Is ANIMOL a breakout success? With ASHLEY WALTERS

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It’s another packed show this week, with a bumper four films up for review again in Take 1…

First, Mark will be tackling Primetime, a psychological thriller from Lance Oppenheim starring Robert Pattinson as journalist Chris Hansen, inspired by the true story behind To Catch a Predator. Next up is Wicker, where fantasy and romance collide with comedy as Olivia Colman’s lonely and socially outcast fisherwoman commissions a basket maker to weave her the perfect husband, played by Alexander Skarsgård. Plus, Mark will finally take the floor to unpack The Devils: Director’s Cut, as Ken Russell’s infamous classic returns to the big screen in a newly restored and expanded edition, thanks in part to the Good Doctor himself.

Finally, we’ve got Animol, Ashley Walters’ directorial debut prison drama starring Tut Nyuot, Vladyslav Baliuk and Stephen Graham. It follows young inmates as they navigate friendship, identity and survival inside a young offenders institution. Ashley is also our special guest this week, so he’ll be joining Mark and Simon to talk about moving behind the camera for this poignant and personal story, working with its breakthrough young cast, and more. And guess what? They’re all in the studio IRL, as the kids say.

Plus, we count down the latest Box Office Top 10, venture once more into the humourless abyss of The Laughter Lift, and open the correspondence bag to examine your finest emergency mails.

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Timecodes:

00:00:00:00 Introduction

00:07:00:15 Primetime review

00:15:36:16 Box Office Top Ten

00:30:29:14 Ashley Walters interview

00:46:01:10 Animol review

00:53:22:09 Laughter Lift

00:57:33:18 Wicker review

01:09:06:12 The Devils review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices