hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. 50 mark, what do we have this week? a mixed bag this week. we have a man called ove, which is a portrait of a grumpy old man. we have despicable me 3, the minions are back. and risk, a documentary. lots to talk about but my most important role this week is to get the pronunciation right of a man called ove. it seems to be "over". that is the closest. it is adapted from a bestseller and the blurb says, it will make you feel a new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life. the tag line on the movie poster is, you will love him as much as he hates you. ove is widowed, he is embittered. he wants to end his life but it keeps being distracted by his neighbours to keep breaking the housing association rules, of which he is a stickler for keeping to.

when a new family moves and he is furious about their presence, their noise, generally them being there. however, a woman sees behind that curudgeonly facade, he starts to break down his resistance and amazingly, she gets him to teach her to drive. here's a clip. horn blares. a fantastic look of exasperation on his face. he has the most fantastic face. did you ever see the 100—year—old man who climbed out the window and disappeared? no. i know the one you mean, i didn't, sadly but i read about it. i struggled with that film, because it had that scandi humour think that i never really fell in with. with this, it looks like that kind of film but then we start to learn about his life story, young romance, childhood trauma,

his relationship with his wife which is idyllic but faces tragedy, and you start to understand how he got to where he is and it is sweet and sentimental. there is a lot of absurdist humour. there is an ongoing argument about whether saabs or volvos are the perfect car. how swedish. entire friendships fall out over these arguments but you start to see as a three—dimensional character. he has a strong moral compass and is somebody who has suffered and has been made bitter. inside that is the person he used to be. i went in thinking i would go for it, but i laughed and cried. i like any movie that makes me cry because it means that it's working, you believe in the characters. i really liked it. despite the tag line, you will love him as much as he hates you, which i thought would be a hard watch, it was easy to fall in with.

i am looking forward to seeing that. good. alternatively, a third of any film, really, does the world need this? whether we need despicable me 3 is another question. here's the thing, i find the minions funny. they are running out of plots and they had to bring a twin brother in to make the plot work, but you see the minions before the titles and one pulls out a fart gun and ijust started laughing. i giggled like an idiot for the rest of the film because i think the minions are funny. the verbal stuff is funny and they are perfect slapstick creations, they remind me of what was funny about old silent cinema. there is steve carrell and a story about gru and his brother, a new super villain but for me i just find the minions funny. i laughed all the way through. even though i knew that i shouldn't, i did. you are allowed to do that.

i am so fascinated by risk, your third choice. this is by laura poitras, who made citizenfour, about edward snowden which was brilliant. it was real edge of your seat stuff. she was in the hotel room when the revelations were made. he came across as self—effacing and shy in that documentary. someone who did not want to be the centre of the story. this is one aboutjulian assange, about whom the adjectives self—effacing and shy are not immediately applicable. the film is very conflicted about its subject. it looks like it began as a film about someone film maker admired, but that changes. the portrait we get is someone who is narcissistic, controlling, self obsessed, and has no self—awareness. here is a clip in whichjulian assange and his associate are trying to ring hillary clinton on the phone. this is an emergency.

you are the emergency line and it will take a while? 0k. do you want to do that now and i will wait. he would like to speak to her about that, yes. 0k, let me start by giving you my phone number. one moment, please. details including an unredacted cable set are about to go on the internet. i do not understand why you do not see the urgency in this. who is he? hello, this isjulian assange. we don't have a problem, you have a problem.

that is the tone of the film. the story is well now rehearsed, i think people know the basic parameters. what is strange about this film is that it is very fragmented, it is nothing like as good as citizenfour. you can tell that it is a film in which the film—maker's relationship to the subject changed during it. when the film was first seen about a year ago, the film—makers said the julian assange demanded changes and got lawyers involved, which he did not have the right to do. she has made the film that she wanted to make. there is an irony in someone who is releasing information wanting to control it. we have seen this before in other documentaries and in the much—derided drama, the fifth estate. you get an inside view, but it is fragmented and frustrating

because even when they are talking about the electio,n you want the film to be more focused. it feels like it is falling apart. julian assange has said that the film will do his reputation no good at all and i think that he is right. which some people may take as a recommendation in itself. it depends where you stand on these things. it is interesting, also that it was made by a woman. what is your best out this week? ija. it caused a fuss when it was released at cannes because it is simultaneously released on netfix. it is basically as story about a young girl in korea who has raised a super—pig. she follows to america to stop it being experimented upon and being used for food. it is a film about where food comes from and how does capitalism hide behind a caring face.

tilda swinton is a fantastically monstrous creation. the film uses brilliant cgi to bring the giant pig to life. the film is satirical and strange and i liked it. it is ideally seen in the cinema. it is very cinematic. it is thought provoting, it is not vegetarian propaganda but it will give you food for thought. i like that phrase, vegetarian propaganda. i will do something with that. what about dvds? heal the living was a small release. it is a story of a heart. it is a story about a young man he was involved in an accident and his heart may be used for a transplant to save someone else, to heal the living. it is a film about the miracle of medicine but it is more than that, it is about life and death, it is about transcendence,

it takes poetic meanders into strange areas. it is very underplayed and does not feel like it is manipulating your emotions but i was totally overwhelmed by it. everyone i know who has seen it has loved that. i am genuinely looking forward to that. a good tip this week. mark, as ever, good to see you. see you next week and a quick reminder that you will find more film reviews and news from across the bbc online. we know the address by now. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer as well. that is all for this week. enjoy your cinema going. bye— bye. hello once again. here we are, nearly midnight, the weekend almost

done, what does the week—old? it's a bit of a mixed bag as is often the case at this time of year. we've got a wee bit of sunshine so good news but as early as tuesday some of you will get to see some rain, we will come to who and where in a second and hot and humid come to who and where in a second and hotand humid in the week come to who and where in a second and hot and humid in the week later. first thing not a cold start on monday, single figure temperatures despite the sunshine across scotland and parts of northern ireland. whereas all the cloud and rain gone from the western side of scotland on sunday? on monday morning it will be the south—west of england, south wales, a bit of cloud in the south half of england and wales, lots of rain but not amounting to much, it will fade and if you got concerned jo concerns about wimbledon, don't. scotla nd jo concerns about wimbledon, don't. scotland and northern ireland, and improved day —— concerns. you are close to an area of low pressure in the north—east and you will have some sharp showers overnight but

they will fade away. as we get into they will fade away. as we get into the afternoon, much of the activity across the weather front will fade away and it could leave a few showers in the south, that's why we have some concern about wimbledon, but sharper showers could be found such as they are in the east midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia as we turn on the heat. that is tied in with monday's old weather front dying a death but what doesn't diea front dying a death but what doesn't die a death is monday evening and tuesday, i say monday evening because that's when it will arrive into northern ireland and then it continues into the borders of scotla nd continues into the borders of scotland and maybe get into the central belt and into the north of england late in the day, it could flirt with anglesey and the north of mainland wales. to the south of it, a bit of sunshine, quite a bit of dry weather, 20—24, cooler despite the sunshine across the northern half of scotland, 13—7. then we will push much of that frontline activity

away to the near continent but behind a week tail of the front and thicker cloud separating increasingly humid and warm air to the south, fresher in the north of scotland, and into that warmth we'll push some moisture and you know what's coming next, you can see it for yourself, we could get some thunderstorms but where and when, we don't know, it's quite a long way away and there you are, a lovely weather watcher picture to finished the day. must the nearly midnight! see you later —— to finish. ash must be nearly midnight. mac —— must be nearly midnight. —— must be nearly midnight. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: all smiles from president xi and hong kong's new boss, carrie lam. but what's next for the one country, two systems? president trump is accused

of inciting violence against the media after tweeting a spoof video. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: philippine president rodrigo duterte marks one year in the top job. we will look at his record in office so far. and a 75th birthday for stephen hawking, the scientist who overcame disability to become a legend of physics.