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Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to give his verdict on the week's movies

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review: George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy

George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy

BBC Radio 5 Live - Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, George McKay, Proximity, Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy

George McKay & The True History of the Kelly Gang, plus your essential streaming reviews.

George McKay drops by to talk 1917 and The True History of the Kelly Gang, plus your essential streaming film reviews including Cassandro, The Exotico! and Romantic Comedy.

George McKay drops by to talk Oscar-winning film 1917 and playing Ned Kelly in The True History of the Kelly Gang. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. 
 
Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Cassandro, The Exotico! About a gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestler who reinvents himself, sci-fi Proximity and The Orphanage, about a 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul who dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.
 
Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, and Hanks for Listening features an inspiring Tom Hanks speech. 

00:33:57 Top 10 ‘single location movies’ 
00:45:03 Proximity review
00:49:43 The Orphanage review
00:53:40 Lockdown Correspondents 
01:02:39 Cassandro, The Exotico! review
01:07:08 George MacKay interview
01:25:42 Romantic Comedy review
01:28:13 The Atom: A Love Affair review
01:31:58 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 
01:42:02 Director of the week
01:46:24 DVD OF THE WEEK
 
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