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in an emotional statement, theresa may announces she'll quit as conservative leader on the 7th june, saying she has done her best to deliver brexit. returning to her berkshire constituency after delivering her statement, she'll continue to serve as prime minister while a conservative leadership contest takes place. and already there are candidates jostling to succeed her, with boris johnson as the frontrunner. a new leader could be in place by the end ofjuly. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30pm tonight. and coming up on bbc news, celtic could win an unprecedented treble treble this weekend, if they beat hearts in the scottish cup final, but neil lennon says no bus parade has been organised yet. also, an update on england captain eoin morgan's injury, just days ahead
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of the cricket world cup. hockey player alex da nson talks about the serious head injuries he sustained and arsene wenger says he left his heart at arsenal after managing there for 22 years. now, the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. you aren't here to announce your candidacy for the leadership of the conservative party? thankfully not! what are the big releases? we have aladdin, the latest disney live—action remake. rocket man, which isn't a biopic, more a musical
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about elton john. which isn't a biopic, more a musical about elton john. nobody knows that we are fun. and booksmart, which has been described as super bad, for girls. aladdin first, did guy ritchie rub the magic lantern with this? that's very good! you have jungle book, cinderella and dumbo and now this, so it is like disney is working through the back catalogue, turning those animations into live action movies. now we have this one, the street rat turned royal suitor. he needs the help of a genie, played by will smith, and it was the original animation with robin williams. there's a strange sense of watching something that is new, but also a sense that you've seen it before. can you make me a
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prince? there's a lot of grey area m, prince? there's a lot of grey area in, make me a prince. i canjust make you a prince. 0h, right. you'll be smuggled up with that dude for the rest of your life. be specific with your words. it's in the detail. i don't understand, if she likes you, why change ? i don't understand, if she likes you, why change? so you has to marry a prince. 0k, you, why change? so you has to marry a prince. ok, i can do that. kind of the same but different. better? no, definitely not. you know when you asked about guy ritchie and the magic lamp, i thought about king arthur not pulling the sword out of the stone. in terms of this he makes it work, there's no question that it's fun and enjoyable. it makes some updates, especially in the character of princess jasmine, who is much more the agent of her own destiny. she has her own song. they
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have reject some of it. i'm not entirely sure, actually i am sure what the artistic point of redoing these films is. i know that the financial point is that they end up being very successful. will smith does a pretty decentjob. very hard doing that role because when the animation was done, so much of it was robin williams riffing, and then they built the animation around his improvised riffs. you don't have that. you have something that is efficient, a die—hard story, updated slightly, they've made some changes which are admirable. but a lot of the time you get the feeling that i know this already and it's impossible not to miss the robin williams animation. plus, i love animation. i have to say, i'm cautious about embracing the idea of taking the animated films and making it as taking the animated films and making itasa taking the animated films and making it as a live action because i'm not sure what the point is, other than ticket sales. you mentioned the song forjasmine. is it a properfeminist
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update? it's a good, catchy and empowering song. the fact that they've done that may be justification enough. i'm slightly cautious about this whole thing about working through the animation. i'm not sure this is a great thing. that's fine and it does the job. then you get to rocket man, which is not a biopic of eltonjohn, it is a musical based on his life, directed by dexter fletcher, who was brought in to save bohemian rhapsody when it was falling apart, bryan singer. i think it's wonderful. we were talking about the trailer before. the trail is amazing. often an amazing trailer means the filming isn't so good but the movie is every bit as good. firstly, whereas bohemian laxity had a problem with the timeline which meant that if the songs are in the wrong place, it is irritating —— bohemian rhapsody. but
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because this is a jukebox musical, you can put the songs were ever —— wherever they like. secondly, taron egerton is brilliant. he doesn't look like eltonjohn egerton is brilliant. he doesn't look like elton john but egerton is brilliant. he doesn't look like eltonjohn but it is the physicality of the performance, the test forward but looking like he is vulnerable behind the glasses. the film is about a little kid who wants a hug. a central relationship between him and bernie taupin, which has the tenderness such as in captain fantastic. it almost looks like it's been directed by ken russell. i'm a big fan of him, dexter fletcher has worked with him. there are scenes that i think ken russell would have loved. tributes to mgm musicals, fantasias. the whole thing just swept me off my feet. authorised but not sanitised,
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right? absolutely, there was a thing with bohemian rhapsody being family friendly, but this, it's a story of sex and drugs. finally enough, it owes a structural debt to the ian durie biopic, which was set up as a vaudevillian stage show with ian durie as the unreliable narrator. here you have elton writing his story from rehab. he walks into rehab dressed in a costume that makes him look between a demon and a chicken. he goes into this self—analysis. chicken. he goes into this self-analysis. i read one review, i am elton john, self-analysis. i read one review, i am eltonjohn, i'm an alcoholic, a sex addict, and i have a problem with shopping. he also says i am elton herculesjohn, with shopping. he also says i am elton hercules john, adding with shopping. he also says i am elton herculesjohn, adding to the absurdity. wonderful. talking about sex and drugs, they feature in your next movie. they feature in the trailerfor next movie. they feature in the trailer for booksmart. talking about trailers, the trailer makes
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booksmart look like it is a superbad film but it is more than that. directed by 0livia film but it is more than that. directed by olivia wilde, caitlin deaver and bernie feldstein are playing amy and molly, who have spent their school careers not partying, being focused on education so partying, being focused on education so that they can get two good colleges but the end of term is coming and they are realising that they might have missed out. mark your calendars and make plans to attempt the drama department summer programme shakespeare in the park. we will be performing the bard's comedy is as modern tragedies, outside whole foods across town. it's what we did in my programme la st it's what we did in my programme last year, when i lived in barcelona. i will be directing. and alan may be starring, depending on auditions. i don't audition! this
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looks fun but i'm not going to be here. yeah, amy spending the summer in tswana. —— in botswana. here. yeah, amy spending the summer in tswana. -- in botswana. i'm saving lives. i have a fear of big cats. i can't because i'm working all summer, and also i don't want to. uefa listen. why would you be here when you can debate —— you are a philistine. that is really funny and what i like about it, it is funny, i laughed all the way through, but at the heart of it it has that american graffiti end of a nearer feel about it, they are going their separate ways and it is sensitive about their friendship. it is evenhanded about the characters with regard to race, gender and sexual orientation. it looks at all of them with an open mind. funny but
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never mean, it doesn't have that mean spiritedness which runs through some films. it reminds me of bridesmaids in that it has that same sense of being about friendship, someone sense of being about friendship, someone going from single to married, in this case going from school to college. the essence is the same, what your friends mean to you. for all the stuff that's in the trailer, the animal house style bad behaviour, it is very sweet and funny and well—written, and very well played. and for everyone, not just for teenagers, young people? i'm 57, however old it is, and i laughed all the way through. excellent! that's a recommendation. the best? i love birds of passage, a colombian film about the birth of the drug age. birds of passage is
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really terrific. a story brilliantly told. it was described by a film—maker as not the godfather, it is the godmother, it has the same sense of epic sweep. you'll have to seek it out because it is arthouse. and on dvd? burning, a three-way love triangle that may or may not be a loft admit —— murder mystery. i've seen a loft admit —— murder mystery. i've seen it three times and i don't know how to define it but it is haunting andi how to define it but it is haunting and i was mesmerised. you sold them all to me, i will spend the weekend in the cinemark! that's it, thank you for watching. good evening, it is going to be turning cooler as the bank holiday weekend goes on. there will be some rain, especially around the north and west of the uk. quite a few showers from this cloud over northern ireland, even into southern
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england and wales. those showers are around and they will take a while before they fade away overnight. seeing the back of the rain eventually in northern scotland. turning dry, some clear spells and temperatures down to six or 7 degrees. the weather starting to change tomorrow with thicker cloud coming from the atlantic and spinning away. we'll see some patchy rain and drizzle coming into northern ireland. as it clouds over, turning right through the day over scotland. some spots of rain in north—west england. a chance of a shower in the south—west. it is likely to be warmest with some sunshine, 22 degrees. temperatures dropping on sunday and monday. some showers or longer spells of rain.
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i am today announcing that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday the 7th ofjune so that a successor can be chosen. after intense pressure, theresa may lays out a timetable for her departure as prime minister, saying it's with "deep regret" she didn't deliver brexit but now was the time to go. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. there were immediate tributes from rivals, with a new conservative leader and prime minister due in number 10 by the end ofjuly. the prime minister's put her heart and soul into trying to do the best for this country at a difficult time, facing a challenging climate
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