fucm—h problems for people. and fatalities, of course, as well. that is the papers for tonight. john, esther, they give very much. we always like you. you can read a decal review on oui’ you. you can read a decal review on our website. —— details. it should be on iplayer as well. no doubt you will tell me if it isn't. from all of us, it's good mate. coming up next, the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review. to take us through this week's cinema releases is antonia quirtke. we are going to start with silence, martin scorsese's new film, liam neeson, andrew garfield, adam driver, they are playing jesuit

priests in 17th—century japan. passengers, starring chris pratt, jennifer lawrence, about two passengers sleeping in suspended animation for 120 years on their way to a new colony on a far—away planet and they wake too early. and also, assassin's creed, michael fassbender‘s big movie, based on the computer game. let's kick off then with silence, a great passion of martin scorsese, trying for years and years to get this made. first talk of it in 1990 with daniel day lewis, gael garcia bernal and benicio del toro have been attached to it. he was famously brought up a devout catholic, had a great and genuine interest in the priesthood, at one point he was going to join

the priesthood, so catholicism has been a real thing for him. religion in his films, the last temptation of christ and kundun, but even something like mean streets, marvellously there. what is the religious martin scorsese like? this is a difficult film to watch, it is about the persecution and torture of priests and their flock. 161 minutes, incredibly long, and relentless, long conversations reflecting martin scorsese's own ambiguity towards his own faith. i know that it has been very highly praised, and not many people have gone to see it, but it has been critically tremendously well received. ifound it... i think there's a pulse of confusion in it, i was not clear what martin scorsese was trying to say. the directors he admires, religious directors,

like carl dreier, withjoan of arc, or robert bresson, there is a euphoria in those sorts of films. things likejoan of arc. and yet, you can't help think, this was scorsese's moment to join the ranks of those kind of directors. i'm not sure that he has done it, but i know that many people disagree with me. alright. let's take a little clip here, for a preview. padre. we have been forced to trample on the lord. you must pray for courage. if we do not do what they want, then there could be danger for everyone in the village. they could be put in prison, they could be taken away forever. what should we do? trample. trample! it is all right to trample. what are you saying?

you can't! you can't. .. as you were saying, a long watch, a pretty gruelling watch, but the performance is good? absolutely, andrew garfield, when he played spider—man, that role did that young actor no favours and here he is, he has a quality of deeply inherent youthfulness and vulnerability, anyone who saw him in never let me go will remember that, and also, a japanese actor, issey ogato, he plays the grand inquisitor in this, and he is an incredible actor, ingenious casting for martin scorsese. and this is a comedic actor, but he playing someone who does the most terrible things, he's a comedic actor, he has wonderful kabuki gestures, and the performance are something else. something pretty different,

passengers — silence, gruelling, is passengers something easier? a lot fluffier, a lot more fun, this is about two passengers in suspended animation, hibernation for 120 years on their way to a new colony on a new planet and for reasons we will not go into, spoiler alerts, they wake up early. wonderful idea, so two strangers facing an eternity together, walking endless corridors, gigantic spaceship, and, breaking into the entertainment facilities, and with their little wristbands, one of the funniest things is the ways in which there is even if no—one else existing, you are still slaves, your life had been formalised before you left earth. also this lovely simmering sexual tension between the two main stars... it would have been all right to leave it at that, but there is this derring—do, in the third act, not entirely

necessary. you can feel moments where it is reaching for some tougher kind of glory, think of something like alien and wandering the corridors of that spaceship, intensely sinister and threatening place to be, but this place looks pretty nice. i would not mind moving there myself! there are moments when you are shown howjerry—built this craft is, hammering away against things, putting fuses together to get things to work, that ought to have been frightening and made me feel how vulnerable these people are and yet it does not quite do that. there is a wonderful cameo, michael sheen plays a bartender, rather sinister. he is a robot. and you can see that he is struggling with the part, trying to bring more to it than is there on the page, unfortunately, it is not on the page but it is fun. let's talk about assassin's creed, which video game players will be very familiar with, based on the video game.

movies used to be based on novels... now they are based on video games(!) this is catastrophic... nine instalments in this video franchise, one of those movies that has been long in production, lots of re—shoots, rejigs, starring michael fassbender, marion cotillard, jeremy irons, charlotte rampling, incredible cast. to even begin to describe the plot, i am not sure there is any point! the assassins... assassins against knights templar, let's take a look. do you recognise this? it is an assassin's blade. this is the actual one that your father used to take your mother '5 life. he's here, you know... your mother's death, not something a boy should ever be

made to see. so, catastrophic, you said... charitably. i am surea lot of people will go to see it nonetheless. why do you think it doesn't work? unbelievably incoherent, extraordinary, it is... it opens... it opens with three flashbacks, three flashbacks! what a flashback does in a film, someone is standing there and saying, hang on a sec, let me fill you in, and then they do that twice more. hang on, if you don't know this... the rest won't make any sense... three times, 15 minutes! feels like the movie never starts, then you are in there and you feel like the movie will never end!

i went to the cinema to see this, two people were asleep at the end of the row that i was sitting on, that sums it up. probably does! never mind. so that is assassin's creed. best movie out at the moment, in your opinion. a monster calls, now this is the most extraordinary sell, actually, it is a fantastical terminal illness melodrama for children. maybe it is not for children, it stars a 12—year—old boy. it's about him dealing with his mother's cancer. he's visited by a yew tree, over a few evenings, and it is played by liam neeson, it has a wonderful shape, dickensian shape, visited three times to be shown things that may help you deal with life. it is a flat—out classic, it has the emotional heft of the railway children, moments of iron man by ted hughes and pan's labyrinth, i think it is a masterpiece, go and see it and take all of the family. wow, good recommendation! best dvd? this is a terrific film which has

featured quite a lot in the golden globes nominations. hell or high water, ben foster and chris pine, who play bank robber brothers, and jeff bridges is the texas ranger who is tracking them down, which sounds terribly familiar, that kind of plot, and features a great deal in cinema. one of them is on a roll, the other brother is a little too wild, the texas ranger is always a step ahead of them. it feels like a movie of the mid—1970s or early 1980s, like midnight run, where you come away from it thinking, you will look through the tv listings and think, hell or high water is on tonight, unmissable, fantastic! it has slotted into that classic film territory already, jeff bridges has been nominated for a golden globes for his best supporting actor and he does the most fantastic thing towards the end of the movie. there is a death scene and just in a couple of seconds you see everything that jeff bridges can offer as an actor, the way that he absorbs the shock, it is a magical moment,

such a terrific film. thank you very much the joining us. that is it for this week, thank you so much for watching, goodbye. we are all going to see some rain over the next 2a hours. as you may have heard it will turn a good deal colder later this week. the wind picking up. you will notice the cold, especially from midweek onwards, there will be snow. a bus. nothing unusualfor onwards, there will be snow. a bus. nothing unusual for the time of year. not as severe as we seen in other parts of europe. a cold front is moving across the north—west of the uk. a wet and windy start to —— today in northern ireland. turning wintry over the high —— islands. by

disguising the northern ireland. this wet and windy weather, gusts reaching 50 mph into north—western parts of england and wales. as the wind picks up the mist will clear. u nfortu nately wind picks up the mist will clear. unfortunately the rain comes later in the day. it will move steadily south—eastwards across england and wales. behind it it brightens up again with sunshine for wales and much of northern england, but showers with hat at west will clear. briefly ten in the south—east before the rain arrives. the rain will clear through and as we head into monday night we will all be exposed toa monday night we will all be exposed to a chilly west or north—westerly wind to carry some showers, especially the northern areas. temperatures could be close to freezing in a couple of areas. a chilly start to tuesday. cloud piling in from the west, bringing

bands of rain. the best of the brightness further east. milder air into western areas. 0n brightness further east. milder air into western areas. on wednesday it will be mild for a time, especially across southern parts of the country, at another cold front arrives across the north. this weather front will introduce arctic airfrom a long way weather front will introduce arctic air from a long way north. weather front will introduce arctic airfrom a long way north. quite a shock to the system because it has been so mild this winter. it looks a lot more wintry through thursday. snow showers at low levels in northern and western areas. a covering of snow in places. more widely there will be frost overnight. as we enter the week the frost could turn quite severe. that's it. more detail over the next few days. welcome to newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines. for israeli soldiers have been killed in a truck attack in east

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