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for the film reveals. —— the film revealed. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. so jason, what do we have this week? yes, we have freddie mercury bringing glam rock to opera and creating bohemian rhapsody. it's a costu med creating bohemian rhapsody. it's a costumed gallop through the highs and lows of queen. we follow the teenage girl as she experiences a massacre in utoya, and we have a rebirth from what team phoenix in a sobering and funny true life memoir called don't worry. let's start with bohemian rhapsody. lots of people
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are going to gojust bohemian rhapsody. lots of people are going to go just for the bohemian rhapsody. lots of people are going to gojust for the music, but how is it as a movie? it isa but how is it as a movie? it is a run through queen's greatest hits. it's got a very unknown actor playing freddie mercury and he's very good, i have to say at impersonating freddie mercury. he gets under his skin. he's got all these little outfits as he progresses to stardom. the film isn't a biopic of freddie mercury, which is what many people were hoping for. it's about the band and how they got their hits. it's all brian may, roger taylor, john deacon, and how they argued, and all the little tests and how they became riffs. stamp to this bait. come on. now, i wa nt stamp to this bait. come on. now, i want you to clap on the third beta. what's going on? i want to give the
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audience a song that they can perform. so what can they do? imagine, thousands of people, doing this. yet? what is the lyric? we will, we will, rock you. we will, we will, we will, rock you. we will, we will, rock you. of course, thousands of people did do that, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. critics have said it's a bit of a sanitised version of queen, what do you make of that? it's a bit of a sanitised version of queen, what do you make of that7m is, it was produced by brian may and
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roger taylor, and they want to make sure that everyone knew that brian may route we will rock you, and roger deacon came up with another one bites the dust. it's a fairly linear ramp typical romp through everything. it's about her freddie mcg rew everything. it's about her freddie mcgrew changed his name, and then killer queen, two we will rock you, and it climaxes in 1985 with that famous show of all shows, most people agree that queen stole that show. freddie mercury was incredible that day. it's a shot by shot recreation of that, and it's quite extraordinary. it has high and low points but it doesn't quite go into the real wrestling match that freddie mercury had with his sexuality. when freddie mercury died of aids in 1991 world was shocked. you often wonder how did he get away with it, it's not gone into much.
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it's about his excesses and debauchery, it's got a moralising tone. that said, it's there to take the kids, the family, introduce them to queen, by the bestselling hits, and stomp your way through from i wa nt to and stomp your way through from i want to break free to don't stop me 110w. want to break free to don't stop me now. everything freddie sang, he meant. let's talk about the next film, utoya, july the 22nd. this was the absolutely horrific massacre backin back in 2011. you wonder why people wa nt to back in 2011. you wonder why people want to see a film about it, it was horrific. it's notjust one film, there are two. there is one on the online streaming site at the moment, and then there is this documentary style recreation. this is a sort of
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multistranded take on film macro, focusing on the militia gunmen who perpetrated the massacre all the way to his trial. this film made by a norwegian is on the island, it's on the face of one girl, who is a common sort of, quite well respected member of the young labour party wa nts to member of the young labour party wants to help everybody. we are with her as the nascar unfolds. in this version we massacre at all, we just see people running from him. it's a distillation of what it must have been like to not knowing what is going on, the confusion. it's a breathless take. i was sitting right at the front, and after five minutes i had to move to the back to get some distance, it was overwhelming, too emotional. i was too shaken by it. it was still fairly harrowing. it helped me understand what it must
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have been like to be caught in that situation. and to understand the mind of the man who perpetrated it, and that leaves you wanting more. it's a breathtaking experiment, if you like. whether this is the right topic to experiment with, it left a slightly bitter taste in my mouth. it sounds like a hard watch. 0ur third film is don't worry, you won't get far0n third film is don't worry, you won't get far 0n fights and snuggle. it is about a i , it's about an alcoholic cartoonist called john callaghan who is so drunk he gets into a car with a man played by jack black and they have a car accident leaving him paraplegic. it's about his recovery from his injuries and alcoholism to discover his gift for drawing. it gives him a very black humour. he comes out of a speu very black humour. he comes out of a spell of very charismatic, a
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sponsor, they call them in rehab. hello? is this donnie? who is this? this isjohn hello? is this donnie? who is this? this is john callaghan. hello? is this donnie? who is this? this isjohn callaghan. i'm the cripple from outer space. the man with the tangerine here?|j cripple from outer space. the man with the tangerine here? i always thought of it as electric orange. but, yeah, that's me. i'm calling because i... i have a knot of piglets at the moment. because i... i have a knot of piglets at the momentlj because i... i have a knot of piglets at the moment. i need a sponsor. my sponsor these are piglets. that's funny. do you want me to help you get sober? i'd really like what you've got to say.|j me to help you get sober? i'd really like what you've got to say. i know, ijust don't know if you're serious.
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jesus christ. i call him chuckie. what? the role was originally intended for robin williams and phoenix does very well with it. it's a mix of sentimentalism, funny, and dark humour. it's serious about rehab and alcoholism. it's a strange mix that really works. it's funny when you read acerbic cartoons like john callaghan's. the best out this week? everyone is going to see it, it's week? everyone is going to see it, its top of the box office, a a star is born. this one is about the music industry, and a scene that's particularly well done by radley cooper with lady gaga, she really finds her voice. the sexual politics area bit finds her voice. the sexual politics are a bit odd, about a finds her voice. the sexual politics are a bit odd, abouta man finds her voice. the sexual politics are a bit odd, about a man who can't survive because his woman is doing better than him but it's got people talking. it's polarising people. it's getting them into the cinemas,
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because it's a good old—fashioned melodrama. i love it, i have to say. it's a little, long, perhaps. the first half was better than the second half. what about best dvd? you might miss a start, this is ocea ns you might miss a start, this is oceans eight, it's got an all—star cast, you've got helena bonham carter, sandra bullock, and hathaway, they've performed a heist at the very fashionable met gala, the double—cross is really enjoyable. it's good old—fashioned caperfun enjoyable. it's good old—fashioned caper fun from hollywood with a female twist. the cast are all very good, it's very slick and very funny. it shouldn't be seen as anything more than that. people say there wasn't any jeopardy, anything more than that. people say there wasn't anyjeopardy, it's all about costumes, outfits and laughs. thank you so much for being with us
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this week. thank you so much for watching, and goodbye from us. it's starting to feel colder and colder out there, the forecast cold snapis colder out there, the forecast cold snap is upon us and temperatures plummeting across the uk. the wind is particularly noticeable in the course of tomorrow. particularly around the north. if you look at the satellite images, you can see the motion of the cloud there, from the north all the way to the arctic. and in this cold industry and we are expecting some sleet and snow showers across scotland under norfolk was. perhaps inhaler she was as well. a chilly weekend, very
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chilly weekend —— perhaps some hail showers. this is what it looks like more or less right now. the figures in most towns and cities. those temperatures keep bond dropping through the night, a lot of dry weather across central areas of the uk. but either side of that, showers. the same goes for northern ireland. cold, temperatures around three degrees. freezing or below in some places. tomorrow some of us catch a flu showers, brisk winds out of the north and north—east. temperatures in single figures, pretty much everywhere. maybe something a little bit more tropical, around 11 degrees in cornwall. here's sunday, high—pressure stretches all the way out to sea, and along its edge we are seeing a north easterly wind. it's particularly windy and some of the eastern coasts, east anglia,
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possibly the south, these are the average wind speeds here. it will be cold and gusty. elsewhere, quite a lot of sunshine, sunday isn't a bad day for many of us with a lot of grey skies and scattered cloud. it will be cold, 4 degrees, and on sunday, a quick look at europe, cold airto the sunday, a quick look at europe, cold air to the north coming out of scandinavia with warm air from the south. you get this big area of bad weather, no pressure right across. you can see that dividing line. there's some heavy rain, and also some snow in the alps as well. and it stays cold into monday, it feels like autumn, it should feel like autumn, and november isjust around the corner. a man is arrested in the united states — after a series of pipe bombs were sent to critics of president trump.
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a van belonging to the suspect was seized in florida — police say dna evidence was used to find him. another suspicious device was found today in new york city — bringing the total to at least 12. i want to applaud the fbi, secret service, department ofjustice, the us attorney's office for the southern district of new york, the nypd, and all law enforcement throughout the entire country. police have just named the arrested man as cesar sayoc — we'll be live in the us with the latest. also in the programme. the politician who revealed harassment allegations against sir philip green is accused of endangering the rule of law.
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