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he held a two—shot lead with four holes to play before playing partner thomas aiken birdied the last hole to force a play—off. a par was good enough for waring in the end, though, as aiken drove into the water. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. coming up next is the film review. hello and a warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons.
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hi, jason — what have you been watching? hi,jane. well, this week, an uptight ewan mcgregor gets a surprise visit from some familiar furry flying friends. he's with hayley atwell. more to come in disney's christopher robin. there's a love letter from one film—maker to another, as mark cousins addresses his hero orson welles in a documentary called the eyes of orson welles, which is inspired by finding a treasure trove of orson welles‘ never—before—seen sketches and drawings. and the boss is back, just in time for the football — denzel washington pops up with the equalizer 2. he is on a vengeful mission, and you don't want to get in his way. i wouldn't argue with him! starting with christopher robin... it's only a pg, and i am fascinated about whether this is really a children's film, for summer? what is this? ijust came from a screening
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where there were children there with their merchandise, thinking, "great, i am going see a winnie—the—pooh movie — how cute." they're not. ah, they're not. what they will see is very cute. he is famously a bear of little brain, but this is a movie of very big heart. it starts with ewan mcgregor as an adult christopher robin, though i stress not the real christopher robin, who we saw in a film earlier this year called goodbye, christopher robin, about the rather miserable life that the real christopher robin had. this christopher robin is miserable, working in post—war london for a luggage firm. he has too much work on his plate, can't spend enough time with his wife, hayley atwell, and his child madeline — played by a brilliantly—named child british actress, bronte carmichael — very posh. she's very good, though, as well. he's very stressed out and can't work out what is happening at work, and he gets a visit from a childhood friend, which might make him lighten up for the weekend... 0h. what to do, what to
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do, what to do... what to do indeed. pooh? christopher robin. no! no, no, no... you can't be here. mm. this can't be happening. the stress. it's not stress. god, i'm stressed. it's pooh. i'm so exhausted. madeline warned me! i like to be warmed. warmed and cosy. i've cracked! i've totally cracked. i don't see any cracks. a few wrinkles...maybe. is that pooh with an american accent? am i mishearing that? he always has an american accent, pooh, because he's voiced by the famous actor, jim cummings, who always does pooh and tigger as well, you remember tigger — "the wonderful thing about tiggers, their bottoms are made out of springs..."?
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and he does the song, don't worry. thank goodness. and also, eeyore has an american accent, and if you remember that film with mark wahlberg, ted, with the swearing, smoking bear, this is kind of the pg version of that. the characters are there, but as you see, they're sort of furry characters, and it's about handing things on to the next generation. and here we see madeline having a tea party on the train with the characters, as they try to come to london to try to make herfather have a nice time, to remember the childish things he'd put away when he was so very young. it's that kind of lesson. we get that in disney movies in films like elf, where the father has to remember what it was like to be young. but we want this to be as good as paddington, that's the trouble, which is brilliant. yes, there's a sort of influx of furriness going on on the streets of london right now. this isn't paddington. there's a lot of nods to paddington, and even a part for some of the people who were in paddington
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— some voices cast, the voice of peter capaldi as rabbit here. it's very strange. i actually thought it was rather sweet, and it kind of worked, but it is a very odd concoction, and i also have no idea whom it's for, because it isn't really for kids — it is for grown—up kids who can't put away childish things, which actually strikes me very much as disney's core audience right now because they are the ones doing superheroes and star wars. it's for that age group as well, trying to remember what it was like to be young. ok, so it sounds like a curious mixture. curiouser and curiouser. said alice. and you're bringing a documentary as your second choice? yes, mixing things up. this one is certainly for film fans. citizen kane was voted the number one film six decades in a row, the best film ever made. orson welles is often cited as the best film—maker ever. certainly in terms of images. well, mark cousins, a well—known film historian who worked at the bbc, he discovered a treasure trove of orson welles‘ sketches and he got them out and realised what we see
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in the sketches often translated into his films, such as touch of evil, which we are seeing here, which starred a great orson welles performance. it's a beautiful love letter to cinema. it is also very pretentious, which is what you want from mark cousins — i wouldn't want it any other way! very esoteric, but you also learn a whole lot about what cinema can do, how it connects to the world, the shapes and motifs it can trigger. it's a real cineaste‘s trove as opening up that trove must have been for mark cousins, and finding clues to orson welles, what he calls his visual thinking. we often say that the eyes are the keys to the soul, but here they're sort of saying the paintings are the keys to orson welles‘ visual soul. he famously never finished films, orson welles, always arguing with the studios about money. what would he have made now of the internet and the free technology we have? he might have ended up finishing films. it is fascinating and absolutely beautiful and i loved every second, but again, it is not for everyone. all right. is this for everyone, the equalizer 2? do you remember the first one?
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it is well documented that i‘m not good with this is not really my territory! denzel, however, is an expert. i love denzel washington... well, i love him, but... i‘d pay to see him read out the phone book, to be honest with you. yes. the first one, i remember very little about it except that he worked in the american equivalent of bm). so he now has a job driving the american equivalent of uber, in boston, ferrying people around, but he also kind of rights wrongs — he is indeed the equalizer. but he perceives the moral rectitude of what he‘s doing. here he is, taking some revenge and wrath out on some arrogant bankers who have mistreated one of his clients... how are you doing? i'm the, ah, lift driver that you called to take home your girlfriend. not a girlfriend, man. 0h. credit card wasn‘t valid. come in. there you go. mm. pay yourself whatever, and give yourself a nice tip. thank you.
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you're not going to ask me if she got home ok? this is the point where usually i'd give you a chance to do the right thing — but not tonight. tonight i'm going to need your cameras, cellphones, anything you might have used to record what you did to her. you knocked on the wrong door tonight, pops. come here. ok, so that‘s the general gist? he does that a lot? a lot, and he‘s very good at it. he is 63, denzel washington, and i don‘t know why he does it. the central plot is to do with his cia... of course, he is a former cia assassin now working
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as a taxi driver. he comes out of retirement to help her and track down why she has been killed, and it goes right to the top, one of those conspiracies, except it doesn‘t and ends up in a hurricane — there she is, melissa leo, she gets killed, and of course, who killed her? it ends up on the coast for no reason at all. that said, it has denzel washington being really cool all the way through, so i sort of like that, a film about denzel washington. not his best, but still denzel. best out, you have chosen a film which, thanks, jason, made me feel about 95! laughter. me too, i have to say. this has been out a week and it came out on tuesday, unusually, because it is an unusual film. it‘s a little indie british comedy from the makers of the inbetweeners. the director, iain morris, and joe thomas is the star. and i think you could call it in—tense. see what i did there? it reminded me why i would never want to camp at a festival. much as i love music, there is a line. yes, it‘s very messy, very funny, though,
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if you are of the right age group, which sometimes, guilty, i am. i was not, but all of the 19—year—old men i went to the screening with were loving it. that is enough. and very nicely acted — choosing the positives. and dvd... if you‘re not going out to a tent or a festival, dvd, emily blunt, in a quiet place. post—apocalyptic film where if you make a sound, the aliens who have invaded will come for you, so you have to be quiet and not say a word and get through it. her and her family sort of get through it. will they, won‘t they? she is also pregnant, about to give birth, not something you want to do when there are aliens around . everybody i know who has seen it said it was absolutely gripping. again, i‘m a bit ofa kick—in. yes, you can just about survive it — just don‘t scream. you have been warned! thank you very much. lovely to see you, jason, and that is it for this week. whatever you choose to watch,
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whatever you are brave enough for, have a good week. enjoy your cinemagoing. goodbye. sergi gomez in short supply today and many are held on the board. but on the upside, it was warm across the board. it will be warm and humid, especially for england and wales. the wind is a fair feature across england and wales as we head into the overnight period, but it will tend to weaken and become more confined to the channel islands and the far south—west of england. could see a few lengthy clear spells develop across the northern half of the country, especially for scotland. if that happens, temperatures made it down. but elsewhere for england and wales, where we have the cloud blanket, 15 to 70 degrees. so i warm and muggy
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start the monday. the pressure charts show widely spaced isobars, so charts show widely spaced isobars, so the wins will be lighter. there could be the odd spit on spot of rain to central parts of england towards wales. to the north of it, generally cloudy with a few sunny spells. and to the south of it, variable cloud with some holes appearing from time to time. a warm one again wherever you are, but especially england and wales. it will be pretty warm, albeit rather cloudy and nottingham and trent bridge for the test match cricket. and it should stay largely dry. on tuesday, we have a weather front pushing into the north—west corner of the country. outbreaks of rain here and strengthening winds. elsewhere, with the high pressure beginning to build, looks like we could see a greater chance of sunny spells. but once again, it will be warm and humid wherever you are. that weather front in the north—west spreads southeastwards on wednesday,
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weakening as it does. so it will produce a line of cloudy with showers here and there. to the north and west of it, something brighter, but cooler. we could see some sunshine and it will remain to warm. but the warmth ebbs away as we head into thursday as cooler air pushes from north across much of the uk by friday. that will introduce some brighter weather. so we start this week on a cloudy and humid note. something brighter midweek and by the end of the week, it with an fresher and cooler. —— it will turn fresher and cooler. —— it will turn fresher and cooler. —— it will turn fresher and cooler. this is bbc news, the headlines at eight. rescue teams step up their efforts to try and reach thousands of stranded families in the indian province of kerala. many people were still trapped in in many cases, we couldn‘t stay there
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anymore, and i‘m thankfulfor the people who brought us out of that. a british woman who spent ten hours in the water after falling from a cruise liner near croatia has been rescued. the campaign for another brexit vote receives a million—pound donation from the co—founder of fashion label superdry. pakistan‘s new prime minister, imran khan, addresses his nation, promising to tackle corruption and improve the country‘s finances. the government says it will investigate allegations that british world war ii shipwrecks in asia have been targeted by scavengers.
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