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Simon Mayo

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1811 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

In fact, it's so natural and evocative, I could practically smell the licorice rolling papers.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

That regards to Jordan.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

Jonathan says, Dear M&S, I finally got a chance to see Rose of Nevada after missing out on tickets for it at the London Film Festival last year.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

I'd been keenly waiting for it to be released in cinemas.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

It was definitely worth the wait.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

What some other directors might have portrayed as a cosy, nostalgic fisherman's fable

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

was instead presented as an unsettling misty mystery that felt like a confusing dream where causality and characters have become twisted and interchanged.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

It was atmospheric and beautiful to watch too.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

The best accolade I can give it is that after seeing it with the other half last Sunday, we then went to see a different film yesterday.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

before which there was a trailer for Rose of Nevada.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

During the trailer, two of the characters had a short conversation that perhaps gave a clue to the puzzle, which made us both independently realize we had to watch Rose of Nevada again soon.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

The only negative aspect was that seeing the early 90s being portrayed as the irretrievably distant past made me feel very old.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

All the best from Jonathan.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

So that's Rose of Nevada at number 10.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

Project Hail Mary is at number four in America.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

Amaze, amaze, amaze.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

Yes, amaze, amaze, amaze.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

Number four here, number five over there is Hocum.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

Kazza says, what a rollercoaster of a film.

Kermode & Mayo’s Take
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: Christophers and some unfinished business…

I was a little uncomfortable with all the awful men at the start, but Ohm's redemption arc, that's Ohm Bauman's character played by Adam Scott, was subtle enough I didn't notice it happening.