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tv   The Film Review  BBC News  July 12, 2019 5:45pm-6:01pm BST

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coming up on a sports day on a bbc news, it has been men's semifinal day here at wimbledon with defending champion novak djokovic entered the 25th grand slam final, who came past roberto bautista agut own aforesaid. the big question is now who will join him there, what rafael nadal and roger federer meeting on centre court for the first time since that epic final back in 95 78. once again, we are talking about the big three at the top of the men's game. there has been british success with anti—lock form coming through in the quad wheelchair doubles. news on all of that to come. now on bbc news, it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so, mark — what do we have this week? we have the dead don't die, it is a zombie movie but not a horror movie. we have stewart which is an action comedy. and the brink, a documentary about steve buying. the dead don't die. yes, it is a zombie movie but thatis die. yes, it is a zombie movie but that is at the end of the horror. this is byjim jarmusch. this is byjimjarmusch. so we have two clocks, adam driver and bill murray who are driving around ce nterville murray who are driving around centerville which is a real nice place. then there's that you think something weird is happening, there are new stories about the world be knocked off its axis bipolar fracking. they liked ending ending
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when it should do. by the time to get up to the station, things are going severely wrong and the dead are coming back to life and work on the earth, not to the delight of everybody. here isa is a club. guys... shouldn't we be telling each other that it's all going to be ok? like this will all go away like a bad dream? ronnie? gee, wendy, i'm not sure i can say that. cliff? please? it's all going to be ok, wendy. maybe it'll alljust go away... ..like a bad dream. i doubt it.
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to you are laughing all the way through that clip who doesn't love bill murray? individually, there are lots of funny and charming moments. you have a cast which includes stevie samy, tilda swinton wielding a samurai sword, iggy pop is on the insert of good coffee. if you are a fan ofjimjon merge, it oftenjust sta rts fan ofjimjon merge, it oftenjust starts to feel like a greatest hits collection of quirks and jokes, there isn't anything you haven't seen before. —— jim jarmusch. there isn't anything you haven't seen before. ——jimjarmusch. the weirdest thing about it is that it ta kes a weirdest thing about it is that it takes a lot of tropes from george romero's zombie movies, particularly the dead trilogy. each of which are about a specific thing, don of the
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dead is about consumerism. the sort of is seems to be saying, we are all consumers, and what we are looking for is wi—fi, zombies walking around looking for wi—fi. in passing, for is wi—fi, zombies walking around looking forwi—fi. in passing, it for is wi—fi, zombies walking around looking for wi—fi. in passing, it is funny up to a point. there is also a fourth wall breaking device, there isa fourth wall breaking device, there is a song by stare simpson, it is on the carved and bill murray says why doi the carved and bill murray says why do i know the song? and adam driver says it is the theme song. there is a weird fourth wall breaking. you think it is handily going to do something really interesting and magical and itjust doesn't. every now and then, it cuts back to tom waits who plays this sort of what wild man and lives in the words and quotes henman may revolve. tom waits is that the only impression i can do. i wanted is that the only impression i can do. iwanted more. ithink
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is that the only impression i can do. i wanted more. i think there are individualfunny do. i wanted more. i think there are individual funny and quirky moments but it just felt like individual funny and quirky moments but itjust felt like yeah... it seems to me like you're saying it doesn't quite hold together. like the zombie, it doesn't go anywhere it just wobbles around the zombie, it doesn't go anywhere itjust wobbles around and then falls over. let's move to the second film, which i haven't seen, but i like the prime minister. command the journey and dave bautista in a comedy. i think kumail nanjiani is really funny, he is out on assuming driver. dave bautista is a law enforcement agent, who due to a complicated plot contrivance, there is a bad guy he has been trying to get for ages. he has been trying to get for ages. he has to get an uber driver to help him. so they are thrown together like a sort of odd couple buddy cop
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movie. i think i'm onjohnny is also funny, he does get the maximum laughs. the problem is, it is not really enough for the film. also, some people don't get a chance to shine so in the end it comes down to whether you find kumail nanjiani and david has sparking off each other in. dave bautista plays the whole thing like a short—sighted belt with a sore head, which is a joke that lasts around 15—20 minutes.— dave bautista. again, a talent that i wa nted bautista. again, a talent that i wanted more from. i will confess that i did last four or five times and all of those laughs were because ijust find and all of those laughs were because i just find kumail nanjiani just funny. number three is a augmented but this has a regular cinema
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release? yes, doc mentees are now a very important part of cinema. this is by alison klayman, it is a documentary about steve bannon. steve bannon has gone out of the white house for complicated reasons and is now going around the world trying to drum up support for his populist nationalist movement. in doing so, we see him, inserting with a rogues gallery of people, people with links to far right groups, on the other hand, opportunist millionaires, and nigel farage. if you're interested, what i like to do is set up something — fund it somehow — and i think you're the perfect guy. we help knit together this populist nationalist movement throughout the world. because guys in egypt are coming to me, the modi guys in india, duerte. you know, and we get orban, and... we are somehow some sort
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of convening authority for conferences and stuff like that so we get ideas out... i mean, you think that's a worthwhile thing? yeah... nobody‘s got it, nobody is doing it right now. it's not being done. the reason that we are going to beat corbyn and sanders is they're not prepared to take on any powers that be. we're fire breathers, i mean, we're taking on the establishment every day. you have taken on at the tory party, i'm taking on the republican party. they don't have that... and that's why we can steal a march on them. and the reason they don't want to do it — it's immigration. as long as they don't take on... theyjust refuse to take on immigration, we're prepared to take it on. yes. it's a global revolt. in we are fire believers and we are taking this on. the thing is, the documentary doesn't interrogate them at all, it is a fly on the wall documentary. it is like spending time in his mind. the film—maker had very good access. in a way, it is left to journalists who we see actually challenging bannon. great
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interventions from paul those of the guardian and others who do actively challenge him, talking about charlottesville, affiliations to people who are appallingly racist and have extremist views. those sections remind you the importance of good journalism, journalists who are willing to raise the hard questions, willing to integrate and ask things that are difficult. do you really need to be interested in the minutiae of us politics to enjoy it as the minutiae of us politics to enjoy itasa the minutiae of us politics to enjoy it as a film? enjoy it as a strange word because i found it very hard company to be in. i respect the film—makers decision to literally stand back and let people have their say. give them enough rope, let them say. give them enough rope, let them say what they want. obviously, there are moments in the documentary which do cause an intake of breath in which people say things which are quite outrageous but the documentary is very keen to just stand back and say, judge it yourself. which i did.
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anyone who follows you on twitter can't imagine how you judged it. let's talk about most of the week. this film hasn't been a wide release, it is look away. i think it isa release, it is look away. i think it is a very smart film. —— never look away. it is a felon about ways of seeing, talking about complicated ideas but wrapped up in melodramas from. what is interesting about it, only one hand, it is a very mainstream and accessible film of a love story. on the other hand, it is a felon which is asking about the ways in which artists can look at things like looking at them from the side. sometimes you can only look at something like looking away. it is
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three hours long but it through, it flew by. i'm terrible with long filaments but i thought it absolutely filaments but i thought it a bsolutely flew filaments but i thought it absolutely flew by. and dvd? yes, the documentary about armstrong is coming up next week. we are at the anniversary of the moon landings, we have seen a lot of films about it recently. the fact of the matter is that it recently. the fact of the matter is thatitis recently. the fact of the matter is that it is such a fascinating story. this documentary is his life story, before and after the mission. i am adapted to still the stuff. every single time, i am astonished at what was achieved. when people work together, what you can actually do. at the centre of it is this very enigmatic character who was never very emotion in public but did something extraordinary. thank you very much. see you next week. enjoy your cinema going. bye—bye.
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hello, if you have been dodging the dom post this week, with low pressure moving across the british isles, that is a change. there will be fewer showers or no showers do not expect clear blue skies, there will be a fair amount of cloud, not the warmest weekend we have ever had injuly but the warmest weekend we have ever had in july but a the warmest weekend we have ever had injuly but a fair amount of cloud, not the warmest weekend we have ever had injuly not the warmest weekend we have ever had in july but not the warmest weekend we have ever had injuly but if i'd be kind of weather for much of the uk on the way. there are still scotland and england, they are going to very slowly fa d e england, they are going to very slowly fade as we go into the night. cloud increasing across many areas as the night goes on, to which is a little lower than they had to the weekend, a good deal of cloud is that the day tomorrow but there will be sunny spells, high pressure has not yet become firmly established across the british isles, meaning there is that the day tomorrow but there is that the day tomorrow but there will be sunny spells, high pressure has not yet become firmly established across the british isles, meaning there's no chance of
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catching a shower,. most of us will miss them though, pleasantly sunny spells, cooler of along the north sea coast, the chance of seeing some cloud in some spots. temperatures into the 20 south wimbledon, a slight chance of a shower later tomorrow, dry on a sunday, it is looking like a fine weekend of tennis on the way. sunday is looking like they will be a bit of cloud running into eastern parts, best of the sunny spells to the west where temperatures are in the low 20s. still a little bit cooler on the north sea coasts compared to elsewhere, for some, itjust mid to high teens. sunday is the british grand prix at silverstone, should it be too many problems with temperature on the track. not much sunshine coming through that cloud, 20 degrees, and it is dry. it is looking dry at the cricket world cup final at lord's. not the warmest day, just touching 20 celsius. high pressure stays with us next week, a
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little bit warmer, low pressure later in the week makes it wetter for some of us. you may want a bit of rain on the guardian but spare a thought in for the people of new o rlea ns thought in for the people of new orleans and louisiana as tropical storm barry moves in. over 600 millimetres in some spots in just two days. that is the equivalent of what you might see in newcastle in an entire year, it will be a very wet weekend in this part of the world. it is all quite year, more is available on our website.
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as theresa may prepares to step down as prime minister, she tells the bbc of her pride and disappointment of serving in number ten. in an exclusive television interview, she says she underestimated parliament, and didn't regret calling the 2017 general election, where she lost her commons majority. but she says one of her biggest disappointments, is in not delivering brexit. i underestimated the unwillingness of some people in parliament to compromise. her interview comes ahead of the two men vying for herjob being grilled tonight by the bbc‘s andrew neil. also on the programme:

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