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boone would play that. time for the film review with ben brown —— who would have thought vladimir putin would play that? 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? interesting week. we have mary shelley. basically a film about the creation of frankenstein. the first purge which is the prequel to the long—running series, i know you are a huge fan. and swimming with men. rob brydon takes the plunge. so, mary shelley, tell us about that. my son was doing it for english a—level recently.

so, basically it is a story about mary shelley's life, and about the creation of frankenstein, which is, as everyone knows, one of the greatest works of literature of all time. it is always very difficult, if you're making a film about the creation of a brilliant work of art, that the inevitable thing will be that it is not as good as the brilliant work of art. let's start by that. it is directed by haifaa al—mansour, and elle fanning is the young writer who admires her mother ver much, lives with her father. -- very much. her mother has passed away, so she is haunted to some extent by the spector of death. she falls in with shelley who is reckless and beautiful. there is almost a hint of twilight, the film, about their relationship. together they forge a new relationship, of which her father completely disapproves, but as she discovers, no matter how creative and brilliant she is, the world isn't necessarily ready for a tale like frankenstein, particularly not when ‘s written by a female author,

because publishers don't think that is what women should be writing about. here's a clip. they'll publish it. 500 copies will be printed. it will be published anonymously, provided you write the introduction. of course. i'd be delighted. so, everyone will think you wrote it. provided it's published, what does it matter? what does it matter? how is it possible that you still don't understand?! you want me to abandon my claim to it, because my gender might spoil its success. i never said that! you don't have to! not once do you never think about the consequences of your actions! you bearjust as much responsible for our life as i. i am not the grand architect of our misery, mary. you bear the responsibility...

i bear the responsibility of ever believing in you! as you can see, very committed performances. i like what the film is trying to do. i like the story it's trying to tell. occasionally, it is a little too literal. obviously we get all the life events that happened to mary, that we then sort of see, that is foreshadowing events in frankenstein. at one point she goes to an exhibition, where you see a dead frog being sparked with electricity, and there's always a reaction shot of her going... but the problem is that it does not have the cinematic spark that it ought to have. again, with something like frankenstein, that is kind of difficult. it has had a slightly rough time with the critics, i think, rather unfairly so. i think it's solid, and inventive. it takes certain liberties, but that is perfectly fine. what kind of movie like this doesn't do that? but, the main thing is, i wish that it would jump off the screen a little bit more, as it is, it seems solid and interesting, with committed performances, but just lacked that

crucial spark of life, no pun intended! but there was a pun! there was anyway, yes. you got it in anyway. all right, the first purge. you have already suggested that i am not the target demographic for this one. the weird thing about the purge movies is they become much more successful than anybody thinks. now we've got to the prequel. they have become this sort of trump—era socio—political chiller. this is about the the first purge being set up by the new founding fathers, who are supported by the nra. the purge is an experiment in lawlessness — one evening of law not applying, to see if the nation can come to terms with its demons. what is actually is, is a form of ethnic cleansing. they are doing it in this area where it's poor african—americans who they imagine will turn on each other, and when they don't, other forces are sent in. there is a nice, socio—political underpinning, which i like.

it is not the most inventive of the movies, and it is not as cutting as get out which i think is really, really sharp. i love that film. it's brilliant. no one is more surprised than me, that this far on in the series that they are still making movies that have got some interesting ideas. it is fine. i saw it in a packed cinema. it played very well with them. they oohed and ahhed in all the right places. swimming with men. i have heard described as full monty in speedos. the pool monty, which is, i think, a better pun. rob brydon is a middle—aged man, drone—like worker bee, who meets a group of men who are involved in a synchronised swimming team. they call it swim club.

first rule of swim club, you don't talk about swim club. in fact, what they are doing, is they are sort of using it as a way to get in touch with their emotions. inevitably, because it is a film, a competition comes into view, and the next thing is they have to get quite good. here is a clip. you nearly landed on my head. you're not focusing. distribution in the stack is wrong. it has to be equal, which means we have to take heigh and weight into consideration. meaning? you can't be next to him, because he needs to be next to someone who's less fat. you calling me fat? archie, you calling me fat? you could do with losing a little bit... well, you can take that back of yours to the barber's, mate. it is like trying to wrestle with a yak. you'rejustjealous, because you're wearing them, fatboy slim. guys, guys! let's do it again. yeah, come on. we have got to practice the throw.

can't do the throw without the flyer, and we haven't got a flyer because we haven't got tom. a bloody liability. right, that's me. groaning. i heard rob brydon talk about this, and he said they didn't use any doubles. they did all the swimming themselves. they did, and the spent an awful lot of time doing it. when it works the best, it is when it is doing its portrayal of men who sort of lost the plot, finding something that kind of helps them reconnect. i like all of that stuff. the stuff about the competition, i am less interested in. although there is a real story from behind this that does involve a competition, although this is a very fanciful version. it has nice detail in the interaction between the guys, all of whom are variously confused about who they are and what they are meant to be. i did laugh, pretty much solidly all the way through. it is not huge belly laughs, but it is kind of... it makes you chuckle, and you like the characters. it is a very good ensemble cast.

these are people who can do this stuff in their sleep. i went in quite cynically, because as soon as i heard the thing about the full monty, swimsuits, you immediately start to... i thought it was oddly charming, and i' was surprised to think that. and a very british kind of film. very british. but then everybody said that about the full monty. this isn't the full monty, but it is cute. now, best out? leave no trace. if this is not in my list of best films at the end of the year, i will be surprised. it is a about a father and daughter living off the grid outside portland in the woods. they are found by the social services and forced to erintegrate. —— reintegrate. it is brilliant by debra granik. fantastic performance by tomasson mckenzie as the young girl. she is brilliant. the thing i love most about it is the story is not told through dialogue.

it is told through action and through looking, and through... cinema is an audiovisual medium, and often people think that people should stand up and explain the plot. at no point in leave no trace, does anybody say, is the thing i've interesting... itjust happens. it was a note—perfect film. it did not put a single foot wrong, and everyone i know that has seen it absolutely loves it. ijust hope that more people do see it, because it is a fairly limited release. and best dvd? you were never really here. lynne ramsay is a genius. this is one level of hit man picture, but it is much more than that. it's an existential thriller about somebody sent out to retrieve a lost child. like all of lynne ramsay's stuff, you just tremble with amazement at the film—making. it is brilliant to be able to see

this kind of film—making in a climate at the moment when it is so difficult to make these kinds of movies. i think, you were never really here is really wonderful, and the best thing is it is hard to describe in words. you have to see it, and i would recommend everyone sees it. even you can't describe it in words? other than saying, two thumbs up. and go and see it. thank you for being with us. 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. hello there. no big surprises right here right now. it has been a dry

day, pretty much across the board today. plenty of warm sunshine to and in the warm sunshine and a like this, we have seen temperatures as high as 31 celsius, that was around the london area. as we head into the weekend we got more of the same. essentially dry weather, plenty of sunshine and if it is not hot it will certainly be very warm out there for most places. we have got some patchy cloud around overnight, it's going to be dry, clear spells also. still gotten a lot of heat trapped in the cities of england and wales so it will be very warm night to come across other areas, the cooler and pressure to the north so temperatures more comfortable overnight. but it does warm up very quickly in the sunshine tomorrow. not much wind around and also it will be strong sunshine. there will be cloud coming and going, the sun a bit heavy at times, could be a bit misty around some of the coastal areas. temperatures higher than today for scotland and northern ireland, mid—20s. widely high 20 ——

24 ireland, mid—20s. widely high 20 —— 2a england and wales. locally 31 or so 2a england and wales. locally 31 or so towards the southeast. high—pressure essentially in charge of our weather through this weekend. a weather front just loitering of our weather through this weekend. a weather frontjust loitering with intent in the far north of scotland. another one of these weak weather fronts we've seen over the past couple of weeks or so, does not really bring much rain but it does bring more cloud comet cooler air also. elsewhere i think it will be dry but good deal of sunshine around, very light winds, some patchy fairweather clouds building up patchy fairweather clouds building up to the day. temperatures very similarto up to the day. temperatures very similar to those of saturday. away from the northern isle of scotland where they are beginning to drop away, but did he do not out of the question. 90 fahrenheit, perhaps around the london area. things look around the london area. things look a little different as we head into next week. still have high—pressure, but it is sitting more to the west of the uk and around we are drawing down some cooler air, more of a northerly breeze. i will drag on monday, more cloud across eastern scotla nd monday, more cloud across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. a few spots of drizzle, not enough to wet the ground probably. it means it is sunny or further west

and further south and that is where we will see the highest of the temperatures. they look like this. 28 possibly more so on monday, but for the eastern side of england was temperatures will be quite a bit lower than we are seeing this weekend. that is really the theme over the course of next week into next week, whilst still try with high—pressure around it is not going to be as hot. we will find highest temperatures probably around about the mid—20s or so. quite pleasant for the time of year and it does mean for southern parts of the uk it will not be as muggy overnight. this is bbc world news today. our top stories... a brexit breakthrough. british cabinet ministers back theresa may's controversial plan on leaving the european union, after intense negotiations at the prime minister's country residence. this is a proposal that i believe will be good for the uk and good for

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