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having a have neuronss to follow up. having a two person meeting probably lead to a much more frank discussion that we wouldn't have had otherwise. itjust depends on how it went. so, we will see. that bothers me less than the president's constant undermining of american values in public diplomacy, infailure to american values in public diplomacy, in failure to stand up to russian meddling in our elections, and i hope this meeting was a pivot to some of those tougher stanzas, and if that was the purpose of having the smaller meeting, that is absolutely fine —— tougher stances. we'll have to see how it went. this president needs to stand up to vladimir putin, and we will find out very shortly were they did. —— whether he did. thank you very much, nancy soderberg in florida, who was a national security adviser in the clinton administration. let's get a
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sense of what is coming up at 6:30pm on the body. of the four british players who started wimbledon today only two remain, johanna konta and andy murray. heather watson and alijaz bedene both lost. and we will be new zealand bringing you the latest from the lions camp ahead of the third test. but for now, on bbc news, it is time for the film review. welcome to the film review on bbc
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news. taking us through the week was maximo releases is mark kermode. this week we have it comes at night, which is a very creepy thriller. the midwife with catherine deneuve and catherine frot. and spider—man: homecoming. it comes at night. i have read enough to know that this is your kind of film, and so not mine. you have two minutes to persuade me. it is not ajump mine. you have two minutes to persuade me. it is not a jump scare horror like the trailers make it look like. if you expect that you will be disappointed. it is a creepy thriller. it is set after the outbreak of one unspecified played like incident which has pretty much done for civilisation. there was a
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family, mother, father, son living ina family, mother, father, son living in a remote woodland. the windows are boarded up, there is a corridor with a red door which is the elite access to the outside world. they have to make a decision about whether or not to accept another family into their home. they would bring friendship and food supplies but also brings suspicion and paranoia and desire, and mysterious sleepwalking. here is a clip. angela is an grandpa's room. she was having nightmares sol is an grandpa's room. she was having nightmares so i woke up. i was in the back wall, i saw the door open, i heard something. andrew was their? yes. you tell mummy what you remember. does he sleepwalk? no, it doesn't
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make any sense. it is all that claustrophobic, is it? you get the sense of people starting to distrust each other and be suspicious of each other. if you think of a film like the witch that has deep themes, they are creepy but not full ofjump scares. they make you feel very worried and uncomfortable. the sound effects and a score work in favour of this film. it was terrific. it occupies a realm between being awake and being asleep. it contracts during certain sequences. maybe we are, maybe we are not awake or asleep. it is what happens when you lose track of objective reality and you just start to trust your fears.
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it is like that classic horror movie with a cold hand on the back of the neck. it is not the film the trainers make it look like. they make it look like it is a slam bang horror. if you want something that is going to cause you to lose sleep, you should see it. i think you would not enjoy it but admire it. it is all to do with what is implied rather than what is actually shown. which is the sort of film that is the most frightening. i hear you, which is the sort of film that is the most frightening. i hearyou, in terms of the skill that went into it. the midwife is about a friendship between the two main characters. catherine deneuve is
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beatrice, her father's lover has had a medical diagnosis, suddenly she reappears. what do you want? it turns out maybe she wants friendship, closure, maybe this financial, who knows? these two characters start, one of these characters start, one of these characters drinks and gambles. the key distinction between them is that one of them has been involved in bringing children into the world. what i like about this was it has well observed characters. it has people in professions that you actually believe in. i can understand all of those things that happen and i can think that they really have these stories. has a rather over emphatic and tingling score. it tells you things are
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moving when you did not need to be taught. it was very or played with some very fine performances. it is understated. for the most part, it allows you to observe the characters. most important to believe in them. and that is important, to have characters that you can absolutely believe in. and that, oddly enough brings us to spider—man: homecoming. we spoke before uploading. i said that this was a low—key character study posing asa was a low—key character study posing as a superhero movie but this is like ferris bueller‘s day off with added wedding. he also happens to have the superpowers, and he wants to become an avenger. what he is desperately trying to do is to punch
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above his weight, whilst also keeping his identity absolutely secret. here is a clip. what are you doing in my room?l though. are you an avenger? can keep a secret? this is the craziest thing that has ever happened to me. we are
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both chuckling. this is tom holland, who won the bafta award, a rising star. it is doing something different with the character. since i have been working as a critic this is the third or fourth spider—man film and it is, how many times you going to reboot this? they are playing to the adolescent story, the school boy story, the high school story, so there is all the action stuff, web spinning and dealing with criminals, but really what makes it work is the high school stuff, the stuff about wanting to fit in and being awkward, wanting to grow up but not ashley growing up yet, and what he has actually got to do is hang out in the canteen. i liked it very much. i went in thinking, do we really need to go here, all over ain? really need to go here, all over again? what this does do something different. he's very good. he's very
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charming ina different. he's very good. he's very charming in a very kind of oddball way. only one false step in the film, there's a lovely sequence which is a direct reference to ferris bueller ‘s day off, and they make the wrecked reference to it. ferris bueller ‘s day off, and they make the wrecked reference to itm sounds good. it sounds different. you have been loving this, this week, as anyone who has been following you on twitter baby driver. it is a car chase movie which is actually a musical. everything in it is cut to a fantastic selection of pop tunes. the joy of fantastic selection of pop tunes. thejoy of it, fantastic selection of pop tunes. the joy of it, for fantastic selection of pop tunes. thejoy of it, for me, is fantastic selection of pop tunes. the joy of it, for me, is this. fantastic selection of pop tunes. thejoy of it, for me, is this. it is really brilliant cinema, c on a big screen with a good sound system, it is witty, clever, poignant and nostalgic and it is made by somebody who was going to direct another movie and then walked away because
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it wasn't a film he wanted it to be. now he has made exactly the movie he wa nted now he has made exactly the movie he wanted and it is a pleasure to see a director like edgar wright saying, this is the film i want to make. i have seen it three times. it is like an american in paris meets the french connection. i hear you, seat the big screen. that said, a quick thought for anyone not wanting to see on the big screen, what is out on dvd? i mentioned it early on, logan. it is a film about ageing, about regret, about losing the powers that you once had. it is really well directed. you can do something really interesting with the superhero theme, and as long as we get movies like that and spider—man, there will always be new light, people say, haven't we had enough of this? but as long as people keep reinventing it, it will not die out. that is a good week.
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yes, but you must go and see it comes at night. get under your skin and you will appreciate it. you are laughing! that said, still lovely to see you, laughing! that said, still lovely to see you , as laughing! that said, still lovely to see you, as ever. mark kermode, thank you. a reminder that you can find all the film news and reviews online at the usual address. and you can find all of our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that is it this week. enjoy your cinema going. those that you are brave enough to go and see! goodbye. good evening. it has been another fine, sunny day across many parts of the country. not everywhere. we have had some cloud and showers but temperatures up to 30 celsius in london this afternoon. sunny, clear
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and dry in the south east, and cloudy across the north—west. some late sunshine to be enjoyed across scotla nd late sunshine to be enjoyed across scotland and into northern ireland, as well. crowd pushing south across the country. that is a weak front pushing south. —— cloud. introducing fresh air, around 10 celsius across scotla nd fresh air, around 10 celsius across scotland and northern ireland, 18 in the london region, so another muggy night in the south. tomorrow, a better, improved, sunny day for northern england, scotland and northern england, scotland and northern ireland, cloudy in the south, with one or two showers and temperatures between 17—24dc. sunday, most places starting off on a dry and bright note. and some heavy showers common for south and eastern england by the end of the afternoon but temperatures reaching 26 celsius. back to court for the terminally ill
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baby charlie gard after experts come forward with new evidence about possible treatment. the courts had ruled he be allowed to die, despite his parents' opposition. now the hospital treating him agrees with them the fresh evidence should be reviewed. all i want is two to three months, we will know in that time whether this is going to work or not, this has been going on for months and months and months, and the whole time my little boy is just lying there. the battle for baby charlie has attracted attention from around the world. will today's intervention change his future? also tonight: is an honour to be you, thank you. the first face—to—face meeting between president trump and the man
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