hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. what have you been watching? this week, we will go to raiding, and cliffhanging with the new lara croft in tomb raider. look at the meaning of art and find our inner ape in swedish satire the square. and we dip into biblical times for the real story of mary magdalen, as played out rooney mara oppositejoaquin phoenix as jesus. what a mixture! tomb raider is back. did they need to remake this? well, it wasn't very good the first time! often they do remakes of things that are really good and you think, why have they ruined it? that they may be trying to get this right, because lara croft has dated terribly, the effects are bad and it

was never quite right. tomb raider was never quite right. tomb raider was sort of a teenage fever dream for many boys who used to play that has a game when it was early computer games, and they've now changed the whole figure of lara croft for this new actress, who i happen to think is fantastic, she's beautiful, gorgeous, that she has got this strength to her and let it race which she needs, because she has done a lot of running in this movie. she is slumming it in shoreditch when we doing this, but then we find out she is the daughter ofa then we find out she is the daughter of a billionaire, who is played in a flashback. she has to go and sign the papers which means that she will inherit his fortune. that was that's? yes, miss croft. according to his will, i was supposed to give it to you. and technically speaking,

you are meant to sign the papers first. i could never understand your father's obsession with those things. i can't believe how many of those were lying around the house, there's got to be some purpose to it. the first letter from my final destination. but he didn't leave a letter. well, they've got all the great british act is in there as well, they've lined them all up! they are only in it for a bit, i have to say, for the money, i think! she goes off

on her quest, this is a quest movie, she goes hunting with clues that her father has left her, these riddles, which you might start of solving them yourself in your head, but don't bother, because they don't make ina don't bother, because they don't make in a sense, really! it'sjust another level of the game that she goes to. she goes to hong kong, and then she is pursued, which is all very good, then she has to go to a remote japanese island on a ship, and survived a storm, going down a waterfall and solving another puzzle. she does a lot ofjumping and then she does a lot of dangling. laughter you know, it's a bit grip on factor! —— krypton factor. considering the indignities heaped upon her and ridiculous scenario is thrown at her, i was mesmerised by how brilliant she is at this. she brings a politics strength to it. she's got great apps, fantastic skills with a

bow and arrow when she's far, far better than the film she is in. bow and arrow when she's far, far better than the film she is inli wondered whether you were getting to that. she is great, but is it worth seeing apart from her? it's very kinetic, the best i can say for it is it keeps hurling staff at paul alicia vikander. but the climatic tomb raider is almost laughable, it looks like something that you get on the back of the cereal packet!m that what this has all been about with lexmark maybe there will be more tomb raiders and maybe they will get them better! they will keep trying. i'm loving the sound of the next one, it sounds intriguing. it won the palm d'or at cannes and has taken a year to get here but it was nominated as best foreign—language film at the bass does. —— at the baftas, much of it was not in swedish. elisabeth moss is in this. it features one of the great scenes

of the year, which we are seeing here. an american actor comes in as an artist. it is an art world satire, this is an art gallery benefit dinner. he comes in to do a performance piece but takes it far too far. here he is kind of goading dominic west. it's about finding our in that year. it's a satire on the art world. alpha can be dated, what's the point of art, is it ridiculous? this is about modern art. it's about the curator of this gallery that we're seeing here. he loses his mobile phone, and his life com pletely loses his mobile phone, and his life completely falls loses his mobile phone, and his life com pletely falls a pa rt loses his mobile phone, and his life completely falls apart and unravels. it really is a sort of film predicated on that. is that in the category of first world problems?! it is very much about white male privilege and what it is to be a man in the privileged world. like here they are in their black ties, and he is an artist. this scene goes on for 11 minutes and you can't stop watching, it's extraordinary, but you don't go how to react to it.

it's all about, what would you do in that situation? it keeps throwing moral quandary is accurate. it's very funny, but also very thought—provoking, perhaps a bit too provoking, like the poking dominic west in the ear. you have been to see mary magdalen as well. west in the ear. you have been to see mary magdalen as weltm west in the ear. you have been to see mary magdalen as well. it is easter coming up, time for a passion story. this is reported to tell for the first time the story of mary magdalen, who has been cast as a prostitute since pope gregory in 591 declared that she was a prostitute, which is apparently wrong, she wasn't. this film aims to correct that and show the jesus story through the eyes of the only female disciple, mary magdalen, played by rooney mara who leaves her fishing village and follows the son of god. mary.

each of you stand that the threshold. do you fear that you will never reach the kingdom? whose kingdom? you know as only are you do, there's only one true kingdom. and that is god. and god's kingdom has taken root. so we must prepare. we must wash away the stains of your corruption. and be born in you. —— born and new. like children. i have been hidden for too long. i'm not sure what to say about that they!

you can see why her father would be upset if she went to follow him, this kind of hairy bloke who's really boring! whatever you think about the bible, there's no denying it's got some great lines in it. why this film hasn't got any of them is a mystery to me. it is extraordinarily dull. is it a long couple of hours? absolutely so dull you would not believe it! it even looks dull, it has got this seppi town tablecloth fashion with the stones everywhere in the desert. at one stage it was the greatest story ever told, when it was in hollywood, now it's just the most boring story ever told. it's extraordinary what it does, trying to rectify it and make it a story for a new age, kind ofa make it a story for a new age, kind of a story for everyone, it won't offend catholics, christians, muslims or even atheists. is it trying to be too careful, is that pa rt trying to be too careful, is that part of the problem? it is trying to tiptoe over any heresy. people

boycotted modern course is off —— martin scorcese's full. any film that makes you cry for mel gibson has got it wrong! it makes you think of monty python all the time! there are scenes when people are going, messiah, messiah! you know what, he's not the messiah mightlj messiah, messiah! you know what, he's not the messiah might i do wish you'd say what you really think, jason! so that's a long two hours and will leave it at that!|j jason! so that's a long two hours and will leave it at that! i don't think this will make a lot of money at the box office. i think faith —based audiences will go and be com pletely —based audiences will go and be completely mystified as to what this was about. it is a passion of the christ without any passion. what should we be going to see? you've got to see black panther, you've got to see it now at the cinema, it is becoming a cultural event, people are seeing it for a five times, it has broken records at the box office, it is changing the way that audiences are going, black audiences are flocking to it, families are enjoying the representation. it is a

great superhero movie, it's sexy, it's it citing, it's funny, —— it's exciting. people are hollering at it in the cinema. if you haven't been toa in the cinema. if you haven't been to a marvel movie in the cinema, this is the one to go and see. and dvd of the week is also so lovely. i will admit, i cried at paddington 2! but it's a delight, it's an absolute sweet, delightful, charming, sometimes silly butjust lovely, lovely, lovely. beautifully done, he is in his little outfits, wondering around. paddington end didn't win best british film at the baftas, that went to three billboards. this is one of the best british films we've ever made. and how good is hugh grant?! is fantastic! sally hawkins is great in it, the whole brown family, the whole look of it is perfect, it's a work of genius, paddington 2, and when did you cry?!

i cried at the end! i'm not going to give anything away for anyone who hasn't been its. if you want a marmalade sandwich, you can't have one! it's very sweet, wonderful. a mixed week but an interesting one. decent, good to see you, thank you. that is it for this week. enjoy your cinema going android dvd watching. it's terrific, honestly! thanks for being with us, goodbye. —— and your dvd watching. good evening. if you have enjoyed a little but of springlike sunshine today, tomorrow is going to come as a shock to the system. wintry weather returning to our shores. today, here was the scene in nottinghamshire, beautiful blue skies. we had some shower clouds around, some rain showers across

parts of england and wales, snow showers already across scotland and the snow becoming more widespread through the weekend as well as icy conditions. amber warnings in force from the met office, we will have a look at those in a moment. we are likely to see some disruption at the weekend due to the weather. snow showers across scotland, and lower levels, more snow showers rushing into the east of england, overnight drifting further south and west across england and wales. relatively mild for the south—west of england and south wales, but bitterly cold elsewhere whereas we start saturday morning. the reason things are quite so—called through the weekend is down to this area of high pressure sitting across scandinavia —— so cold. the winds are rotating to draw ina cold. the winds are rotating to draw in a chilly etherley breeze. for saturday you can cease battered snow showers, —— for saturday you can see scattered snow showers. they gradually pushed their way further west later in the day. northern ireland and western scotland probably avoiding the worst of the

wintry showers, but in the wind it will feel cold, as low as —7 or minus eight degrees with the wind chill. so, the met office have issued amber warnings, that means be prepared for significant disruption, particularly across these three zones. particularly across these three zones. we could see heavy snowfall almost anywhere. snowfall forming into bands, some areas seeing quite a bit of snow, other areas not seeing much at all. the easterly wind will see a feed of further showers on sunday, easing from the east i think later on in the day. you start off, look at the temperatures first thing. around —2 oi’ temperatures first thing. around —2 or minus three degrees, even in the towns and cities. colder than that in the countryside. sunday, further snow showers, more sunshine towards the east later in the day, we will keep snow showers in wales and the south—west of england and perhaps in northern ireland. temperatures are a few degrees above freezing but it will feel colder than that when you have got exposed to easterly wind. we still have high pressure with us

on monday and tuesday, keeping the weather relatively dry into the new working week. but still fairly chilly to start. next week, things turning a little less cold. after the dry start it will turn unsettled once again later in the week. police launch a murder inquiry into the death of another russian exile in london. nikolai glushkov, a russian businessman, was found dead in his home on monday. it appears he was strangled. police are guarding his house. they say there is nothing to link his death to the poisoning of the russian spy sergei skripal. with mr skripal and his daughter still critical in hospital, the foreign secretary blames vladimir putin for the attack. our quarrel is with putin's kremlin, and with his decision. and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision. the kremlin calls mrjohnson‘s comments shocking and unforgivable. we'll bring you the latest on this developing story. also tonight: the iraqi teenagerfound guilty of the parsons green tube bombing, who was on the government's

counter—terror programme at the time. at least six people have been killed in miami after the collapse of a bridge built injust six hours less than a week ago.