tv The Film Review BBC News July 29, 2018 11:45pm-12:01am BST
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haven't gone for a decent deal. sorry, i know you want to talk about sex, but you are one of these hard brexiteers — you are not a moderate at all. i thought you said you were. i'm going to talk about this article evenif i'm going to talk about this article even if they won't. the story is its thought only women had post sex blues, but apparently it affects lii% of men as well. i suppose you've got to work at risk versus reward, haven't you? that's it for the papers tonight. everyone breathes a sigh of relief... don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. su said to me, you've got your work cut out tonight, martine — you were wrong. thank you john and ruth. next it's time for the film review. hello and a very warm welcome
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to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's top cinema releases is james king. nice to see you, james. good to see you, too. the summer is upon us. what have you been watching? well, i've been watching action on the streets, as tom cruise saves the world again and mission: impossible — fallout. and there's been action in the air as well, as dracula and his pals go on a monster vacation in hotel transylvania 3. and there's been action in the alps, as i went back 5000 years for the story of the iceman. well, every genre is covered this week. mission: impossible, my goodness, it looks like they've spent
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an awful lot on this. it does, get, this is number six. it does, yes, this is number six. the first one way back in 1996, unbelievably. tom cruise, of course, is back as ethan hunt — the imf special agent. this time he's tracking down some missing weapons—grade plutonium, helped of course by his usual cohorts. so, ving rhames is back, simon pegg is back, rebecca ferguson — who was in the previous film — is back for this one. there is a new boy — henry cavill. we know him as superman in the movies. yes. he's playing a cia agent who's watching over every move that ethan hunt makes. of course, it is action—packed. they say that the traffic in paris is very bad. that's not going to stop tom cruise though, is it? let's have a look. do you copy? we copy, go. change of plans. i'm blown. need a distraction. we're on our way. sirens. honking.
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sirens. and that sums up the film quite well, doesn't it? pretty much. that, for two hours. that's basically it. i love it, though. very, very slick, isn't it? i thought it was just brilliant. and, you know, tom cruise has been doing this for a long time. it's over 35 years he has been acting now, leading man. and just the energy of the guy and the dynamism of the guy is second to none.
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itjust constantly surprises me. and i think that there's that balance, there is that balance that all summer blockbusters should have, the best ones should have, which is — on the one hand it does feel realistic at times. there's stuff in here about terrorism, there's stuff in here about rogue fanatics that feels like it's plucked from the newspapers, from the headlines. but then, on the other hand, it is also completely ridiculous. yes. and those action scenes like that one, there was one in the helicopter, there was the skydiving scene, they are over the top, and brilliant and fantastical and it is the balance right between those two things. and yes, some of it is quite beautiful. yeah. the production design is so stylish. i have never seen a fight in a men's urinal look quite so stylish. i mean, you've got to tell it like it is. yeah, that's a special moment, isn't it? i think a lot of that is down... it wasn't your wide by the end of it, lots of blood, but... christopher mcquarrie is the writer and director of this. he also did the previous one as well. he has worked with tom cruise many
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times on many films. he is really like a mentor to tom cruise. they work together really well. so tom crusie is star and producers and mcquarrie is writer and director and i think this is a great partnership, they produce a lot of great films to and it really helped this film that it is just one writer behind it with one clear vision. it is not muddied by a whole team of writers. yes, that shows. and also, of course, it is not muddied by a lot of fan expectation and fanboys hype and buzz. that is all going on in the marvel world in the comic book world, but actually the mission: impossible films relatively speaking, just kind of come out without a lot of fuss, without a lot of hype and yet they consistently deliver the goods. it is the summer blockbuster, and that is official, isn't it? yeah, and i think it is one of the best mission: impossible films. well, there is a recommendation for the summer. cartoon? yes, hotel transylvania three. yes, hotel transylvania three. three! so, dracula is back, voiced by adam sandler. this time he's taking his friends on holiday, on a holiday cruise. so, that is the invisible man
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and frankenstein's monster and the mummy in all these ghoulies, fiendish friends. of course, they're always being followed around by their arch nemesis, mr van helsing, not too far away. and you know what, i thought i would watch this with the sound of braham stoker spinning in his grave. accompanying every scene. but it is actually better than i expected. it is certainly full of energy, hyperactive, some might say. but it's not like a pixar movie. it does not have that kind of sleek feel about it, but it does have a sort of hanna—barbera craziness about it. so, even though it's nonsense, really, you are not bored watching it because it is so colourful and there is so much going on and the music is relentless. so, i don't think it is a classic... relentless and high—energy, i am feeling like it... but it keeps you going, you know? the worst thing would be is if you feel bored watching this, but actually
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because it is so fast—paced boredom is one thing you don't feel. 0k. i think it is fluff and it is not as good as the incredibles 2 but it is not bad. all right, 0k, and iceman. i haven't had a chance to see it but i am intrigued by this. right, you might remember back in the early 905 there was a body discovered in the alps in austria. that actually people initially thought was a hiker or a mountaineer, but it turned out to be the body of a hunter from over 5000 years ago, being preserved in the ice — it's now in a museum inordinately. it's now in a museum in northern italy. but this movie is, it really the back story of how he got there, what his life story is presumed to be. a lot of it is dramatic licence. and it is all told in a roman era outline language. and it is all told in a roman era alpine language. there are no subtitles though. the director said "i don't think you're going to need subtitles, this is a universal story," actually it is true. i could understand what was going on. essentially what it is
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is a revenge story. they've given this hunter character a revenge story where he's trying to track down people who attacked his family. so it's kind of like taken with liam neeson, but in the alps with beards and spears. let's have a look and get a flavour of it. yeah. shouting. i mean, is this really tough to watch in terms of...
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this is all about physical endurance, cold? yes, it's gutsy. it's definitely gutsy. and i actually say the worst thing about it is that, weirdly, it does feel quite familiar. it's very much like a hollywood revenge movie, albeit in a very different setting with a different language. so, although there is a novelty factor to it, actually the story plays out quite conventionally. but it is certainly a curiosity. whether it is must—see, though, i don't know, but it's certainly a curiosity. intriguing, i think. yeah. 0k, what have you chosen as the best out this week? first reformed, so this is from writer—director paul schrader. it is about a priest in a small town in upstate new york who is going through a crisis, many crises really, spiritual crises, personal crisis, and in a way it is paul schrader on familiar ground because — probably he most famously wrote taxi driver and has written and directed many films. 0ften deals with questions of faith and a session and guilt. 0ften deals with questions of faith
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and obsession and guilt. and it is all there in first reformed. it is a brilliant performance from ethan hawke, we tend to think of as a bit more wide—eyed and energetic in a lot of his performances. he is a broken man in this. he is at the end of his tether. he is desperate. but it is a really, talk about that with iceman, this is a really gutsy film that has weight, and has depth, it has some stunning visual moments, just really full—blooded, you know. and at this time of year when it is the season for blockbusters, if you want to see something that actually has some real guts to it, then i would recommend this. 0k. all right, first reformed. and dvd — out on dvd this week is that extraordinary isle of dogs. i mean, visually this isjust something, isn't it? is digital download at the moment, so that is the way to watch at the moment. dvd is in a couple weeks. yes, this is wes anderson's animation about humans and their pets and the bonds between them. also of course his love letter to ja pa n. it really is.
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that actually has caused a bit of about whether this white guy from texas should be making that movie, but it is from the heart. with his usual eccentric humour, with his usual style, with his usual voice talent. jeff goldblum, bill murray, tilda swinton. i actually found it really moving. i don't think it is going to convert people who don't like his films. they are quite mannered films. but actually, that bond between humans and their pets, it is actually described rather touchingly in this phone. i think you're right. british people love a story about... exactly, yes. ..about their animals and the attention to detail in this is just teriffic. it looks amazing, absolutely amazing, really. i don't even think that it's an animation necessarily for children. i think it's probably and more adults. yes, absolutely agree. james, lovely to see you. you too, cheers. see you next week. thank you very much indeed. and that is it from both of us. we will see you, same time that week. happy cinema going, bye—bye. good evening. a good spell of steady
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rain across virtually all parts of the uk and a little bit fresher. it does not set the scene for the week ahead because there will be some rain, yes, but sunshine also. showers to the north and west. fairly scattered across the country. a good deal less windy band through this weekend. an increasing amount of sunshine and get ready for some heat to return, particularly in the south and east. a bit breezy overnight across the south—east corner. the low starting to fade away. tapping into the heat across southern areas. tonight, a bit of warmth across east anglia. the humid night. a few showers into the morning across southern and western
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areas. going through the morning, showers developing across a few areas. many of you, some dry sunny spells to take you through the day. winds at lighter than through this weekend. temperatures up a few degrees. most notably towards the south and east of the country. through monday into tuesday, showers fading for most. returning on tuesday morning. fresher night to come. sunshine to start tuesday. showers to begin in the far south but they will shift out of the way fairly smartly. dry, sunny spells. mostly showers towards the western half of scotland. temperatures are similarto half of scotland. temperatures are similar to those on monday. by wednesday, after a clear night
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across southern areas, showers will return with increasing cloud towards the west. many will stay dry, particularly south and east. temperatures are starting to climb once again. they will climb uk wide. in the thursday, some weather fronts trying to push their way in but they get to be surrounded by a developing area of high pressure so any rain will turn a showery. back above 30 degrees by then. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines: caught on the mountain: the moment trekkers run to escape landslides as a powerful earthquake hits the indonesian island of lombok. at least 14 people are dead. cambodia's prime minister has claimed election victory, but critics say the vote was a sham. hello. i'm ben bland in london. also coming up in the programme:
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