tv The Film Review BBC News April 13, 2018 5:45pm-6:01pm BST
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and ur itquult” trying to reconnect. and thoughts turned skyward for trying to reconnect. and thoughts turned skyward for the titans. a mission to is populate saturn's moons with human life. a mixed bag. rampage. what did you make of that? it's a monster movie mash up of every monster movie you've ever seen before. it's got the rock in it, dwayne johnson as before. it's got the rock in it, dwaynejohnson as we must now call him. it's got genetically mutated alligators that have become enormous. this is a monster movie, but also a disaster movie. it's got the world exploding and things going wrong. it's about space experiment that's gone wrong. so don't experiments! it's genetically modified pathogen is falling to earth in wyoming, into the everglades where one is swallowed by an alligator. and in san diego zoo gorilla sanctuary a special service
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man, dwayne johnson, gorilla sanctuary a special service man, dwaynejohnson, works as a primatologist. is he now? yes, he ends up running around with naomi harris who starts bantering with around with naomi harris who starts ba ntering with him around with naomi harris who starts bantering with him will. how do we get out? maybe we don't have to get off the roof at all. we definitely do! run! davis! there is no tail on this helicopter. we don't need one. you do if you wa nt we don't need one. you do if you want to fly. we're not going to fly, we're going to crash. we just need to get enough lift to stay on top of the building as it falls. 0k, to get enough lift to stay on top of the building as it falls. ok, i'm never getting in a plane with him! i wouldn't get in one with her either, she's bad luck. this is what
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happens when you get an oscar nomination, you get to run around with the rock. naomi harris was last seen with the rock. naomi harris was last seenin with the rock. naomi harris was last seen in moonstruck, this is more moonlighting. is it fun? it's deliriously fun. it could be awful, you never know, it could be awful, but the rock has become the biggest movie star in the world right now. he is like hercules with a blockbuster on his back. it's deliriously silly. he can play cha re nte deliriously silly. he can play charente with a gorilla, book, film, tv. he's got that softness to him. charente with a gorilla, book, film, tv. he's got that softness to himlj don't know what to make of this. the gorilla gets outsized and takes out chicago. it's got some stupid lines like we've got to get to chicago before the wolves level the city. it somehow works. there's the star
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power and the preposterousness of it. and it's somehow about man's folly, about american kid ran wild. it's about consumerism and greed, scientific experiment gone wrong. it is done brilliantly. this is what saturday night at the movies is all about. you come out thinking i'm so glad i spent my money on this, this is what it's all about. i guarantee a strong hit rate if you recommend this to your friends. i'm not sure about it as a data from! i'll take your word for it. —— date film. striking though it looks, the next room doesn't look like a date film at all. it looks like a tough watch. this is about a bitter divorce, it's a french movie called custody
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starring an actor who you may remember as the father in the opening scene of a quentin tarantino film. he was the father protecting his family. he protected his family under the threat from the ss. here he is providing the threat himself. he plays a father called antoine who has been awarded custody of his 12—year—old son. the sun is petrified of his father and can't tell the court is white, the court won't listen because the father has a right to see his scared. there is a right to see his scared. there is a very strange award from the court that he's managed to flirt his way to. here we see his son absolutely petrified. as a father to a young child as well, this was awfully tense. the threat that he brings here. every time he pops up, or he sends a text from hebrew winds the family atmosphere. while we never
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see what's domestic terrorism, i've seen see what's domestic terrorism, i've seen is called comic he has this terrible effect on the family. it plays out like a thriller. it reminded me of fatal attraction. it's very, very tense. it's not a date movie. very, very well performed, particularly the kid, who is outstanding in this. a tough watch, but domestic violence is an important topic. but you don't see the violence, you see the effect that, and that's what makes it all the more powerful. a different third choice. yes, cinema can throw this up choice. yes, cinema can throw this upforyou, and choice. yes, cinema can throw this up for you, and so it should. this isa up for you, and so it should. this is a netflix film called the titan. it is about a secret mission run by
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tom wilkinson to populate fat and's moons. it is 2048, and curse has blown up, there is no water left, too many people, the only planet we can do that is titan. it is like earth, but colder, a bit like aberdeen. i'm saying nothing. they have two genetically modified people. they have a group of applicants who want to go. they try and lower their body temperature. so they can either feel really ha rd, temperature. so they can either feel really hard, or really cold, which makes them prime candidates for the ice buckets challenger midnight. go on. i don't want to put my hands
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colder and then they turn into fish. there is a lot of that going on. this theme of interspecies romance going on. it is an interesting movie, an interesting idea, a sci—fi that has no ships leaving earth, it's all here, set in gran canaria. orfilmed on it's all here, set in gran canaria. or filmed on gran it's all here, set in gran canaria. orfilmed on gran canary, a move like a rock in the atlantic ocean. it isa like a rock in the atlantic ocean. it is a netflix movie so it's got a spanish actor, german, mexican actor, taylor schilling who is a netflix staff. and tom wilkinson is in charge of this experiment. you've got to have a brit in charge! he looks very distasteful at the script as if it is an offence to him. it does not really work. it's not fun in the way that rampage
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is? no, it has no sense of its own absurdity. it doesn't want you to laugh at it. in terms of best out, let's talk about a film we didn't get a chance to talk about a few weeks ago. yes, this is one of the films of the year, i'm surprised it didn't win the palm d'or at cannes last year. it's pretty topical, it's called 120 bpm. it originally in french, and it's about the havoc wrought by the aids virus in 90s paris, and an activist group. it's about their bid to get recognised and help for their dying community. it is a gay film, about the gay community. it features some fairly graphic, well, not graphic, but i would say blunt... as you would expect in a film about
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aids. ifelt as if i you would expect in a film about aids. i felt as if i was watching a documentary. that's not a criticism. that's how real it about. the director was part of act of. they all click theirfingers, director was part of act of. they all click their fingers, rather than it's urgency of n =: fizi” and n 77 fig?” and not heard. it has gay sex, but it has love in it. there are some outstanding club scenes. it's about the joy of life, there of death, add how to phrase it. and relationships forged in adversity. it is very real forged in adversity. it is very real for many people. it is a tremendously important film, a joyous film, one of the most important films of the year. the dvd inspired by a real event that everyone will remember as well, the boston marathon bombing? yes, the real—life story of a man whose legs were blown off at the finish line but led the police to the bomber. he is played byjake
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gilland the bomber. he is played byjake gill and hall the bomber. he is played byjake gilland hall in the bomber. he is played byjake gill and hall in a performance that was oscar tipped. that felt by the wayside, but he is tremendous in it. he's very reliable. and he helped as all the way through. it's an interesting film about victims. in mixed bag. good to see you, jason. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema going whatever you decide to go and see. a great, gloomy scene that is all too familiar this week. once again we've been stuck with a lot of cloud. this is north yorkshire. things did begin to brighten up a little bit across the far south. a few glimmers of sunshine between the cloud. as you can see although the cloud. as you can see although the cloud has been sitting in place we
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have seen one or cloud has been sitting in place we have seen one oi’ two cloud has been sitting in place we have seen one or two clearer spells from the south. those conditions move further north as we go through this evening and tonight. a lot of low cloud, missed and milk. some patches of fog and low cloud. —— missed and merck. and then, the weekend. the prospects of something warm and brighter. sunshine around, turning increasingly breezy and there is still the chance for outbreaks of rain at times. this is how saturday shapes up. a great start, summer mist and fog patches. there is a better chance that these guys will brighten and we'll see spells of sunshine. expect to see some sunshine. expect to see some sunshine at times. ft she was into the south later on, temperatures much higher than may have been, particularly in the north and east. not looking too bad at all for the
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grand national tomorrow. temperatures around 13 or 14 degrees. i expect some brightness between the cloud. low pressure pushes its way in on sunday, that strengthens the wind, turning quite windy across western areas. particularly northern ireland. some outbreaks of rain splashing in, rain is on and off, sporadic. much of eastern england and scotland stays dry. winds will be brisk, but in a warm direction. temperatures still doing quite nicely. warmer still during next week, we tap into this very warm air across the continent, expect those temperatures to rise. quite breezy, cooler towards the north and west, further south and east, perhaps as high as 24. sir cliff richard breaks down in court, saying he felt "forever tainted" after bbc coverage
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of a police raid on his home. the singer was giving evidence in his case against the corporation, claiming a breach of privacy over reporting of the raid back in 2014. the bbc says its coverage was accurate and in good faith, and the raid was a "matter of legitimate public interest". also tonight: britain claims russia had been spying on sergei and yulia skripal at least five years before they were poisoned in salisbury. the un secretary general warns of a new cold war, with the us blaming russia for rising tensions over syria. no one is buying its lies and its cover—ups. russia was supposed to guarantee that assad wouldn't use chemical weapons, and russia did the opposite.
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