thank you, rachel and henry. next on bbc news, the film review. goodbye. hello and a warm welcome. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so 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 ava duvernay. and pacific rim: uprising, john boyega stars in the robotic sequel. claire foy is a big—ticket? she basically carries this movie.

the new film by steven soderbergh, claire foy will be very much in the shadow of an old sam fuller film, called shock corridor, an interesting, trashy, exploitation film. 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 completely standard and suddenly she finds herself incarcerated. against her will. she is completely sane, but she's now in prison, so here she is now in prison, so here's a clip.

can i ask, do you think i could just make a phone call, to let my family know that i am 0k? 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 am at highland creek behavioural facility. lam being 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 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 into just complete craziness. and it does so very knowingly. the interesting thing, it is shot on an iphone 7. 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, tangerine. juno temple, great screen presence, she is an unruly force of nature, she has a small role. she's really captivating. the film itself, steven soderbergh is interesting, 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 the whole thing is, you have to believe in her. she starts to think that her stalker is working in the hospital. is he, isn't he, is she imagining it, is it true? none of this would 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'sjust 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. 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.

perfectly fine... is it stressful throughout? certainly, at the beginning, when she is saying, i'm not meant to be here. 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 goes searching for her missing scientist father, an adventure through time and space, led by three bizarrely attired astral guides. the film is really interesting in as much as it is a broad canvas, a film breaking the white male grip on the fantasy market, trying to do something adventurous, aimed 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, is why didn't i like it more? the thing it reminded me of was peterjackson?s adaptation of the lovely bones. a really difficult book, he did this fantastical adaptation which had loads of dreamy visuals. but it never got under the skin of the book, and i felt all the time that i was watching the film rather than experiencing it. fantasy, you have to be engulfed, you have to be swept along. what i did 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 accept that 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 worked for me. i wanted it to, but if you think of the best fantasy films, i'm thinking about et, for instance, no 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 up than play it safe, but i did feel that i wanted this to work and it did not. 0k, and your third choice, is this a blockbuster? let's wait and see! the first 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 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 pentecost, son of idris elba's character from the first, has to go 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 anything while you are here. did that haircutjust call you pentecost? as in stacker pentecost? pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world? it isjust 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,

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, with hugh jackman and big fighting robots. 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 care about, characters that you like and you are rooting for. some kind of heart amidst all the real steel smashing. 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 were never really here, by lynne ramsay. she has made only four features. morvern callar, we need to talk about kevin, ratcatcher and this. she dances to the beat of her own drum. this is a really brilliant film, starring joaquin phoenix as a guy who is a hitman, 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, a brilliant score byjonny greenwood, you need to see it on a big screen because it is proper cinema. i think lynne ramsey is a genius. an absolute genius, please go to see this film because it is wonderful, make it a hit. 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 and the wonder women. that is just 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. i hate to break the bad news, i don't think linger is quite done with us yet. it is about the time when we see the clocks go forward and british summertime begins. just bought —— short of one hour before we put the clocks forward. sunshine to go with that. we had it on saturday across much of

scotland. this was the scene in fife. a lovely afternoon. more of that through sunday. the reason we saw the cloud is due to low pressure. that is clearing off towards the mediterranean. it leaves a trailing weather front. this is what has brought the cloud and rain through. still across the southern parts of some england. it will remain across the channel islands. here it is frost free. elsewhere we will see a frost to begin with. they called stuttered sunday morning. mistan called stuttered sunday morning. mist an fog patches as well. the sunny conditions will chase away. avast lima group dei compared to what we saw today. warmun out there as well. —— ed fast improved dei. far north of scotland, we will see showers come and go through the day. it will be pleasant when the sun is ever had. into sunday evening, it

will go into weekly night to take us into monday. the evenings maybe brighter. the knights is long enough to produce a widespread frost. temperatures below freezing as we start monday. things will turn milder. quite pleasant from the west. from next week, a battle from atla ntic west. from next week, a battle from atlantic air trying to keep things my else. colder air, trying to fight its way in from the continent. wynter not done yet. mon should be a pleasa nt wynter not done yet. mon should be a pleasant day. scotland, england, and wales frosty. some turning hazy through the day. clouding over during the morning in northern ireland with breaks of rain. the breeze picking up. temperatures for most in double figures. there will bea most in double figures. there will be a change through monday night into tuesday. ran quite widely. windy conditions as well. it will be into central areas of this front, producing persistent rain. the

south, sunshine, heavy and thundery showers. to the north about weather front those easterly winds starting to kick in. snow leopard the grampians, potentially. aberdeen, just five degrees. from there on the cold will gradually seep its way northwards. hello. this is bbc world news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: they're calling it the march for their lives — hundreds of thousands of young americansjoin rallies across their country in support of stricter gun controls. this is the message they want us leaders to hear. we will continue to organise, protest, and speak of what we believe in, until we see the change that our communities deserve. where he did say that enough is enough and not one more. —— we he did say that enough is enough and not one more. “ we are here he did say that enough is enough and not one more. —— we are here to stay. —— say. australia's cricket team is in turmoil as one of them admits he tampered with the ball in a test match. but the captain says he won't resign.

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