tv The Film Review BBC News October 7, 2018 11:45pm-12:01am BST
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new doctor, jodie talking about the new doctor, jodie whittaker, tony, how did she do? were you looking forward to seeing the new doctor? ruh doctor who fan? you wouldn't have seen it because you have been here. it is a children's programme, isn't it? people will be throwing things at the television —— are you a doctor who fan. it is strange we have the nation's tv critics producing these long pieces about what they think about acting and dialogue and whether it fits in with the universe people have created and they don't do it for other children's programmes, the names i can't think of at the moment. that's because none of them are the bbc‘s biggest global export, therefore it has to edit to tv critics‘ briefs, they would be ignoring it and not doing theirjob —— would be ignoring it and not doing their job —— adhere would be ignoring it and not doing theirjob —— adhere to. every doctor gets mixed reviews, ones that wanted to go forward and ones that want it
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to go forward and ones that want it to go forward and ones that want it to go to the past. she‘s the first female doctor. one critic will say why is she wearing a dress, another will say she is not being feminine and sexy enough. it could fight back against netflix and bring back to old —style against netflix and bring back to old—style tv, where we wait for a week. we saw this with love island, if you missed it social media told you to much. also the bodyguard. we get it with the water dramas. every show you that you binge and you watch on a streaming device, it will matter to a massive audience and i hope it continues because it‘s a collective cultural experience we miss at our complete disadvantage. into their pjs, 7pm, sunday night, including you, tony! that‘s it for the papers tonight. don‘t forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it‘s all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any
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evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, tony and caroline. coming up next, it‘s the film rreeview. but from me, goodnight. hello and a warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. as ever, it‘s another good, interesting week, mark. yeah, a very interesting week. we have 22july which opens next wednesday, paul greengrass on a real—life tragedy. venom, tom hardy and a parasite from outer space. and columbus, life,
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love, and architecture. and we are going to talk about a star is born. which we have both seen. we will have a bit of a round—up. let‘s start with, well, it couldn‘t be a more difficult topic. 22july, the new paul greengrass movie, it opens next wednesday simultaneously on netflix and in some theatres. this is becoming more and more a netflix pattern. this is a drama about the atrocity 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, what it‘s really about how the country, the legal system, the survivors, and politicians react to the atrocity. here‘s a clip. we've got the final number. eight dead in oslo, 69 on utoya. wounded?
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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. 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 or not the perpetrator should be allowed to speak in court because what he‘s saying is hateful and vile, but more importantly
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the voices of the survivors and families being heard. and it‘s about the rise of the far right and extremism, it‘s shocking to see some extremist ideas which since then have passed into mainstream politics, not tactics but ideas and ideologies and i thought that what 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 and it‘s about issues of freedom of speech and it deals with it 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, very moving and harrowing but in the end, i think it is also defiant 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 a serious film. terribly difficult because there
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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? well, of course, paul greengrass has a background in documentaries and, of course he famously made united 93, which i thought was a kind of brilliantly blended documentary and drama. yes. if anyone‘s going to do it, i think he‘s the guy to do it and he is serious. he does have a background in documentary and news. and you can tell. yes, yes. on to very different matters for the second film of the week. this is a total mess. tom hardy is a former vlogger whose body is taken over by an extraterrestrial parasite that likes to bite people‘s heads. that‘s the plot, right. i can‘t keep up. it‘s outside of the standard marvel cinematic universe. it starts out looking like a kind of downbeat character study about a guy who loses his job and his girl and then his life falls apart and then it gets silly
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and turns into a rubbery special effects movie with lots of silly motorbike chases and it turns into all of me meets the fly, or howard the duck meets hudson hawk. i mean, at the end of it, i thought i don‘t think i‘ve never seen a movie so catastrophically all over the place. and i went to see it with my son. i said to my son, at least it was never boring. well, it was boring in the beginning, then it became silly and the last 30 minute it became entertaining and fun. tom hardy and the director do good work at it is an absolute mess of a movie. what was tom hardy doing in this then? he was doing his very best to hold it together and make some kind of sense and the superhero movies, there are a million reasons for doing them. one admirable thing about this is 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
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of it but it‘s not good. ok, columbus, i am really intrigued by. a us indie film, the feature debut of korean writer—director kogonada. sojohn cho is a korean american business man whose father, a famous architect, has collapsed on a visit to columbus. meanwhile, hayley richardson is a young woman who lives there. she‘s kind of trapped there. she is very, very interested in architecture. he claims at first that he isn‘t, but evidently he is and through talking about buildings, they start to talk about other things. here is a clip. because 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's inviting. sorry, what? what are you doing? what? who are you? god, shut up, i'm just trying to tell you about this building.
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stop with the tour guide mode. i am not in a mode. you said this is one of your favourite buildings. it is. why? it's one of the first modernist banks in the united states. no, no, 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. tell me about that. what moves you? what i like about this, firstly i am interested in architecture, but it‘s about psycho—geography. the conversations are framed by buildings. by talking about buildings, they are talking about their own lives, the fact that he is somehow unmoored, but she is trapped, and he has a problematic relationship with his father and she has a problematic relationship with her mother. all this comes out while discussing architecture. and the film is beautiful, just to look it and see it on the big screen. it is beautifully designed and it
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has this kind of lovely ambient sound to it and it reminded me tonally of marjorie prime. which is sort of a science fiction movie, but isn‘t really. it‘s really a movie about growing old and alienation. i thought this was really, really impressive. i am really interested in architecture, too. i‘m intrigued but am wondering if you need that fascination to enjoy the film. 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. people have probably noticed. this is the best. a star is born. written and directed by bradley cooper is starring against lady gaga. he‘s the grizzled rocker whose carer is on the way down. —— career.
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she‘s the undiscovered singer—songwriter on her way up. it‘s a story that‘s been told in the 30s and the 50s and the 70s, each different incarnation has its own merits. i thought this was great, bradley cooper did a brilliant directing job, the onstage stuff, he is convincing as a rock star, very impressive. they do the concert footage really well. what‘s more impressive is lady gaga convincing you that she isn‘t a rock star in those scenes before she gets famous. you are slightly more reserved. i loved the first hour 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. i have to tell you, 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. and that‘s a killer. did you cry? no, was i meant to?
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i cry at everything! oh, fourtimes. i cried in mamma mia! i cried the first time they sang together, the last time that they sang. and there were two... oh, dear. heart of stone! i don‘t know, that‘s the thing. right. 0k. we were watching a different film. i thought bradley cooper was extraordinarily good, i am neutral on him and he was tiptop. i wasn‘t just neutral, i was sceptical on him, and he did a brilliant directorial job. you believed the concert sequences. you believed the backstage stuff. 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. we‘ll do it quite quick. 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‘s a horror fan, it‘s interesting but it‘s not
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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. oh, i‘m in so much trouble! 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 — you know the address by now. we‘ve got the conversation. enjoy your weekend. thanks for watching. see you next time. that evening. —— that evening. has been a wet day across scotland and will continue to be a wet night and what tomorrow as well. a lot of rain, a couple of inches has fallen already in scotland and maybe before the next couple of days is to reconsider potential for localised flooding because if you zoom out we can see what is to come. plume of wet weather moves on from the
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atla ntic wet weather moves on from the atlantic and it stays across the extreme north—west for the next couple of days. different story south and west, different cloud here, driven in by the south—westerly breeze, eastern areas seeing sunshine. by the middle of the afternoon still simmering in scotland, some of that quite heavy and the bright and by brick colours to note in this. we will see showery outbreaks of rain in the far north of northern ireland and then elsewhere the cloud should continue to be well broken into the afternoon. best of sunshine to the east of an the best of the warmth as well, highest values of 17 or 18 degrees. a little change as a move out of monday into tuesday, wet and windy in the far north—west, dry and warm elsewhere. i‘m sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines:
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