4m see you markle. madness. great to see you and thank you for taking us through the papers. stay with us, you can catch all the front pages on the papers online and on the website. you can watch this later on bbc iplayer. thank you for watching. good life. —— goodbye. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. they've let me back a second time! i'm very glad. so am i! what have we got this week? it's very interesting this week.

first reformed, which is the new film by paul schrader. a return to form, i have to say. incredibles 2, back after all this time, more than a decade since the first one. and skyscraper, dwayne "the rock" johnson versus a very large building. so, first reformed, ethan hawke, a return to the screen for him. has he been away a while? no, ethan hawke‘s fine, it's more to do with paul schrader. paul schrader wrote taxi driver ages and ages ago. god's lonely man was a big thing. he was really well respected film—maker. recently, he's made some quite terrible films like the canyons, which is irredeemably awful, dog eat dog, which i can't even believe was made by paul schrader, and then before that dominion, a prequel to the exorcist. i kind of started to lose faith in him, and now with first reformed my faith in him is restored. so, ethan hawke plays this young cleric who is basically haunted by the death of his son, who he sent off, he encouraged to go off to war, and has now lost.

he's having a crisis of faith. he is keeping a diary in which he's writing down personal confessions because he says he can't pray, he's lost his faith. then he meets somebody who is potentially an ecoterrorist, somebody who's become completely obsessed with the despoliation of the planet. suddenly, this captures a spark in ethan hawke‘s character. the next thing, he similarly becomes obsessed with what's happening to the planet from an ecological point of view. so, we should pollute so god can restore? we should sin so god can forgive? i don't think that's what the apostle meant. i think we're supposed to look with the eyes ofjesus into every... you don't live in the real world. you don't. you are a minister at a tourist church that no one attends. do you have any idea what it takes to do god's work? i'm trying... to maintain a mission of this size, the staffing, the outreach, the amount of people we touch each day.

who's that priest that you like so much? thomas merton. he didn't live in the real world either. yes, he did. he didn't, he was a monk who lived in a monastery in kentucky and wrote books. somebody has to do something! it's the earth that hangs in the balance... what if this is his plan? what if we just can't see it? you think god wants to destroy his creation? he did once, for 40 days and 40 nights. it says something about me that i refer to him as "young"! so, basically, it's a story about a crisis of faith and what then happens as a result of it. ethan hawke i thought was brilliant. i completely believed in him, i really believed in his character. the most important thing is it felt like schrader was back on home territory. he is dealing with themes he's dealt with since the beginning of his career. there's a couple of scenes in which we see ethan hawke writing his diary, he has a glass of whiskey on one side

and he's writing and he's very, very tormented. this apparently is how schrader himself used to write. the look of the film is very sparse, it reminds you to some extent of dry, of something like pawlikowski's ida. i know that schrader has spoken to that director about making that film. it looks heartfelt, it looks passionate, it has none of the nonsense of dominion: prequel to the exorcist, which was theoretically a theological work, but which was absolute hooey. it really feels sincere, it's dealing with important issues, it's got a great central performance. it looked really good. it's schrader back on form. i think it's the best thing he's done since auto focus. it's not a bunch of laughs, but it is very, very intense. it has some hallucinatory moments in it. i thought it was a really fine piece of work, and i'd happily watch it again. it looks beautiful... it is. ...the way it is designed. how difficult to watch is it?

i found it easy because i thought "this is great, he's back on form." not a huge blockbuster, but it's a film in which the form of the film mirrors the subject matter of the film. it's a film about an existential crisis of faith, which obviously isn't blockbuster territory. i think you would like it. something very different, incredibles 2. they've made us wait a very long time for this sequel. i know, 13, 14 years. did you like the first incredibles? i loved it, i watched it many times. so, i was sceptical about the first one. i was wrong about it, incidentally. i said in my review that i didn't think the kids would get on with all of the birdmanesque stuff. i was proved completely wrong! anyway, so along comes incredibles 2. when incredibles came out on dvd there was a short which was jack—jack attack, which was all the stuff

about the baby. i thought it was hilariously funny. in incredibles 2, which picks up the story, there is a lot more jack—jack. the story is they are still trying to rehabilitate supers. so, elastigirl is basically roped in to a lot of pr stunts to make supers popular with people again. mr incredible is left at home looking after the kids, having to help dash with his maths homework, having to help his daughter with her first crush. but, it is the baby jack—jack stuff that is really funny, in the same way that in the despicable me movies the minions started out as sidekicks, and ended up being centrestage. here, jack—jack started out as a sidekick and ends up being centrestage. i started laughing about five minutes in and i laughed all the way through. it looks fabulous, as you can see. all those future retro ‘60s inflicted designs look great. and i am happy to admit that i was completely wrong about the first film.

a new foe in this, is there? there's lots of new stuff. the most exciting thing is the stretchy cycle, the elasticycle bike, which when she first gets on it she goes "it's talky, it's very talky." even managed to strong—arm a teenager to go with me and see it this week. skyscraper, how can you go wrong with dwayne "the rock" johnson? dwayne "the rock" johnson is basically a security systems specialist. brought in to sign off on the tallest structure in the world. his family come with him, they're one of the first families to stay in the penthouse at the top. of course, evildoers come along, set fire to the structure, so he has to break into the building to save them, and breaking into the building is harder than it looks. hands up! 0k! don't shoot! i know, turn around! edge of your seat stuff.

i thought it was. for a start, i'm scared of heights, anyway. there's a bit when they've got to climb over a plank that's balanced vertiginously over a big fiery pit, and all that stuff always really scares me. here's what i like about it. firstly, i really like dwaynejohnson in everything. everyone always says he's lovely, but on screen he's great. a colleague of mine said he made a movie once in which he had to do a fist bump with a 60 foot gorilla. somebody said, "i'd like to see daniel day—lewis pull that trick off!" you believe in it, because you believe in the rock. there is a setup at the beginning in which we see him combat training, in which he loses the bottom half of one of his legs. he has a prosthetic leg, which he then uses as a tool to help him with this impossible mission. did you ever see towering inferno? oh, yes. 0k, well, towering inferno is based on two books. it was based on the glass inferno and the tower. die hard was basically towering inferno with cowboys and indians. this is basically the rock meets die hard, or, get this, "die rock hard"! see what i did there?! i thought it was really good fun. it was really silly, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever, but i did enjoy it and an awful lot of that is down to the fact that he is such a likeable screen presence.

there's even a lady from shanghai at the end of it for the cineastes, to keep them happy. it was real popcorn, leave your brain at the door and enjoy yourself entertainment. is it too sniffy of me to suggest that it's more about special effects than character and plot development? honestly? and you're going to have to believe me on this. it's about dwayne "the rock" johnson. that's good enough! now, the best out, leave no trace, you've reviewed this before. yes, i have, and i keep going on about it. it's a small release, i think it's the best film i've seen this year. it's directed by debra granik, who directed winter's bone, which i loved. that was the film that really launched jennifer lawrence. father and daughter living off the grid outside portland, oregon. they are found by the authorities and they have to reintegrate into society. the thing i love about it, i keep saying the same thing, it is a film in which the characters don't explain themselves.

they don't stop and stand around and talk to each other. it's a film that's to do with emotion conveyed through physical gesture. the performances are fantastic. thomasin harcourt mckenzie, whose the young girl in it, it's just brilliant. people have made the comparison with her and a young jennifer lawrence. she is fantastic. i just thought it was wonderful. if you see one film this year, this is the best thing i've seen this year, and i guarantee it will break your heart. the idea of them coming in from the wilderness and living in society again, is that the thing that is explored? yes, and it's to do with what he wants and what she wants, because he's a combat veteran, he's got pts. it's to do with... there's a moment when she says "what's wrong with you is not what's wrong with me," and it's really about them growing apart as father and daughter. there's the tempest in the background of all of this. the shakespeare idea of the tempest is in the background. i loved it. you'll love it, i promise you, you'll love it. that's always my approach. not what's wrong with me, what's wrong with you. that's always the way i approach the world! best dvd, then.

tomb raider. this is the alicia vikander iteration. it is. i never liked the tomb raiders before with angelina jolie, and i'm not somebody who has ever played computer games. i thought this was much more fun than it had any right to be. i think alicia vikander was terrific, and it's a reboot, it's kind of an origin story. as somebody who isn't a gamer and doesn't know that world that well, i thought it was gripping and good fun. the reason i've included it is because there are so many terrible video game adaptations. video games don't generally transfer very well to the screen. i also liked assassin's creed with michael fassbender. i know not everybody else felt the same way, but i thought they made a nice double bill. it was trying to do something new, and i thought she was really good, i thought she carried it rather well. mark, thank you. a quick reminder that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.uk...

bbc.co.uk/markkermode. you'd think i'd know it by now, wouldn't you?! and you can find all of our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. mark, thank you so much. there was a proper rain in northern ireland today, as much as 20 millimetres in county antrim. england and wales, the same story, try and sunny, hot parts of eastern england broke the 30 celsius mark. this is made a better day in northern ireland in parts of scotland, moving south in the next 24 scotland, moving south in the next 2a hours meaning of a bit of sweat and cooler fresher 2a hours meaning of a bit of sweat and coolerfresher air on 2a hours meaning of a bit of sweat and cooler fresher air on behind. getting to clear skies. it will feel fresher, parts of western scotland to cloud, patchy rain, westernmost parts of england and wales, but the rest of england will be clear, overnight temperatures of about 12— 15 degrees. umbrellas at the ready, there is a bit of rain in the

forecast as we go through monday. scotla nd forecast as we go through monday. scotland and northern ireland, any rain clears to sunshine. some heavier downpours, maybe a rumble of thunder. some will end with no rain at all. much of england will stay dry. another day of heat with temperatures near 30 celsius and the hotspot, east anglia, south—east england, but this weather system, a bit cooler, it is certainly fresher and that is most noticeable across all parts is to go to tuesday. this weather system completes its journey eastwards. quite a bit of south—east england will not drive is that system england will not drive is that syste m m oves england will not drive is that system moves through but pressure during tuesday. across the board, some extra cloud and sunshine. maybe some extra cloud and sunshine. maybe some heavier ones in northern scotland. many will avoid them and state drive. it's fresher. the

nights are a bit cooler as well. and uneventful weather pattern, we have fresher attire, not as high as its theme. some fairly settled weather to come. not as hot as its theme. with broken cloud, some sunny spells but also the chance of catching a shower. if you're wanting something significant on the garden, this is not your answer this week. feeling pressure and pleasantly warm in some sunshine. through the website and out, whether available. this is newsday.

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