men's new level. here he is at men's london fashion week. he is not scared of being different, and has often talked about how he likes to express itself, not just often talked about how he likes to express itself, notjust on the pitch but after it. where better to do that then here? with the great and good of the world of fashion. i like the guy in the back there! looking on in amusement. that is fashion, apparently. next up, the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. and taking us through the cinema releases, who else but jason solomons? new year, lots of new films? happy new year to everyone.

welcome back to the cinema for new year, and to welcome us back, we'll go back to the 1700s, to the last stuart court, to marvel at olivia colman‘s awards—tipped performance as queen anne in the favourite, the restoration drama in which rachel weisz and emma stone vie for the royal affections. there's another superwoman pumping the courts of power under the lens. it's rbg, or the notorious rbg, as her legions of young fans call her, ruth bader ginsburg, who's been known for her battles for equal pay and sexism in the american supreme court. she's one of the last dissenting voices. and in welcome to marwen, barbie dolls, action gijoes and nasty nazis help steve carell, a traumatised artist, over his grief by blowing them up to life—sized pictures. all right, let's kick off with the favourite. i saw it the other day. it's really fun, brilliantly acted, you have to say, and it does take you back to that time, doesn't it, hundreds of years ago?

well, i didn't live then, ben, but... no! when everybody wore those extraordinary wigs. extraordinary wigs, and romped around. there's a bit of blackadder, there's a bit of eltonjohn video in it, a bit of sort of new romantic video, and it's called the favourite, and it's quickly becoming an awards season favourite, certainly with olivia colman, who i expect this weekend will feature in the golden globes very heavily, and next week's bafta nominations, certainly, the whole film, i think, will be a big hit. now, the star turn comes from olivia colman as queen anne, who, even in our period drama—obsessed film industry, we don't see much of, to be honest, so we are in about 1710 here, where she is lonely, a lonely figure advised by sarah churchwell, lady marlborough, whose husband is fighting the wars of spanish succession, i think. one of the numerous wars we were fighting at the time. and she wants to use her power over the monarch to use her sway at court. she is the only person who can be brutally honest to olivia colman‘s monarch, as we can see in this clip. i'm ready for the russian ambassador.

who did your make—up? we went for something dramatic. do you like it? you look like a badger. 0h. are you going to cry? really? well, what do you think you look like? badger. do you really think you can meet the russian delegation like that? no. i will manage it. go back to your rooms. thank you. did you just look at me? did you? look at me! how dare you?! close your eyes! it's brilliantly acted, as you can tell from that. you sort of wonder, though, i really enjoyed it, i wondered kind

of what it was about. is it about that power going to someone‘s head, the capriciousness of power? i think when it was written, it was about trying to get this very special moment in british royal history where the land was ruled by two, three women. it's about the vying for the affections for this monarch from this upcomer, emma stone, trying to get those affections of queen anne away from rachel weisz. it's set in hatfield house, which played a starring role. there's also bewigged aristocrats wandering around, sort of being fat and excessive and doing duck voices, and doing duck races, and it is directed by a greek director, yorgos lanthimos, and i think he brings a sort of freshness and a bawdiness and a risqueness to the british period drama, and i think in a sort of sense, he's saying, you know what, it's 300 years ago, as pointed out at the beginning, but things haven't changed all that much in terms of the sexism, in terms of the power plays, in terms of the class

struggle in british society. i think it's a sly dig at that. otherwise, it's just a very funny, bawdy romp, but it also gets very dangerous and emotional. the resonance is quite strong, and the performance from olivia colman is out of this world. i actually think she's going to win the oscar. great to see a film with all the lead parts played by women. yes, and the costumes by sandy powell are extraordinary. rbg, as you mentioned, tell us about that. yes, another powerful woman, perhaps not as famous in this country as in america, where in recent times she has become a liberalfeminist icon, a self—styled superhero. they call her the notorious rbg, after the rapper, who the woman herself points out was born in brooklyn, like her, like ruth bader ginsburg. this documentary charts her career as a redoubtable, formidable lawmaker, all the way from harvard law school where she was one of the only women in a class of 500 men, to now sitting on the supreme court, occupying one of only nine places. she is one of the dissenting voices, she has a fighting spirit, and she really changed the workplace

regulations of america and helped change social history, fighting as much for sexual equality in the workplace as racial equality. it has been a long career and a long battle. she was appointed by president clinton in the 1990s and is still there at 85 years old. she has had some ups and downs health—wise recently, but it is important to the liberal voices in america that she holds that place, because liberal america is under siege at the moment from various bits of institutional america. she is seen as fighting back. she is made fun of by saturday night live. she has become this great figure, and you can see from the documentary what a twinkly figure she is, but she is also very powerful. there is a wonderful that where her children say, she was terrible in the kitchen. i never met a live vegetable until i was 11! years old! welcome to marwen, in which an artist creates a miniature world. tell us about that. this might be one of the hardest films to describe i have ever done. that is not to say how awkward

it is to watch the damn thing! i don't think you like it! steve ca rell plays steve carell plays a wounded artist in upstate new york, and has recreated a belgian world war ii village in his garden,, in in which he inserts barbie dolls and action figures, based on his real life, and takes photographs of them. he blows them up to real size. he then falls in love with a ridiculously sympathetic new neighbour, played by lesley mann, who gets a tour something going on in the church? oh, yeah. do you mind if i take a look? i love how everything is so cute. all the little flowers and the mailbox, and these cute little curtains. it isjust all the details... oh, my god! what are they doing? who are they? they're nazis. torturing hoagie.

why? they hate him. because he's an american? because he's different. well, what's going to happen to him? that's a complicated story. well, tell me. we never really get to the bottom of that. thatis that is half the film's problem,, plus the rather creepy portrayals of the sexual fantasies with these thin—waisted barbie dolls. it feels very out of step. the film is directed by robert zemeckis, who is one of the great technical innovators. he did who framed roger rabbit and the polar express and a christmas carol. and so the technical stuff is quite interesting, how he makes the barbie dolls come alive and take over this bruised artist's ego, in a way,

but when the film does try to find a heart, it is either to painful to watch or too weird and creepy. we never warm to this figure presented by steve carell, even though it was based on a true—life artist and a documentary. i can't believe there was not a studio executive who said, "look, zemeckis, "i know you did forrest gump, "but you should not do this." this is the first great flop of 2019. i suppose big names get theirfilms made. does not always work. they don't always work. what is best out at the moment? i'm going to say carry on the festive cheer with mary poppins returns. i know everyone has gone to see that over christmas. people were nervous, will it match up to the original? it has not changed a lot. there are still lots of cockney accents and songs about the lovely london skies. things need sorting out at 17 cherry tree lane. lots of animation. bright animation, all those songs, balloons and big ben at the climax. nothing has changed very much. i struggled to see what the point of it really was, except i really enjoyed myself. i know some people will have and some haven't. what about the songs?

some people say the songs are not quite as good. i think they are, we just don't know them. they are not supercalifragilistic— expialidocious. there, i can still say at! very good! there is one line that says, "it's a real pea souper, "you have to be a trooper." mark shamen, who does the lyrics. they get away with it quite charmingly and i wish them luck at the golden globes for the music nomination. and best dvd at the moment? another golden globe nominee for this. spike lee's blackkklansman, about a black man who infiltrates the highest levels of the white supremacist ku klux klan, along with his partner, played by adam driver. this is likely back on his finest freewheeling, political, funny, racial baiting, provocative form, which is exactly what you want from spike lee. it is not a perfect film by normal people is means, but by spike lee's it is absolutely bang on form. i loved it. one of my favourites of the year.

thank you very much indeed. good recommendations from jason solomons. that is it for this week from us on the film review. thanks for watching, and goodbye. hello. for some hello, for some of us, the cloud was there today. we look out in the atla ntic there today. we look out in the atlantic in this area of cloud is heading our way. it is getting a kernel or hook in it, tell—tale sign ofa kernel or hook in it, tell—tale sign of a deepening area of low pressure, which will run our way up towards the uk and really strengthen the winds by tomorrow. we have stolen at high pressure and cloudy high pressure a cross high pressure and cloudy high pressure across the uk for the most part. winds will freshen overnight, especially towards the north—west, where the rainwater and steadier and heavier. dry after england where, temperatures typically around 5—7, with thin cloud through the midlands in southern england. temperatures in

rural parts could be down to 1—2. any sunshine will be fleeting in the south on monday. wet weather to start with, scotland and northern ireland, moving southwards and becoming much later. sunshine following into northern ireland, into scotland, away from the north—west, where itjust gets wetter and windier. it should be a mild day everywhere, temperatures widely into double figures. the main story is the strength of the wind, and they will be windier further north, the peak in northern scotland. gusts of 70 miles an hour 01’ more. scotland. gusts of 70 miles an hour or more. that might bring disruption. the deep low then sweeps away overnight towards scandinavia. very windy overnight. the winds were leeds on tuesday, but change direction. —— the winds will ease on tuesday. we are drawing down more of a northerly or north—westerly wind, bringing with it colder air, but more sunshine as well. a lot of places will be dry and tuesday with sunny spells. we will see showers pushed into the north—east of scotla nd pushed into the north—east of scotland down these north sea coasts, where winds will be strongest. further west, winds will

be lighter, temperatures lower. 7-8d. be lighter, temperatures lower. 7—8d. into wednesday, we see whether fronts coming in from the atlantic again. we will eventually draw in some milder air. on wednesday morning, we start with a frost across the central uk. we will see some sunshine. still some cloud coming in at the north sea, brisk wind, and one or two showers for eastern england. clouding over further west, rain into scotland and northern ireland. wednesday is the week. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight o'clock. police search for a missing 17—month—old girl who was in her father's car when it was stolen in east london. the prime minister urges mps to back her brexit deal or risk taking the country into ‘uncharted territory‘ i would say don't let the search for the perfect become the enemy of the good, because the danger there,

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