Best My Wright Stuff Podcasts (2025)

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Good Kate Winslet (lass) Looks Back on her Feats of Acting 1:02:23

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AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: “like some nightmare furries convention” 1:32:40

1d ago1:32:40

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Live Christmas Spectacular with Nia DaCosta and Jason Isaacs 1:24:18

8d ago1:24:18

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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: “I was struggling to stay awake” + Legendary James L Brooks 1:28:55

16d ago1:28:55

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Is CHRISTY a knockout? + Noah Baumbach on JAY KELLY 1:25:22

23d ago1:25:22

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Now & Ben: Benedict Cumberbatch on THE THING WITH FEATHERS 15:56

29d ago15:56

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Howdy Take listeners—it's about time for another Now & Ben, don’t you think? This time it’s Benedict Cumberbatch—who chats to our Ben about his new film ‘The Thing With Feathers’, alongside director Dylan Southern. Based on the bestselling Max Porter novel, the movie follows Cumberbatch’s character ‘Dad’ through his grief at the sudden death of his…

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WICKED: Which Witch Wins - Is the Sequel/Prequel Equal? 1:23:29

30d ago1:23:29

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Edgar Wright on THE RUNNING MAN 1:21:18

1M ago1:21:18

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Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis on ANEMONE 1:26:37

1M ago1:26:37

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Is BUGONIA out of this world? + Ruth Wilson on DOWN CEMETERY ROAD 1:24:35

2M ago1:24:35

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Did Mark ‘Louvre’ Josh O’Connor’s timely heist movie THE MASTERMIND? + Does SPRINGSTEEN deliver? 1:28:45

2M ago1:28:45

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This Week on the Show: Josh O’Connor, Kelly Reichardt & the Art of the Heist Fresh off the headlines of a real-life Louvre robbery, indie auteur Kelly Reichardt and breakout star Josh O’Connor join Simon to talk about their buzzy new film, The Mastermind—a stylish 70s-set art-heist drama that’s suddenly feeling very timely. O’Connor plays JB, a sla…

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Has FRANKENSTEIN got Mark (re)animated? + Russell Tovey 1:24:14

2M ago1:24:14

1:24:14

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TRON: ARES: “It was like my brain was atrophying” + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson 1:15:46

2M ago1:15:46

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Aimee Lou Wood on Film Club + a DOUBLE BILL of films of the week 1:17:05

3M ago1:17:05

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Is ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER film of the year? With Paul Thomas Anderson 1:15:09

3M ago1:15:09

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Robert Redford remembered + Paul Greengrass on THE LOST BUS 1:15:46

3M ago1:15:46

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Does SPINAL TAP II turn it up to 11? + the rockin’ Warren Ellis 1:15:59

3M ago1:15:59

1:15:59

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HONEY, DON’T: a film title that reviews itself? + Sam Riley on ISLANDS 1:10:00

4M ago1:10:00

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Summer Holiday Highlights of the year so far 1:08:24

4M ago1:08:24

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Now and Ben: Olivia Colman and Jay Roach on THE ROSES 14:43

4M ago14:43

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Surprise! It’s another tasty nugget of Now & Ben in the Take feed. This time, Ben sits down with Olivia Colman and Jay Roach, star and director of ‘The Roses’--which hits the big screen this Friday. This grown-up comedy with bite is all about marriage and what happens when it gets rocky. Colman plays one half of a battling couple alongside Bendict …

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Tom Hiddleston & Chiwetel Ejiofor on THE LIFE OF CHUCK 1:07:01

4M ago1:07:01

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Bob Odenkirk talks NOBODY 2 – will it meet Mark’s expectations? 1:09:15

4M ago1:09:15

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Is Mark freaked out by FREAKIER FRIDAY? + Celine Song on THE MATERIALISTS 1:09:05

4M ago1:09:05

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Alien: Earth Bonus Special 41:39

5M ago41:39

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Does NAKED GUN even pass the one laugh test? + Guy Pearce on INSIDE 1:10:00

5M ago1:10:00

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FILM OF THE YEAR ALREADY? Mark on BRING HER BACK 1:04:38

5M ago1:04:38

1:04:38

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More SALT PATH & Harry Melling + your take on SUPERMAN 1:09:00

5M ago1:09:00

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THE SALT PATH: Simon and Mark’s reaction. Plus SUPERMAN 1:05:31

5M ago1:05:31

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Will Jurassic World Rebirth turn Mark into a Rantosaurus? + David Cronenberg 1:07:27

6M ago1:07:27

1:07:27

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Is F1 in pole position for film of the week? 1:08:28

6M ago1:08:28

1:08:28

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28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film 1:03:47

6M ago1:03:47

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Domnhall Gleeson on Echo Valley 1:03:10

6M ago1:03:10

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Now and Ben: Carey Mulligan and Tim Key 14:26

7M ago14:26

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Welcome to another Now & Ben! This little nugget of bonus interview goodness features Carey Mulligan and Tim Key—stars of the new wholesome folk musical The Ballad of Wallis Island—in cinemas now. Ben sits down with them to talk about this British gem of a film that’s got Richard Curtis cooing. Plus behind the scenes goss on everything from corpsin…

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20 Years of Kermode & Mayo 1:05:34

7M ago1:05:34

1:05:34

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Hello to Jason Isaacs! In The Salt Path 1:10:36

7M ago1:10:36

1:10:36

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning with Chris McQuarrie 1:09:04

7M ago1:09:04

1:09:04

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The Last of Us with Craig Mazin 1:09:29

7M ago1:09:29

1:09:29

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Is Nic Cage still riding the comeback wave in THE SURFER? 1:09:30

8M ago1:09:30

1:09:30

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Another Paul Feig film? Do me a Favor 1:14:06

8M ago1:14:06

1:14:06

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David Oyelowo on Government Cheese + Mark’s verdict on The Studio 1:16:38

8M ago1:16:38

1:16:38

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Warfare with Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza 1:10:06

8M ago1:10:06

1:10:06

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Now and Ben: Charlie Brooker & Emma Corrin on Black Mirror 14:58

8M ago14:58

14:58

If you’ve managed to watch any of the excellent seventh series of Black Mirror yet, you might have spotted our super sub Ben Bailey Smith popping up there... and just for you he’s collared his fellow dystopians Charlie Brooker and Emma Corrin for a chat about the mind-bending anthology’s latest iteration. Brooker is the writer and creator of the sh…

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Laurence Fishburne & James Hawes on The Amateur 1:05:33

8M ago1:05:33

1:05:33

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Death of a Unicorn + Toby Jones 1:20:02

9M ago1:20:02

1:20:02

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Gorgeous George MacKay + Mark vs. The Stath 1:09:11

9M ago1:09:11

1:09:11

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Snow White: Mark’s Verdict 1:18:02

9M ago1:18:02

1:18:02

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Ashley Walters & Erin Doherty on Adolescence 1:15:59

9M ago1:15:59

1:15:59

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Now and Ben: Bong Joon Ho on Mickey 17, British winters & his iPad obsession 14:48

10M ago14:48

14:48

It’s ‘Mickey 17’ release day, and Ben is chatting to Director Bong Joon Ho in today’s episode to celebrate. Starring Robert Pattinson as an expendable worker on a colonized ice planet, the new film from Korean cinema’s modern master sees protagonist Mickey ‘re-printed’ over and over again. Frequently killed in his dangerous daily tasks, ‘human prin…

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Daisy Ridley’s surprise BAFTA + Mark on Mickey 17 1:04:31

10M ago1:04:31

1:04:31

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Best birdsong ever from Robert Carlyle 1:05:11

10M ago1:05:11

1:05:11

Begbie himself, and surely a frontrunner for British cinema’s scariest man (on screen only, we might add), is our guest this week—it’s Robert Carlyle. This time he’s playing staunchly moral councilor Sam Hagen in new Netflix drama ‘Toxic Town’. Penned by Jack Thorne (of course), and with a cracking cast of Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Rory Kinn…