-- tanks. does he really observed. —— tanks. does he really expect russian troops to come marching across the border, across poland or the baltic states?” marching across the border, across poland or the baltic states? i don't think so. i think it is a discussion we can pick up another time. we are out of time. no time for streatley come dancing? -- strictly. it starts tonight, we will all be watching it on catch up, i am sure. to benedicte and ruth, thank you.” on catch up, i am sure. to benedicte and ruth, thank you. i have not been asked to go on that show, you know. clearly a n asked to go on that show, you know. clearly an oversight! that's it for the papers tonight. our next edition is at 9:30 tomorrow morning. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. coming up next, it's the film review. goodbye. hello and welcome to the film review.

to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. welcome. very interesting week. we have american animals, which is stranger—than—fiction true story. we have the nun, an un—frightening frightener. and we have puzzle, which is a romance set against the backdrop of competitive jigsaw puzzling. promising! american animals. let's start there. that seems like a peculiar conceit as well — trying to steal some books from a library? it is a very strange story. 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 a university library. and the film basically centres on the central introverted character spencer, played by barry keoghan, and warren, played by evan peters, who is described as being the spice, the person resent who brings the element of chaos.

what happens is we see these youngsters who are basically dissolute, who feel that their lives are not going anywhere, who feel they are not fulfilling their potential, suddenly decide they're going to pull off a heist, despite the fact they have absolutely no idea how to do it and there being very little chance of being able to pull it off. here's a clip. the cameras are not cameras — they're motion detectors. we're going to e—mail the library asking to have the audubon, and the illuminated manuscript on display when we arrive. they will be here, and here. please don't touch it. as i was saying, here is target priority number one, the audubon. directly behind the display case is a doorway which leads to a staff elevator that leads us to the basement. now, once in the basement, we can access the fire exit at the side of the building.

where is the librarian? thank you. the librarian is the single biggest risk to this entire operation. she needs to become a non—factor as soon as possible. so what is interesting about this is on the one hand, you have the tension between the dramatised story and the actual real—life events being told to us in ways that contradict each other, so you get that kind of unreliable narrator thing. the other thing is that basically, it is a character study about how it is that these boys decided to pull off this heist. their planning is that they watch a bunch of heist movies like rififi, dog day afternoon and 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 unfolding in slow motion. it has got this really interesting take on the way in which they feel like their lives somehow are not coming together and somehow, doing this is going to give them some sense of purpose. also, they all talk each 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 get dark, it is not afraid of doing so. i mean, there is an underlying sort of growing horror about what happens tension between the dramatised narratives. i thought it was really fascinating, primarily, because it is a character study. it is about them as characters and about how this completely sort of half—witted thing came together. also about the myth of no—one will get hurt. second film, the nun. your son had a very strong critique of it? my teenage son. he has been to seen all of the — this is from the conjuring cinematic

universe. i know you are a huge fan of all of those films like annabelle. this is a prequel. i went with my son because, brilliantly, he likes horror movies like i do. we both agreed it was the most boring horror movie we'd seen in a very long time. it's set in a remote convent. a satanic force is threatening to break out in the form of this nun 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 french—canadian" — yes, it is that funny — and all the way through, you're looking for these bang scares so that you willjump. the only moment ago in the film when ijumped when i was watching and became so bored, i started to fall asleep. you know that thing where you're about to fall asleep and you suddenly find yourself falling asleep and you jump? and that was the only moment in the film. it was quite nice seeing it with someone who was absolutely their target audience and has seen all the other ones and i said, "was itjust me, or was that the most boring foreign film you've ever seen?" he said, "no, it is absolutely terrible." i would probably like it because i am a wuss. you would be bored.

just look at these drab grey colours. it is only half—lit and the story is really ponderous. i will tell you 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 somebody 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...oooh, isn't it? it is set in this kind of gothic castle with people wandering around very slowly, doing sort of... it's 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. this takes inspiration from a 2009 argentinian film, which i confess i have not seen. kelly macdonald plays this mousy housewife was put upon by her husband and by her family. she spends her whole life clearing up after other people. we see a party at the beginning and we don't even realise it is her party because she is clearing up after her birthday. she is given a jigsaw puzzle and it seems to be very calming

and she said herfriend, "where did you get the jigsaw puzzle from?" she says it's from new york, so she goes to the shop and sees an advertisement for a partner for competitive jigsaw puzzling. she answers it on a whim and the next thing is, she meets up with a strange inventor who hit it lucky once and now dedicates his life to puzzling. and it's something that they have in common. here is a clip. why are we wasting all this time doing puzzles? what else is there to do? it's a childish hobby for bored people. you know that's not true. tell me you're not a bored rich guy. tell me i'm not a childish housewife. no, that is not what you are. you've much more important things to do. you're a man of ideas. why do you do these stupid puzzles?

it's a way to control the chaos. that's ridiculous. come on. you're 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 is just random. i love the interaction between these characters. i love the way they are both played. i love how 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 own, you know, individuality and independence. you see this relationship of them and it's played out over jigsaw puzzles. and it becomes a 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 — i mean, not creep up on you the way

that the nun creeps up on you, or doesn't — 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 of those two central performances, and the central characters — you want to know more about them. i thought it was great. i think you would really like it. i think i will. 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 i. i should look out for it. now best out, cold war. it should be austere, is it not? it is a romance that plays out over 15 years. it was inspired by the story of the director's, pawel pawlikowski's, parents. it starts in poland in the late ‘aos 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. you would think it is kind of... but it is not. it is really passionate, it has got real heart to it. it's about this relationship. they 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. 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 that 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 thing and it was really beautiful and i loved it. and i love the fact that it was inspired by the story of his parents — although it is not the story of his parents, theyjust inspired the characters. again, you really should see it

if you have a chance. best dvd, mary shelley. yes. i picked this because got overlooked in the cinema. it is the story of mary shelley writing frankenstein. you know, some critics were kind of quite harsh on it, saying that it was taking liberties with the facts. i felt it didn't really, i thought it did a really good job. i mean, it is not perfect but what it is is interesting, it is kind of trying to reclaim the story, it is trying to tell in a different way. again, i went into it worrying that would not get on with it and i did, and it didn't do terrifically well in the cinemas but now, you can catch up 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. a quick reminder that you will find more film news and reviews online on the bbc website. and you can find all of our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that is our week. thank you for watching. goodbye. hello, good evening. the first half

of the weekend has brought us mixed fare, weatherwise and i can't see it changing very much the second half of the weekend. sunday will bring outbreaks of rain with breezy and even windy conditions in the north. amidst it all, some spells of sunshine. a lot of cloud has been coming in from the atlantic and has brought rain in three parts of the beanland ‘s. today patchy rain elsewhere. —— midlands. through the small hours of sunday, more patchy rain in the south—west, parts of wales, north—west england, northern ireland, for a time. heavier rain trundling across scotland. generally oui’ trundling across scotland. generally our lot of cloud around but if we keep hold of clear spells for any length of time, we could get down into single digits. most places have

a mild night. low pressure to the north—west with various frontal systems moving through. each one bringing outbreaks of rain. we will start the day with patchy, light rain across parts of the south—west, wales, north—west england and perhaps northern england for a time. heavier rain continues northwards across scotland. actually, away from the wet areas, it won't turn into a bad day. some spells of sunshine with patchy cloud. it will be breezy but warmer than it was today, 23 degrees in london. some showers across wales and the midlands but by the afternoon, relatively bright. the same for northern ireland. eastern scotland perking up. western scotland, however, heavier downpours with thunderstorms brought in on a brisk wind. it will only increase on sunday night. wind gusts up to 55 mph. further south, still quite breezy but generally quieter night

in prospect. another lump of rain moving across northern areas on monday as the frontal system approaches. 0nce monday as the frontal system approaches. once again, windy. 0n tuesday, the trailing weather front which will chop the country in half. to the north of it, relatively cool air. to the south of it, warm air wafting in our direction. split fortu nes wafting in our direction. split fortunes as we head into the start of the new working week. northern areas will be quite cool with rain at times. particularly in the north—west on monday put up quite breezy as well. further south, a little bit of sunshine around. parts of the midlands could see cloud at times but many spots in the south will see sunshine and warmth as well. it could get up into the middle 20s. a mixed outlook. that is all from me for now. i wish you good night. this is bbc news.

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