few showers in the north—west. tonight these frontal systems would bring thicker cloud, more of a breeze and rain to northern and western scotland. showers into northern england from across the irish sea. elsewhere it will be largely dry and very warm. from monday, variable cloud up and down the country. good spells of sunshine breaking through across large parts of england and wales. thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and southern scotland. sunshine to the north. sunny spells in the south where temperatures can reach the high 20s, maybe the low 30s. hot on the south across the week. cooler and cloudier in the north. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a three—year—old boy, who was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in worcester, has been released from hospital. police want to speak to three men about the incident. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same ‘energy, ambition and pragmatism' shown by the uk.

he said he's confident a comprehensive deal can be reached with the eu by october. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. it will cover a number of different allegations and may take in up to 14 officers. hundreds of white helmets civil defence workers and their families have been rescued from a war zone in southern syria. 422 volunteers and family members were taken to jordan via the israeli—occupied golan heights overnight. virgin media customers have lost all ten of uktv‘s channels, because of a row between the two companies over fees. now on bbc news... from mama mia! here we go again to incredibles 2, mark kermode takes us through the latest releases in the film review: summer special. hello, and welcome to this

film review summer special. i'm here at the bfi southbank in london and, over the next half—hour, i'll be looking at some of the films playing in uk cinemas this summer and back to the highlights of the film year so far. let's start with a film that i'm not ashamed to admit i've been looking forward to above all others. mamma mia! here we go again. # just one look and i can hear a bell ring. # one more look and i can get everything. # mamma mia, here i go again.

# my, my, how can i resist you? the first mamma mia was a head—spinning experience that redefined my understanding of the words good and bad. rarely has something so wrong felt so right. now this follow—up takes us back to the beginning, to 1979, where lilyjames plays a young meryl streep trying on new dungarees and trying out three handsome suitors — played by hugh skinner, josh dylan and jeremy irvine, who will grow up to become colin firth, stellan skarsgard and pierce ‘pick a note, any note‘ brosnan. # look into his angel eyes. # one look and you're hypnotised. # he'll take your heart... meanwhile, amanda seyfried calls upon her mum's old chums for guidance through her own pregnancy in an idyllic island rerun of former events. only this time, we know who the father is. it's hard to top phyllida lloyd's record—breaking original, but can you really resist any movie in which cher plays a glamorous granny who gets to do a show—stopping version of fernando? i know i can't. # oh, no, no, no, no...

despite becoming the biggest ever hit at the uk box office, back in 2008, the original mamma mia wasn't nominated for a single oscar, not one. at this year's academy awards, in march, the top prizes were spread between a range of titles. francis mcdormand won best actress for three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. gary oldman earned a belated best actor oscar for playing winston churchill in darkest hour. and best film and best director went to guillermo del toro‘s sublime magical fantasy, the shape of water. as always, some of the most interesting films were in the foreign language category, where diverse contenders included ildiko enyedi's ethereal on body and soul from hungary. ziad doueiri's provocative the insult, from lebanon. andrey zvyagintsev bleak loveless, from russia. and ruben ostlund's cannes palme

d'or winner the square, from sweden. go on, go away. go away. (man making monkey noises). (piano music) singing. but the trophy went to the chilean entry, a fantastic woman, a bold and moving love story from gloria director sebastian lelio, with a mesmerising central performance by rising star daniela vega. foreign language treats coming to uk cinemas this summer include a big—screen re—release of jacques rivette‘s ‘60s classic the nun, which returns to our screens in a new 4k restoration from the original film negative. adapted from the 18th—century

novel by denis diderot, the nun is not to be confused with the 2005 spanish—english film the nun, the 2013 french film the nun, also from diderot, or the 2018 american horror movie the nun, which comes to uk cinemas in september. how many more nuns could there be? none more. it's not a drill. he's got him. stand up! are you alone out here? my daughter's with me. dad? let's go. can you tell me where you live? in the park? one of my favourite releases currently in uk cinemas is leave no trace, the miraculous new film from debra granik, who made winter's bone. a tale of a father and daughter

living off the grid in the forests of the pacific northwest. this pitch—perfect drama is as understated as it is overwhelming. so far, i think it's the best film i've seen this year. dad! dad. leave no trace premiered injanuary, at the sundance film festival, a mecca for indie film—makers. meanwhile in may, france played host to the 71st cannes film festival where there was the usual selection of cheers and boos. the top prize went to the japanese film—maker hirokazu kore—eda, for his new film shoplifters, which isn't due to open here till november. while most of the booing was reserved for lars von trier‘s serial killer film, the house that jack built. von trier had not been to cannes since he was declared persona non grata in 2011, afterjokingly describing himself as a nazi who could understand and sympathise with hitler. his new film, which includes scenes

of violence involving women, children and ducklings, provoked mass walk—outs although practice provocateur von trier declared he wasn't sure if his critics hated the film enough. oh, lars! others at cannes include spike lee's grand prix winner blackkklansman, which opens here towards the end of august. based on an autobiographical book by ron stallworth, the film starsjohn david washington as the black detective who infiltrates the ku klux klan. the village voice critic said of lee's latest, "i don't know that i've ever seen a movie exploit its tonal mismatches voraciously and purposefully." judge for yourself when blackkklansman opens here in august. one film you probably won't be seeing in the immediate future is the man who killed don quixote, the long—awaited passion project from terry gilliam, which took a debut bow at cannes amid a heated lawsuit about rights and ownership. if you saw the documentary lost

in la mancha about gilliam's previous failed attempt to make this dream project, you can be forgiven for thinking that he would never get it completed — but complete it, he did. and it is vintage gilliam that does not disappoint. i really hope you get to see it in the not—too—distant future. don quixote de la mancha! come to restore the lost age of chivalry! well, i wrote that. blasphemy! a hand of our god in heaven wrote me. can i read? a peasant like you cannot read! i will sound the words and you can look at the pictures. there was much discussion at cannes about the role of women in the film industry and the ongoing gender imbalance. jury president cate blanchett led a women's march up the red carpet to the palais to highlight the need for more equality and to emphasise how badly cannes has traditionally under—represented women. there were 82 women on the red carpet, including kristen stewart,

lea seydoux and a wrinkle in time director ava duvernay, representing each of the 82 women film makers who have climbed these steps since the festival began in 19116. compared to the 1,688 men. to date, only one woman has ever won the palm d'or, jane campion, for the piano, which this year celebrated its 25th anniversary with a big—screen re—release. despite these imbalances, women film—makers are definitely on the rise. one of the most eagerly awaited releases of the late summer is the miseducation up cameron post, the second feature from desiree akhavan, who made 2014's

appropriate behaviour. i have come to meet our new disciple. welcome, cameron. i'm doctor lydia march. i'm the director of god's promise. hi. it's a pleasure to meet you. i know the adjustment can be difficult at first, but i have every faith you'll find yourself at home here soon. in the meantime, please don't hesitate to ask if you need anything. thank you. you should consider yourself amongst family, cameron. you can call me cam, it's fine. cameron's already a masculine name. to abbreviate it to something even less feminine only exacerbates your gender confusion. right. chloe grace moretz plays a lesbian teenager who has been sent to a christian gay conversion camp. the film co—stars sasha lane, who made a splash in british director andrea arnold's acclaimed

drama american honey. hey. i like your band, uh, withjonah ruiz, l? enfance nue? in french accent: l'enfance nue. well, i saw your thanksgiving show. my name's lady bird. it's weird you shake hands. yeah. back injanuary, greta gerwig picked up oscar nominations for best screenplay and best director for her work on the best picture contender lady bird, a semi—autobiographical coming—of—age story that just came out on dvd. as did liam ramsay's you were never really here, which earned her a screenplay award at cannes last year. and leonor serraille‘s camera d'or winnerjeune femme. if you don't fancy making a trip to the cinema this summer, these films are well worth watching at home from the comfort of your own couch. and then there are those who prefer to watch their films outdoors — a growing trend, despite the traditionally unreliable british weather.

in the recent past, british audiences have watched the blair witch project in the woods and jaws in a swimming pool and on a pier. although outdoor cinema traditionally kicks off after the sun goes down, more versatile screens have led to a rise in daylight performances, so remember to always check your start times. this summer, you can see the italianjob with a full orchestra in leeds‘ millennium square in august, or the gooneys, the greatest showman and the shape of water in edinburgh royal botanic gardens. at muncaster castle, picnic cinema presents the adventures of priscilla queen of the desert, and the coen brothers‘ cult classic the big lebowski, with themed clothing from flip—flops to feathers encouraged. in nottingham, the summer nights festival of outdoor films returns to wollaton hall and deer park in august, including a screening of christopher nolan‘s spectacular batman epic the dark knight rises, which you can watch in the shadow of wollaton hall, aka wayne manor. meanwhile, in london, somerset house has its annual outdoor programme, which this year is themed around dreams, fantasies, nocturnes and reveries.

diverse films include labyrinth, the wizard of oz, rebecca, carol, sleeping beauty and selma. my own highlights would be david lynch‘s perennially unsettling blue velvet and a double bill of la belle et la bete, and bride of frankenstein, perfect. one film that‘s been selling out at outdoor screens this summer is the greatest showman which, like grease, has proved a crowd—pleasing singalong hit. showman opened at christmas to largely negative reviews and some say as a result of those reviews, a soft showing at the box office. but then something unusual started to happen. thanks to repeat viewings and super—positive word of mouth, the huthackman star rebuked box—office trends and began to climb rather than descend the charts,

reaching the number—one spot in its sixth week. an unprecedented turn of events. critics were accused of misjudging the movie and failing to recognise its populist virtues. quite the opposite was true of star wars: the lastjedi, which drew loads of rave five—star reviews, of some rabid star wars fans, who accused critics of having being bought off by disney. things turned nasty in the shape of an organised campaign against the marvel blockbuster black panther, which saw a group of hyperventilating fan boys publicly conspiring to damage the film‘s rating on rotten tomatoes, the ridiculously overhyped and unreliable review aggregator site which attempts to reduce film criticism to a binary ‘fresh or rotten‘ rating. the campaign failed, and it became a huge hit along with marvel‘s supergroup smash avengers: infinity war. i‘m peter, by the way. dr strange.

oh, we‘re using our made—up names. then i am spider—man. the end is near. this summer brings us antman and the wasp, the sequel to the famously troubled antman, which was set to be directed by edgar wright until he left to helm baby driver. this film was originally to open at the end ofjune, but was pushed back to august to avoid clashing with the world cup, which sparked an online petition to bring it forward again. make your mind up. what are you waiting for? i'm jumping out of a window! oh, sorry, good luck. and then there is mission impossible: fallout, their sixth instalment. directed by christopher mcquarrie, it reunites a familiar ensemble cast

alongside newcomers angela bassett and henry cavill. the latter sporting the moustache that had to be digitally removed for the reshoot ofjustice league. the famously gung—ho cruise broke his ankle during production and had to stop shooting for a couple of months. i hope it was worth the pain. there‘s plenty of action men duking it out in cinemas this summer. hot on the heels ofjumanji: welcome to thejungle and rampage, one—man movie machine the rock is back again in skyscraper, aka die rock hard, while jason statham goes head—to—head with the world‘s biggest shark in the meg. the modern summer blockbuster was built on shark bait, with stephen spielberg‘s 1975 hit jaws setting the wide release pattern which would become the template for such seasonal sensations. i‘ve always said that jaws is not about a shark, it‘s about a crisis of masculinity in the post—watergate age. as for the meg, i‘m pretty sure it is about a shark.

and the stath. i‘ve often said that we are living through a golden age of animation, and on the basis of films released in uk cinemas this year, that continues to be true. in march, the animated feature oscar went to cocoa, a vibrant gem set around the mexican day of the dead. the visuals are dazzling, the songs catchy, and the message — love never dies — wholly admirable. this isn‘t a dream, then. you are all really out there! meanwhile, pixar‘s winning streak continues with incredibles 2, one of the must—see films of the summer. more than a decade after the original first introduced us to mr incredible, elastigirl, violet, dash and baby jack—jack, this sequel finds bob playing stay—at—home dad, while mum is out kicking ass. it‘s an absolute treat, not least because there‘s a lot more jack jack attack. what the...?

want a cookie? num—num cookie? num num? num—num cookie? cookie? oh, my god! whoa! 0k. one of my favourite animations of the year so far is early man, a timely football—themed delight which marks nick park‘s first feature as solo director. described by its creator as ‘dodgeball meets gladiator‘, it opened in uk cinemas earlier in the year and, at the time, i said i couldn‘t wait for the dvd release since there were just too many side gags to take them in on the first viewing. well, this summer, i suspect that plenty of families with youngsters will have the dvd of early man on hard rotation — both for home viewing and for those long holiday carjourneys, where the kids really need pacifying. is there women present? cover yourselves now! sadly, you‘ll have to wait till september for the dvd release of the breadwinner,

a sublime animation from the irish studio behind song of the sea, brilliantly directed by nora twomey. in the meantime, hotel transylvania 3: monster vacation hits cinemas at the end ofjuly, while live action and computer graphics come together in disney‘s christopher robin in august. tigger! piglet! if anyone wants to clap, now is the time to do it. like animation, horror also seems to be experiencing a real renaissance. at the oscars, get out was nominated for several awards, including best picture, whilejordan peel became the first african—american to win academy award for best screenplay and to be nominated for producing, writing and directing in the same year. since then, we‘ve had the silent terror of a quiet place and huge success of hereditary, dubbed this generation‘s the exorcist, even though it isn‘t. coming away this summer, we have unfriended: dark web, the sequel to the underrated us/russian co—production unfriended, which proved to be a blair witch project

for the broadband era. and then, towards the end of august, we get slender man, a late—in—the—day cinematic adaptation of something that was an internet meme back in 2009, caused a moral panic in 2014, following the so—called slender man stabbing, and was the subject of an hbo documentary, beware the slender man, in 2016. from slender man to journeyman, paddy considine‘s heartfelt boxing picture, which comes to dvd at the end ofjuly. it‘s one of a number of recent pictures which shows the oft—maligned uk film industry is in surprisingly rude health, certainly from a creative point of view. home—grown highlights released in the uk this year have also included funny cow, a tale of a comedian finding herfeet in the northern club circuit, which featured a barn—storming performance

by maxine peake and co—starred the ubiquitous paddy considine. how very nice it is to be here this evening. but then again, i‘m from rotherham, so it‘s, um, it‘s nice to be anywhere. laughter. i don't know how to say this, i think... i think i want to have an affair. what? at the end of august, we have the uk release of the children act — starring emma thompson and directed by richard eyre. juggling the personal and the professional, the story concerns a high court judge called upon to rule in the case of a minor refusing a transfusion on religious grounds. the children act is based on the novel by british author ian mcewan, whose work also provided the basis for the recent british film on chesil beach. it‘s hopeless. is it? august also sees the arrival of beast on dvd, a dark mix of fairytale and psycho chiller set on jersey. rising starsjessie buckley and johnny flynn provide the visceral spark that fires the story, a game of psychological cat and mouse in which desire and danger, innocence and guilt, are intriguingly intertwined.

it‘s a very impressive feature debut from writer—director michael pearce, a name to watch in future. if you‘re feeling adventurous in your support of home industries, and we are in the home of the british film industry, the bfi southbank, then why not check out lek and the dogs? the latest feature from that magnificent british maverick andrew kotting. inspired by hattie naylor‘s 2010 play, it draws on the true life story of a young boy who lived rough on the streets of moscow where he was befriended by a pack of feral dogs. it had an all—too—brief theatrical run injune and july, but you can watch it now on streaming services like bfi player and mubi. if you‘re starting to feel a bit blockbustered out, believe me, this really is something different. i know she still has you in her heart, jehovah. also look out for the british

film apostasy, a drama about the jehovah‘s witnesses, directed by daniel kokotajlo. it follows a mother and her two daughters, one of whom finds herself disfellowshipped — barred from the close—knit community in which she grew up and from contact with her family. if you want to catch an old classic, there is plenty to fit the bill. both mildred pierce and the women are back on our screens as part of a joan crawford season in august. diehard hollywood gems always worth catching in the cinema. there‘s also a very welcome 30th anniversary re—release of terence davies‘ haunting feature distant voices, still lives — one of my favourite films of the 1980s. i‘ll leave you with this teaser from the eyes of orson welles, the new documentary by mark cousins, who is perhaps best described not as a film—maker or a film critic, but as a film poet. having played to rapturous applause in cannes in may, this acclaimed doc opens in uk cinemas in august, where it‘s sure

to prove an eye—opener. enjoy the summer. dear orson welles. you left no autobiography, but you left something else. i went to this secure storage unit in new york and look what i found in the box, orson. drawings. many have never been seen before. you draw yourself crying. pray for the free man who damned himself. did you damn yourself, orson? and if so, for what? who were you? there are at least a thousand of your artworks. can we tell your story anew? we can still look through your eyes. hello.

things will get hotter and humid, and the heat and humidity combination could be really uncomfortable for some. it‘s been warm and humid across parts of england and wales for part two of the weekend. variable cloud, some sunshine. further north, that cloud has been much thicker, especially in northern and western scotland, where we have frontal systems pushing in. more of a breeze. the isobars closer together in the south and east, and a much bigger space between isobars and much lighter winds. into this evening and overnight, it‘s going to be breezier, with thicker cloud. outbreaks of rain in northern and western scotland. showers across the irish sea to northern england and high winds across england and wales, and it‘s a warm and muggy night. temperatures around the mid—teens celsius. but across the south, no lower than 19 or 20 celsius, especially in london.

for monday, a largely dry and very warm and muggy start, and not long until those temperatures soar to the high—20s. further north, a weak weather front produces thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain across southern scotland and northern ireland. not wall—to—wall sunshine again across england and wales. variable cloud and sunny spells and winds will be light, and with the humidity, it feels very warm indeed — the high—20s celsius. more cloud across this north west corner because of the weather front, so rain in southern scotland and northern ireland. northern scotland not doing too badly, with sunshine. 16 degrees in stornoway and a bit fresher than elsewhere. for monday evening, stayingdamp across this portion of the united kingdom. elsewhere, a largely dry and another warm and muggy night. into tuesday, we‘ll continue to see very weak weather fronts across central and northern parts of the country. but the south east is looking very warm indeed. much of england and wales will be warm and humid, but we could see 32,

or 33 degrees in the south east, into east anglia. further north and west, because there‘s more cloud and more breeze, temperatures here closer to 20, 22 celsius. not cold, by any means, but not as hot as it is further south, and showers pretty much anywhere. for the rest of the week — for edinburgh and belfast, temperatures hovering around the low 20 celsius. showers now and then. further south and east, though, much warmer. this is bbc news i‘m annita mcveigh. the headlines at five. a three—year—old boy who was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in worcester has been released from hospital. police want to speak to three men about the incident. a young boy appears to have had some form of substance, potentially acid, throwing or sprayed towards him. every thee concerning incident, at the moment we are treating him. the new brexit secretary says a deal with the eu can be

reached this autumn — but dominic raab says preparations have begun — in case negotiations end without agrement. going to bring to these negotiations, the ambition of pragmatism, we get a deal done in october. if, if, if. sure.