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tv   The Film Review  BBC News  September 7, 2018 5:45pm-6:01pm BST

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now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30pm tonight. we'll be at the oval for alistair cooke's final test match. we will hear from gareth southgate and harry caine. and look ahead to tonight's friendly between scotland and belgium in glasgow. the new women's super league gets under way. the pick of the round. it is also the beginning of the new women's rugby union premierfifteens. beginning of the new women's rugby union premier fifteens. that beginning of the new women's rugby union premierfifteens. that is all sports day at 6:30. now it is time for the film review. well, to the film review. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode.
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we have american animals which is stranger than fiction true story. we have the none, and an frightening frightener. and we have puzzled, which is a romance set against the backdrop of competitive jigsaw puzzling. american animals. that seems like a peculiar conceit as well. trying to steal some books from a library? based on a true story of this university heist from kentucky in 2004, a group of hapless young men decided they were going to steal these rare books from the university library. and the film basically centres on the central introverted character, spencer, and warren. who is described as being the spice, the present who brings the element of chaos. we see these youngsters, who are basically dissolute and they feel that their lives are not going
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anywhere. they feel they not fulfil their potential and they decide they're going to pull off a heist despite the fact they have absolutely no idea how to do it and very little chance of being able to pull it off. he was a clip. the cameras are not cameras. their motion detectors. we're going to e—mail the library asking to have the autobahn and the illuminated manuscript on display when we arrived. they will be here, and here. asi here. as i was saying, but here is target priority number one. the autobahn. directly behind the display case is a door with which leads to a staff elevator that illustrate the basement now, once in the basement we can access the file exit at the side of the building. where is the librarian? the librarian is the single biggest risk to this entire
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operation. she needs to become a nonfactor as soon as possible. so what is interesting about this is on the one hand you have the tension between the dramatised story on the actual real—life events been told to us actual real—life events been told to us in ways that contradict each other so you get that kind of unreliable narrator because of the other thing is that basically, it is a character study about how it is that these boys decided to pull off this heist. they are planning is that they watch a bunch of heist movies like reservoir dogs. they say all the way through, no one is going to get hurt, but they have not figured out how no one is going to get hurt. it is like watching a car crash on folding in slow motion. it has got this really interesting take on the way in which they feel like they're alive somehow i'm not coming together and somehow doing this going to give them some sense of purpose. also, they all talk each
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other into doing it despite the fact that it other into doing it despite the fact thatitis other into doing it despite the fact that it is completely haphazard. and what i liked about the film is that when it needs to gets dark, it is not afraid of doing so. i mean, there is an underlying sort of growing horror about what happens and how it happens and no looking back on it, reflecting, and all the way through you get this tension between the the dramatised narratives. that was really fascinating. primarily, but it is a character study. it is about them as characters and about how this com pletely characters and about how this completely sort of half witted linking together. it also about admit of no one will get hurt. second film. the nun. your son had a very strong critic of it. this from the conjuring cinematic universe. this is a prequel. i went with him because, brilliantly, my son like horror movies like i do. we both agreed it was the most boring
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horror movie we'd seen in a very long time. the set in a remote convent. satanic forces threatening to break out in the form of this none that basically looks like a bad marilyn manson impersonator. we have a priest and the most irritating psychic in movie history whose catchline is, i'm a french canadian. yes, it is that funny. and all the way to your looking for these banks ca re way to your looking for these banks care so that you willjump. the only moment ago my jump care so that you willjump. the only moment ago myjump was the rosamunde when i was watching and became so boring i started to fall asleep and you know that they will knew suddenly wake yourself. and that was the only moment in the film. it was quite nice seeing it was a man who was absolutely target audience and have seen all the other ones and i said, was itjust me? or was that the foreign film you've ever seen? he said, no, it is absolutely terrible. i would probably like it because i ama i would probably like it because i am a whiz. you would be bored. just under these drab grey colours. it is only half cleared and the story is really ponderous. i will tell you
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how bad it is. there's a sequence in it where someone is buried alive and i'm really claustrophobic. that face that you're pulling now is my reaction to some of getting buried alive. in this scene i literally don't care. it is that bad. at least it is set in transylvania which is a bit... isn't it? it is the telescopic castlewood people wandering around. very slowly, doing sort of... it is rubbish. i will take your word for it but i do like the sound of puzzle. who knew that such a thing as competitive puzzling even existed? i had no idea. it takes inspiration from an argentinian which i confess i have not seen. kelly macdonald plays a mousy housewife was put upon by her husband and i have family. she spent her whole life clearing up after other people. we seem to parted beginning and we don't even realise it is her party because she is cleared up after her birthday. she does the jigsaw puzzle and it seems to be very coming and she said
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herfriend, why did seems to be very coming and she said her friend, why did you seems to be very coming and she said herfriend, why did you get seems to be very coming and she said her friend, why did you get the jigsaw puzzle from? she said when she goes to the shop and he's another proposed are seeking a partner for competitive jigsaw puzzle in. she answers it on whim and the next thing is, she meets up with the french was a strange and then to hit lucky ones and now dedicate his life to puzzling. and it is something that they have in common. he is a clip. why are we wasting all this time doing puzzles? what else is there to do? it is a childish hobby for bored people. you know it is not true. tell me you're not a board to rich guy. to me you're not a childish housewife. no, that is not what you are. you're much more important things to do. you are a man of ideas. why do you do the stupid puzzles?m is to control the chaos.
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that is ridiculous. come on. missing the point. 0k. what is the point, robert? life is messy. it does not make any sense. sorry to break the news to you. life isjust random. i love the interaction between these characters. i love the way they are both played. i love her understated it is. and what happens is, when you go into it you think, ok, i'm not entirely sure this is going to work. you get completely drawn in. you see her start to find her feet, start to find her rolling, you know, her individuality and independence. you see this relationship of them and it's played out jigsaw see this relationship of them and it's played outjigsaw puzzles. and it's played outjigsaw puzzles. and it becomes the story of somebody breaking out of the confines of a suffocating life. i thought it was really, really touching. you know, the best films can creep up on you
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put them not creep up on knew the way that the nun creeps up on you but you don't realise that how bogged you are until you find yourself being swept up. that was really, really touching and charming. not least because those two central performances, about the central characters, you want to know more about them. but was great. i think you would really like it. i think really like it. ithinki really like it. i think i will stop i never look at a jigsaw puzzle in the same way again. i never knew there were such a thing as competitive jigsaw. neither did cold war. it should be austere, is it not? it isa it not? it is a romance that plays out over 15 years. it starts in poland in the late 40s and goes over 15 years and crosses boundaries, musical and personal and political. you know, it has four by three square frame black and white. it is really passionate, it has got real hearts to it. it's
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about this relationship. it cannot be with each other, they cannot be apart from each other. i thought it was wonderful. i've seen it a couple of times down the second time around, you know, the best films when you see them the second time around you notice a whole lot of things you did not see the first time. also, it is a long time period but it covers but the film is 90 minutes. it's compact and beautifully told. and it reminded me, i mean, isay this... it reminded me little bit of casablanca. the story is nothing like casablanca but it has that archetypal romance things like that it was really beautiful and i loved before. and i love the fact that it inspired by the story of his parents though it is not the story of his pa rents though it is not the story of his parents may theyjust inspired the characters. if you really should see it is of you have a chance. best dvd. mary shelley. yes. i picked this because got overlooked in the cinema. it is the story of writing frankenstein. you know, some critics were kind of quite harsh on
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it saying that it was taking liberties with the backs. i felt it didn't really, really good job. i mean, it is not perfect but what it is as interesting. it is kind of trying to reclaim the story. it is trying to reclaim the story. it is trying to reclaim the story. it is trying to tell in a different way. again, iwent trying to tell in a different way. again, i went into it worrying that would not get on with it and i or did terrifically well in the cinemas but now, you can catch up on on things that you missed out in cinemas with dvds and it is definitely worth giving it a go because i thought it was much better than people give it credit for. thank you very much as always. thank you very much as always. thank you. a quick reminder that you will find more film news and reviews online on the bbc website. and you can find of our previous programmes on the bbc i player. that is week. thank you for watching. goodbye. well, the weather has had a little
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bit diffident autumnal feel of the past few days. some of the trees just starting to change colour when little bit. there was some sunshine to be enjoyed today. this was the scene in st ives. beautiful blue skies and a bit of fair weather cloud around there. if we take a look at the satellite temperatures you can see the cloud that has been bubbling building through the course of the day. speckled trout across some areas. that has been producing a few showers. it will continue to do so over the next few hours for the likes of lincolnshire, also norfolk and northern parts of scotland. most of the same dry conditions to end the day and overnight as well. june the 2nd half overnight as well. june the 2nd half overnight more rain moves into the west. this is a weather front and it introduces cloud and outpace event parts of northern ireland are particularly to wales first thing tomorrow morning. but the race across the country where you've got the clear skies we will see the lowest temperatures, down into lover temperatures. saturday's weather
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will be largely dominated by the sponge across central parts of england and wales tec, too. there will be some dry about weather sonata complete wash—out on saturday but the area is likely to see the heaviest of the rain really too much of wales into the midlands, parts of england, perhaps the southern uplands of scotland as well. for much of scotland and northern ireland actually not a bad day. sunshine breaking through and a bit of sunshine along the south coast. anywhere south around london should stay dry for much of the day. temperatures up to around about 16-19 temperatures up to around about 16—19 on saturday. looking ahead towards the second the week and we've got this system with us but during sunday to push its way gradually for the northwards and eastwards. it should be slowly improving story. we are likely to rain bursts across parts of northern england and into scotland as well. the strengthening westerly breeze helped though showers through so and improving story and plenty of stars of sunshine during the afternoon. it will take quite blustery out there, especially in the north but by the south temperatures are starting to
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climb. 22 celsius or so likely on sunday. scotland and northern ireland still sitting there in the high teens. further ahead, from monday tuesday, one of two showers lingering across parts of scotland and northern england for a time. even should be drying up. return brighter conditions and establish is on the rise too. by next week to protest 2425 degrees or so. you find a full 14 day weather forecast on our website. in. ba could face a fine of hundreds of millions of pounds — for the huge data breach affecting thousands of customers. the airline has apologised for the hack of personal and financial details, and says customers will be compensated — but some say they struggled to get information: it was really annoying trying to find a way of contacting british airways to see if all of my clients had been compromised. we'll find out what the breach means for the airline and its customers.
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