to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. 50 mark, what do we have this week? what have you been watching? interesting week, we have a psychological thriller starring claire foy by steven soderbergh, unsane, wrinkle in time, the big budget adaptation of a much loved book, by averages are nice. and pacific rim, pacific rim uprising, john boyega stars in the robotic sequel. —— a wrinkle in time by abergavenny —— ava duvernay. the new film by steven soderbergh, claire foy, will very much in the shadow of an old sam phillips film, called shock corridor, interesting, trashy, exploitation film. —— sam fuller. claire foy is a businesswoman whose

life has fallen apart because she has endured a stalker, and basically, as a result of this, she has had to move towns, keep her identity quiet, keep her phone number secret, she has lived a very difficult life as a result of this stalker‘s attentions and unsurprisingly she suffers from anxiety and depression, she goes to see her doctor, during the course of the conversation, she happens to mention in passing that she has thought about suicide but she mentions it literally as an aside. the next thing, she is signing a piece of paper which she is told is com pletely piece of paper which she is told is completely standard and suddenly she finds herself incarcerated. she is com pletely finds herself incarcerated. she is completely sane, but she's now in prison, so here is now in prison, so here's a clip. can i ask, do you think i could just make a phone call, to let family know that i am 0k? call, to let family know that i am ok? you get a phone call... that is so ok? you get a phone call... that is so nice. thank you. you are saying

you want your phone call now? yes, yes, that is what i am saying, it is like you read my mind. yes, hello, my name is sawyer valentini, i yes, hello, my name is sawyer valentini, lam yes, hello, my name is sawyer valentini, i am at highland creek behavioural facility, i am valentini, i am at highland creek behavioural facility, lam being held here against my will, please, send help, thank you. iwill held here against my will, please, send help, thank you. i will be out of here in like 20 minutes. do you know how many calls the cops get like that every week? those are from crazy people. that is kind of the set up, then she's trying to prove that she is completely sane, and the more she attempts to do that, the more she attempts to do that, the more insane they think she is. very odd, like side effects which started like a serious drama and went off the rails, this begins in a fairly intense fashion, and then descends more and more intojust intense fashion, and then descends more and more into just complete craziness. and, it does so very

knowingly. the interesting thing, it is shot on an iphone seven, it does not look grungy, that gives it a very immediate look, he said he found it liberating, steven soderbergh, we have seen other films shot on iphones before, for instance, capital at a tangerine. juno temple, great screen presence, she is an unruly force of nature, she is an unruly force of nature, she has a small role. she's really captivating. —— tangerine. the film itself, steven soderbergh is interesting, new not above exploitation movies, he's not above enjoying a certain degree of cinematic hysteria, what makes this work is claire foy, because herjob is to keep a completely straight face while everything around her is descending. and whole thing is, you have two believed in her, she starts to think that her stalker is working in the hospital, is he, isn't he, as she imagining it, is it true? none of this would not work if you did not have a performance at the centre

which had complete conviction, somebody where you think, i'm investing my sympathy and belief in this character. on one level, it's just like a big overblown episode of the twilight zone. it has that sense of seriousness, at the beginning, that goes out of the window very fast, and it descends into entertaining histrionics, all over the place, makes no sense whatsoever, all over the place. —— the twilight zone. there is a point where someone clearly said, this plot does not... actually, let's carry on! laughter claire foy carries it and it is a great tribute to her. terrible thing to say but i was so stressed just watching the trailer, that i did not go to the screening because i thought, i am so stressed and angry over these two minutes, i cannot handle that for two hours. beverley fine... is it stressful throughout? certainly, at the beginning, when she is saying, i'm not meant to be here. —— perfectly fine. she is saying, i'm not meant to be here. -- perfectly fine. i do find that stuff. it is intense. a third

of the way through, it goes, never mind, let's go completely, and enjoy ourselves, that is what happens. claire foy keeps it together. superb actress, she's terrific. a fantastic director, ava duvernay, what do you make of this? this means you have read some of the reviews are not positive. this is her adaptation of the much loved book a wrinkle in time by madeleine l'engle, storm reid go searching for her missing scientist father, an adventure through times and space, led by three bizarrely attired astral guides and the film is really interesting in as much as it is a broad canvas, and to see offering, breaking the white male grip on the fa ntasy breaking the white male grip on the fantasy market, trying to do something adventurous, i'm very specifically at the seven to 14 age group and as a 56—year—old man, i am demonstrably therefore not in the target audience! the thing that

troubles me is this, because i'm excited by the idea of it, why didn'ti excited by the idea of it, why didn't i like it more, the thing it reminded me of was peterjackson putt adaptation of the lovely bones, really difficult book, he did this fantastical adaptation which had loads of dreamy visuals. —— the lovely bones. but it never got under the skin of the book, and ifelt lovely bones. but it never got under the skin of the book, and i felt all the skin of the book, and i felt all the time that i was watching the film rather than experiencing it. fa ntasy, film rather than experiencing it. fantasy, you have to be engulfed, you have to be swept along. sammy seamster like about it, a film with a young female central character who gets through on her wits, rather than anything else. she is the emotional heart of the film. all the way through i could feel myself thinking, i want to be carried along by this but i am not. i am willing to a cce pt by this but i am not. i am willing to accept it may read differently if you are in the target market, it may be that i was just too detached from the film—making to be able to fully invest in the story, and i confess, i will go and see it again but i would be lying if i said the film work for me. i wanted it to but if

you think of the best fantasy films, thinking about et, for instance, no matter your age, you burst into tea rs. matter your age, you burst into tears. you weep buckets because it is et. this does not do that, my feeling is it is an honourable failure. nothing wrong with that, i would rather see a film—maker aim high and trip than play it safe but idid high and trip than play it safe but i did feel, i wanted this to work and it did not. ok, and your third choice, is this a blockbuster? let's wait and see! the first pacific rim, guillermo del toro, took great joy pacific rim, guillermo del toro, took greatjoy in the spectacle of really big robots hitting really big creatures, ok, so made by somebody who loved all that stuff, and i think the del toro is sorely missed on the sequel, this is set ten years after the battle at the end of that one, black marketeer jake after the battle at the end of that one, black marketeerjake pentecost, son of idris elba's character from the first, though to prison or go back and work as an instructor for more people to learn how to drive these massive robots, these jaegers,

and of course, he agrees to be an instructor. how are you doing. . . ? this is a military base. you remember how that works. ranger pentecost. ranger, sir. let's get you squared away. try not to steal any thing while you are here. did that haircutjust call any thing while you are here. did that haircut just call you pentecost? as in stacker pentecost? pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world? pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world ?m pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world? it is just a name. it is a really cool name! in its favour, it is a film about massive robots hitting each other, it has none of the leering nastiness of a michael bay movie, thatis nastiness of a michael bay movie, that is good, on the other hand, what it does not have is any of the magic and wonder and awe of a guillermo del toro film. nor does it have the fun of real steel for instance, in which hugh have the fun of real steel for instance, in which huthackman and big fighting robots. —— real steel.

very quickly, despite the fact we have some interesting actors, very quickly it becomes big robots hitting each other and smashing great big buildings and none of it having any impact whatsoever. really odd, you are left with the spectacle. empty spectacle. very few occasions in which empty spectacle alone will get away with it. i think we have seen enough big robots hitting each other to no longer be impressed by that, what you need... i know this sounds old—fashioned, you need a story that you air about, characters that you like and you are rooting for, some kind of heart, amidst all the real steel smashing. —— real steel. and real steel did have that and this did not.|j —— real steel. and real steel did have that and this did not. i get the feeling you did not like it much. what is good? the best thing out, you never really here, by lynne ramsey, she has made only for features, more than colour, we need to talk about kevin, rat—catcher and this, she dances to the beat of her

own drum, this is a really brilliant film, starring joaquin felix as a quy film, starring joaquin felix as a guy who is a hit man, specialises in retrieving lost teenagers, but the film is not interested in the nuts and bolts of the plot, it is more a psychological state, brilliant score byjonny greenwood, you need to see it on byjonny greenwood, you need to see itona byjonny greenwood, you need to see it on a big screen because it is proper cinema. i think lynne ramsey isa proper cinema. i think lynne ramsey is a genius. —— you were never really here. an absolute genius, please go to see this film because it is wonderful, make it a hit. —— joaquinl phoenix. this is written and directed by angela robinson, great performances by rebecca hall, bella heathcote, believe me, i did not know this story before i saw the film, very eye opening, very entertaining, not enough people saw this in cinemas, i would like more people to see this film on dvd, professor ma rston people to see this film on dvd, professor marston and the wonder women. that isjust about all we have time for, this week, you can find all of the film news and from across the bbc on the website. all

the previous programmes are on the iplayer, as ever. enjoy your cinema going. see you next time. good evening, springlike sunshine out there for many of us today, quite a mild story through the weekend as well, things are set to turn colder again through the course of next week. before we get there, lovely afternoon, most of the cloud and rain thinning away, this is how things are looking in argyll. but it has not been clear skies everywhere, more clout rolling in from the south—west of england and wales, swirl of cloud, low system working its way in, bringing some outbreaks of rain, in fact, if we look at the recent rainfall radar, rain heading across wales and the south—west of

england, down towards the channel islands. elsewhere, most of the showers petering out over the past few hours, a lot of dry weather as we had through into this evening. cloud increasing across england and wales from the south—west, patchy rain spilling in as the pressure system rain spilling in as the pressure syste m m oves rain spilling in as the pressure system moves towards the south—west. clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland overnight, it is here that temperatures will fall the lowest. subzero across scotland, a little bit of frost around first thing, through the weekend, not looking too bad, dry weather, sunshine spells particularly by sunday, a few showers across the north—west of the country, temperatures around average. certainly not as cold as it was last weekend but milder than it is going to be this weekend. during saturday, cloudy across england and wales, a few spots of rain pushing east through the day, but many places staying largely drier, more grey. further north, more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. as they view wintry showers, into the far north—west, snell on the mountains, rain at low level is, temperatures getting into double

figures on saturday, feeling rather cold. saturday night, into sunday, area of cloud across england and wales will drift away through the south—east. clearer skies moving across the country and wind falling. misting is around first thing sunday morning. goldust of the temperatures once again across scotland, into northern ireland and northern england. clear skies too. sunday said to be the better day, cloud tearing away. —— mistiness. persisting in the far south—east. isolated wintry flurries, coming in across the mountains of north—west scotland, most mountains of north—west scotland, m ost pla ces mountains of north—west scotland, most places looking drive. ten to 13 degrees, good in sunny spells, fairly light wind as well, as we had through next week, another change on the cards, unsettled start, and then things will turn quite a bit colder as we head up to easter, still some uncertainty. cold spell in the weather. don't forget, fox said to

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