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at it sit fit rwrr ii‘ul‘ei manhunt. yell at it gripped the world. the extraordinary bombing of the boston marathon, which always ta kes pla ce the boston marathon, which always takes place on patriots day. the boston marathon, which always takes place on patriots daym the boston marathon, which always takes place on patriots day. it is a well—known national event. it was bombed by two random brothers. their names were on everyone's lips. as soon as you see their names come up in the film, you remember. it is the extraordinary story of the escaping brothers for that they had to shut the city down. they hold up in a vote in a backyard. a strangely human story. the film puts together in classic disaster movie fashion, mark warburg, cop and john goodman, the police chief with his strange eyebrows. this is them having a look after the explosion.
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you're not any closer to identifying the guys that we're really looking for. we have to release the pictures. if we release the pictures now it's out of our control. gentlemen, if i may, right now, boston is working against us. right now, in this city, when it comes to terrorism, everyone wants to talk. there are a lot of people talking, but talking about the wrong people. release the pictures of our guys, sit back and listen. trust me. start letting boston work for us, i'm telling you. i understand, boston. but i can't snap my fingers on this, the decision goes up to the attorney general. this is mine, rick. release the god damn pictures. it was a terrible tragedy. recent. it is difficult to make a hollywood film about such a tragedy so recently? and the director has been faithful as much as he can and to those affected by the tragedy and injured, the people with the amputations.
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the people at the end of the film discussing how they put their lives back together. it's a healing process for the town of boston. there is mark wahlberg, a poster boy for boston. i kept thinking ted was going to come along and swear. it's a strange film. it is all about boston. what it does not do is examine the motives of the brothers, who out of nowhere caused this carnage. while it does feature them, they go in their homes and feature their wives, but it does not probe the motives. that is the fear. how can the renegade terrorists provoke such a carnage and bring the city to its knees? that is more interesting for me. so it was a bit hurrah, this film for me. the clip that we saw, it looked like a thriller. does it have that element? that tension of a thriller? i call it a procedural.
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it is very much about how the safety of the american citizens, protected by the great policemen and the ambulance service. they will track down the killers, the media helping. although they look hapless, as the brothers led them a merry dance for 89 hours and ended up hiding in someone's boat. it is slightly ridiculous, without the humour and the absurdity as to what terrorism can do. it is dangerous, it is called patriots day, so it's very american and up—thumping, but it loses something because of that, because it is about people who wanted to be anti—american. i wanted them to explore that more darkly than it does. let's move on to george best. a great footballer. beautiful to watch him play. then in his later life, so sad, really. he became an alcoholic. is this a good film?
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this is a documentary. we have seen many films of him. the popping of the champagne, the dazzling eyes. he was the first boutique footballer. but footballers have changed. football has changed. it does not look like this anymore. but he was wispy, incandescent, he had it all by 22, but washed up and retired by 27. it is put together like a shakespearean tragedy. sitting on the side lines, despairing and sad. the only person who is not sad is george best. he seems happy with his lot. there is a shot where someone runs in, saying, "besty, besty, where did it go wrong?" he is on the bed with miss world and the money. he didn't want people's help.
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he didn't want people's love. that is why it is sad to watch. as an audience member you want to reach out to this man and love him. he doesn't want it, he rejects it, preferring to disappear into the booze. i think that is what is sad. it is well put together. it is a little dour, in that it lacks the light of george best's feet. all right. now, a cure for wellness. this is about a young executive, who is sent to retrieve his company's ceo from the swiss alps fromst a spa? yes, this arrogant young man goes to a spa and there are people wearing fluffy robes and those working there have white suits. i am very wary of people in these
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suits, with clip boards and clipped accents. let's look at this along the corridors of uncertainty with jason isaacs. hi! what are you doing here? sorry, i don't understand. what are you doing here? take it easy. it's ok. mr lockhart, every time i turn around you are somewhere you are not supposed to be. i guess i'm lost. trying to find my way back to my room. this is a restricted floor. there are signs everywhere, surely you did not come down here by accident. what exactly are you looking for? i had a problem with my tooth. your tooth? actually it is feeling much better. if you can point me in the direction of my room. nonsense, we can't let you get an infection. you must let us talk care of you. after all, that's why you're here...
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menacing! yes, if you don't like dentists, don't watch the next bit. who does like the dentist? well, ever since marathon man. there are lots of old contraptions in this spa, like the 19505 with the medicine ball, and the tanks with the eels. it is like a bond villain hideaway. very pastiche. it is a recipe for disaster as to what was going on. a complete mess of a film. how long? 2.5 hours, it is quite a lot. what is best out at the moment? well, a cure for wellness, but also moonlight. it is a beautiful, tender, poetic coming of age story, told about the life of a black boy from miami, from a little boy to a man. it is about his life
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and his tender growing sexuality. realising who he is. it is about identity and identity politics. it is a new sort of cinema. it has eight oscar nominations. that takes us nicely to the oscars. almost upon us? i loved moonlight. the budget was 8.5. —— a million and a half. it has the chance of becoming the smallest film ever to win best picture. it is a bit like leicester. it stands a chance of dislodging the favourite, la la land. my favourite. i know that there is a backlash, people saying it is overhyped with the 14 nominations going to the oscars. i don't think it will win all 14. but there could be a tidy haul for it. it is good for hollywood. rebooted for a new generation.
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people are going to it thinking that they will see singing in the rain. but it is a modern indy film with singing and dancing. what about best actress, best actor? well, i think that the best actor will not go to ryan gosling but to casey affleck. there is also a threat from denzel washington in fences. and best actress i think will go to emma stone. that is sewn into her dress. i think that the best picture will go to la la land. you have to wait till the last moment. i think maybe moonlight could do it, but those directors could become the best director winners. and maybe a screenplay for moonlight
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and one for manchester by the sea. those are the big five or six. let's see how many of them you get right. i'm sure all of them. that's it for this week. don't forget you can catch up on our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. thanks for watching. good evening. the fifth named storm of the season has been bringing wet and windy weather to large part of the united kingdom. this is a picture from earlier on in glasgow. the water was running down the streets. not doom and gloom for all areas. there have been some breaks in the cloud. the storm was named by the irish meteorological service. that is where the worst of the impacts were expected. for the rest
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of the uk it has been a spell of wind and rain. the heavy rain continues to work its way northwards. strong winds head northwards. strong winds head northwards as welcome but elsewhere the rain is moving eastwards, followed by a lot of showers coming in on the breeze. some of the showers could be heavy with hail and thunder and maybe a bit of sleet and snow over higher ground for the ill turn colder by dawn. there will be the risk of icy patches developing, particularly in more rural spots. further south, not quite so—called but it will be a last three day on monday. blustery for all. but it will be a last three day on monday. blustery forall. some sunshine. the cloud will deliver showers containing a mixture of rain, hail, sleetand showers containing a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow with thunder as well. it will feel quite chilly. after a cold start in glasgow, only four, 5 degrees in the afternoon. maybe seven, 8 degrees in london. through monday night into tuesday, the big picture looks u nsettled tuesday, the big picture looks unsettled with low pressure in
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charge with lots of isobars on the charts. still quite breezy on tuesday and fairly unsettled. some dry interludes. still feeling quite chilly and the breeze. single digits across the board. six, seven in glasgow and belfast. eight, nine cardiff and london. we are looking towards the south and west for this ridge of low pressure. a bit cold with maybe a touch of frost. we do look towards the south—west for the next weather system to edge its weight in, bringing thicker cloud. just creeping back into double figures implement and london. the southern half of the uk into their stay seeing double—digit temperatures. it starts off wet but not much rain by thursday afternoon. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7.00pm. after a rough week, jeremy corbyn admits labour hasn't done enough to rebuild trust with voters — but tells the party
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to remain united. i am carrying on as leader because i am determined that we will deliver social justice in this country. the home secretary backs up a warning that britain faces a ‘sustained and serious' level of terror threat from islamist extremists. the olympic champion mo farah insists he's "a clean athlete" in response to fresh claims about the methods of his coach. donald trump becomes the first president in 36 years to miss the annual white house correspondents' dinner. also in the next hour... get ready for the glitz and the glamour —
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