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“stop pushing shrink the box on me, i don’t want it”
alxbss via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/11/24
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“Despite the constant demand for five star reviews I’m not sure any of the production are reading these comments? If they did they would see large swathes of a once dedicated audience switching off in droves.
Can you be honest with your paying audience and tell us what’s happening with this...”Read full review »
Murphy O'Connor via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/11/24
“I think what frustrates me most is the lack of communication. You could have said, “Listen, the financial situation now that we’re independent is a bit different, so instead of the usual guest hosts while Mark and Simon are on the cruise, we’ll be pre-recording several weeks’ worth of shows in...”Read full review »
firescame via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/10/24
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“I’m not rating this one star, because it is not a bad show, but in recent months things have gone downhill to the point where I am now, sadly, leaving the Church of Wittertainment after many, many years of listening and having been a paid subscriber since the Take began. The shows have become...”Read full review »
J Wozniacki via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/09/24
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“In the BBC days this used to be the best podcast out there. Mark would review every film released that week (more or less) which would often be 8 or 9 films over a 2 hour pod. Then, they went “private” in an attempt to get more money and now produce this sorry excuse for a show. Hardly any...”Read full review »
pilotfanfornow via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/08/24
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“I appreciate that things change and the move to commercial podcasting would inevitably bring that, but this show is now losing my interest. There is barely any discussion about new films, there isn’t time for the pleasant waffle but holds sway over any meaningful discussion or review. Marks...”Read full review »
Rolfkim via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/07/24
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“I think what frustrates me most is the lack of communication. You could have said, “Listen, the financial situation now that we’re independent is a bit different, so instead of the usual guest hosts over the summer while Mark and Simon are on the cruise, we’ll be pre-recording several weeks’...”Read full review »
firescame via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/07/24
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“I second the comments made by the previous reviewer. As I am never too sure if I will get a shrink the box only for the week or actually get a real film
Review by Simon and Mark. Not only is this frustrating but I’m beginning to think is the subscription that I thought I was paying for worth the...”Read full review »
PReind123 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/06/24
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“This used to be a great round up of film releases, I’ve listened for c15 years but this is a mess, seems to be a lot of arrogance at play in their show nowadays, includng reading good reviews at the start of the show!”
Daveabs via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/06/24
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“I’ve listened to Simon and Mark’s show from the dawn of time, even before podcasts were a thing!, and throughly enjoyed the ‘wittertainment’ with enjoyable, entertaining and educational shows over many, many years.
About 6 months or so ago I thought the time had come to unsubscribe and drop my...”Read full review »
Borg12 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/06/24
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“Whatever has been going on this year (2024) it’s meant this once great podcast is now a shadow of its former self. Where to start? They’ve stopped recording in person, whether they have guests (or a box office top ten) is now hit-and-miss. If you pay for the extra Take, that episode is about 20...”Read full review »
Swodaem via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/06/24
“Would describe myself as an MTL after just under a decade of listening, including a long period in which the BBC show was my favourite listen of the week.
After switching off a while back due to it having lost some of the edge when it lost the chafe of the BBC, I check back in occasionally.
On...”Read full review »
GallenMcGriff via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/06/24
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“the best movie review duo since Siskel & Ebert!!!
i always look forward to all their witterings”
Grant A Taylor via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/06/24
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“Why is Shrink the Box in my feed?”
Cliph via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/06/24
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“I really want to love this podcast, and I’ve been listening to Mark and Simon for many years. However, over the past few weeks the quality has dropped significantly. We haven’t had any guests for a while, and the length of the episodes has got a lot shorter. Subscribers used to get over 2 hours...”Read full review »
ThrowawayReview98 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/24
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“Echo the previous reviewer’s confusion. Length of the show has drastically reduced, plus the much-trumpeted TV reviews seem to have fallen by the wayside. I still love it, but something is clearly up with the show, would like to know what?”
WillnW*_#$*d via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/24
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“Now 60 mins inc take 2 with 1 new release reviewed. Listened for over 20 years, but I’m almost done. Love the guys, the production and decision making leaves something to be desired.
And now asking for 5 star reviews…how about make the show a 5 again”
yak987654321 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/24
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“These two are legends in the game”
DinglyDell81 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/24
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“I live this show and that’s why have it 5 stars. However, what is happening?? We don’t get many reviews which I personally like before I go to see a film and then there are no reviews for major films such as, in the last week when The Crow was released, I wanted to see how bad Mark thought it...”Read full review »
Swonnicles via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/24
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“Assuming over 25 years affords me LTL status, I’ve given four stars largely on the fact that, of the ten or show regular podcasts I download, it remains my first pick. However, I’m slightly confused at what’s happened in recent weeks. First, Take 3 became part of Take 2. Then, Take 1 shortened by...”Read full review »
piearmy via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/03/24
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“This show has an amazing impact on everyone who listen to it, comparable with the building of Stonehenge or the painting of the Sistine Chapel. There aren’t enough superlative to describe the reviews, top 10 rundown, interviews or Laughter Lift.”
Keith Wiltshire via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/03/24
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“Not very pleasant to look at but cleared up my rash wonderfully”
will883883 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/03/24
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“Well, there we go, the end of an almost 20 year subscription to the good ship Wittertainment. (A word that comes up enough in my daily life that my fruit-based device just prompted me to use it). So sad that a team who built their magnificent podcast on the basis of listening to, and interacting...”Read full review »
embraboy via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/02/24
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“Aim for the cinema, you read it in the paper
The worst thing happens any week, a scandal on the front page
See the happy pair smiling close, like they are Kermode & Mayo
They wouldn't think so but they're lifting ourselves up (Lift ourselves up)”Read full review »
s.w.a.c. via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/01/24
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“Long term listener and was hopeful the move to a new format would redress the recent slide into onanistic chat and sycophantic correspondence. Kermode and Mayo (on the) take seems more concerned about promoting the content you can pay extra for, than actually delivering anything close to a film...”Read full review »
Jimbletron via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/31/24
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“The show has steadily declined in quality and quantity over the last year. Take 2 is hit and miss and usually shorter than the advertised hour. Clip shows are also annoying as a paid subscriber, there are plenty of stand ins so why are we subjected to rehashed content?
No longer a paid...”Read full review »
Kodea- via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/31/24
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“I used to enjoy the BBC incarnation of Kermode and Mayo. Then they jumped ship so that they could fatten their bank accounts and deliver a programme that’s essentially similar, but not as good. As time goes on, I get more and more irritated by their self conceit and by Kermode’s insistence that...”Read full review »
Phuio via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/30/24
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“It’s sad to see when something you once admired becomes a shadow of its former self. Been listening to Simon and Mark since 2010 and it’s genuinely sad to see the quality slip so drastically. 1-2 reviews per show, barely any emails being read and a lot of pointless waffle. However, I do believe...”Read full review »
Bill Schaefer PA via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/30/24
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“Podcast has continually gone downhill with fewer reviews, short run times, seemingly more attention paid to conning paying customers into listening to Shrink the Box because no one else would.
The producers are doing a terrible job. Poor episode descriptions that are missing words and have...”Read full review »
Pat Hingle via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/29/24
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“I’ve listened to the good Doctors since 2014, a full decade, although I did listen to the archive back to 2012, so I can confidently class myself as a LTL.
In that time I’ve seen the show build up from essentially just a movie review format to a fantastic, 2hr+ work of art involving comedic...”Read full review »
Stubbings1987 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/29/24
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“Generally good, not quite the same as the previous incarnation
We understand the need for ads, but just play them in for gods sake, it can’t be doing the sponsors any good to hear Mark and Simon blather through the Nord VPN spiel for the umpteenth time.
Please please please stop dumping ‘Shrink...”Read full review »
Tom 64024 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/26/24
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“You would definitely be better off going back and listening to the BBC shows. If you don’t subscribe, then the actual show is only probably 20 minutes long with all the adverts. Mark seems to think he is a bit of a communist well he’s sold out then hasn’t he? when it was on the BBC, it was two...”Read full review »
Its Fred via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/23/24
“This show really isn’t what it used to be on the BBC or even in the initial months of their move. I was a “vanguardista” but got disillusioned with the increasingly small amount of free content available to those who don’t subscribe. Not everyone can afford this much per month for a podcast. I...”Read full review »
Alibongo's cat via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/21/24
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“Please get rid of shrink the box in the feed. It’s always hard to know what episode you’re on with takes one and two not really sign posted”
Murphy O'Connor via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/20/24
“Increasing amounts of content locked behind a paywall, an entire extra show dumped into your feed which I’m almost certain nobody actually likes, and now stupid clickbait titles? On podcast episodes? Which are downloaded automatically anyway? By what metric are these new episode titles better...”Read full review »
Hansomeswolo via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/13/24
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“Every week Take 2 gets shorter. Are we being tested? How much do we love Mark and Simon? How little content will we still be prepared to pay for? I haven’t unsubscribed yet but given the quality is definitely deteriorating and the pod seems increasingly lazy and undisciplined since they left the...”Read full review »
john b 2018 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/10/24
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“Although it still ranks below Shakespeare, Kermode Mayo’s Take is now undoubtedly several rungs above the Beatles on the hierarchy of great British cultural exports. Listen in awe.”
swittek via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/10/24
“I’ve been a fan of these two for many years, and I am a vanguardista. I really enjoy the cinema and cinema-adjacent chat. However some of the changes over the last year have been getting annoying.
Firstly, the actual quantity of content has dropped about 30% over the last year. We used to get 3...”Read full review »
conradb42 via Apple Podcasts ·
New Zealand ·
08/09/24
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“I’m so sad! Why do they not have new reviews anymore (surely the very point of the programme)??? I’ve just downloaded today’s episode expecting reviews of Trap, Borderlands, and It Ends with Us - all three movies come out in the UK today but there are reviews of none of them. I don’t get it....”Read full review »
Meg-nug via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/09/24
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“If you’re lonely, down in the dumps or just fancy a respite…try this. Warm, funny, intelligent and everyone is welcome.”
Put a nickname here OK thanks via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/08/24
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“There is only one word that can be used to rate this podcast - Majestical.
Love the show Steve.”
Richardmclarke via Apple Podcasts ·
Spain ·
08/06/24
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“The contributor’s quite good.”
Dan GBH via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/02/24
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“Since becoming a colonial commoner 20 years ago there is little that makes me more nostalgic for Blighty than these two. Along with the only reviews that matter you get weekly witterings which combine joy and pedantry in a combination as tasty as a buttered tea cake on a winter afternoon”
segalkim via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/01/24
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“I am a long term listener and huge fan of Mark & Simon. It’s the best podcast around. They were a lifeline through Covid and they brighten my week with their banter, emails and interviews. I don’t know what I’d do without them.”
HayTux via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/30/24
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“Firstly: I knew nothing about podcasts when I started listening to it. That long have I been a fan. Back then they were called shows.
Second: it‘s a show about Scandinavia, what countries are part, who joined, who got kicked out. Pastries to seek out, fermented shark to avoid, when does the sun...”Read full review »
Hiking and beer via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
07/28/24
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“Mark Kermode is one of the few people who knows the truth about Grease 2. It is the superior Grease film. For that and that alone this podcast is worth 5 Stars.”
Sam 81 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/27/24
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“Noted that this show has gone down the charts since the goal hanger gang stepped into this space and now the suits asked for a review to big thier ratings. I continue to love this show, and have done for years, and the boys are like old friends - I love the banter, the reviews etc etc. BUT - you...”Read full review »
Kooks via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/27/24
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