In ten days time I'm doing a special programme with Simon Mayo and the BBC Philharmonic about movie music - a sort of celluloid juke box. I agreed to play the harmonica in a section about Midnight Cowboy - but have I made a terrible mistake?
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You can download the Film Music Roundtable with Mark Kermode, Simon Mayo, Paloma Faith, Andrew Collins, Robert Zeigler and Richard Wigley as a bonus
Kermode & Mayo podcast. You'll be able to watch the programme with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on the
5 live website from 2pm on Friday 10 June.
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This Friday on Five Live Simon Mayo and I will celebrate 10 years of Wittertainment with a show that looks back at the last decade in front of a studio audience from the Phoenix cinema in East Finchley . What I need you to do is give me your suggestions for the best three and the worst three films released in that time.
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The dust has settled on Cannes 2011 and the nonsense is over for another year. I give you my opinion of the infamous Lars Von Trier scandal and pick out some of your best suggestions for my alternative virtual UK film festival.
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5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
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There's a new documentary out soon about Ayrton Senna the racing driver. I don't really care for Formula One but like the recent TT3D, Senna goes into areas way beyond the usual sports documentary and is much more than just a thrill ride...
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In a few weeks time Simon Mayo and I are doing a special on film music with the BBC Philharmonic. We've chosen some great music to feature in the show but we just couldn't decide between the famous John Williams themes from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jaws. Can you help?
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5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Take Me Home Tonight.
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There's a brilliant new music documentary called Benda Bilili just coming out on DVD - it's about an band of Congolese street musicians who go from the ghettos of Kinshasa to touring the world with their amazing music.
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There's a new movie out this week called Take Me Home Tonight - the latest in a long line of high school comedies. It started me thinking about all the ones that came before - from American Graffiti to Peggy Sue Got Married. What's your favourite?
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I'm not going to Cannes this year which as you can imagine has made me very sad - NOT! Just to prove that you don't need to travel to the South of France and put up with all that madness - I'm inviting submissions for my rival alternative virtual film festival right here in the UK.
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I've posted recently about the importance (or not) of US box office figures, the lack of scares in new horror movies and Red Riding Hood inspired films. Here I pick out some of the most interesting responses you sent in.
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