like this? people are so dam lazy. what it does mean is that the russians and the chinese were just talking about it, they can conceivably hack into the whole wi—fi system. conceivably hack into the whole wi-fi system. it's an intriguing. i thought wonder at the russian samovar would be a lot easier. joe phillips, nigel nelson. maybe something a bit stronger than a cup of tea when you get home tonight. it is good to see a boat again. the paper review is on line. we will see you again. we are here every night. thank you very much your company. more news at midnight. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.

50, mark, what do we have this week? we have the 20th century women, a new film starring annette bening. we have the lego batman movie, which does what it says on the tin. and fences, a major awards contender. let's start with 20th century womenm, the latest from director and writer mike mills. it is an interesting film, set in california at the end of the ‘705. young boy facing an uncertain adulthood, surrounded by strong women of different ages, who both inspire and also confound, not least his free—spirited mother, brilliantly played by annette bening. here's a clip.

stop. what? thinking that you know everything that's going on. no, ijust think that, you know, having your heart broken is a tremendous way to learn about the world. 0k. do you think you're happy? like... ..as happy as you thought you'd be when you were my age? seriously? you don't ask people questions like that. you're my mum. especially your mum. wondering if you're happy is a great short cut tojust being depressed. give me that. i already love it, just from that. i haven't seen it yet. you are right to do so. it is a great film. it has natural performances,

partly because they had time to rehearse and get to know the characters. secondly, these are characters you want to spend time in their company. you want to know about their lives and how they work out. terrific performances. the film has texture, you feel like at any point the camera could go out of the car, out of the house and into the street and the world would be complete around it. it evokes a world that is in many ways lost. it's back to time which now seems so distant, and yet the issues it deals with feel contemporary. it's not plot driven, it's absolutely to do with moments, conversations and relationships. the narrative flips back and forward to some extent. i just thought it was terrific. when i first started watching it, i knew nothing of what to expect, other than it had a great cast. i like mike mills's work. but i was drawn into their world, and their characters. i really loved it, i can't wait to see it again, it's terrific and you will love it.

will it be disparagingly called a women's film? i don't even know what that means. it used to be a term that was used for popular movies. because it used to be that females audiences were the majority. what they meant was something would be successful and a blockbuster. i hope that was the case. believe me, anybody could see 20th—century women and get something out of it, terrific. weirdly, the same is true of the lego batman movie. did you see the lego movie? i am afraid i didn't. it was great. it sounded like a stupid idea but it turned out to be very smart and inventive. for what age group? all age groups, i am in my 50s and i laughed all the way through. so this is now lego batman is a spin—off. it is about lego batman, a complete narcissist, tied up in himself, and through the movie he has to learn to have

relationships with people, with robin, his butler, and thejoker, who is desperate for him to admit he is a special villain and they have a special relationship. and what is great about this movie, the visuals are terrific, it is incredibly kinetic. i kept wanting to hold the frame and say, stop! there are so manyjokes in this one frame, they're going by too fast, i can't keep up with the speed of these jokes. it's smart, it is cine literate. it is great for all ages, it is funny. there's loads of exciting stuff happening on the screen. for older viewers, there are jokes about the ‘60s batman and the christopher nolan batman. first you need to see the lego movie, because that is terrific and better than this. i have a busy weekend ahead of me! the lego batman movie is surprisingly tiptop stuff and doesn't let the side down. well, i'm already feeling overwhelmed by those two. let's talk about fences. i haven't seen the film, but i've seen the play,

so i'm interested. well, i have seen the film and now i want to see the play. an adaptation of a play from the ‘505. denzel washington stars in and directs it. troy is a blue—collar worker. he works in the sanitation department. he brings home his frustrations from his work, from his life. they all come out in the home encounters. the film has got four oscar nominations including best supporting actress and here's why. i'm not talking about no baseball. you're not listening to me, i'm trying to explain it to you the best way i know how. it's not easy for me to admit that i've been standing in the same place for 18 years. well, i've been standing with you! i've been right here with you, troy. i've had a life too. i've given 18 years of my life to standing in the same spot as you. don't you think i've ever wanted other things? don't you think i had dreams and hopes? what about my life, what about me? great performances. you've seen it as a play.

and that scene is so powerful in the play. the only problem is this — that the film feels very stagey. there are plays that have been adapted for the screen that start to feel cinematic. this feels like something that has taken the stage play and filmed it. there are slight differences, but it never felt like a cinematic endeavour. it felt like really great writing, very relevant issues, terrific committed performances that you could absolutely get behind. but it never took flight as a piece of film—making. for me, that's a problem, because if you take a stage play away from the stage and put it somewhere else, you have to do something to it. you really feel you wish you were seeing it live on stage, because particularly with the larger speeches that's what it felt like. it felt like a theatrical production as opposed to a cinematic production. the screenplay was written by august wilson before he died, a great, great playwright. i guess it's a different

writing for the screen and it is a different craft? it is different directing that work for the screen. i always thought the classic screen adaptation of plays, they understand the language of cinema first and foremost. this is clearly a huge reverence for the stage play, and understandably so. ijust don't think it is as cinematic as it needs to be. despite the fact it is great writing, really solid performances and great individual moments, but as a piece of cinema it doesn't quite fly. coming up to the baftas on sunday, it is something that might win awards for the acting rather than anything else. my feeling is that that's where its heart resides. they are terrific performances. it's just it feels theatrical to me. the best thing out in the cinemas at the moment is toni erdman. you need to see this. it is terrific, it sounds so unlikely, a three—hour german black comedy, a standout performance about father, daughter estrangement. a father turns up at his daughter's

place of work pretending to be a life coach, and she cannot get rid of him. it is really edgy and really funny and really painful and really poignant. it is about to be remade starring jack nicholson. why? it is perfect as it is, it doesn't need remaking, you will love the original. you tell me it's perfect. i have seen the trailer and the trailer itself is interminable. does it need to be three hours? it does. i am somebody who believes in cutting to the bone, less is more, but in the case of toni erdman, iwould not take anything out. it is that good. it is a really fantastic movie. don't be put off by the trailer. i was. i know loads of people who have seen the trailer and not been put off it. it is not a great trailer. 0k, only because you have told me. tell us about the dvd. the unknown girl.

it is a story about a young doctor who fails to open the door to a potential patient who is then found dead. no one knows who she was. he has a crisis of conscience and tries to find out who she is. it was a film, when it was in the cinema, that got lukewarm reviews. the best thing about dvds, you can reassess things that was overlooked the first time. it is a better film than critics gave it credit for first—time around. it is a thriller, but it has a humanist heart and is well worth seeing. i don't know it, so that is a good recommendation. mark, thank you very much indeed. thank you. a quick reminder should you need it. you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can catch up with our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. it's going to be very cold but should be fun. and we mentioned the baftas, let's find out who wins what on sunday.

full coverage from bbc news on the red carpet. that's it for this week, though. goodbye. rain or snow, but the big question at the moment. the forecast on a knife edge. for many of us cities outbreaks of rain that we've got moving in, but we have seen some snowfall recently in east anglia and i think there could be a covering in basis. maybe a centimetre or two in east anglia, maybe southern england, over the downs and chilterns as well. at lower elevations there's probably rain and sleet, but for all of us it will be cold, cloudy and damp. heavy snow will build up across the moors and pennines. there could be localised transport disruption. the m62 seeing heavy snow. there is the chance of

catching a covering of snow in east anglia and hills of southern england as well. but in the south—west england and wales you can see their areas of rain we've got on the charts. into the hills of east wales we have a bit of snow. a bit of brightness for west wales. starting the day on a grey and cloudy note. feeling cold in the wind. that will continue to dry the showers in off the north sea. again tending the transition from snow to rain as we head into the afternoon. the exception is high ground over the pennines and north york moors when we could have up to ten cement —— centimetres of snow. another cold day. four degrees at west for most of us. feeling colder than that due to the wind. it should be milder if you like in paris. probably dry for the six nations, but staying cloudy. tomorrow night we get south—easterly winds moving in across the country. not as cold overnight. lows for

england and wales about 3—4 degrees. cold enough for a patch of frost in northern parts of scotland. on monday the prospect of brighter skies across east england and wales, with some sunshine in the forecast. what we will have strong and gusty winds developing around western coasts and hills. they could be quite nasty. in the sunshine feeling milder, but still with a chilly breeze, and further north scotland and northern ireland still having quite a bit of cloud. tuesday and wednesday, a clear trend to milder conditions. i wednesday we have highs of 12 degrees in cardiff and london, as the cold easterly wind finally peters out. that's the latest weather. good night. welcome to bbc news. i'm alper patel. our top stories: welcome to bbc news. i'm alper patel. ourtop stories: president trump says he won't give up on his travel ban and could submit new legislation within days. we'll win that battle, but we also have a lot of other options including just filing a brand new order on monday.

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