done to everyone. you keep going. she is amazing. if i built this track at home she would annihilate it every time. that is all from sports day for now. coming up, the film review. hello and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases, we've got mark kermode. what a surprise! what is your selection this week?

we have long shot, which is a comedy starring seth rogen and charlize theron. we have tolkien, a biopic of the author of the lord of the rings books. and extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile, in which ted bundy is played by zac efron. long shot, this is an american romantic comedy. it is a weird mixture. it has the gross out, slapstick comedy. it's got the comedy like there's something about mary. on the other hand, political satire of wag the dog. seth rogen is a kind of slightly disreputable investigative journalist who is called in by charlize theron's secretary, because she is going to run for president and she needs someone to punch up her speeches to make them seem a little more funny, to grab the public‘s attention. it turns out ages and ages ago,

she used to babysit for him and he had a huge crush on her. the question is, is his anarchic streak going to help or hinder her career? is she going to be put in touch with the idealism that fired her in her youth? are they going to be more than workmates? the answers to those questions aren't particularly surprising, but what is lovely is the way in which they play out because on the one hand, he is kind of schlubby, anarchic, and all over the place. she is totally the opposite. here's a clip. hey. i had some jokes i was going to run by you maybe if you have a second? what are you...? what are you looking at? jesus!

why would you just barge in here while i'm sleeping? you were sleeping? yes! i was micronapping! oh, that's what you call it? yes. sorry, i didn't realise you were sleeping. you were standing and your eyes were open. do you need something? i had some jokes i wrote i was gonna run by you. that was actually a really good nap. great. seemed really restful. micronapping! but you laughed. what i really like about this is... in the end, these kind of movies come down to whether the chemistry between the leads is good and whether you like the characters. it is no surprise that seth rogen can play this role. this is a version of a role he's played many times. charlize theron, i don't think people think of comedy, and she is really funny in this, not least because she plays it straight faced enough that you believe in her kind of career politician character, but you also believe that character goes on an arc which involves reconnecting with the things that really matter. there is a fair amount of knock—about, gross—out comedy. when the movie wants to be vulgar, it does not shy away from that,

let's be honest about it. it works because it's got some great political satire, the fact the president in the movie is a tv actor who has gone into the white house but actually is not interested in policy, just in his ratings — which seems like such an absurd idea! i think that plays out really nicely. i like the idea of the two central characters... seth rogen doing it is not a surprise. charlize theron being quite as funny as she is is really rewarding. i laughed through it. a couple of times, i laughed knowing i was embarrassed at the vulgarity of thejokes. but i really enjoyed it. was anybody else laughing, or just you? it is a real crowd pleaser. tolkien? here's the thing. if somebody creates works of literature that are so incredibly inspiring, it's very difficult if you make a biopic about their life in which the writing of the biopic is solidly uninspiring. what this tries to do is to lead you through his life in a way that suggests that this is the beginning of all the ideas that we would see

in the hobbit and lord of the rings. he has a group of friends, a fellowship. he's in love with someone he wants to give a ring. he moves from rural, to an industrial landscape, to somewhere beautiful, like the shire, and the film kind of plays out on the battlefield, europe, where our central character sees terrible things which are meant to inspire the visions of mordor and helms deep. it is not bad, it is really perfunctory. when you talk about something as creative and imaginary as the lord of the rings, it seems really odd to just be something which isjust joining the dots. "this led to this, this led to this." i don't doubt for one minute the author's personal experience did inspire his work. i just don't think they played out in such a ploddingly televisual fashion. presumably, tolkien fans want to see it. i actually think not. the tolkien estate have not been interested.

they are not endorsing it. they say it is nothing to do with them. just that they are not endorsing it. i don't think it will have anything like the audience like lord of the rings has. now, it is the story of the serial killer ted bundy — possibly the longest film title of the week, maybe the year, extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile. which is the phrase the judge used at the end of the trial. the judge here played byjohn malkovich. ted bundy is played by zac efron. who we see meeting and seducing the woman whose memoirs inspired this film, played by lily collins. her second mention this week — she plays edith bratt in tolkien. what the film is not about is the crimes, which are utterly horrific. what it is about is the people around ted bundy who don't see him for what he is. here's a clip. i'm sorry, i have to pull

an all—nighter tonight at the law library. all—nighter? i need to make sure i am the most prepared attorney in the courtroom once my trial starts. why did she pick you out of the lineup? my lawyer found out that the police showed her a picture beforehand — twice. of course i looked familiar. that's not even the worst part. what happened in utah wasn't just dumb luck. the police already had my name. someone gave it to them. someone gave your name to the authorities in utah? do you have any idea who would do that to you? look, do you see that car out there? it's been following me since i got back. either i'm going crazy, or i'm being setup. what did you make of

zac efron's performance? i think efron is terrific. i have always thought he is terrific all the way back to high school musical he is a versatile actor. this is directed byjoe berlinger, the director of the documentary series. it's really kind of a dramatic companion piece to that documentary series. as i said before, thankfully, it doesn't concentrate on the crimes. what it concentrates on is everything around it, people inveigled into his world. and who became sympathetic towards him. and of course the televised court case. it became this huge media circus. john malkovich as the judge. efron is the film's strongest suit. i do think he's a really talented actor. i think that he manages to inhabit a number of different roles and what he gets here is the narcissism, the deceptiveness. the film is about how is it that this character convinced

people he was anything other than the title. i am not sure the film gets much beyond that. i don't think really tells us much else about him but i do think zac efron's performance is terrific. best out this week? eighth grade. i spoke about this last week. i love it. bo burnham's feature debut. a 13—year—old girl growing up in the internet world. a generation called self—obsessed but just self—conscious. a wonderful score. really good performance by elsie fisher. have you seen it yet? i am really looking forward to seeing it. i have not seen it yet. i am going to. on your recommendation. i guarantee you it's one of the films of the year. it is absolutely wonderful. i love it, and it's got so much empathy for its central characters. i thought it was just wonderful. best dvd? approach with caution. this is piercing, a really twisted psycho thriller. there is some cronenberg in there, some lynch in there, it is... it is a two hander with a brilliant performance by mia wasikowska.

but it's not for the faint of heart. i used to introduce extreme cinema on the television. even i went, "really?" it's genuinely alarming, often quite funny. really when it needs to turn, it really turns. and to be approached with extreme caution. but i liked it. just to conclude, which would you recommend if you had to pick one? i would go for long shot. it made me laugh all the way through, and there are so many comedies that do not do that. i have a six laugh test. did i laugh six times? i laughed six times. i thought it was five last time. six! ilaughed... standards are on the rise. it made you laugh six times. at least in the first ten minutes! fantastic. thank you very much indeed. that is it for both of us. thank you so much for watching. goodbye.

as we go into bank holiday monday a lot of you will still remain dry but there will be a fair bit of cloud around today. that has been breaking up around today. that has been breaking up through the second half of the day. clear skies into tonight. parts of england and wheels, temperatures will take a tumble. showers pushing towards southern scotland later in the night. a breeze towards the far north—east. the sky is clear in the highlands. widespread frost year. the frost will be hit and miss across england and wales. bank holiday monday, this weather front as we are we will see most showers. starting in southern scotland, drifting into northern ireland and parts of northern england, the midlands, east anglia by the afternoon. southern counties after a

sunny start, cloud will increase, isolated showers. across scotland, particularly southern scotland, sunshine through the day. heavy showers and in northern scotland through the afternoon. showers will be the air into the night here and there. into tuesday not much wind. a touch of frost. we start the day how we finished. showers drifting back north once again. as temperatures lift some of those could become heavy and slow moving. temperatures up heavy and slow moving. temperatures up to 15. area of low pressure will push on towards france as we go through wednesday. milder air on the southern edge of it. cold winds blowing in a the northern half of the uk for wednesday. in that my other ear there could be slow moving and heavy rain with thundery downpours. more persistent rain in eastern areas. scotland and northern

ireland avoiding most of the rain. sunshine and showers on wednesday but you will have that cold wind. north—east england is barely getting above 8 degrees, it could be 11! degrees further south. wednesday looks like they wettest day of the week. showers will come and go. cool bite night and by day as well.

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