know how impressed i am snooker. you know how impressed i am when you beat ronnie o'sullivan in a side that match in westminster ——is he? a wish you didn't bring that up! you do not! it seems - who you do not! it seems someone who routinely gets drunk - hayes routinely gets drunk and mr hayes has got drunkg —— i hayes. routinely gets drunk and mr hayes has got drunk§ -- i hayes. -- drink very much. -- mr hayes. -- misbehaves. he still has a following in the uk. misbehaves. he still has a following in the ui in all seriousness, he has rooney. in all seriousness, he has been able to turn around his career and achieve an extension to his career and achieve an extension to his career in the states, he has gone over and the huge success so i suppose it's a blow that this has happened. the lawyer is blaming his drink fuelled thai rate as one paper calls it, him being abusive, blamed it on the pills that he took. —— tirade. 0h, it on the pills that he took. —— tirade. oh, yes, the pills. i am sure if it hadn't been for the pills, he wouldn't have been like that. he has survived previously apparently sleeping with prostitutes while his wife was pregnant. this is why i don't pay attention to him.

being abusive on an aeroplane is a minor complaint. allegedly. very briefly, let's move on and hard on the times front page, which has a great picture of three of the british women hopefuls at the golden globes. olivia coleman, emma stone an american woman, but all in the same film. it isjust, remember not american woman, but all in the same film. it is just, remember not that long ago, a year ago, there was living las vegas and mighty aphrodite. virtually every woman nominated to something that he was playing a prostitute, and now look, women playing actual parts where women playing actual parts where women are actual human people. it is so women are actual human people. it is so exciting. olivia coleman is obviously a national treasure and. thank you very much indeed.

that's it for the papers tonight. the big thank you to both of my guests. time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is who else but jason solomons. so jason, what do we have this week? a new year, lots of new films. welcome back to the cinema for the new year. we'll be going back to 1710 and the last stuart court to marvel at olivia colman's award—tipped performance as queen anne in the favourite,

a restoration drama. in which rachel weisz and emma stone vie for her affections. another super woman pumping the courts of power under the lens, it's ruth bader ginsburg, rbg, who has 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 men, gi joes and nasty nazis help steve carell‘s traumatised artist over his grief by blowing them up to life—size pictures. all right, let's kick off then with the favourite. it's really fun, brilliantly acted, and takes you back to a time hundreds of years ago.

i didn't live then! when everyone wore those extraordinary wigs! there is a bit of eltonjohn video, new romantic video. it's called the favourite and is quickly becoming an awards season favourite, certainly with olivia colman, who i expect will feature heavily at the golden globes and the baftas. i suspect it will be a big hit. the star turn is from olivia colman as queen anne. we don't see much of queen anne, to be honest, in period dramas. we're in about 1710 here, where she's a lonely figure advised by lady marlborough, whose husband is off fighting the wars of spanish succession, i think. she wants to use her power over queen anne to use her sway at court. she's the only person at court 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? a badger. do you really think you can meet the russian delegation looking like that? no. i will manage it. get back to your rooms. thank you. shouting: 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. i really enjoyed it. i wondered what it was about, is it about power going to somebody‘s head, the capriciousness of power? i think when it was written it was about trying to get this special moment in british royal history when the land was ruled

by three women. it's about the vying of affections from this monarch from the upcoming emma stone, trying to get the affections of queen anne from rachel weisz. it's set in hatfield house. that plays a starring role in it. there's a lot of... it's directed by a greek director, called yorgos la nthimos, and i think he brings a freshness, a bawdiness and risqueness to the british period drama. he is saying even though it's 300 years ago, things haven't changed all that much in terms of the sexism, power plays and class struggle in british society. i think it's a sly dig at that, otherwise it's just funny, bawdy romp. it also gets very dangerous and emotional. 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. the costumes by sandy powell

are extraordinary. tell us more about rbg. ruth bader ginsburg has become in recent times is a feminist icon, a liberal hero, a superhero, self—styled superhero. they call her notorious rbg after the rapper, who was born in brooklyn, like ruth bader ginsburg. what this documentary does is chart her career as a formidable lawmaker all the way from harvard law school, where she was the only woman in her class, to where she now sits on the supreme court. she occupies one of nine places. she's still one of the dissenting voices. she's got fighting spirit, she really changed the workplace regulations of america and helped change social history, fighting for sexual and racial equality in the workplace. it's been a long battle.

she was appointed by president clinton in the ‘90s and she ‘s still there at the age of 85. she's had a few ups and downs, but it's very important to the liberal voices in america that she holds that place because liberal america is under siege at the moment. she's seen as sort of fighting back. she's made fun of by saturday night live, she's become a great figure. you can see what a twinkly figure she is, but she's also very powerful. there's a wonderful bit where her children say she was terrible in the kitchen, "i never met a live vegetable until i was 1a years old." welcome to marwen, in which an artist creates a miniature world, tell us about that. it might be the hardest film to describe. it doesn't compare to how awkward it is to watch. i don't think you like it! steve carell is a wounded artist, and he's recreated

a belgian world war ii village in his garden, in which he places barbie dolls and action figures. he photographs them and blows them up to real size. he then falls in love with a ridiculously sympathetic neighbour, played by leslie mann, who comes to visit and gets a tour of this model village. as we can see here. something going on in the church? oh, yeah. you mind if i take a look? i love how everything is so cute. all the little flowers in the mailbox and these cute little curtains. it's just all the details... she gasps oh my god! what are they doing? who are they? they are nazis... ..torturing hogie. 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, which is half the problem, plus the rather creepy portrayal of the sexual fantasies with these barbie dolls. these rather pneumatic, thin—waisted barbie dolls, it feels rather out of step. the film is directed by robert zemeckis, who is one of the great technical innovators. it's rather interesting how it takes over the bruised artist's id and ego. but it's either too painful to watch or to weird and creepy. we never warm to this figure played by steve carell. even though it's based on a true life character and story.

i can't believe there wasn't a studio executive who said listen, robert zemeckis, let's stop this. welcome to marwen is welcome to the first great flop of 2019. big names get theirfilms made. it doesn't always work. all right, what's best out at the moment? i'm going to say carry on the festive cheer with mary poppins returns. which i know everyone's been to see over christmas. some people are a bit nervous. they didn't change a lot, there's a lot of cockney londoners and songs about the lovely london skies, and things still need sorting out at cherry tree lane. lots of animation. it's still bright animation, all those songs, balloons and big ben at the climax. nothing's really changed very much. i struggled to see what the point of it was, but i really enjoyed myself. people say the songs aren't quite as good. i think they are, we just don't know them. there is one line that says "it's a real pea souper,

you've got to be a trooper." i think they get away with it quite charmingly, and i wish them good luck at the golden globes too. all right, best dvd at the moment? another golden globe nominee and it's spike lee's blachklansman. it's about a cop who infiltrates the ku klux klan with of his partner. this is spike lee back on his funny, political, racially baiting provocative form, which is exactly what you want from spike lee. it's not a perfect film by normal people's means, but for spike lee it's bang on form and it's one of my favourites of the year. jason, thank you very much indeed. some good recommendations there. jason solomons. that's it for this week, from us on the film review, thank you so much for watching and goodbye from both of us. hello there. to the picking up across the

northern part of the uk. there could be some fleeting sunshine this morning. we had rain across northern scotla nd morning. we had rain across northern scotland and northern ireland, and becoming lighter as it is done into northern england and north wales. it turns wet again in the north of scotla nd turns wet again in the north of scotland and the winds are continuing to howl. it should be mild day, 11 or 12 degrees but it is going to be windier than we have seen for a while. gail is widely in scotland. gusts of 70 miles an hour 01’ scotland. gusts of 70 miles an hour or more, scotland. gusts of 70 miles an hour 01’ more, may scotland. gusts of 70 miles an hour or more, may lead to some travel disruption. it stays very windy into the evening and the night as well. eventually, that low pressure russia isa eventually, that low pressure russia is a way to scandinavia, the direction of the wind changes and we call down some cooler air. most places will be dry with an sunny spells, a few showers coming into scotland, dumbest north sea coast, whether winds could be touching gale force for time. temperatures down to single figures. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines:

a young saudi woman fleeing to australia is stranded at bangkok airport, where she says her passport has been seized. she tells the bbc she can't go back home. i don't have work in saudi arabia, and myfamily i don't have work in saudi arabia, and my family treat me so bad. they will kill me. as the government shutdown in the us continues into its third week, president trump says he has little expectation of a breakthrough in the latest talks. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: amid a continuing tit—for—tat on tariffs, china and the us prepare to hold trade talks in beijing this week. and the hollywood award season kicks off with the golden globes.