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hello there and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is james king. james, what what have you got for us this week? well, we've gotjessie buckley proving to us she's no shrinking violet in wild rose. regina hall goes from big to small in little. and jonah hill directs mates with skates in mid90s. wild rose, let's start with that. this is a young single mother in glasgow, dreams of going to nashville to be a big country star. she does, but it's going to be a difficult journey. she has a complicated personal life. she's just out of prison, she's a single mum to two children, she has this up—and—down relationship with her mother, played byjulie walters.
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she starts by getting a job as a cleaner, to save some money, to help her out. here'sjessie buckley in action with the great sophie okonedo. right, that's me away. the kids tell me you're a country and western singer. you taking the piss? no? it'sjust country. i didn't realise. you must be very good because all i've heard all week is rose—lynn, rose—lynn, rose—lynn. why country? 'cos it's three chords and the truth. wow! it goes like that. it just gets whatever's in there out. anyways, i'll see you next week. thanks very much. bye. such great performances in this as well.
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sophie okonedo obviously, julie walters obviously. jessie buckley though is the real star in this. her character is a free spirit and she is so dynamic playing this role. she's so fluid, so natural playing this role. she's a real force of nature. so there are some great scenes between rose and her mother because rose is so wild and her mum, julie walters, is so kind of uptight, so they work together very nicely. bits of it reminds me of the film educating rita from many years ago that really made julie walters' name, and rita was herself a free spirit. there are little echoes of that one from the 80s. and some people saying jessie buckley, her star is born. she's going to be a really big thing. yeah, i think so. because she can sing and she can act. she does it very easily or makes it look easy. what this film captures is that need that a lot of people have to perform, that need a lot of people have to get on stage, to sing, and you don't really want to do anything else. you can't imagine a normal life, you can't imagine a 9—5job, you have to just follow your dream.
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certainly gritty, it doesn't make it look easy, but it's always lovely to see someone follow their dream, isn't it? it is and what's the music like? some of it is original, some of it is covers? yeah, country classics. the music's good. i'm not a big country fan. i nearly said country and western, you can't call it that. i'm not a big country fan but it's one of those films where you come out of it going, you know what? i'm actually probably going to stream that or download it because it's really appealing. all right, well i look forward to that one. now, little, an adult woman is magically transformed into a child version of herself or a younger version of herself. yes, that sounds familiar, doesn't it. it's a body swap comedy. we saw tom hanks in big back in the 80s, freaky friday is another one, there have been lots of versions of this sort of story. so regina hall stars in this. she's a big boss and really horrible to most people. so she gets a spell cast on her that takes her back to her 13—year—old self. when she was 13, she was very nervy,
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very geeky and bullied, which is why now as an adult she's kind of bullying people because she's using it as a defence mechanism. so she has to learn a lesson to be comfortable with herself and to be kinder to people. i mean, it's a film aimed at young girls. i'm a middle—aged male film critic, i'm not the audience, i found it pretty predictable. but what i would say is regina hall has been around and has done a lot of comedy films, she was in girls trip last year, made by the same people. she's very good. look out though for the 14—year—old star of this film, marsai martin, she is also the executive producer of this film. she's the youngest producer in hollywood history! she's great as an actress. she's really strong, really confident, really powerful. she is someone, only 1a years old, we are going to be seeing a lot more of. and as you say, not really an original concept for a film. is there a moral message about bullying in there? yes, there is a moral message about bullying, about being comfortable with yourself and i think any film that has that kind of message
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we should pat on the back, it's not a work of art but it's not offensive. not a work of art but not offensive. stick that on the poster! laughter. i don't think they will somehow. right, mid90s which isjonah hill. a young boy finding friendship amongst a group of misfits. a teen movie, really. yeah, a coming—of—age movie. jonah hill we know as an actor from wolf of wall street and superbad and many other things. this is his debut as a feature film director and writer. it's california in the mid—90s and this boy does have a troubled home life. he has a surrogate family with these older skateboarders he makes friends with. they are all people from broken homes and they all bond together. this lead actor, sunny suljic, just 11! years old.
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this is a scene where he is doing his best to disguise what he's been up to, he doesn't want his mum to find out. i'm so sorry i'm late. it won't ever happen again. it's only 7.30. 0h... 0k. lucas hedges as well, that we saw behind the bill clinton mask, brilliant actor. very good at nailing that era. if it's called mid90s, it has to get that era right and it certainly does it with music and the fashions and the fads and video games and all those kind of things. but actually, it's not
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just about nostalgia, it packs a punch. only 85 minutes long, this film, but it really has some guts to it and some strong emotions in it. there are some scenes that are very tough to watch. essentially, these young boys, both the lead character and all his friends, they're really on the path to self—destruction. there's a lot of teenage anxiety going on in this, so it is tough to watch at times, and i thinkjonah hill has got a big future as a writer and director. he's already succeeded as an actor, but i think this is the direction he wants to go in now. and i assume it is autobiographical. i think so. certainly there are elements of that. this is his era, it would fit with his age. also he was into that music, into that scene. not exactly his story, but certainly strongly influenced by his growing up. ok, let's move on to your best out. yeah, missing link. perfect for the easter holidays, this one. from laika films, they're an animation company, they make these very beautiful, original animated features. this one is stop motion animation set in the victorian times about an explorer who wants to discover bigfoot. he's called sir lionel frost, voiced by hugh jackman. very charming, very sweet.
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i think what's great about laika films, they have also made the box trolls and coraline, many other things. they very much have their own identity. we can kind of identify a disney animation or a dreamworks animation - very glossy, very hollywood. these feel a little more eccentric, a little bit more quirky. they are an american company, but this has a british director so feels a little more home—grown in its quirkiness. just very charming. very beautiful. you are going to see a family film that's fun for children over the easter holidays, but you're going to see something really beautiful actually. there are backdrops in this, background scenery, that's just jaw—dropping. so, a lot to enjoy. visually, but how important is the voice? hugh jackman — big star, great actor. people love him, audiences flock to see him. will they go for the voice, i mean, how important is that? i think it's great, because huthackman will be doing interviews about this, publicity about this, being on instagram. all great publicity because lots of people follow him.
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actually i think the best voice in it is stephen fry, a rival explorer, but that's because stephen fry has one of the great voices of all time. you will hear him, david walliams and matt lucas. best dvd this week? into the spider—verse. is out on a variety of digital platforms. this one, the oscar for best animated feature this year, about... well, there's not just one spider—man in this. there are many spider—people. there are many spider—people in many different realities and universes and parallel dimensions. they've all got their spidey—powers and they'll have to team up to fight the villains to fight the kingpin. it is crazy, it is packed, it is so much fun. certainly the kind of film you want to see more than once because there's so much in it. and the thing about comic book movies is so many of the live action, they don't capture the vigor and the energy of the printed page, the printed comic book, but i thing with this animated version of spider—man, it really does that. it is so full of life and so zany. but really moving in parts.
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and it got the oscar. did it deserve that? i think so. there's been a lot of spider—man films over the years, one coming out this summer. but people watched this one and thought it really breathed fresh life into the franchise and really did things the other spider—man films have not done. it wowed a lot of people, and i was one of them. reaching the parts that other spider—man movies cannot reach... james, thank you very much. good to see you. that's it for this week. thank you for watching. from both of us, goodbye. hello, 13 was the top temperature today in porthmadog in west wales. most of us fell short of that and will again tomorrow. it is a cold weekend out there. venturing into
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the hills it is even colder on higher ground. you will have to be fully prepared out and about across the uk this weekend for any time spent outdoors, especially early tomorrow with a frost for many of us. tomorrow with a frost for many of us. high pressure and controls, there is lots of dry weather but this weather system moving into the west is turning cloudy and wet up for some of us. some of us may appreciate a bit of rain in the garden. it is there in the aisles of scilly and parts of cornwall overnight. if you are in the blue area it could be as low as “i! —5 in some spots as sunday starts. cloud is going to build tomorrow and more cloud than we have had today. early showers in kent will fade, if you developing in northern england and eastern scotland. if anything, it will be a bit windier tomorrow. average speeds, gusts in the west up
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to 40 average speeds, gusts in the west up to a0 miles an hour or so, especially into northern ireland. more cloud and winds tomorrow, if anything it will feel colder compared to today. let's look at things through sunday night and into monday morning. some of the cloud that has built up during the day will just that has built up during the day willjust disappear, allowing clear skies to come back. keeping quite a bit of cloud running through north—east scotland, maybe one or two showers. a chance of seeing rain into south—west england and parts of wales. cloud staying with us in northern ireland, no frosty, maybe not as widespread as monday begins but still some out there under clear skies. monday, cloud building again under some early sunshine. this weather system not moving far, but outbreaks of rain into parts of south—west england, south—west wales, may be at times the further west you are in northern ireland. sunny spells elsewhere. still breezy. maybe a bit higher comedy temperatures. the transformation really ta kes temperatures. the transformation really takes place later in the week and we will keep low pressure to the west of us in high pressure to the east of us. that position has changed slightly so the flow of our coming into the uk ends up being
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from a woman direction. temperatures are on the up. losing any outbreaks of rain, mainly to western parts, on monday and tuesday. the second half of the week, expect increasing sunshine and that warmth. some spots will head into the low 20s. just in time for easter. that is your latest forecast, updates every half—an—hour on the bbc news channel.
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