label from is where it they do want to put a cap on immigration numbers. i don't know if you know, but new zealand has net migration of around 72,000 people per year, so we are growing at quite a rapid rate relative to our population and that is something that new zealand first is something that new zealand first is quite populist on, curbing those numbers. she is 37, she's going to be the youngest prime minister since 1856 and a woman, regardless of politics, is that a good thing for new zealand, do you think? i do. because she is under 40, she is really going to have a much more future focused policy agenda. we can see that already. she called climate change, new zealand's nuclearfree moment. that is a referral back to 1984 when new zealand went nuclear free and she has captured the imagination of what new zealand needs to do to combat a whole bunch

of global policy problems, looking forward , of global policy problems, looking forward, rather than being conservative in their ideas about where we need to go. great to talk to you. thank you for being with us. our headlines. eu leaders agree to start preparing for trade talks with the uk. theresa may said she was optimistic about a good deal. oxford and cambridge universities accused by one mp of social apartheid for not accepting enough underprivileged tudors. pollution is linked to the deaths of more than 50,000 people in the uk in a new medical study. —— underprivileged tudors. and now it is time for the the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so, mark, what do we have this week? well, we have the death of stalin,

the new film by armando ianucci. we have a really lovely musical drama called secret superstar. and in my project to get you to like horrorfilms, happy death day! ten out of ten for persistence! i am nothing if not persistent! the death of stalin, you couldn't have a more starry cast. this is armando iannucci's latest project, taking his political scalpel to russia. 1953, stalin collapses in the kremlin and is found in what is referred to as a pool of indignity. immediately, his cronies gather round — simon russell beale, steve buscemi, paul whitehouse. take a look at a clip. the head is the heaviest part. all right, ready?

three, two... one? lift? jesus. god! whoa! to me. this way. yeah, all right. are you wearing pyjamas? can we just stop twittering like fishwives at the market and concentrate on... whoa, whoa! open the door! back up, back up, back. no, that way! get back to the kitchen now! move! now, now! he's heavier than i thought he'd be. he thinks stalin is too heavy. no, it's a compliment — gold is heavy. well, you'd know, you've looted enough of it, you flimsy little pirate! get back in the dining room! stop using his feet! now, we're both chuckling along. because it is very funny, and there is a great sense of class about it, adapted from a series of french graphic novels, but it manages that extraordinary trick of being on the one hand funny but also horrifying. the dialogue is ripe with one—liners — soviet planes do not crash!

only comrades and old friends can shout at each other like this. but in the background is the spectre of torture and murder and worse, and i think that what armando iannucci manages to do is keep that darkness omnipresent. so all the time this is playing out with a brilliant cast, really funny, nobody doing a cod russian accent, as you heard, everybody doing sort of a melange of accents. but you do get a sense that it is all unfolding against a background of genuine terror. at the beginning, paddy considine is broadcasting an orchestra recital, stalin rings up and says, "it sounds lovely, i want a recording," and they have to keep the orchestra behind to record it, because they were not recording it. so everyone is terrified of saying the wrong thing, everyone except forjason isaacs, playing the red army hero zukhov, speaking in this broad yorkshire

accent, taking no—nonsense from anybody. on the one hand, it is historically interesting, it is also very funny, but a very dark, and i think it needs to be, because if it wasn't, you would feel very uneasy about dealing with this particular part of history. i am curious about that, such a dark period, executions, famine, and yet i only saw the trailer at least earlier this week, and the trailer, interestingly, to me, made it look quite a silly film. i thought, how can you make such a silly film about a dark period of history? i am wondering if the trailer is not representative. you have hit the nail on the head, the trailer is slightly misleading, and i understand why, you want to say this is a broad comedy, and there are a lot of laughs in the trailer. the film itself is a lot darker, a lot more horror underpinning it. there is a character played by michael palin

who spends his entire time tying himself up in knots to make sure that he is following the right line, "what would stalin have wanted, what would the party have wanted?" it reminded me of his character in terry gilliam's brazil, which was also funny and horrifying at the same time, and i thought these two things were tonally similar. the tag line is, "a comedy of terrors", and the terror is not in the trailer, but it is in the film. ok, armando iannucci can do no wrong in my book. and he hasn't here. your second choice of the week. so secret superstar, laughter and tears, hindi treat, which combines the teen fantasy of hannah montana with a strong social—realist message dealing with domestic abuse, divorce law, gender—selective pregnancy termination, a young girl dreams of taking part in a talent competition, but her father is abusive, he beats her mother, so her mother gets a laptop and says, "why don't you put your songs on youtube? "

next thing, she becomes an internet sensation, this secret superstar, but you still has to deal with the stuff that is going on at home, the mistreatment of her mother, she wants her parents to get divorced, and it manages brilliantly, on the one hand, fantastic tunes and performances — aamir khan was wonderful, this slimy talent showjudge who, during the course of the movie, discovers there is more to life than self—serving success. i laughed, i cried, i absolutely loved it, i thought it was a really wonderfully well told story, real girl—power story, absolutely about the relationship between mother and daughter, about triumphing over, you know, insurmountable odds. it has you punching the air at all the right moments, and the tunes were... ijust loved it, it is called secret superstar, and i thought it was a real treat. good recommendation! your third choice...

happy death day. it has done well at the us box office. yes, it is a satirical horror movie, a college student wakes up in the dorm, it is her birthday, and things could not get worse until somebody wearing a baby maskchases with a knife, and she wakes up in the same dormitory and has to live the same day over and over. it is groundhog slay! look, i know this isn't going to make any sense, but i've already lived through this day. twice. tree, i... no, no, believe me, i know it sounds totally crazy, but this is happening to me, i swear to god. tree, i'm sure it feels like you're... ok, ok, you made me a cupcake — for my birthday, right? you're about to give it to me, and then later on tonight there's a surprise party. who told you? was it becky? no, nobody told me,

that is what i mean, don't you see? i know what is going to happen before it happens! lori... lori, somebody's going to kill me tonight. because it is self—aware, people say, it is groundhog day meets scream, but you can look further back, as far back as the twilight zone. it is a simple idea, and an idea we have seen before, more than once, but it plays it well. good tongue—in—cheek tone, not scary, i mean, there are chiller moments in it, as someone who see many slasher movies, i was not scared, but it dealt with the ideas well. it is made with real enthusiasm and real wit, and it is not surprising that it has proved a crowd pleaser. it is a proper popcorn movie, a friday night... i know you are not a horror movie fan, but i think you would enjoy it, you would appreciate the way it is put together, the fact that it is tongue in cheek but well done. give it a go! when you do your review of the year,

i want you to add up how many times you have said, "i think you will enjoy this horror movie, jane!" i hear you. so best out? two and three quarters hours, have you seen it yet? no, because it is nearly three hours! you love blade runner, right? i will try. it is wonderful, visually astonishing, denis villeneuve has done a terrificjob, it takes its time because it needs to, because it is dealing with big, serious issues. if you are a science—fiction fan, and i know you are not a huge fan, it is a world—building film, big ideas, not afraid of those ideas, and, frankly, when was the last time you saw a sequel to a really good film that didn't make you think, "i wish they hadn't done it"? that is true. they understand the film, the original writer

for blade runner, hampton fancher, adapted from philip k dick, he was the key writer, and you can tell it is about something. i think you will love it, i genuinely think you will like it. it is at least on my list, to be fair. dvd? gifted, a sweet film about a single parent raising a young child, he wants her to have an ordinary life, but pushy grandmother has got other ideas. it owes certain debts to a film byjodie foster called little man tate. i went into this thinking that this was cheese on toast, but i really liked it, really well played, just the right amount of sentimentality, and there was something a little bit more stringent in there as well, terrific performances, and it is a real heart—warmer. mostly, when people say that movies are heart—warming, they don't mean it, theyjust mean they are cheesy, but this won me over, and are no one was more

surprised than i am i thought i would hate it, but i really liked it. plenty to go and see this week, thank you. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the iplayer. that's it for this week, though. goodbye. good evening. i think we can officially say we are into the weekend and a blustery weekend on the way, nothing particularly on to work for this time of year but we will see some impact for the weather particularly to the south and west because of storm brian. it reaches peak strength earlier today and it is weakening, but in the centre of

that low we will see the biggest impact. this weather front has been producing heavy rain in the west this evening, blustery winds as well and whilst it is across the west of england and wales and northern ireland, it will push into scotland later. clear skies after that with a scattering of showers and the winds start to pick up. temperatures tonight into single figures and in the countryside, clear skies, a fresh start to saturday and particularly windy one in the south west. the peak of the winds will be during the morning across coastal parts of wales, the south of england, gaels england, we could winds gusting up to 70 mph impacting on travel and with spring tides, and the strong winds combined, we will see some minor coastal flooding. blustery conditions elsewhere but to begin with, the winds in northern scotla nd begin with, the winds in northern scotland are light, in the east of

thing and, dry and bright morning. before blustery showers arrived. showers frequent in the west and south and it is across north—west england and north—west wales, there could be longer spells of rain. gusty winds as well. those winds starting to feel cooler going through the day and into sunday, as re m na nts of through the day and into sunday, as remnants of the storm push into the north sea, there will be winds from the north—westerly direction, these areas are prone to showers, longer spells of rain for the north—west of england, wales and the north west midlands, feeling cool here, elsewhere, early showers ease off, the winds start to fall like, it does stay blustery but even with some sunshine, it will feel a little on the cool side, temperatures on sunday around ten and 14 degrees. that is how the weather is looking in the weekend. find out what is happening for the week ahead in an hour's time. this is bbc world news today.

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