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asa her son. she thinks of him more as a victim than an architect of his own fate. and that is very much where her memory of him lies. martin talking to me a little earlier. it's little more than 50 years since donald campbell lost his life trying to break his own water speed record in the lake district. his jet—powered vessel was travelling at more than 300 miles per hour when it crashed on coniston water. well, bluebird k7 has since been salvaged and painstakingly restored, and is about to take to the water again. lorna gordon has more. the isle of bute in the firth of clyde has never had a visitor like this. bluebird. the jet—engined hydroplane that held seven world records, restored to its former glory in a journey that has taken 17 years. it's all original material, it has been re—repaired and assessed for strength. modern day rivets, all this kind of thing. just a painstaking and thorough rebuild. donald campbell died trying to break his own record
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as the fastest man on water, hurtling past at more than 300mph on coniston water in the lake district. his daughter, gina, carrying the teddy bear he had with him, has come to bute to see bluebird take to the water again. i'm tingling. i'm not sure how i'm going to feel to see the boat up close. i think the crux will come when i see someone else climb into the pilot's seat. i have never seen anyone else in there other than my dad. this time round, bluebird will be travelling across this scottish loch at much lower speeds. the volunteers involved planning to toast success in an understated style. are you going to celebrate? nice cup of tea. do what the british do best. the project has been built on cups of tea. this, a long waited for chance to celebrate
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donald campbell's achievements by seeing his record—breaking craft in action. again. and in the past couple of hours, the iconic bluebird speedboat has arrived on the isle of bute, greeted by donald campbell's daughter gina. she mentioned in that report that she didn't know how she'd feel to see it again. we can see that she was overcome with emotion. after initial tests are carried out, it's expected bluebird will run at speed again next year. now it's time for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's
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cinema releases, james king. so james, what do we have this week? well, for comic book fans, there is evangeline lilly creating a buzz in marvel‘s ant—man and the wasp. for music fans, there is nick offerman following his dreams of rock stardom in hearts beat loud. and for gemma arterton fans, there is gemma arterton just being awesome in the escape. ok, let's start with ant—man. did we need a sequel? is the world crying out for this? well, apparently so. it is three years since the first one. this is ant—man and the wasp. paul rudd and evangeline lilly as the title characters returning, better known as scott and hope. michael douglas is back as well as hope's father, dr hank pym, the science boffin. this time around, villains are after his secrets.
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they're after what he knows about shrinking. there was a lot of shrinking in this film. let's look at evangeline lilly as the wasp in action. ok, i wouldn't mess with her. she is cool. there is a slight difference to the first one is that it does feel more like a three—hander. paul rudd, who is ant—man, shares pretty much equal screen time with evangeline lilly and michael douglas. so it feels more like an ensemble piece. if you look at the way marvel has been going, they love an ensemble movie now. this fits into that, although the mood is of course much lighter. there are dark marvel movies and epic marvel movies. there are silly marvel movies. this one has its own personality, as it should, and it is the more child—friendly marvel movie. it is a bit more flippant and funny and frothy and pacey, and there is nothing wrong with that. but ultimately, it is slightly less memorable because of that. but there's nothing wrong with that in august as long as there's something for adults and children, as that's what we all need at this time of year.
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absolutely. i was a little disappointed that michelle pfeiffer, who plays hope's mother, is not in it that much. admittedly, she has been trapped in what they referred to as a sub—atomic quantum realm for the last 30 years, so she has essentially been shrunk in amongst the atoms. she is in it a bit, but it is michelle pfeiffer and i would like to see more of her. but if you are an eight—year—old viewer, they probably don't care whether michelle pfeiffer is in it. who is michelle pfeiffer? it is pacey and fun and there are great action scenes around san francisco. they have a lot of laughs with it, and that is the main thing. there is a lot of fun to be had with shrinking and enlarging things, and they make the most of it. hearts beat loud, i am intrigued by this. should we call it a musical or a drama? it is a musical drama. very big on the festival circuit like south by southwest. it's about a father and daughter, nick 0fferman and kiersey clemons, who have been playing and jamming together as father and daughter. they live in brooklyn,
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and the summer before she is about to go to university, they start to take things more seriously and start to write songs together and upload them and get a bit of attention. so you have a film about people embracing change and coming out of their shell a little bit. i think it's impossible to dislike this film. it is so good—natured and so warm—hearted. it's really about the therapeutic power of music and how it can bring people together. that is gorgeous, and the music itself, which is original music, is gorgeous. there is a downside in that it is not exactly edge of your seat. a bit more threat would not have gone amiss. but ultimately, it's full of good nature and optimism. i love that theme about the power of music. exactly. of course, the music had to be good in it. that is the key thing
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because if they start playing and we in the audience go, "it's not that great", the whole thing would fail but the music is genuinely good. i hope it crosses over from the festival circuit into the mainstream. and your third film this week, is this gemma arterton‘s bid for an award? i would love to see her get an award for the escape. dominic savage is the writer and director about what seems to be a very everyday suburban housewife, a wife and mother. got the car in the driveway, the two children, a husband who is 0k—ish, played by dominic cooper. it's a normal suburban life but on the inside, she's having a breakdown. she wants to escape and be someone else and somewhere else. you're a great mum. you love them to bits. hey. that's what you do for kids. you look after them, you bring them up and they treat you like crap most of the time.
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that's what happens, everyone knows that. i don't care about them. oi. you don't mean that. you're a mum, that's what mums do. don't care if they don't finish their dinner. don't care if they... oi, oi, oi. don't care. don't care if they go to school, if they don't go to school. what are you talking about? stop it. but i make myself care, make myself do it. i make myself be funny... all right. and happy, silly... all right. like you. i think they hate me. shut up. i think they can feel what's going on. all right, this has got to stop now. is it quite claustrophobic? claustrophobic at the right moments, and then things change which i will not give away. a lot of it is improvised, which really helps. i didn't realise that when i watched it, ijust had a sense as a viewer that it felt very natural.
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it really flowed very casually. and then afterwards, reading about it, a lot of it was improvised, which makes sense and really helps with the realism of it. very believable and very good at capturing the minutiae of suburban life, of being a parent, the frustrating things about being a parent. there is this underlying menace throughout the whole thing and the music really helps with this. you just think, things aren't going to go well. things are going to implode. things are going to go badly. i think it's her best performance. it reminded me of films that i associate more with coming out of france, those sort of unhurried character studies, grown—up movies with kristin scott thomas in it or isabelle huppert someone like that. i thought it was just fantastic. it is her best performance and utterly heartbreaking. and we're not giving any plot spoilers, but that sounds like one to watch. in terms of the best out this week,
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you could feel the money in mission: impossible. there was a big budget for that film. and it has made a lot of it back already. the biggest opening weekend for a mission: impossible film in the states ever. 22 years after the first one, this is number six and still doing incredibly well. last week, we talked about the action scenes, which are brilliant. we talked about the realism of it. a lot of it feels very contemporary and plays with the fears we have. iforgot to mention vanessa kirby, who is great. she pays a black—market arms dealer. she is best known from the crown, where she plays princess margaret. she really radiates cool in this. you can see her there. and the brilliant sean harris, who returns as solomon lane, the bad guy. lowestoft‘s finest, sean harris. he is spine—chilling, as always. so a couple of very good performances, as well as tom cruise. who still looks about 38. looks 38, throws himself headfirst into the action, has a great relationship with christopher mcquarrie,
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the writer and director. they bring out the best in each other. it is a terrific watch. and a quick thought on a dvd for anyone staying in? l'amant double, the double lover. psychological thriller. real nods to the greats like hitchcock, about a young woman who falls in love with her psychiatrist, suspect that he has a double life and is hiding secrets about his family. lots of mirrors, lots of split screen, lots of references to split personalities, all the classic psychological thriller stuff is in there. it is hypnotic and mesmerising and pretty seductive. it earns its 18 certificate. it becomes like 50 shades 0f frasier by the end of it. but i think it is really classy and there is a lot of panache there. 0k! you don't look won over. there's nothing more i can say about that without actually seeing it. i was fine until you mentioned
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50 shades of grey. thank you very much. lovely to see you. thanks for being with us and enjoy all your cinema—going this week, whatever it is you choose to go and see. have a good week. see you next time. bye— bye. and it is daycare weather this week m, and it is daycare weather this week in, particularly hot across the southeast of the country but really fine and a warm across so many other parts of the uk as well. sony for most of us this weekend but the really hot weather will be across the southeast. today in london, we got up to 33 celsius. clear out there for most of us this evening but not necessarily everywhere. a bit more cloud in the northwest and very warm. i9 bit more cloud in the northwest and very warm. 19 in london, 15 in
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yorkshire, a little bit fresher in the north this coming night. tomorrow, lots of sunshine. best of the sun in central and southern areas. a bit more cloud that will come and go through the day in western scotland and northern ireland, too. call it partly cloudy here. temperatures a lot fresher in belfast and the lowlands of scotland, compared to the south where did richard to peak around 29 oi’ where did richard to peak around 29 or 30 degrees. and the file whether it continues into sunday and in the early week. this is bbc world news today. our top stories... zimba bwe's newly relected president insists he won a free and fair election — and calls for calm after the violence that left six people dead. i ask everyone to be calm and peaceful and to look for work, and peaceful and to look forward, to remember that we are all brothers and sisters. but the opposition leader, nelson chamisa, refuses to accept the outcome —
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