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good grief. opinion of politics. good grief. what a fuss about nothing. i know all this rhetoric seems so brave to them, but i think the average member of the public thinks, will you just get over yourselves? we are almost out of time, but let's take a quick look at the front page of the sunday telegraph tomorrow, because, i mean, thatis telegraph tomorrow, because, i mean, that is what everybody looks like, don't they? melania trump is in each of. —— egypt. probably 33 degrees. she is the most fascinating person. she is the most fascinating person. she has taken the strangest wardrobe on this trip. she has had all kinds of extraordinary outfits. she has gone deaf in the knile with the type and the white linens and the strange target. —— death in the nile.
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and the white linens and the strange target. -- death in the nile. credit where it is due. her husband described africa in the most disparaging terms. she has at least gone there and is at least doing good deeds. hats off to her.|j gone there and is at least doing good deeds. hats off to her. i think she is fascinating. great to have you both. thank you very much indeed. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages online on the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, john stapleton and anne ashworth. next, it's the film review. hello and a warm welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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to ta ke to take us through this week's cinema release and is mark kermode, as usual. another interesting week. a very interesting week. we have 22july which opens next wednesday, paul green grass on a real—life tragedy. venom, tom hardy and a parasite from outer space. and columbus, life, love and architecture. we are going to talk about a star is born. we will have a bit of a round—up. let us start with, it couldn't be a more difficult topic. 22july, the new paul greengrass movie, which opens in some theatres and netflix. in some theatres. this is becoming more and more a netflix pattern. this is a drama about the atrocity
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committed by anders breivik, but more importantly how a civilised country responds to that atrocity. so although we do see the bombings and we see the outrage on utoya, it's about how the country, the legal system, the survivors, and politicians react to the atrocity. we've got the final number. eight dead in oslo, 69 on utoya. wounded? at least 200. thank you. we are all shocked. this was an attack on our government and on our children. we are a long way from understanding why. but what is clear is that our nation has been attacked by someone who would see it changed.
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who would see our democracy become tyranny. see our humanity fold. we must not give in to this terror. we must fight. and what the drama then really becomes about is how you deal with that kind of atrocity and there is a debate about whether the perpetrator should be able to speak in court because what he is saying is hateful and vile but more importantly, the survivors being heard and it's about the rise of the far right and extremism, it's shocking to see some extremist ideas which have passed into mainstream politics, not tactics but ideas and ideologies and i thought what paul greengrass managed to do was make a serious film about how it is that in a civilised, ordered society, you try and make sense of something like this and it's about the response being very measured and very deliberate
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and it's about issues and freedom of speech and it deals in an unsensational fashion, just how potentially sensationalist the subject matter is. it is hugely important. it's very disturbing obviously and it's very moving and harrowing but in the end, i think it is also defined because it's about the voice of young people standing up to this as an ideology. it's a very tough and testing film, as it should be, but it's serious. terribly difficult because there will be people who say if you are going to talk about something so horrific and really not that long ago, shouldn't one just make a documentary? paul greengrass has a background in documentaries and a brilliantly blended documentary in 1993. if anyone is going to do it, i think he is the guy to do it and he is serious.
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he does have a background in documentary and news. yes, yes. on to very different matters. the second film of the week. this is a total mess. extraterrestrial parasite who likes to bite people's heads. it's outside of the standard marvel cinematic universe. it looks like a downbeat character study about a guy who loses his job and his girl and his life falls apart and then it turns silly and into a rubbery special effects movie with lots of motorbike chases and it turns into all of me meets the fly, and i've never seen a movie so catastrophically all over the place. i said to my son, at least it was never boring. well it was boring in the beginning, then it became silly
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and entertaining in the last 30 minutes. tom hardy and the director do good work at it is an absolute mess of the movie. what was tom hardy doing in this? he was doing his very best to hold it together and make some sense and the superhero movies, there are a million reasons for doing them. it doesn't look like any other superhero movie you've seen recently, it's all over the place and not without interest, but it is a total mess. i love the way you can still try to pick a glimmer. not without some interest, but it is a total mess. i enjoyed the last third of it but it's not good. columbus, i am really intrigued by. a us indie film, the debut for the director. a korean american man has collapsed, hayley richardson is a young woman who lives there. she is kind of trapped there. she is very interested in architecture. he claims he isn't but evidently
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here's an true talking about buildings, they start to talk about other things. here is a clip. during that time, banks were designed to be imposing fortress—like, tellers behind bars. the idea here was that you walk in at street level, you don't have to climb any stairs, it is inviting. sorry, what? what are you doing? what? who are you? shut up, i'm just trying to tell you about this building. step out of tour guide mode. lam not i am not in lam not ina i am not in a mode. you said this is one of your favourite buildings. why? it's one of the first modernist banks in the united states. that can't be it. do you like this building intellectually? because of all the facts? no. i'm also moved by it. yes, yes.
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tell me about that. what moves you? what i like about this, firstly i am interested in architecture, but it's about psycho—geography. by talking about buildings, they are talking about the rhone lives, he is trapped, and has a problematic relationship with his father. all this comes out while discussing architecture and the film is beautiful, just to look it and see it on the big screen. it has this kind of lovely ambient sound to it and it reminded me tonally of marjorie prime. it's really a movie about growing old and alienation. i'm intrigued but am wondering if you had a fascination on the film. iam i am really interested in
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architecture, too. i must confess there was part of me that thought, i love looking at those buildings and the fact that the director loves looking in those buildings. maybe it's a little niche but that said, it's got rave reviews wherever it is opened. i think it is kind of universal. i would be very interested to know what you think about it. particularly if you are in architecture fan. it sounds intriguing and beautiful. let's talk about another film. there is another big film. this is the best. a star is born. written and directed by bradley cooper is starring against lady gaga. she is the undiscovered songwriter on her way up. it's a story that's been told before, each different incarnation has its own merits. i thought this was great, bradley cooper did a great directing job, the onstage stuff, he is convincing as a rock star, very impressive. what's more impressive is lady gaga convincing you that she isn't a rock star rock star. in those scenes before she gets
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famous. you are slightly more reserved. i loved the first power and i was really enjoying the meeting and the build—up in her showing off her talent and it is 15 minutes too long, i'm afraid. it is. nigel floyd, who i respect above all film critics thinks exactly the same thing you do, and i disagree with him and you, it's just the right length and you should give it another go. ok, you see, i looked at my watch once or twice. did you cry? no, was i meant to do? you cry at everything. the first time they sang together come the last time they sang. oh, dear. i don't know, that's the thing. we were watching a different film. i thought bradley cooper was extraordinarily good, i am neutral on him and he was tiptop.
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i wasn't just a i wasn'tjust a neutral, i was sceptical on him and he did a brilliant directorialjob. you believed the concert sequences. i obviously need to see it again. it's a star is born, how can you not cry? is there a dvd? there is a dvd and i guarantee you are going to hate this. revenge, a film which turns the rape revenge convention on its head. it is a feminist film but it's also very gory and very violent and i'm not recommending it for you but if anyone is a horror fan, it's interesting but it's not as radical as it thinks it is but it is a very interesting film but you and i can have a very serious discussion about a star is born. anyway, lovely to see you. apart from that. all our other programmes, if you can bear it, are on the iplayer and all the news and reviews are on the website or the is by now. we've got the conversation. enjoy your weekend. good evening. for england and wales
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todayit good evening. for england and wales today it was probably a perfect day for snuggling up and watching a movie, there was some persistent rain. just starting to see the last of that clearing away from the essex and kent coast now. under those clearer skies temperatures are falling away in parts of scotland, northern ireland, and england at the moment. temperaturesjust northern ireland, and england at the moment. temperatures just below freezing. it will be a chilly start, generally, across the morning, with the exception of the far north—west. where we see a beautiful day today into scotland and northern ireland it will be different tomorrow. more cloud around, rain at times. and some strong gusty winds. 40, 50, maybe even 60 mph at times. it will bea maybe even 60 mph at times. it will be a pretty dismal day. i hope you manage to enjoy today's weather. by contrast, across england and wales, where we saw miserable conditions, a
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rare sighting of rain, that has cleared away and tomorrow will be a beautiful affair. lots of sunshine coming through. temperatures will respond perhaps a little warmer than today, highest values of 61 fahrenheit. if that is music to your ears, you will deeply sticky that it will get warmer still into next week. temperatures could return into the low 20s. this is bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: a major victory for president trump — his controversial choice for the supreme court brett kavanaugh hasjust been sworn in, despite allegations of sexual assault which he's fiercely denied. against the backdrop of vociferous protests in the senate, the nomination was narrowly approved just a short time ago. the nomination of brett kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice
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of the supreme court of the united states confirmed. outside the senate, demonstrators reacted to the vote with fury. also in the news, pope francis orders a review of all the documents related to accusations of sexual abuse by a former us cardinal.

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