tv The Film Review BBC News November 23, 2018 5:45pm-6:01pm GMT
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i was voting remain, i wasn't one of those who said, if we leave the european union it will be really bad for the uk. i actually said, the sky won't fall in and we will be able... it will be a different world for us outside the european union but it'll be a good one. i believe we can build on what we are doing. one of those examples is, actually, the trade we can do, trade partnerships we can develop around the rest of the world. i genuinely believe there is a bright future for this country and our best days lie ahead of us. michael, has the prime minister answered your question? no. prime minister, you've not answered michael's question. i appreciate what you're saying, prime minister, but i would still like to know what you think whether we would be better off if we'd stayed in the eu or we will be better off with your deal? i think we will be better off in a situation which we'll have outside the european union where we have control of those things and are able to trade around the rest of the world.
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well, close, mike cole clearly didn't think the prime minister had a nswered didn't think the prime minister had answered his question. with the best will in the world that wasn't a ringing endorsement of her deal. this is a question that crop up repeatedly in the next couple of weeks. she's got a frame a better answer. maybe evangelise her deal better. dominic raab coming he was pressed on the same issue this morning on radio four. he said, if you are pressing me, staying in is better than the deal being negotiated. he is a brexiteer. during the campaign, the prime minister did during the campaign, the prime ministerdid campaign during the campaign, the prime minister did campaign for remain during the referendum campaign, it means some brexiteers distrust. she will need to nail this better.|i will need to nail this better.|i will pass that message on to downing street. and you can see that prime minister's q&a session in full right here on the bbc news channel at 8.30pm this evening,
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and on the bbc iplayer. the headlines on bbc news — theresa may has taken part in a phone—in here on the bbc news channel and radio 5 live and says the draft brexit agreement is the right deal for britain. the united arab emirates is considering a pardon for the british academic matthew hedges — jailed for life for alleged spying. police say knocking offenders off their mopeds is leading to a dramatic decrease in robberies. now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30pm tonight. coming up, we are live in antigua where england's women are through to the world the 20 final. they cruised past india, winning their semifinal by eight wickets. australia away to
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ta ra by eight wickets. australia away to tara might in the same stadium. we will be looking at england's men's progress in theirfinal test against sri lanka wherejohnny ba i rstow against sri lanka wherejohnny bairstow hit a century on his comeback. that's all on sports day at 6:30pm. now it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film rreview on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? it isa it is a funny old week. we have assassination nation which is a violent satire. we have a new take on robin hood. and the girl in the spiders web.
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there was a film out a few years ago called unfriended that this was one of those films in which the audience were saying, turn the laptop off! but the whole point is, you can't. this is set in salem massachusetts where young women find themselves a victim of which ends after that a hughes data breach, somebody hacks the collective data of the town. it isa the collective data of the town. it is a town, and suddenly they started releasing everybody‘s secret onto the internet. all bees anger and hatred is slowly turn towards these four women. meanwhile, the division between people feel about this breach of data divide between the older generation and the younger generation. here is a clip. yeah, there's two types of people in this world. the people who have come to terms with privacy isjust dead. then there' the old people that are still trying to fight it.
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i guess. i mean, the internet is amazing. the sky and minnesota is like 42, whatever. but basically, he subscribed to my amazon wishlist and now, letgit, he just buys me all of a sudden. why? i don't know, i guess he really likes my insta. he likes that i'm really real and i'm cool and i'm a free soul. it's really sad because basically 90% of people are just so sad and lonely and have such an unfulfilling life. if i'm, like, inspiring people, you know, and my life is so call and people connected me on such a level, then, basically, my job for the day is done. like, mark, did you connect, like, with this film? it is on the money. what i like about it is, on the one hand there is echoes of films like
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heathers and clueless. the crucible because we have in salem. it also have a very strong dose of a film like the purge in which society descends into anarchy. we begin with people rampaging around with masks on and the voice—over says, how is it this civilised society turned into this? it is scratching away at the service of the modern world and saying underneath it come all those old hatreds, witchhunts instincts are still there. i really liked it. it walks on a knife edge between social exploration and gleeful exploitation. some people will find it too tough, people will find its savage, some will find it too violent. i didn't. savage, some will find it too violent. ididn't. it savage, some will find it too violent. i didn't. it had a real bite, i liked how self—aware that was and i went in only knowing the title and thinking, this may work. i was surprisingly impressed even from an old man point of view.|j was surprisingly impressed even from an old man point of view. i thought is was sharp! you're not
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old at all. i think i've seen every tv version of robin hood fuzzed up did you like what guy beattie did with the legend of king arthur? no. what this does, it gives you a modern robin hood so there is a lot of these inflections and modern cameras do. robin is sent off to the crusades, he's got a bow and arrow and the action sequences, you keep expect helicopters coming ahead. taron egerton is robin and ben mendelsohn has a ball as the sheriff of nottingham which is always the best role in robin hood films. you remember alan rickman completely stealing robin hood prince of thieves away from kevin costner. in the case of this, it isn't so much revisionist as just rubbishing the old version. that is a bit in the beginning where a voice says, i will
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give you a history lesson but you don't want that, i'll give you this instead. ben mendelsohn has fun as the sheriff of nottingham wearing a outfit which is left over from a fetish kos play. it is nothing but swagger and spoiler doesn't have enough of that carry through. literally, it leaves you thinking, is this more or less ridiculous than russell crowe accent and he did robin hood? may own feeling is, the russell crowe version was more boring but this is more stupid. claire foy formerly known as the queen but now known as the girl in the spider's web. this is the latest film of lizbeth solano. it is written by david lagercrantz. she's in arranging angeland written by david lagercrantz. she's in arranging angel and is called to
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steal a programme which can access all the world was my computer kos. everybody wants it and falls into the hands of the wrong people. where as previous instalments of this series would basically psychological thrillers, this is much more an action adventure. here is a clip. no. alarm clock rings loud explosion definitely lots of action. it
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doesn't have the grit of the films we saw doesn't have the grit of the films we saw earlier. is what it does have going for it is claire foy. the story itself goes into superhero territory. the ad jumping into black ca rs territory. the ad jumping into black cars and motorbikes and it looks like a batman movie. there are stand—offs bid for bass between people extravagantly dressed. they turn of people extravagantly dressed. they tu rn of battle people extravagantly dressed. they turn of battle after being in a designer shop. but you believe in her character. it is interesting from her point of view, she's taken on this role to see if she can do something she hasn't done before. she described it as flexing a new muscle. she is the strongest thing about the film. she is the reason to see the film. the rest of it is much more hollow and empty. it is going
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toa more hollow and empty. it is going to a mainstream audience, it doesn't have that dirt under the fingernails the original ones did. they were brilliant plots, this sounds like it is more action. this is a mission impossible plot. the plotters, there isa impossible plot. the plotters, there is a thing that allows you to have access to all the nuclear codes in the world. that is a mission impossible story and a batman story, order superman story. but it is fallen, empty but she carries it off. what kind of an endorsement is that? best out? widows, i loved it, you weren't convinced. i didn't love it as much as you. i thought they were too many characters. ironically, i thought it would do a tv series which it was originally. it needs to bea which it was originally. it needs to be a movie and this is the right thing, it has the exact right number of characters. it is a 5—star film.
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i remember the tv series thought it was great. this is a different beast. i gave it four stars or maybe three, three and a half! sdb de? skyscraper. the towering inferno and die hard at the same film. what was lacking? the rock? it is one of those movies that does what it says on the tin. leave your coherent facilities outside, this is a movie in which it is a bloke versus a building and there's a bunch of stuff that will happen. we will steal a race from the lady of shanghai but it will be the rock froch —— jumping from one thing to another. i love the rock, i love the towering inferno, i love skyscraper. i think the smirks seagull was a challenge for me. all right, thanks so very much. mark with his advice
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on the week ‘s releases. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week though. thanks for watching. goodbye. if you want something milder you'll have to wait until next week. until thenit have to wait until next week. until then it got the wind and rain. this is what the satellite picture looks like. we've got grey clouds in the south—west, we have had some thunder and lightning in cornwall and devon but for most of us this evening, the weather is not looking too bad. temperatures will be around five or 6 degrees at 7pm. the showers continue in the south—west but that is what happens to the rest of the night. showers in the south—west, elsewhere it should be dry. temperatures were bit down to around 5 degrees in most major towns and
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cities and as far a saturday is concerned, looks like we're in for some rain in the south of the country but drying out by the time we country but drying out by the time we get to sunday. the prime minister takes to the airwaves to sell her brexit plan to the nation. she says the uk won't get a better dealfrom the eu if hers is rejected. i believe that if we were to go back to the eu and say, "well, people didn't like that deal, can we have another one?" we didn't like that deal, can we have another one? " we won't didn't like that deal, can we have another one?" we won't get, i don't think they will come to us and say, "we will give you a better deal". but theresa may wouldn't be drawn on whether her plan is better than staying in the eu, only that it would be "different". also tonight. police say knocking offenders off their mopeds is leading to a dramatic decrease in robberies.
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