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debris will hit water. and as for china, it's pressing on with its space ambitions. it's putting up more modules and hopes to have a bigger and more permanent manned space station built in a decade. jonathan amos, bbc news. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: russia summons western ambassadors. london is told to cut its diplomatic contingent in moscow, in the escalating row following the salisbury nerve agent attack. at least nine palestinians have been killed by israeli gunfire, as thousands mass on the border ahead of a major protest. a member of the uk armed services has been killed in syria — they were embedded with united states forces. the film review coming up in a moment, first look at the sports coverage tonight. coming up, anthony joshua weighing in for britain's first heavyweight unification fight,
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the wbf federation champion is mr stone lighter committee takes on his opponent tomorrow hoping to win his first bout. more about that story on the website. now on bbc news it's 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? a very exciting week, we have random player one, steven spielberg adventure, stop motion from wes anderson in i love dogs, not that one! and journeyman eight paddy considine drama that really packs a punch. steven spielberg, what you make of it. the setup is that real
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life in the feature is squalid that people spend their time in second life as avatars in this great big computer game called the oasis where they can get possessions and accrue things but if they get killed in the game they will lose everything. easter eggs in the game are hidden within it by its designer who is a benevolent figure who has now passed on. our hero, his avatar, in the game, is looking for the keys that will give him the domain of the game. however ben mendelsohn‘s slimy businessman is also trying to get those keys so you have the interplay between the avatar world, the unreal world, and the real world. it works surprisingly well. here's a clip. wade bowen watts born august 12 2027. i no way you are, you are now
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seen entering the trailer, three days ago and you haven't left since. what are you doing? with all going on in this world do you think anyone give saddam about some explosion in some ghetto trash warren in columbus? don't do this, i'm running in there. not for long. pick up, pick up alice! it looks expensive, i will say that much. it is a steven spielberg film! real world, and real world, one of the thing i liked about it is the interplay between the two worlds. the other thing is that the virtual world is packed with pop culture references from the 70s and 80s, early on someone
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references from the 70s and 80s, early on someone produces the spaceship from silent running. i was one over, then that is the delorean from the film back to the feature. you think this could become just about spotting the references but it isa about spotting the references but it is a real popcorn sugar rush thrill ride. you can tell spielberg loves the avatar world he has created. and you get emotionally engaged with the characters. it would be easy this to become just characters. it would be easy this to becomejust a technical characters. it would be easy this to become just a technical exercise, when you spot the references and look at the visuals but you care about the story, the story makes sense and believe me if the story is set ina sense and believe me if the story is set in a computer game and makes sense to me, it will make sense to anyone! i went in, with trepidation andi anyone! i went in, with trepidation and i watched everything with a huge smile, i laughed, and i watched everything with a huge smile, ilaughed, i and i watched everything with a huge smile, i laughed, iwas and i watched everything with a huge smile, i laughed, i was excited, swept along by the action. i loved the constant pop culture references, some i got, some i didn't, it's to make a difference. i thought, it is
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really great popcorn candyfloss film making by a master who understands how to do this and who obviously has created many of the pop culture references to which this film refers. self reverential but in a way that didn't distance me from it, i thought it to me and i would not have anticipated that. that is our is dithering sorted. a shame because i was going to go home and say i wa nt to i was going to go home and say i want to see isle of dogs. i am a dog lover, very excited. and also a dog owner and a cat owner. it's stop motion from wes anderson set in japan in the future. all the dogs have been taken to nagasaki city and sent to this trash island on the pretext of protecting humans from an outbreak of dog flu. all these dogs are dumped on this island and a young boy separated from his dog which has been sent to the island flies to try to find him. when he gets there he finds a pack, they
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describe themselves as scary indestructible alpha dogs, their battle cry is let's have a vote. they help him find his lost dog. read this as a parable about outsiders and closed borders, or a story about leadership and pack action. you can see it as a lovely film about a boy and a lost dog. there is... is it fun, serious? both those things. really good fun, often very funny and because it is wes anderson quirky and offbeat. some things in it are quite grisly. there's a sort of live sushi sequence, oui’ there's a sort of live sushi sequence, our young hero there's a sort of live sushi sequence, our young hero gets a propeller pop stuck in his head at one point and one dog is told to stop licking his wounds, literally, and you even get an organ transplants are not entirely cute and cuddly. it is scratchy. notjust the dogs, it's the animation. it has this lovely tactile quality and a very good voice cast, bryan
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cranston, very good voice cast, bryan cra nston, scarlet joha nsson. the visuals are breathtaking. as i watched i thought, must see this again because you miss so much on on first viewing. every time you look ata first viewing. every time you look at a frame it is full of delights, you want to watch it again. some things about it beautiful, some are harsh, you have to see both of them. you have to see that and random player one. i'm so excited about paddy considine. ifeel player one. i'm so excited about paddy considine. i feel physically winded from watching that film but ina good winded from watching that film but in a good way. this isjourneyman, starring paddy considine, he has a title to defend and he's also a husband and father. in a boxing match is punched heavily and severely injured. he has a life changing injury and suddenly finds himself having to rebuild his character because the injury has changed who he is and what he knows and what he does. and also what he can remember about his life. this is a clip. that's jackie. he's in your
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corner. was that. that is rigid, your trainer. and my dad? yes, you know him. that's matt. matt. that's me. yeah. my friends? yes. who are they? that is a good question. that is one of the most poignant parts, because those friends... they don't know how to deal with it. what i love about this is, paddy considine isa love about this is, paddy considine is a personalfilm maker making films that come from the heart. the
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title is journeyman films that come from the heart. the title isjourneyman which means one thing that it is the story of a man going on a journey. i think the actress who plays his wife is brilliant. you feel her presence even when she isn't there. the narrative is straight forward but you believe every minute of it, he's struggling to remember something. you can see him struggling, what he is doing through his physical as asian is externalising something which is interior which is very hard to do, there's one but it was seen when he's on the phone tojodie whittaker. his wife. i was in pieces. in floods of tears. i am so glad you liked it. i thought it was terrific. you completely believe in the characters. i don't know anything about boxing. i have never been to a boxing match. anything about boxing. i have never been to a boxing matchlj anything about boxing. i have never been to a boxing match. i couldn't watch one, i can't watch something
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you think somebody might get hurt and by definition this is what happens. although is evident that paddy considine has great affection for boxing. i think it's really interesting. three really interesting. three really interesting films, go and see any or all of them, it will be a packed weekend. i'm going to be busy. what is the best of the bunch. have you seen is the best of the bunch. have you seen this film by lynne ramsey? promise me that you will see it. let me sell it to you like this. it is tough, joaquin phoenix plays a hit man character going to get a lost teenager and it has violence and brutality but it is done poetically. down in a way which is moving, often funny and touching. and very poetic. not the film it sounds like when you describe the plot, i promise. in the same without journeyman is describe the plot, i promise. in the same withoutjourneyman is not a story about boxing, it's not really about boxing. you will love. dvd of
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the week? inge goes west, this young woman who can't distinguish between social media and reality. it reminds me of the brilliant film the king of comedy. sentence it is kind of like a stalker story, on the one hand dark and sinister, on the other hand comic and it walks that tightrope very well. didn't get a big audience in cinemas but deserves one on dvd, i thought it was terrific. thumbs up across the board. so much great stuff to watch. i'd be really interested to know what you think of ready player one and the ad of dogs. i will see them both. thank you mark. just a reminder, you can find all the film reviews from across the bbc online. this is the address. all
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our previous programmes are on the bbc i play of course. particularly, this easter long weekend, enjoy your cinema going because there are some real treats to watch. a busy weekend ahead. bye bye. good evening. some decent weather to go to the cinema this weekend! there will be rain around at times, it turned into a gloomy good friday across last parts of the country —— large pots, that was lyme regis pulled one weather watch earlier, so different across the west of cornwall, some sunshine there, and as we go through the rest of the easter weekend rain will continue to feature at times. some snow as well particularly on monday. call for the most part, in between all of that there will be spells of sunshine. as you can see these areas of cloud circulating around an area of low
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pressure at the moment. each lump of cloud bringing outbreaks of rain. a lot of rain still across much of southern england, the midlands, east anglia, sliding to northern england through the night, wintris of the high ground, rain into west wales, these of cornwall not seeing as much, best in northern scotland and northern ireland seem clear spells substantially there could be a touch of frost that most places will see temperatures sticking above freezing, quite breezy out there as well. tomorrow pretty breezy, it will feel cold in the breeze, a lot of clout, some outbreaks of rain, some wintris of a high ground in northern england and scotland but the wet weather will has led the day goes on, best of the brightness of the north and scotland, a little drier towards the far south of england during the day although it will feel cool, between four and 10 degrees. sunday, easter day is probably the best day, mainly fine weather, the best sunshine in
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north—east scotland and england, lots of cloud elsewhere, into the far south—west later the winds will begin to pick up and we'll see outbreaks of rain, the first sign of potential trouble ahead for easter monday. this area of low pressure still spinning weather systems towards us, this one will run into some relatively cold air, so yes, it will bring some rain but it will also bring the risk of snow. there's still a lot of uncertainty about this but parts of north wales, the north midlands into northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland, these areas potentially will see significant, perhaps disruptive snow. stay tuned to our forecasts. the perhaps disruptive snow. stay tuned to ourforecasts. the north perhaps disruptive snow. stay tuned to our forecasts. the north of that largely dry, to the south, rain will fall because it will turn milder. bearin fall because it will turn milder. bear in mind that no could cause travel problems on easter monday. that's all from me for now. —— snow could cause travel problems. this is bbc news.
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