Cinema trip for Kermode n Mayo

Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode are taking their popular Friday afternoon Film Review show on BBC Radio 5 Llive on the road to help relaunch a London cinema.

They'll also take questions from the live audience next Friday at the Phoenix Cinema in Finchley.

Guests booked for the show include Aaron Sorkin, creator and writer of The West Wing who will be talking about the screenplay for his new movie, The Social Network, and Guillermo del Toro, acclaimed director of Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth.

Mark Kermode's a patron at the Phoenix which is one of the biggest independent cinemas in North London, and the oldest purpose built cinema in the UK.

Mayo and Kermode's weekly 5 Live show is also released as a podcast. In July it received 360,000 downloads, making it the most popular film review podcast in the UK.

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