tv The Film Review BBC News June 29, 2018 5:45pm-6:01pm BST
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to rest day and we will look ahead to the knockout stages that start tomorrow with france against argentina. fifa have been reviewing their var system and that success rate and it might surprise you. we will look back at some of the best bits from the group stages and have a full update from the england camp as they prepare for that match against colombia next week here in the capital. wimbledon is coming and we have had the draw for the championships today and it is a formula 1 weekend. solar is coming up formula 1 weekend. solar is coming up at half past six but now it is 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? we have the sequel to sicario,
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sicario 2: day of the soldado, leave no trace, the new film from debra granik. and shailene woodley lost at sea in adrift. sicario 2. where are you a fan of the original? not quite. iam you a fan of the original? not quite. i am surprise. you a fan of the original? not quite. lam surprise. emily you a fan of the original? not quite. i am surprise. emily blunt was brilliant. i do like her. she is not back this time. in this sequel, the original starred emily blunt. they are all gone. now we have a sequel in the age in which it turns out that trafficking people is more profitable than trafficking drugs, the authorities in america become alarmed to find out that they think that i says terrorists are coming to america across the mexican border. so, josh brolin enlists benicio del
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toro's hit man to run a convert operation to kidnap the daughter of a cartel owner and make it look like it was one of the other cartels to start a war which will make them easier to fight. here is a click. no rules this time. turning you loose. how loose? carlos reas. how's that for loose? it's your chance, to get even for your family. are you going to help us start a war? with who? everyone. it is an odd film. it plays into a
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bunch of very contemporary paranoias, the mexican border.m bunch of very contemporary paranoias, the mexican border. it is the us mexico border and topical. on the us mexico border and topical. on the one hand, it exploits those fears and later on it undermines them. as with the first sicario, no one comes out of it well, it is all shades of grey and the operation is murky. it does not work out exactly as they expected to. on the plus side, it has some pretty well done nail—biting sequences. i have to say, nothing to match the extraordinary traffic jam sequence from the first sicario. it is quite an interesting story, not one we have not seen before and later on, there is a point when having started off being bleak and gritty, it's suddenly gets into this area of
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dramatic contrivance that made me 90, dramatic contrivance that made me go, come on! i do not think i was the only one. i really did miss the presence of emily blunt. watching the first film, you realise how much of what you are watching was mediated through the eyes of her character and it gave you a good way into the story. i think that is missing this time. the makers talked about it being a stand—alone film andi about it being a stand—alone film and i think that is the best way to appreciate it. it is a good, well made, gritty, potentially controversial, border thriller, made, gritty, potentially controversial, borderthriller, but asa controversial, borderthriller, but as a sequel to sicario, you cannot help but go it is not as good as sicario. if you look at it as a stand—alone, it is fine, it has some good moments but falls apart at the end. they should have made it a stand—alone movie. end. they should have made it a stand-alone movie. i think that would have helped. leave no trace, i have not seen, it looks gripping, fascinating, a lot of those things. if this is not in my top ten at the
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end of the year, i will be stunned. it is made by debra granik. it is the story of a father and teenage daughter living off the grid, under the radar in the forests outside portland in oregon. they have lived this survivalist existence, he is a vetera n this survivalist existence, he is a veteran with ptsd. the authorities turn up and find them and of course when the authorities find them, they ta ke when the authorities find them, they take them back into civilisation and they are forced to re—enter the world. the thing that is really brilliant about this, it is a film in which it is not to do with dialogue, it is to do with action, the ways that people stand, the gestures, the looks, it is not about explaining the plot. what really happens is that as the father and daughter are brought back into the ordinary modern world, their responses to it are different. he is very against it, she starts to find some sense of kinship and it is interesting, both the director and
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writer of the novel that it is based on, both cited the tempest in the background. it is about generational divides, that thing between town and country and to some extent, but it is much more about the story of the central character, played brilliantly by thomasin mckenzie discovering your own identity, discovering your own identity, discovering her identity is hers rather than as a part of a unit which has been of grid with her and her father. that is fascinating. you will love it. it is wonderful, brilliant use of music, a couple of performances of live songs, that bit in in winter's bone, you will be reminded of it. winter's bone brought us the greatjennifer lawrence of course. here we have thomasin mckenzie who has made movies before but i was not aware of her. she is fantastic. she combines
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the technical brilliance of the young jennifer lawrence with the openness. . . young jennifer lawrence with the openness... it is remarkable, i cannot say enough good things. your third choice this week, howard on the oceans. adrift, based on a true story, the young couple are played by shailene woodley and sam clafin. they had to take a boat, they set out and everything looks fine and then the weather turns very bad. here is a clip. hey! let the seat go! what? let it go! now! 0k. help.
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take it! screaming. help me! i feel the ifeel the same. i feel the same. it is ifeel the same. it is hard i feel the same. it is hard to watch. i have seen far too much of the excellence of the film of the terrible moments. it reminds me of the sequence in in white squall. the story starts after the rack and it goes between the story of her and their survival on the boat and flashing back to how they got there. there have been comparisons with
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robert redford film, all is lost, but i thought, there is a film starring rhys will —— reese witherspoon called wild. at the heart of it, there is a story of a young woman finding herself whilst battling against the elements. on the surface of it, there is very little comparison, but tonally, they we re little comparison, but tonally, they were quite similar. i find stories about being lost at sea are truly terrifying. it really gets under my skin. i thought shailene woodley was very good. there is a twist on it. not everyone will love it. i thought it was well done. if we can bear the shipwreck seems. film of the week... it is still lek and the dogs. it is
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based on a play which is based on a real—life story of a young child left in moscow who lived with dogs on the street —— streets of moscow. it isa on the street —— streets of moscow. it is a wonderful film by andrew kotting and you will have to seek this work—out but please do, he a talent that needs to be found by everyone. he is a reason to celebrate film—making. everyone. he is a reason to celebrate film-making. dvd this week, the shape of water.” celebrate film-making. dvd this week, the shape of water. i do not know what else to say about it, but the fourth time round it looked even better. i loved it. it is pretty good. and it isjust beautiful to look at. i love the design, the performances. it is quirky. there are elements that are very beautiful. i love the film so much
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that i was quoted in private eye. i have hit peak critic. you can retire on that note. thank you very much. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week though. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello there. another hot and sunny day for most parts of the uk today. in england, some of the highest temperatures are in the north—west and it has been lovely here. different story in the east of
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scotla nd different story in the east of scotland where weather watcher picture from earlier shows a lot of mist and low cloud and that is hogging some other eastern coast of england as well. as you head inland, this is where we are seeing the highest temperatures, not quite perhaps the heat of yesterday but 30 degrees as possible in the west of northern ireland and to the west of wales. temperatures into the high 20s bacuna wales. temperatures into the high 20s bacu na around wales. temperatures into the high 20s bacuna around those east coast. the winds are like but they are coming in from the east or northeast, hence the drop in temperature on the coast and this low cloud coming in and across gol and, inland across england towards the midlands and the west country as well. further west, clear skies the midlands and the west country as well. furtherwest, clearskies and after the heat, temperatures no lower than 131a degrees. into the weekend and we still keep a lot of hate coming our way, dry weather and sunshine for the most part, although there is a chance of a shower or two in the north—west. i pressure generally in charge of our weather, there may be a rogue shower in the
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north—west but more likely to catch a showerfrom this north—west but more likely to catch a shower from this low pressure over biscay. pressure is probably falling during the second half of the weakened, the wind direction is changing slightly, during warm air from the continent and also increasing humidity. for the start of the weekend, early on, missed and low cloud, not long before that brea ks low cloud, not long before that breaks up, sunny skies pretty much across the board on saturday and light winds as well. it is going to feel very warm or hot, temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s, a little bit cooler on those north seacoast. during sunday, the wind is a bit stronger, more south—easterly, blowing away that missed and low cloud, but bringing the chance of a shower in the south west of england and wales, perhaps steering to the south of northern ireland. elsewhere it looks dry, sunny and it is getting hotter in the south—east, those temperatures approaching 30 degrees. if we look ahead into next week, very little rain, a few showers towards the south west,
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perhaps into south wales, otherwise it is likely to be dry, more heat, more sunshine and height temperatures for wimbledon. the police commander in charge on the day of the hillsborough disaster is to stand trial. david duckenfield faces charges of manslaughter by gross negligence for the deaths of 95 liverpool football fans. four other men will also stand trial in connection with the disaster nearly 30 years ago. also tonight. as theresa may leaves the eu summit, the uk is told its the last call to lay its cards on the table to get a deal in time. the firefighter who left his colleagues and tried — but failed — to rescue a girl trapped in the grenfell fire. ijust wanted to go up and get her. that's a little 12—year—old girl on her own and, you know, ijust wanted to go and get her out. as the heatwave goes on, the first hosepipe ban comes in. and the carbon dioxide shortage, now it spreads to crumpets!
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