviewed: 9th January
Brüno
Mark Kermode gets to grips with Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy, Brüno - and finds that it's not bad actually.
Date reviewed: 10th July
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
Casa de mi Padre
Boyd and Floyd reviewing the latest offering from Will Ferrell, Casa de mi Padre.
Date reviewed: 7th June 2012
Cockneys v Zombies
Mark Kermode reviews Cockneys vs Zombies. A gang of bank robbers fight their way out of a zombie-infested London.
Date reviewed: Friday 31st August 2012
Couples Retreat
Mark reviews Couples Retreat, the latest comedy from Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. He really, really hates it.
Date reviewed: 16th October
Dance Flick
5 live's resident film critic reviews the dance parody film produced by the Wayans' brothers, who previously brought you the Scary Movie franchise.
Date reviewed: 21st August
Dark Shadows
Mark Kermode reviews Dark Shadows, the latest offering from Tim Burton. Johnny Depp stars as a vampire who is freed from his tomb in 1972.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
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
Delicacy
Al Murray and Boyd & Floyd review romantic comedy Delicacy, starring Audrey Tautou as a widow who falls for an older man.
Date reviewed: 13th April 2012
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
The Dictator
Mark Kermode reviews Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy The Dictator.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
Drag Me To Hell
Sam Raimi, director of Evil Dead, returns to horror with plenty of comedy thrown in.
Date reviewed: 29th May
Driving Aphrodite
Originally titled My Life in Ruins, Driving Aphrodite tells the tale of a frustrated Greek-American tour guide in Athens. Starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss and Alistair McGowan, Mark Kermode finds it to be a comedy desperately short of laughs.
Date reviewed: 2nd October
Excision
Boyd and Floyd review new horror comedy Excision. A disturbed student begins to act on her mis-placed dreams of becoming a surgeon.
Date reviewed: 2nd November 2012
Fantastic Mr Fox
Mark Kermode reviews Fantastic Mr Fox in front of a live audience in the Vue cinema in Hull, and thinks Wes Anderson's stop-motion movie has none of the character of Roald Dahl's dark original.
Date reviewed: 23rd October
The Five-Year Engagement
Mark Kermode reviews The Five-Year Engagement. Jason Segel and Emily Blunt star in this new rom-com.
Date reviewed: 21st June 2012
For A Good Time Call
Boyd and Floyd review 18-rated comedy For a Good Time, Call. A pair of flatmates start a phone sex line to pay their rent.
Date reviewed: 2nd November 2012
Frankenweenie
Mark Kermode reviews Frankenweenie from director Tim Burton. Starring Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short.
Date reviewed: 12th October 2012
Friends With Kids
Mark Kermode reviews Friends with Kids. Two best friends decide to have children whilst keeping their relationship platonic in this new comedy.
Date reviewed: 29th June 2012
Fun Size
Boyd and Floyd review Fun Size. A teenager must find her younger brother who goes missing at Halloween in this new comedy.
Date reviewed: 2nd November 2012
God Bless America
Mark Kermode reviews God Bless America. Terminally ill Frank and his accomplice 16-year-old Roxy, are on a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens.
Date reviewed: 6th July 2012
Ghost Town
Mark Kermode reviews Ghost Town, starring Greg Kinnear, Jordan Carlos and The Office's Ricky Gervais.
Date reviewed: 24th October
The Hangover
Mark Kermode reviews Todd Phillips' comedy about a stag party gone awry in Las Vegas.
Date reviewed: 12th June
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Is pink a colour or a state of mind? Mark Kermode ponders the simple philosophy of Hannah Montana.
Date reviewed: 1st May
Here Comes The Boom
Mark Kermode reviews new comedy Here Comes the Boom. Kevin James stars as a high school teacher who turns to martial arts fighting to raise money for his students.
Date reviewed: 9th November 2012
High School Musical 3
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo discuss the third installment from Disney's popular High School Musical creation. Featuring Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Zac Efron.
Date reviewed: 24th October
Hit and Run
Mark Kermode reviews Hit and Run, starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper. Recorded in Sheffield as part of 5 live's Octoberfest.
Date reviewed: 12th October 2012
Hope Springs
Mark Kermode reviews Hope Springs. Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep star as a couple who begin an intense counseling course after 30 years of marriage.
Date reviewed: Friday 14th September
Hotel Transylvania
Mark Kermode reviews Hotel Transylvania, starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Andy Samberg. Recorded in Sheffield as part of 5 live's Octoberfest.
Date reviewed: 12th October 2012
The House Bunny
Mark Kermode tackles Fred Wolf's film about a Playboy bunny who is tossed out of Hugh Hefner's mansion. Starring Anna Faris and Colin Hanks.
Date reviewed: 10th October
How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
Mark Kermode reviews Robert B. Weide's comedy featuring British actor Simon Pegg, Janette Scott and Kelan Pannell.
Date reviewed: 3rd October
Hysteria
Mark Kermode reviews Hysteria, a rom-com set in Victorian London. A young doctor invents a device designed to cure female hysteria using 'pelvic massage'. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy.
Date reviewed: 21st September 2012
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Radio 5 live's Mark Kermode reviews Chris Columbus' highschool romance I Love You, Beth Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere.
Date reviewed: 21st August
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
Imagine That
Mark Kermode reviews Imagine That, a family comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Thomas Haden Church.
Date reviewed: 14th August
The Invention of Lying
5 live's resident movie critic feels that although Ricky Gervais' latest Hollywood effort passes the laughter test, it falls short of what the British comedian is capable of. Written and co-directed by Gervais, the film also stars Jennifer Garner and Jonah Hill.
Date reviewed: 2nd October
Iron Sky
Mark Kermode reviews Iron Sky, a sci-fi comedy in which Nazis return from their secret base on the moon to conquer the world.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
It's Complicated
Mark takes a look at this glossy Streep-Baldwin romcom, and doesn't like what he sees.
Date reviewed: 8th January
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
Keith Lemon: The Film
Simon Mayo and James King review Keith Lemon: The Film.
Date reviewed: 24th August 2012
Killer Joe
Mark Kermode reviews Killer Joe. A family put a hit out on their estranged mother in order to collect her life insurance in this new thriller from director William Friedkin.
Date reviewed: 29th June 2012
Lay the Favourite
Mark Kermode reviews Lay the Favourite. Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones star in this comedy about a woman who becomes involved with a group of professional gamblers.
Date reviewed: 14th June 2012
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Mark Kermode's review of Horne and Corden's horror comedy Lesbian Vampire Killers filmed by us, with help from members of the audience at Leeds' Hyde Park Picture House as part of 5 live's Film Weekend
Date reviewed: 20th March
Liberal Arts
Mark Kermode reviews Liberal Arts. Josh Radnor stars as a 30-something who falls for an undergraduate at his old college.
Date reviewed: 5th October 2012
The Lorax/a>
Mark Kermode reviews The Lorax. A new CGI animation based on the story by Dr Suess, featuring the voices of Zac Efron and Danny DeVito.
Date reviewed: 26th July 2012
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
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Mark Kermode reviews Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, starring Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith and Chris Rock.
Date reviewed: 19th October 2010
Mamma Mia!
Mark Kermode reviews Mamma Mia! the 2008 film adaptation of the West End musical featuring Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Meryl Streep.
Date reviewed: 11th July
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
Meet Dave
Mark Kermode reviews Eddie Murphy's family comedy based on a human controlled by miniature aliens.
Date reviewed: 15th July
Men In Black 3
Mark Kermode reviews Men in Black 3. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back in this latest offering from the MIB franchise.
Date reviewed: 25th May 2012
Mental
Mark Kermode reviews Mental. A quirky nanny is hired by the father of a group of girls after their mother has a nervous breakdown.
Date reviewed: 16th November 2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Kermode reviews Moonrise Kingdom. Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray & Harvey Keitel star in Wes Anderson's latest offering.
Date reviewed: 25th May 2012
Nativity!
Mark reviews Martin Freeman in Nativity! an improvised comedy based around a school nativity play.
Date reviewed: 27th November
New In Town
Mark Kermode reviews New In Town, a romantic comedy about a woman moving to a small town in Minnesota, starring Renee Zellweger.
Date reviewed: 27th February
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
Night At The Museum 2
Mark Kermode reviews the lucrative sequel featuring Steve Coogan, who is in the studio. Is it as good as the sum of its parts?
Date reviewed: 22nd May
Observe and Report
Mark Kermode finds little to laugh at in Jody Hills lame comedy flick, Observe And Report.
Date reviewed: 24th April
ParaNorman
Mark Kermode reviews new stop-motion animation ParaNorman. A young boy who can speak to the dead must save his home town from a zombie invasion in this family comedy.
Date reviewed: 14th September 2012
Pineapple Express
Mark Kermode gives his opinion on the latest film from the Judd Apatow stable, featuring James Franco and Seth Rogen.
Date reviewed: 12th September
Pink Panther 2
Mark Kermode reviews Pink Panther 2, starring Steve Martin as the disaster-prone Inspector Clouseau, a role made famous by Peter Sellers.
Date reviewed: 13th February
Piranha 3DD
Mark Kermode reviews Piranha 3DD. This gory sequel sees the monsters from the prievious Piranha movie making their way into a waterpark.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
The Players
Mark Kermode reviews The Players. A series of short films set around the theme of infidelity.
Date reviewed: 6th July 2012
The Proposal
Mark Kermode reviews Sandra Bullock's latest rom-com, in which she plays a publisher who forces her assistant to marry her.
Date reviewed: 24th July
Rock of Ages
Mark Kermode reviews Rock of Ages. A rom com set in 1987, featuring an all-star cast and a soundtrack of hit songs from the '80s.
Date reviewed: 14th June 2012
RocknRolla
Mark Kermode reviews Guy Ritchie's 2008 film which features Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton and Idris Elba.
Date reviewed: 5th September
Ruby Sparks
Mark Kermode reviews Ruby Sparks starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan and Annette Bening. Recorded in Sheffield as part of 5 live's Octoberfest.
Date reviewed: 12th October 2012
The Rum Diary
Mark Kermode reviews the Johnny Depp movie, The Rum Diary.
Date reviewed: 11 November 2011
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
The Sapphires
Mark Kermode reviews musical comedy The Sapphires. In 1968 a group of Aboriginal singers start an all-girl group and are sent to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
Date reviewed: 9th November 2012
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
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Mark reviews the second installment in the re-invention of the girl power comedies.
Date reviewed: 18th December
Synecdoche, NY
Mark Kermode reviews Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, NY, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Date reviewed: 15th May
Ted
Al Murray reviews Ted, written and directed by Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy. As the result of a childhood wish, Mark Wahlberg's character lives with his teddy bear who has come to life.
Date reviewed: 26th July 2012
Teeth
Mark Kermode gives his thoughts on black horror film Teeth, directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein.
Date reviewed: 20th June
The Angels' Share
Mark Kermode reviews Ken Loach's latest film The Angels' Share, the tale of a group of reformed criminals.
Date reviewed: 31st May 2012
The Campaign
Mark Kermode reviews The Campaign. A new comedy starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as rival candidates in a North Carolina election.
Date reviewed: 28th September 2012
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Mark Kermode reviews The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, the latest comedy from the Will Ferrell stable, which centres around a car dealership.
Date reviewed: 23rd October
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Mark Kermode reviews the adaptation of the Jon Ronson book, starring George Clooney in the bizarre tale of a secret wing of the US Military.
Date reviewed: 6th November
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
Think Like A Man
Mark Kermode reviews Think Like a Man. A group of couples use a relationship advice book against each other in this new rom-com.
Date reviewed: 14th June 2012
This Means War
Mark Kermode reviews This Means War. Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy star in this action comedy.
Date reviewed: 2nd March 2012
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
To Rome With Love
Mark Kermode reviews To Rome With Love. Woody Allen's latest comedy, starring Penelope Cruz.
Date reviewed: 14th September 2012
Top Cat: The Movie
Mark Kermode reviews Top Cat: The Movie. Made by Mexican animation studio Anima and based on the classic Hanna Barbera cartoon.
Date reviewed: 31st May 2012
Tormented
A knock-off of the standard US college slasher format, or a particularly British horror film?
Date reviewed: 22nd May
Tower Heist
Mark reviews the comedy crime caper Tower Heist starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy.
Date reviewed: 4th November 2011
Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller's action comedy featuring Jack Black and Robert Downey Junior is assessed by 5 live's resident film critic, Mark Kermode.
Date reviewed: 17th September
Untouchable
Mark Kermode reviews Untouchable, the story of a rich quadriplegic who takes on a young offender as his carer.
Date reviewed: 21st September 2012
Wall-E
Mark Kermode reviews Andrew Stanton's tale of a waste collecting robot, which features the voices of Sigourney Weaver and Ben Burtt.
Date reviewed: 15th July
Wanderlust
Mark Kermode reviews new comedy Wanderlust, starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd.
Date reviewed: 2 March 2012
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
What To Expect When You're Expecting
Mark Kermode reviews What to Expect When You're Expecting, a new rom-com with an all star cast including Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz.
Date reviewed: 25th May 2012
Your Sister's Sister
Mark Kermode reviews Your Sister's Sister. Emily Blunt and Mark Duplass star in this comedy about sibling rivalry and romance.
Date reviewed: 29th June 2012
Zak And Miri Make A Porno
Mark Kermode reviews Kevin Smith's comedy starring Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen.
Date reviewed: 14th November
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