next up, it's the film review. but it's good night from me. 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'll 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 magdalene, as played by rooney mara, opposite joaquin phoenix asjesus. 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'? but they may be trying to get this right, because angelina jolie's lara croft has dated terribly — the effects are bad and it was never quite right. tomb raider was sort of a teenage fever dream for many boys who used to play that as 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, and she has got this strength to her and balletic, which she needs, because she has done a lot of running in this movie. she is slumming it in shoreditch when we start this, but 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 dad'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 these 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 actors 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 off solving them yourself in your head — but don't bother, because they don't make any sense, really! it's just 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 survive 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 krypton factor! considering the indignities heaped upon her and ridiculous scenarios thrown at her, i was mesmerised by how brilliant she is at this. she brings a balletic strength to it. she's got great abs, fantastic skills with a bow and arrow, and she's far, far better than the film she is in. i 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 stuff at poor alicia vikander. but the climatic tomb raid is almost laughable — it looks like something that you get on the back of the cereal packet! it's like, is that what this has all been about?! 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 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 inner ape. it's a satire on the art world. art that 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 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 quandaries at you. it's very funny, but also very thought—provoking, perhaps a bit too thought—provoking, like the monkey poking dominic west in the ear. you have been to see mary magdalen as well. it's easter coming up, time for a passion story. this is reported to tell for the first time the story of mary magdalene, 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 at the threshold. do you fear that you will never reach the kingdom? whose kingdom? you know as well as i 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 anew. like children. i have been hidden for too long. i'm not sure what to say about that! 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 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 of a story for everyone — it won't offend catholics, christians, jews, muslims or even atheists. is it trying to be too careful, is that part of the problem? it is trying to tiptoe over any heresy. people boycotted martin scorcese‘s film. any film that makes you pine for mel gibson has got it wrong! it also 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! i do wish you'd say what you really think, jason! so that's a long two hours, and we'll leave it at that! i don't think this will make a lot of money at the box office, either. i think faith—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. and you've got to see it now at the cinema. it is becoming a cultural event — people are seeing it four or 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 exciting, it's funny. people are hollering at it 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! good. but it's a delight, it's an absolute sweet, delightful, charming, sometimes silly, butjust lovely, lovely, lovely. beautifully done... here he is in his little outfits, wondering around.

paddington 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?! just fantastic! he is. and 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 to see it. if you want a marmalade sandwich, you can't have one! it's very sweet, wonderful. a mixed week, but an interesting one. jason, good to see you, thank you. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema—going and your dvd watching. it's terrific, honestly! thanks for being with us. goodbye. hello there. perhaps you are just

about to head off to bed and wondering what sort of winter wonderland might greet you in the morning. well there is some more snow to come for some of us and some of us have already had a fair bit. that was a picture from a weather watcher in kent little bit earlier on today. it wasn't so much snow at this stage close to sheffield, i suspect there is more now because as the radar picture shows, there have been lots and lots and lots of showers feeding in from the east and now what we have as well is this more persistent area of snow down to the south. that will be drifting its way westwards, two met office and the warnings as well, one across the south—east and one across eastern england into the south pennines and north midlands and after midnight in afume in north midlands and after midnight in a fume in its time will have another warning area across the south—west of england and the south—east of wales because the snow is increasingly setting in here as we go on through the night. this area of the system snow drifting its way westwards. just about anywhere you could catch on further snow showers through the night, quite windy but

despite that, temperatures will get away around —6, —7. not only frost and the snow but ice as well to take this into tomorrow morning. tomorrow i think most concerning weather is down across this south—western corner. a closer look at time clock in the morning, if you are out and about thrift devon, somerset, bristol, the eastern side of wales and west edmonds, there could be quite a lot of snow blowing around on that risk, cold easterly wind. a feed of stay shall into northern england into northern ireland and the eastern side of scotland as well. western scotland shouldn't see too many showers, a decent amount of sunshine and as we go through the day, for many, northern and eastern areas the showers will tend to fade. this area of snow will pull away from wales but the south—west of england is likely to cease never a good part of the day. 10— 20 centimetres of snow around high ground on what will be a windy and cold day. that area of snow in the

south will pull a wagering sunday night and monday we are into this area of high pressure building down from the north. monday, not a bad looking day. these slabs of cloud floating around with spells of sunshine in between and a subtle shift in the wind direction, no more easterly is, more like a northerly. still a cold direction but not as cold as has been. that is the trend to the week ahead. look at the ten pictures rise as a get to the end of the week. by that stage it will be rain that falls, it will not be snow. in the meantime, some disruption possible on sunday, take ca re disruption possible on sunday, take care out there i wish you good night. this is bbc world news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories. russia calls in britain's man in moscow to announce its plans to retaliate — it will throw out 23 uk diplomats and close the consulate in st petersburg. translation: british prime ministers insult us and her foreign secretary

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