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attempt is fraught with danger. great, they have been found. the reality is, there is still a long way to go. the dangers of being stuck underground when there is so much water around. when a professional diver died... the oxygen professional diver died... the oxyg e n level professional diver died... the oxygen level is falling. it will get harderfor oxygen level is falling. it will get harder for them oxygen level is falling. it will get harderfor them to oxygen level is falling. it will get harder for them to breathe. oxygen level is falling. it will get harderfor them to breathe. an interesting line in the story. elon musk, the billionaire, owns a boring company. of course he does. he sent a team of engineers to the area although obviously they have had little success of drilling so far and they are so far under. 2000 feet of limestone. the boys have been extraordinarily brave and it must be terrifying for their parents that they must be so happy at the same time they are still alive. yes, you really hope they can rescue them
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before the water level... that's it for the papers. i hate to stop the conversation. you can see everything online. it is their seven days a week. if you missed the programme in the evening, you can watch it again on bbc iplayer. lovely to see you both. coming up next, 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. 50 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.
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and swimming with men. so, mary shelley, tell us about that. my son was doing the book for his a—level. so, basically it is a story about mary shelley's life, about the creation of frankenstein, one of the greatest books of all time. it is always very difficult that the inevitable thing will be that it is not as good as the brilliant work of art. it is not without merit. it is directed by haifaa al—mansour, and elle fanning is the young writer. her mother has passed away, so she is haunted by her death. she falls in with shelley who is reckless and beautiful. there is almost a hint of twilight, the film, about their relationship. they forge a new relationship, of which her father completely disapproves, but as she discovers,
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no matter how creative and brilliant years, the world isn't necessarily ready for a tale like frankenstein, particularly not by a female author, because publishers don't think that is what women should be writing about. 500 copies will be printed. it will be published anonymously, provided you write the introduction. of course. i would be delighted. so everyone will think you wrote it. provided it is 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 it? i never said that! you don't have two!
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you never think about the consequences of your actions! you bear as much responsible at i do. i am not a grand architect of our misery, mary. you bear the responsibility, i bear the responsibility of ever believing in you! as you can see, committed performances. i like what the film is trying to do. occasionally, it is a little too literal. 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 it is always a reaction shot of her noticing! but the problem is that it does not have the cinematic spark that it should have. again, with something like frankenstein, that is kind of difficult. it has had a rough time
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with the critics, rather unfairly. it is solid, and inventive. it takes liberties, but that is perfectly fine. what movie like this doesn't? 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! 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 thing about the purge movies as they become more successful than anybody thinks. now we have got to the prequel. they have come to the trump era social political setting. this is about the the first purge being set up. it is an experiment in lawlessness. one evening of law not applying, to see if the nation can come to terms with its demons. it is actually a form of ethnic
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cleansing. they are doing it in an area of poor african—americans who they imagine will turn on each other, and when they don't, other forces are sent. there is a nice socio—political underpinning. it is not the most inventive, and it is not as cutting as get out which is really sharp. i loved that film. that film is brilliant. no—one is more surprised than me, that this one in the series that they have got some sort of interesting... it is fine. i saw it in a packed cinema. it played very well with them. they oohed and ahhed in all right places. swimming with men. i have heard described as full monty in speedos. the pool monty. a better pun.
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rob brydon is a middle—aged man who meets a group of men who are involved in a synchronised swimming team. they call it 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 landed on my head. distribution of the stack is wrong. it has got to be equal, which means that we have got to take it and wait into consideration. —— height and weight. meaning? you can't be next to him, because he needs of the next somebody less fat. you calling me fat? arty, you calling me fat? you could do with losing a little bit... it is like trying to wrestle with a yak, you could do
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with a trip to the barbers. fatboy slim. guys, guys! let's do it again. we have got to practice. i heard rob brydon talk about this, and they didn't use any doubles. they did all these swimming themselves. spent a lot of time in the pool. when it works the best, it is when it is doing its of men who sort of lost the plot, finding something that kind of help them reconnect. i like all of that stuff. the stuff about the competition, i am less interested in. but there is a real story from behind those that doesn't involve the competition, although this is a very sycophantic version. nicely tell 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.
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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. rupert graves. these are people who can do something in their sleep. i went in quite cynically, because it seems they had that it is the full monty references, you immediately start to... i thought it was oddly charming, and i'm surprised to think that. and a very british sort of film. very british. but everybody said that about the full monty. but it is cute. now, best out? leave no trace. if this is not in my list at the end of the year, i will be surprised. it is a about a father and daughter living off the grid. they are found by the social services and forced
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to read to integrate. it is brilliant by debra granik. fantastic performance by tomasson mckenzie as the young girl. she is brilliant. 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 included 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 limited release. and best dvd. you were never really here. lynne ramsay is a genius. this is a hit man picture, but it is more than this. an existential thriller about somebody said out to retrieve a lost child. like all of lynne ramsay's stuff,
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you just tremble with amazement at the film—making. it is brilliant to be able to see this kind of film—making in a moment when it is so difficult to make these kinds of movies. i think, you were never really here is really wonderful, and it is hard to describe in words. you have got to see it, and i would recommend everyone sees it. even you can't describe it in words? other than saying, two thumbs up. 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. good evening. well, our midsummer
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heat wave continues. another fairly hot and sticky night out there tonight and tomorrow, another dry day. this was the scene on saturday afternoon in berkshire, beautiful blue skies and just a little bit of fair weather cloud around, not spoiling the sunshine. notjust through sunday but in fact over the next few days and much of the week ahead, things are set to stay largely dry. when it is a more about strong sunshine around as well. we start out by looking at the satellite image from earlier today. more cloud creeping in from the north—west. for much of the country it has been a bit of patchy, fluffy fair weather cloud. the rest of the night, we still have that cloud across parts of the north—west of scotland. a little bit creeping into northern ireland. clearer skies further south, and the odd misty patch first thing on sunday morning.
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again, quite humid and muggy. those temperatures staying in the mid or high teens, a bit cooler around some eastern coasts, with the breeze just coming in off the sea. high pressure holding onto our weather through the day on sunday. a weather front sitting in the far north—west. that will bring a bit more cloud to north—west scotland. one or two spots of drizzly rain coming out of that, not much at all. just a small chance of a shower across southern scotla nd chance of a shower across southern scotland and the far north of england. the majority of us will miss any of those isolated showers. dry, sunny and warm once again. temperatures similar to what we had on saturday at stop in the warmer spots it was 31.5 on saturday. that was across the south—east of england. the bulk of england and into wales, we will see the highest of the temperatures. not quite as hot further north—west. stornaway, for instance, 16 or so. 22— 25 for the rest of scotland and northern ireland, a 25— 30 degrees quite widely across england and wales. sunday afternoon is the british grand prix at silverstone, conditions a little bit like this.
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blue skies, patchy cloud here and there, but no rain falling. in the sunshine temperatures at silverstone are likely to reach 28, possibly 29. very hot for the drivers in the spectators, if you are heading to silverstone tomorrow. through the day on monday we have a weak front creeping south. that will fizzle out but will introduce slightly cooler and fresher conditions as we head into tuesday. so, temperatures to start the working week turning a little bit cooler, particularly by tuesday. slightly less warm air reaching further south across the country. but after that, reaching further south across the country. but afterthat, it looks like temperatures will once again shoot up as we look towards next weekend. more warm sunshine. not really a ny weekend. more warm sunshine. not really any significant rain in the forecasts released next week. —— for at least the next week. this is bbc news.
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at the world cup — the hosts, russia, go out. so croatia and england go through to the semi finals. north korea warned that denuclearisation could be off if the us continues to insist on a one—sided process. the warning comesjust hours after us secretary of state mike pompeo flew out of pyongyang — having given a very different account of the meeting. it looks like rescuers in thailand are planning to bring the trapped boys out of the flooded caves earlier than thought.

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