police following tuesday's violence outside anfield before the first leg of the champions league semifinal. travelling fans going to rome for wednesday's second leg will get updated advice shortly. we'll also have the latest action for you from the crucible and the world snooker championship, first practice ahead of sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, and perhaps the best goal you'll see this season. that is on sportsday at 6:30pm, hope you can join me then, but for 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? very interesting week, we have beast, a psychological thriller set onjersey. we have avengers:

infinity war, the latest in the mcu series. and the wound, a coming—of—age movie with a difference. i love the sound of beast, i love a psychological thriller. it is said on jersey, it has a central performance by banned who plays this young woman called moll, living under the thumb of her domineering mother, played by geraldine james, with a hint of anxiety, as if she is partly frightened of her daughter. anyway, oui’ frightened of her daughter. anyway, our heroine meets this young man, played byjohnny our heroine meets this young man, played by johnny flynn, our heroine meets this young man, played byjohnny flynn, called pascal, a wild character, a vagabond, and immediately the family ta ke vagabond, and immediately the family take against. plus, the rest of the community are very suspicious of him, but she falls in love with him, and he sparks in a rebellious spirit that has hitherto been kept under wraps. here is a clip. i'm sorry sir, butjeans aren't allowed in the clubhouse. it's the club dress code.

but they're blackjeans! i'm sorry. maybe the burger, then. yeah. hubbub. i'd like to make a toast. to my family. for everything you've done for me. i forgive you. thud. get out! what i really like about this film, you can see from this the palpable tension, and, secondly, there has

been a string of murders on the island, and the finger of suspicion points towards pascal, obviously johnny flynn's character, who moll believes is innocent, because she is in love, because he is manipulative, oi’ in love, because he is manipulative, or is it because she has dark secret in our past? the best way of describing this is that it is kind of like a twisted fairy tale, the title itself alludes to beauty and the beast, and there is an echo of la bete from 1975, which was banned for ages in this country. and there isa for ages in this country. and there is a little touch of see the sea, about bright coastal settings with a murderous and a belly, all those things mixed together, and the best things mixed together, and the best thing is you are kept guessing all the way through as to the characters' motives. which one of them is the monster? the title of a macro is not specifically applied to any of them. and it really manages

that knife edge balance, a really difficult trick to pull off, sometimes you can do it in the first act, but this manages all the way through, the central performances are brilliant. the chemistry is good. really, people talk about chemistry on—screen, there is real electricity in this pairing. it is really well written, a debut feature for michael pearce, keeps you on the edge of your seat, and it has a timeless fairy tale quality. you kind of know the story, a princess rescued by a prince, or is he the beast leading her into the woods? it works really well, the jersey interiors are very good, the interiors are very good, the interiors largely from surrey, but it works well, you get a sense of two worlds colliding. terrific, really good, exciting film, beast, well worth seeing. 0k, avengers: infinity war, i am told there are no

fewer than 22 superheroes in this movie! a few too many? everything about the movie is vast, i should say that people have been saying don't give away plot spoilers, we want. the setup is that thanos was gathering the infinity stones together to wipe out half the universe, a group of super heroes must get together to stop them, that is all you need to say about the plot. everything is huge, from the ca nvas to plot. everything is huge, from the canvas to the amount of characters, to what is at stake, the entire future of the universe, to the running time of the movie itself, not a short film! and amount of money it will doubtless take at the box office. here is the thing. if you are a fan of this particular cinematic universe, if you are invested in these characters and followed them through the series so far, you will really like this. things will surprise you, make you gasp, make you cheer. in the screening i was in, there were all those reactions. however, if you are not particularly invested, and hands up, i have seen all the films but

they are not great personally resonant. you may end up thinking this is long, episodic. it does balance light and dark, there is tragedy and comedy, although occasionally it felt like channel hopping. there is one section, then another, and they don't intertwine. the film—makers have done a good job ofjuggling disparate elements. the overriding problem for me is one of consequence, which is that i struggled to invest in the most dramatically dangerous moments. i know other people who have watched the movie who did not have that same feeling. i think it comes down to whether or not you are a fan. i'm guessing you're probably not a huge tivo day of this series. no! but i do like superhero movies. the film makes very few concessions to people who were not right in the middle of it. if you can't make this movie for the fans, which can you? i thought it was impressive, although i remained an engaged, but i know

enough people who are invested in those characters who absolutely loved it and thought it took real risks. we have got to move on to the wound, what is it? a south african drama, a young man is sent by his father to take part in a ritual, which takes place in a remotely mountain, you have to live in a hut and learn to be a man, an initiation ritual. his father is sending him because he thinks his son is soft, and also because he is starting to have anxieties about his sexuality. here is a clip. so the rest of the film takes place in this encampment where the ritual ta kes in this encampment where the ritual takes place, and it becomes a film about manhood and initiation and coming of age, what it means to be a man, sexuality, love, what is demanded of you by your elders and society, about honesty and frankness. some people have made the comparison to broke back mountain, which i understand, although i think it is likely off the money. the thing ifound

it is likely off the money. the thing i found interesting it is likely off the money. the thing ifound interesting was it is likely off the money. the thing i found interesting was that it evokes the world with which i was com pletely it evokes the world with which i was completely unfamiliar, and it tells the story which feels universal, and thatis the story which feels universal, and that is a really clever thing to do, a story which is very specific about its setting and its circumstances, and yet it allows every viewer, i think, to recognise universal truths in what is happening. as i said, it isa in what is happening. as i said, it is a coming—of—age movie, which is one of the most popular of cinematic genres, yet it is taking real risks, doing things that are daring, doing them well, with great honesty, and i found it very moving, very moving, and it balances realism on the one hand with a timeless quality on the other, almost magical quality, very good. and best out? a reissue of an old film from the 19305, which was believed lo5t, old film from the 19305, which was believed lost, it has been restored, and it is really worth seeing, not lea5t and it is really worth seeing, not least because james whale i5 and it is really worth seeing, not least because james whale is an extraordinary director. i remember people talking about this as a masterpiece, but it is not in circulation anymore. the thing that

it does is it is travellers, they wind up at an old dark house, they shouldn't go in, but they do, the floorboards creak, there are mon5ter5 on the loose. what it does i5 establishes and satiri5e5 a number of horror film conventions, and it is a remarkable thing to see it back in cinemas in a spanking new print, so well worth checking out, the old dark hou5e, print, so well worth checking out, the old dark house, from the 19305. and your best dvd? hostiles, i really like ho5tiles, not seen by enough people in the cinemas, a story about an army captain who has to ta ke story about an army captain who has to take his arch enemy back to a tribal homeland, brilliant performances, but it has a terrific soundtrack by max richter, which uses soundtrack by max richter, which uses an instrument of which there was only one when they made it in the world, and it produces the most unearthly sounds, extraordinary thing, and it is one of those movies... you can watch it with your peers, it is called hostiles, it was not seen enough in cinemas, but i

think it is a really impressive piece of work. watch it with your ears, ilike piece of work. watch it with your ears, i like that! a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though, thanks for watching, goodbye. good evening. not a bad evening to settle in and watch a dvd or head to the cinema, because it has been and will continue to be a pretty dismal picture across england and wales, this was earlier in the day in dorset, you can see the beach at trying desperately to brighten the scene. we did have sunshine, still a little to end the day in the north, as you can see, but a rash of heavy

showers in north—east scotland, this is what we have to contend with on the road across much of england. easing away from wales, but quite a lot of low cloud, and that is sitting on the hills, so a pretty miserable end to the day if you are travelling through this evening and overnight. now, it will be cold in the north tonight, the nights are still quite long, but under starry skies, frost in the countryside. in the south, it remains mild, just because we have got all that cloud around. some of it will start the weekend across england and wales, the north is brighter, the drier and brighter day of the weekend is sunday. it doesn't look as wet as it has been today, that is something, but it will be cold, particularly under that rain for much of the day. further west, hoping for something brighter to break through the clouds, if it does we could see sharp showers, sharp bursts are not weather front, good spells of sunshine for northern ireland, scotland, the north of england, bublik recent days they were will be sparking off heavy showers. —— but

like. lengthy spells of sunshine in between. showers will fade away through the night—time hours, and with temperatures only reaching nine or ten by day, although it will feel warm in the sunshine in the north, dipping quite rapidly through the night. showers easing away, then cloud and rain tending to dissipate across england and wales, more so than the coming night, so cold across western and northern fringes of england and wales, mild in the south and east, but another cold night with a chance of frost in scotla nd night with a chance of frost in scotland and northern ireland, gardeners beware! so sunday, as i said, looks like the drier day of the weekend, fewer showers, lengthy spells of sunshine, even though we're only looking at 9—13, feeling warm in the sunshine, rain in the south later in the day, a strengthening north—easterly wind again, winds from that he's no good to man nor beast, and it is going to bea to man nor beast, and it is going to be a cold day monday. so nothing to joke about an monday unfortunately,

heavy rain for england and wales, strong winds, possibly gale force, spray strong winds, possibly gale force, spray and standing water on the roads, it could even snow over the downs. it is not likely to stick, but it indicates how cold it is likely to be. we'll keep you updated. of north and south korea. after a lengthy handshake on the border, kimjong un and president moon promise a new era of lasting peace. as a symbol of unity, the men planted a tree with soil from the north and south. translation: we are one nation. when we met we realised we cannot be parted, we are one nation. translation: we declare there will be no war in korea and a new age of peace has begun. we'll have the latest from korea on a momentous day and ask whether the new spirit of co—operation will last. also on the programme. a fall in consumer confidence — the economy grows at its slowest pace for more than five years.

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