{"podcast":{"title":"Kermode & Mayo’s Take","slug":"kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583","podcast_index_feed_id":5310583,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/kermodeandmayo","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3dead3fa-9fbc-11ec-a343-aba8a0855498/image/K_M_TILE_ART_full_lyr_UPDATED.jpg-2023-12-01_15_59_52.236000.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sony Music","episode_count":290,"summary":"Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes to get ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show, TAKE TWO, with new episodes every Friday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or at extratakes.com to get access on your preferred podcast platform. There's more to discover at kermodeandmayo.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices . EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T02:20:02.396742+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583"},"episode":{"title":"Is Stephen Graham another bad boy in THE GOOD BOY?","slug":"is-stephen-graham-another-bad-boy-in-the-good-boy","published_at":"2026-03-19T16:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/is-stephen-graham-another-bad-boy-in-the-good-boy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/a16f7d/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY5408756364.mp3?updated=1773936470","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/a16f7d/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY5408756364.mp3?updated=1773936470","summary":"Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show—a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. On this week’s episode of Kermode and Mayo’s Take, Stephen Graham joins us to talk about his new film The Good Boy. It’s an unsettling thriller where he plays a father fixated on a strange rehabilitation ritual for a violent young man who he takes in and…erm… chains up in his basement. Stephen chats to Simon about navigating the film’s darker emotional undercurrents, finding the human intrigue in morally murky territory, and being his usual lovely Liverpudlian self. You’ll be able to hear Mark’s full verdict on The Good Boy in this week’s show too, alongside a packed slate of other new releases. First up, Project Hail Mary finally lands—bringing big ideas, bigger stakes, and one very lonely astronaut to the big screen. Then there’s Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, which ups the ante on the original’s gleefully gory game of survival. And finally, Dead Man’s Wire, a tense thriller starring Bill Skarsgard that sees a desperate act spiral into a gripping standoff. Elsewhere, we’ll have all the usual Take treats: the box office top 10, a Laughter Lift that may (or may not) brighten your week, and your ever-wonderful correspondence. Thanks for listening! Timecodes: 00:00:00 Show starts 00:09:44 Dead Man's Wire review 00:18:12 Box office top ten 00:30:51 Step…","meta_description":"Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Tak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5372,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/episodes/is-stephen-graham-another-bad-boy-in-the-good-boy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/is-stephen-graham-another-bad-boy-in-the-good-boy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}