‘i‘éi‘ ,. 555 g. 555" md. ,. hosting manchester united who have won it 12 times. manchester united have knocked yeovil out of the cup three times, as recently as three yea rs three times, as recently as three years ago. the night it could be a possible debut for alexis sanchez. we have the other headlines as well. a victory for roger federer at the australian open and defeat for english cricketers in australia. that is all coming up at half past six. first, it is time for the film review. first, it is time for 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? and interestingly, we have got

downsizing. earlyman, and interestingly, we have got downsizing. ea rlyman, the and interestingly, we have got downsizing. earlyman, the latest offering from aardman animations, a lwa ys offering from aardman animations, always a treat. and last flag flying. it looks intriguing, your first choice, that is what i would say. intriguing is exactly the word. this is something a bit different. the best way to describe it is it ta kes the best way to describe it is it takes riffs from the incredible thinking man and combines it with a bit of inconvenient truth and the american satire spanglish. the earth's resources have been depleted and process has been discovered to shrink people down to five inches. you can save the planet, you become and use less resources. everyone has agreed it is a good idea. but the reason people are doing it is

because the lifestyle you get offered if you agree to become small is more extravagant than you get in the big world. so the decision... downsizing takes pressure off, especially money pressure. downsizing takes pressure off, especially money pressurem downsizing takes pressure off, especially money pressure. it must bea especially money pressure. it must be a good to know you are making a difference. all that crap about saving the planet? yes. downsizing is about saving yourself. we live like kings. i am still in the same house i was born in, audrey is dying to move, but we are strapped. do not mess around. you get the best houses, best appliances, doctors, the great restaurants. the kids love cheesecake factory is. we have got three of them. can you back up a little? they might be too much garlic in the source. it is an interesting setup and it looks like the beginning of a great movie. then matt damon's character decides he is

going to downsize and when he does, he is isolated, alone and not content like he was in the bigger world, but only smaller. then the film loses its direction. once you get into the small community there is very little of interacting with the large one. most movies dealing with the miniaturisation have them interacting. here you can forget that you are in the small world, which is the point. more troublesome is the fact it has a number of threads it is trying to deal with, the eco—crisis, the personal crisis, a commentary on consumerism, staff about general middle—aged malaise, and somehow those elements do not only not come together, they start com pletely only not come together, they start completely fracturing. the film is not short. it is two and a quarter hours long and it could have done with some downsizing in its running time. after the initial setup and promise, after what looked like

being a good use of a science fiction premise it falls apart. it isa fiction premise it falls apart. it is a shame because there are lots of interesting ideas and it is always good to see a director aiming big evenif good to see a director aiming big even if it does not come together. i have to say there was a good half of iti have to say there was a good half of it i find frustrating. having given you all these ideas, it then does not know what to do with them. it does not know whether it wants to be funny, satirical, sombre about the fate of the planet or whether it wa nts to fate of the planet or whether it wants to concentrate on a marriage falling apart. it ends up not satisfying any of them. u nfortu nately satisfying any of them. unfortunately it is terribly unsatisfying, despite the fact it sta rts unsatisfying, despite the fact it starts well. very disappointing. i was a big fan of sideways. and i am a very big fan of wallace and gromit. and no disappointment for earlyman. a gromit. and no disappointment for ea rlyman. a stone gromit. and no disappointment for earlyman. a stone age tribe is

driven out of its valley by the arrival of lord knuth who says the stone age is over and long live the age of bronze. what then happens the young hero, dug, agrees to have a football match for ownership of the valley. it turns out that way back in his heritage, football is deep in his genes. however, all his tribesmen cannot play football, so they have to recruit a young woman to teach them to get the match ready. firstly, the visuals are incredible. they use some computer graphics to get a sense of stadium size, but all the primary animation has that aardman animations feel, it is physical, and i can see you looking at these images. it is wonderful. and it is properly funny. it has great slapstickjokes that

referred to harold lloyd and buster keaton. there is a homage at the very beginning, but it is also not about straightforward end of the pier, innuendo and human. istarted laughing right from the very beginning. i never lost it, i laughed all the way through. in the screening there was only me and the other person. i became embarrassed by how much i was laughing. they we re by how much i was laughing. they were enjoying it but not as much as i was. you see so many comedies with insufficient laughter. all the way through this i chuckled and i was delighted by the visuals. the story was charming. and i can go on my own, i don't need to find a child? they make genuine family films for people of all ages. i would happily go back and see it again, not least because they were so many fleeting sight gags that i did not catch the first time round. i love nick park,

he does a greatjob. first time round. i love nick park, he does a great job. a genius. your third choice? last flag flying. it is adapted from a novel and the last detail was adapted into a film and this is the novel sequel to his novel. it is an adaptation of a novel. it is an adaptation of a novel that is not a sequel. three former marines are reunited decades later when one of their sons dies in iraq and they go on a road trip together. one of them has taken holy orders. they go on the road trip together and they bicker and the bond and they talk about the past and the present. what if i don't like it? we get stuck with a contract for two years? two years. what if you fall down? have you

thought of that? with your legs that isa thought of that? with your legs that is a possibility. you cannot get up and nobody can see you? but with your mobile phone you can get it out and if you could see the numbers, your glasses, i can't say, help me, i cannot get up. 911 calls do not count against minutes either. come on! ifi count against minutes either. come on! if i say yes, will you shut the hellup? on! if i say yes, will you shut the hell up? the joy either performances. laurence fishburne is really good. he is the person facing up really good. he is the person facing up to grief. i think he does that really brilliantly. if you go there looking for a film that is as cutting edge as the last detail, you will be disappointed. if you see it asa will be disappointed. if you see it as a film in its own right and you are able to enjoy the ensemble performances, it is a film about

their relationship, it is melancholic, it is sad and nostalgic. it is often laughed out loud funny. it will not change the world. rather than saying it is the sequel, it is more of a footnote, but a rather charming footnote, largely because the three central performances carried through. you we re performances carried through. you were enjoying that clip. it is a film that stands on its own. oddly enough, the problem becomes if you try and put it next to others and it isa try and put it next to others and it is a different kettle of fish. it is a kinder not sequel to the movie. is a different kettle of fish. it is a kinder not sequel to the moviem that clear? i think so. and the best dvd? coco came out last week and i love free billboards. it is great that pixar animation is finally back at the top of its game. some really

complicated subjects. life, death, grief, loss, memory, but it does it ina way grief, loss, memory, but it does it in a way that children and adults alike can watch it. it looks beautiful. if you see it and you love it, get the book of life on dvd. it is also a very good movie. and dvd. ifelt ignorant when i read lots about this because of your forthcoming recommendation, and it sounds fascinating. i felt bad i forthcoming recommendation, and it sounds fascinating. ifelt bad i did not know very much about it. in between is a story about three women living in tel aviv, each fighting their own personal battle for freedom against political, religious and social repression. it is beautifully observed, fantastic performances, really well written. it deals with difficult subject matter, often very light—hearted and funny. it has a beautifully enigmatic ending and the best way of

describing it is you have seen the graduate? at the end is that incredible sense of ambiguity, i think has that. it is really well worth seeing. it did not get a huge theatrical release, but i have yet to meet anyone who has seen it who has not loved it. thank you very much, mark. an interesting week. we are now creeping up towards awards season as are now creeping up towards awards season as well. lots to talk about in the coming weeks. lots to talk about in the coming weeks. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week though. enjoy your cinema going. see you next time, goodbye. hello, cool feeling day today, but

lots of dry and bright weather around and our weather watchers have been out with their cameras. this photo came in earlierfrom somerset and plenty of blue skies in the picture. west was best for sunshine as we moved through the day today, but we are seeing signs of change. the cloud and outbreaks of rain coming in from the west and that is how we proceed as we move overnight. these clouds will edge their weight used as we move into the weekend and there will be a change in the feel of the weather and there is some rain in the forecast as well. overnight that rain edges west, the cloud increasing as well. in the east there will be clearer skies and that will allow the temperatures to fall away. a few patches of mist and

fog to form perhaps. as we start the day tomorrow that whether france will continue to work its weight eastwards. you can also see those isobars which are very tightly packed. a windy day tomorrow. at eight o'clock in the morning that rain is heaviest in the north, sitting across scotland and it is breezy as well. passing through northern ireland and north—west england. in the east it is drier. a cold start in east anglia and the south—east. mist and fog lifts in the morning. that rain will work its weight used through the day, replacing the brightness in the south east with cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain. improvements in the north and the west, potentially heavy and thundery showers for parts of scotland. it will be windy in the far north of scotland. but temperatures back in double figures

for many of us. as we go into sunday we continue to draw in that milder airfrom the we continue to draw in that milder air from the south and the south west. just in the far north it stays in that cooler air mass. more in the way of brightness. some rain in scotla nd way of brightness. some rain in scotland and northern ireland and into northern england. cloudy in the south, but there will be brighter intervals in the east on high ground. a maximum of 1a celsius. this weekend it will be mild and windy at times and there will be rain at times. it's america first for trade, donald trump tells global finance leaders, but the us is still open for business. the high—flying audience queued for over an hour to hear the president declare a booming us would benefit everyone. america first does not mean america alone. when the united states grows, so does the world. we'll be asking how the president's speech went down. also tonight:

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