what have you been watching? we have first man, a film about the moon landing. mandy, a hallucinogenic horror thriller, with nick cage, which i'm not going to get you to try and watch that. wow. and bad times at the el royale, a kind of mystery retro thriller. first man, one of the big films of the week. i really liked it. it's the la la land director and his leading man ryan gosling, telling the story of neil armstrong's moon landing. it is a picture of space exploration and it's not the kind of elegant dance of the stanley kubrick 2001. this is a nuts and bolts and rivots affair in which we are made very aware of the fact these are people trying to do things in flying tin cans, that danger and death lurks at every corner. here's a clip in which we see our hero attempting to try out a prototype lunar module. here we go. 1,000 feet.

switching to lunar mode. landing approach. you're too low, climb. slow your rates. do you read? neil? panting. i've just winced all the way through that.

on a very big screen that would look terrific. the whole film attempts to put you in the position of the pilots and astronauts seeing this stuff rushing by from inside the tin can orfrom that module, on the one hand it is a very practically involving film about the nature of space. obviously it owes a debt to the right stuff. test pilots. however, in the same way thatjaws isn't a film about sharks, this isn't a film about moon landing. this is a film about grief and loneliness. 0ur central character, neil armstrong, is almost pathologically introverted and unable to express his emotions. the way the film tells the story is he is basically living in the shadow of loss — he has lost his young daughter. when the time comes to speak to his sons, he has to be forced by his wife, brilliantly played by claire foy. it's almost as if what he's doing is he's looking toward outer space

to look toward inner space. he's trying to find redemption. at the very beginning, we see him almost flipping a test plane out of the earth's atmosphere, and the suggestion is that he's a danger to himself because he is haunted by grief. the film takes this very practical space travel story, but turn it into a kind of metaphysicaljourney. and a story you think you know. absolutely. which everybody has archetypal memories of the images that came back from the moon. i thought it was really beautifully done. i think gosling's performance is terrific. we need claire foy there to lead us into the emotion world, otherwise it would become alienating. it is shot interestingly, they used 16mm for the intimate stuff, 35mm for the nasa industrial stuff, and then horizontal 65 imax for the moon sequences. the film evolve as the story evolves. the score uses a theremin, an electronic instrument that was famously used in the 1950s science—fiction films. bernard herman used it in the day the earth stood still.

it is this lonely sound. loneliness is the key to it. if you expect an action movie you're not going to get that. although you will get the feeling of being in the spaceship and encountering that danger. superb use of silence. i'm looking forward to it massively. unlike your second choice. if you're not recommending it to me, in your little way that you try to convince me to see horror films, then i'm quite worried. i've been told the images in this are not necessarily that pleasant. people might want to be aware of that. it is a hallucinogenic horror movie, starring nicolas cage. it had a retro'80s vibe. nick cage at his most nick cage. he is a logger living with his partner who draws graphic novel style, heavy metal, sci—fi inflected images, they are abducted by a manson—esque cult and this sparks a trail of increasingly surreal vengeance. the best way of describing it is,

there was a flim some years ago which was a really strange horror movie that almost played out like a dreamy nightmare. this is very much like that. one the one hand it is a blood—soa ked fable, there is violence, chainsaw battles. i know that won't work for you! you are not selling it. but there is a certain section of the horror audience who will love that stuff. what's most impressive is that's not what delivers the sucker punch, what makes it powerful is the feeling of trippy, awake, asleep, nightmarish atmosphere. very strange arty visuals. big throw—back vibe to it. if you're somebody who's interested in horror, i think it has a lot to offer. if you're not, and believe me, i do know that you're not, i wouldn't advise it as a first go in the water. we've laid the groundwork there. goo. well, not good for me, but for anyone who likes horror. the third film, i have seen the trail several times and i cannot make head or tail of it.

i have no idea what is going on. it looks completely bonkers. bad times at the el royale, i saw the trailer and i thought it didn't represent the film at all. it is by drew goddard who gave us cabin in the woods, it is another tale of a mysterious building which doesn't quite turn out what it seems to be. a bistate hotel that straddles the state line between california and line between california and nevada. a misfit, motley crew all turn up, one of them is the vacuum salesman, another is a priest played byjeff bridges. here's a clip. i am very sorry to keep you waiting. damn, boy, where you been? been waiting in this lobby so long i could use a shave. what's wrong with you? i am very sorry. what are you doing here, father? do i know you, son? no, but i mean, this is not a place for a priest, father. you shouldn't be here.

we might need to work on your sales pitch, son. the el royale — no place for a priest. there are other hotels, father. maybe closer to tahoe, i could help you find one. i'm sure you would be happier there. miles, is it? if this is not a place for a priest, miles, then this is exactly where the lord wants me. from the trailer it looks like a zany interlocking story thing, certainly in terms of its structure. it has chapters, the chapters overlap, we see the same event from different perspectives and time periods. i thought it was actually rather deeper and darker than that. the reason it worked for me, it has some great performances. cynthia erivo is terrific as someone who is there as a singer who may have secret dreams. jeff bridges‘s character, we know he's not quite what he seems to be. as all of these forces draw

together, we see how these stories interweave. i thought it was actually much more involving and engaging than i had imagined from the trailer which looked flippant and and a bit throwaway. it looked stylish but i didn't know what else. but empty. some of the reviews have said exactly that. but i didn't find it was. i thought the performances were really good. i found it engaging. i love the way the knotty threads of the narrative continue to wrong foot you right up until the last ten or 15 minutes. it was moving in ways i didn't expect it to. yes, perhaps it's a little long, but i was really, really engaged in it. believe me, i went in thinking, 0k, this is going to be a couple of smart alec cinematic tropes. i thought it was much more than that. i know it hasn't had a great response from the critics but i think it is pretty decent. long, but not in a bad way. a star is born is your best out. i can't disagree with you. you just liked it more than me.

you liked it up to a point and then you lost patience. i liked the first hour, and then i just thought it tailed off. i've now seen it twice, and i thought after the first hour it really picked up speed even more and the thing that i genuinely can't believe, i think bradley cooper is terrific, lady gaga is really, really good. the thing i can't believe it you didn't cry. i'm just grateful you're still talking to me because you looked so appalled because i didn't cry. it is so moving! did you also cry four times the second time you saw it? no, i cried twice. it is a narrative that works for me. somebody said, how does it end? i said, it's a star is born, that's how it ends. we'll leave that because i want to hear about your dvd choice. it sounds terrific. it is an interesting feature. it is basically a portrait of trauma as seen through the eyes of the child. the reason i want to flag it on dvd,

this is a classic example of a movie which got very good reviews and a fairly limited release. if you didn't see it in cinemas, most people didn't, it is really well worth catching up with on dvd. check it out. it's a very, very touching piece of work. summer 1993, thank you. i'll let you go and watch a star is born for the third time. happily! a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode. and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. thank you for being with us. enjoy your cinema going, whatever you are up to. thanks for being with us. see you next time. bye bye. doubly good cinema weather at the

moment. it has been thoroughly for parts of the uk. we have had an excessive 200 millimetres of rain is the rain started falling on friday morning. it is still warning. more rain will fall tomorrow. it looks like it will fall further east. it felt like summer in part today. 26 is the highest temperature is in the year. the reason from the —— for the warmth is because of where there will bear originates in the south. this cloud slamming into portugal, thatis this cloud slamming into portugal, that is the rains from hurricane leslie. hurricane force winds, gusts up leslie. hurricane force winds, gusts up to 100 mph, it will give potential flash flooding is. up to 100 mph, it will give potentialflash flooding is. you have another pulse of heavy rain making its way north as well on the same weather front through sunday.

this time, it looks like it is moving further eastwards. a rich of high pressure starts to toppling of the atlantic. —— michael ridge. spluttering is of rain elsewhere. —— michael ridge. some patchy mist and fog. a much brighter day here. look at this, it could be again and other significant amount of rain falling through the course of the day ahead. exacerbating the flood risk, also posing a flood risk in other areas. there are numerous flood warnings are still in force. the afternoon brings dry weather to wales and the south—west. some decent spells of sunshine, only 13 degrees but without the brain and the winds, absolutely quite pleasant. coming into monday, there is till the scope

of more rain on the weather front. this time, further east. the different dates of the country tomorrow. the monday, for most of us, by then it is drying up. 11— 15 degrees. some chilly nights are on the way. underneath this ridge of high pressure. at this time of year, we have got longer nights and therefore we get problems with mist and fog and frost. as we move into next week, at least that means the weather front won't be quite as active as they have been recently but still heavy rain tonight. warnings are on the website. this is bbc news, i'm krupa padhy. our top stories: president trump threatens "severe

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