and why we are just eight years ago. and why we are just getting to grips with it now i don't know. apparently it is a special thing at weddings. we didn't have it at my wedding. laughter. lam amazing at my wedding. laughter. i am amazing it through customs. a really am. part of the process is they smoke it. it is served as a delicacy. you may remember there we re delicacy. you may remember there were connections oi’ delicacy. you may remember there were connections or questions about the spread of ebola, because some of this me, especially chimpanzees and bats may have been contaminated with the ebola virus as well —— meat. that is the risk of spreading disease. they make the point it is not just the unsanitary disease. they make the point it is notjust the unsanitary conditions, it is the genetic make up, which is close, i think 98% of genes. we have dramatically cut back on trading standards as well and their ability tojust meet. with my watchdog background, ten years, i have had a lot to do with the trading standards office rs over lot to do with the trading standards officers over the years. it is very

difficult for them because it is very expensive to get these tests donein very expensive to get these tests done in laboratories for them to catch this. it is that closeness to people's genetics. great discussion this evening but that is it. that's it for the papers tonight. thank you lynn and ruth. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. next on bbc news, it's time for 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. nice to see you. what have you got for us? interestingly. we have late night with emma thompson as a chat show host. the new x—men movie, dark phoenix. and gloria bell. a remake of gloria. you are a bit gravelly today. it is my tom waits throaty voice. i hope it lasts. this is a writer people might know. it stars emma thompson, a chat show host. she has been there for ages,

she is a proposed, smart, intelligent guests, but it turns out the ratings are on the slump and she decides that she has a writer ‘s room that is not doing theirjob, more to the point they are all white males and she doesn't know any of them —— guests. here is a clip. if they may, just want to say, it is such an honour to meet you, ms newberry, am chris reynolds. my name is eugene. and when my parents got divorced opposition i don't know you are. i don't know who any of you are. well... iam tom. i write the monologue. i'm the youngest monologue right in the history of the show. i don't know any of this. do you know what, here's what we're going to do. you are number one, you are number two, you another three, number four. hi, catherine. thank god. how is your baby? she's 27. her baby's doing well. you are five, six, seven...

that is what i'll call you. it's easier. can we call each other by our names? just learn the numbers, reynolds. can i switch? i'm the most senior writer. can we just get into it now and see if we can salvage anything with taping. i love it already. exactly. you are laughing all the way through. emma thompson does that thing, "i don't care". and moves on. all she says she has to have a woman in the writer ‘s room. the woman who applies has no comedy experience at all. has been working on a chemical plant. she immediately gets signed up. she is referred to as a diversity higher by the other writers. but she starts turning the programme around. interest her and to make more political and edgyjokes. —— she gets catherine newberry to talk about subjects that

interest her and to make more political and edgyjokes. and, slowly, fortunes start to change. i think, you know, very much like, did you see book smart. book smart is really funny. bridesmaids, what this has done as it has demonstrated that we have actually been seeing only one half of mainstream comedy for quite a long time. there are so many movies that have shaken up the gender balance. for a long time people thought women led comedy movies would not work. and they are working terrifically well. emma thompson is terrific. the script is very sharp. the problem is in the third act the comedy kind of narrows down and becomes more of a a blend of drama and comedy. from my point of view, i wanted more broadcast news meets 30 rock .. you have something more like the devil wears prada meets soap dish.

it is consistently funny. though not as funny as they wanted it to be. the performances are very good. it is worth watching just for those scenes in which emma thompson literally tells the writing rooms apart. it is making a serious point at the same time. absolutely. that is why. the world has changed. you remember when bridesmaids came out and everyone said it can't possibly compete. and of course it did. this will do very well. my only reservation is i wanted to be slightly harsher about the media. but that is my own prejudices coming into play. next one, x—men dark phoenix. how many more x—men do we need? this is an end of sorts. we have dark phoenix who become dark phoenix after an encounter with a solar flare. which gives a hidden powers. but also unlocks the trauma. she is a divided soul. is she an asset or is she dangerous? the film starts with a car crash. i have to say that narratively a lot of the film continues in that way. it is this very incoherent plot, this script is not good, the dialogue is great. —— is not great.

there are lots of those smash and cry set pieces where you have umpteen different heroes who say freeze that, lazer that, heat that up! it does look very box ticking. i think sophie pittonet is a really good job with the central role. —— sophie turner does a good job. jessica chastain is exciting as the nemesis. james mcavoy is always good. it is very scrappy and it relies heavily on special effects set pieces. in an age in which we have had movies like logan, a character study which happens to have superheroes in it, i wanted much more from this. you've not sold it to me. and you are never going to. but you were never a x—men fan. i think even if you were you would struggle. now, gloria bell. the director has only made this film but in spanish. it was called gloria.

it is a english language remake staring julianne moore. if you have seen the original version does make english language remake. it has been moved wholesale from santiago to america. julianne moore is a divorcee looking for love. she meets arnold, who is himself a divorcee. although he has commitment issues. we see this clearly when she introduces him to her family and he walks out because he just can't face it. here is a clip. what are you doing here? can we talk? i don't have anything to say to you. i really need you to listen to me. i do. how could you be so rude, arnold? for what? i was introducing you to my family.

i brought you to my son's but they family. and you just disappear. it wasn't an easy situation. i searched for your eyes again and again. i didn't exist. we were in love. oh, please. how many times did you have to say that. you make me sick. i threw up. i don't know how you could do something like that to me. and the girls... growa pair. well, i know where most of his life. —— where my feelings lie. i wish we had been watching your reaction and not the clip. when he said how could you do that, you went over. and he does a very good job of playing that character who is needy and wielding. she wants to like him from the beginning but there

is something fundamentally askew. she is terrific. she has a smile, but it looks like a smile that is on a brave face. there is a kind of screen that is happening behind this smile. one thing i really like about this is she is a very physical performer. she goes to these clubs where she dances. because she always enjoyed dancing. as she dances in and out of date way, which is the most obligated thing to do. —— most complicated. don't we all! exactly. find me somebody in a big budget movie who does that. my only reservation would be if you have seen gloria you might get a sense that you have seen this before. but i think it is pretty good. but i really likejulianne moore and john turturro is very creepy. best out, rocket man. have you seen it yet? not yet. do you want to see it? i want to see it more than i wanted to see queen. this is a musical. bohemian rhapsody. that is a biopic. this is based on the true fantasy. i thought it was a musical,

the kind of thing that can —— ken russell would have made. it is really well done. taron egerton is well done in the title role. and it is directed by dexter fletcher who came in and saved bohemian rhapsody when it was falling apart. whether or not you are an eltonjohn, and i am, a grew up with his music. but i could not believe how much they enjoy this. —— how much i enjoyed this. is that there beaming through the whole thing. i'm desperate to see it again. i think you would love it. you would love it because it is such a vibrant cinema experience. and it is not sanitised, is it? that is the comparison people made with bohemian rhapsody. this isn't. this is full on. the full sex and drugs life and then some. you have sold it to me. this dvd. a private war. it is a narrative drama. it is about a war reporter. the film itself has some flaws. he says it's not a biopic, it's a psychological portrait.

but it has a brilliant central performance by rosamund pike who gives it iio%. it is one of those films where the centre performers will see you through perhaps the shortcomings, the symbol of occasions of the film itself. —— the simplifications. again, it is an important subject. she carries it. she really does. the thing with marie colvin, it is a story a lot of people will know the truth of it. not least because we have seen it done in documentary film. that is why there is the question as to whether is dramatisation the way to go? i think thejury is still out on that. if you are going to have a dramatisation it has to have a central character who was charismatic and electrifying and can hold it. and i think rosamund pike does that. plus she genuinely looks not like rosamund pike. again, it's all to do with the stance, physicality of the performance. you have got through it. your voice survive. no have to go and rest.

is that you telling me to stop talking? i have got to stop too. mark, thank you very much. that is it for this week. thanks for watching. hello again. it is not been the best of the start to the weekend. a lot of the start to the weekend. a lot of cloud and rain around. the cloud has been easing as the area of low pressure m oves has been easing as the area of low pressure moves towards norway. a few showers left over towards north—western areas. otherwise, some clear spells coming through. the winds are falling lighter. whether coming down generally. temperatures overnight 7— nine celsius. tomorrow, broadly speaking, a day of sunshine and showers. it should be fine and sunny for most parts of the uk. the showers coming along in the

afternoon. they will form in lines where the winds converge together. the showers becoming heavy, thundery and slow moving along these zones. outside of the zones, with a bit more sunshine, its as if someone has twiddled the fourth of —— the thermometer up. it will feel warmer. into next week, we are looking at heavy rain affecting parts of england and wales. the met office have already issued a weather warning for this. through monday and tuesday, some areas could see about a month's worth of rain, bringing localised flooding over the next few days.

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