give the 405. eu countries give the go—ahead for their chief negotiator to have more intensified brexit talks with the uk. turkey is offensive against the uk. turkey is offensive against the kurds i5 the uk. turkey is offensive against the kurds is continuing, the un says 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern syria. now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30 tonight. a huge weekend of sport coming up, we have the latest from japan and the typhoon that has affected the rugby world cup schedule and might stop scotland reaching the quarterfinals. ireland against samoa i5 quarterfinals. ireland against samoa is the only match tomorrow to go ahead. they were more worried about the state of the pitch than the weather. qualifying for the japanese grand prix has been shifted to the morning of the race on sunday because of that typhoon. england can qualify for the euro championships next summer if they beat the czech republic. we live in prague. we also

look ahead to both rugby league grand finals and the latest from the world gymnastics in stuttgart. that's all coming up at 6:30pm. but 110w that's all coming up at 6:30pm. but now it is 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. what have you been watching? we have american women starring sienna miller, animated fun with abominable and will smith fighting himself in gemini man. lets start with american

woman. sienna miller is deborah living in pennsylvania. she is pin bowling endlessly between variously u5ele55 bowling endlessly between variously useless and occasionally abusive men and looking for security and love. 0ne and looking for security and love. one night her teenage daughter goe5 out and doesn't come home. she is left holding her grandson with no idea what happened. here is a clip. it's been... it's been three days since we last saw bridget. she left home around seven. she was wearing a pink sweatshirt and white sneakers. she had her hair coloured a few days ago so it's a little lighter now, a little more blonde. but not much.

this is a mother's worst nightmare. to know that your daughter is out there somewhere and she's calling for you and you can't get to her... i'm sorry. she cries. imiss my i miss my daughter. so, on one level the film is about a missing person but it's actually, that's only one pa rt but it's actually, that's only one part of what it's about. the narrative jumps forward several years and we see the central character played by sienna miller further on in her life, still trying to find a suitable partner and people like aaron paul play5 to find a suitable partner and people like aaron paul plays an initially charming character. what happens is we see the weight of the trauma and the grief that she has carried with her as her own character develops and changes. i

think the most remarkable thing is there to be sienna miller is really terrific, that's not a surprise because she was really good in supporting roles in fox catcher and american sniper. this is the first time she's been able to command the centre stage and she's terrific. she play5 each section of the character's life completely convincingly. the second thing is, this is directed byjake convincingly. the second thing is, this is directed by jake scott who doe5 this is directed by jake scott who does a very good job of backing off exactly when you think the drama is going to overplay its hand. what you get is film that is very, very convincing about a lengthy period on somebody's life in which something i5 somebody's life in which something is hanging over them. the thing it reminded me of slightly i5 things like the sweet hereafter or exotica. he is very good at making films that exist in the aftermath of something. i definitely got that feeling from

this. upsetting? her central character is indomitable and has a vibrant spirit. yes, she is shouldering a huge burden but the film is about, 0k, shouldering a huge burden but the film is about, ok, this is the situation and life has to move on. you know it will keep returning to this central motif about this absence and what happened and how it happened but the film is actually about her. when they were shooting it it was originally called burning woman. i'm not sure american woman i5 woman. i'm not sure american woman is the right title. it is a film thatis is the right title. it is a film that is absolutely about the way a character develops over a lengthy period of time and you believe every single frame of that performance. not least because it's very physical. it's not to do with the character saying, i think this, i feel this, it's to do with the way they stand, the way she holds herself and the tiny glances. a very good supporting cast. i was immersed in it, i believed in the world. the problem is the trailers are

necessarily selling it as a missing person thriller and that is one element but it's not the element, it's about her dealing with this great white but life moving on at the same time. it sounds more interesting than the trailer allows. in their defence, it's a very hard film to trail because it's a hard film to trail because it's a hard film to trail because it's a hard film to explain. if you say it's a story of somebody growing over a long period of time, that would bring the audience in. and animation for your second choice. abominable i5 for your second choice. abominable is an occasionally thrilling largely blandly charming story, young girl befriends a yeti creature who is escaping from a wealthy eccentric voiced by eddie izzard sounding like he is out brilliantly. he her and her friends he is out brilliantly. he her and herfriends agree to he is out brilliantly. he her and her friends agree to take the yeti to the highest point on earth. the creature has magical powers that enables it to turn landscape into something completely different. there is a sequence which we are

seeing now in which this boat travels through a flowery field which then turns into a giant wave, there is a lovely sequence in which they climb up on a giant buddha statue. there are individual moments that made me think, that's beautiful and breathtaking. i don't think it's massively original. people have compared it to how to train your dragon. i always think about the big set movie missing link which had a more sturdy feeling to me. i think it will do well with a fairly demanding audience. there are certain moments in which i thought, that's beautiful, they are using the technology really well. it has some great moments. gemini man, iwant it to be really good because it is ang lee who is so interesting and on such great work. no. will smith goes head—to—head with his digitally conjured younger self. he is a retiring a55assin who finds he can't

retire because he is being pursued bya retire because he is being pursued by a young hit man who weirdly seems to know his every move. it's almost as if he is being followed by his younger self. he was a clip. stop right there! who are you? i don't want to shoot you! fine. don't shoot me. mind ifi don't want to shoot you! fine. don't shoot me. mind if i shoot you? don't want to shoot you! fine. don't shoot me. mind ifi shoot you? did i show you a picture of me? yeah, you look old. you take one step closer, you're going to leave me no choice.

i5 isa is a decently executed action sequences. is a decently executed action sequences. this project began in the late 905 when it was first thought up late 905 when it was first thought up and then they thought, we don't have the technology to do this. it turns out now they do but it's likelyjeff turns out now they do but it's likely jeff goldblum turns out now they do but it's likelyjeff goldblum thing, you're so eager likelyjeff goldblum thing, you're so eager to see whether you could, you didn't stop to think whether should. fundamentally, one big problem is i saw it in a high frame rate 3d which is this kind of high frame rate format which makes you think you're watching something which looks like behind—the—scenes footage. it's so real it looks like it's not a movie which is really bizarre. secondly, it's kind of distracting because even when you 5ee distracting because even when you see what they've done with the cgi, there is a computer—generated character, it's impossible not to sit there thinking, that's

technologically quite interesting. my technologically quite interesting. my biggest problem is this. all you've got people injected a much—needed human note, ang lee for me is much—needed human note, ang lee for me i5a much—needed human note, ang lee for me is a storyteller, tell stories, stop worrying about the technology and whether or not we can push back 60 frames a second, ju5t and whether or not we can push back 60 frames a second, just do the thing you did before which was be a great storyteller. i have no problem with technology but technology for its own sake feels like the tail wagging the dog. it is true that mo5t wagging the dog. it is true that most of the ideas i have seen before, it is a sub—blade runner idea about body and soul and most of the time you're sitting there thinking, ju5t the time you're sitting there thinking, just tell me a story like you used to. i'm sure he'll listen to you. yes, i got him on speed dial. the farewell is a lovely story. have you seen it? yes. is in at just the story. have you seen it? yes. is in atju5t the most brilliant story. have you seen it? yes. is in at just the most brilliant thing?” did love it. i mean, i really,

really loved... i5 did love it. i mean, i really, really loved... is it aqua fina? by the end was she just slightly too much stroppy teenager? she was meant to be 31 in the film and was behaving like a stroppy to be 31 in the film and was behaving like a 5troppy17—year—old but overall i really liked it.” thought it was one of the most honest depictions of family relationships, the way there are secrets and lies, very, very mike leigh. i thought it was really touching and really funny and really moving and i knew nothing about it when i went to see it other than the title which i have to say is not... i love the thing based on an actual line which is a great tag line. dvd musical? a documentary about the making of motown. it's very, very authorised. it's not what sandal but it's worth it for the interviews, not least because you get them standing by a piano miss remembering

their own history. at one point he said, so—and—so recorded a song, the other one said, i bet you 100 bucks it was the other guy. they bring someone up. it was the other guy. they bring someone up. that kind of stuff was really wonderful and i loved more watching their interviews than i have watching many of the year is a legend, these. enjoy your cinema going. goodbye. you might want to find somewhere warm and dry during this weekend, there is more rain around, we had a fair bit of that already and most of it has come from this conveyor belt of wet cloudy air that has been sitting across southern part5 of wet cloudy air that has been sitting across southern parts of the uk and it's going to be around three this weekend as well. it means it's been quite dull and dark day across both southern areas of the uk with some outbreaks of rain. further north after rain this morning in

northern england, we got some welcome sunshine coming through. we can see that on the earlier radar picture, that rain band has been moving south. it's quite heavy in places and there's more rain beginning to arrive into southern pa rt5 of wales. beginning to arrive into southern parts of wales. gusty winds likely with that rain across more southern counties, blustery through the central belt but the winds are easing and will continue to become lighter. that rain comes back into south wales towards the midlands, east anglia a5 south wales towards the midlands, east anglia as well as southern counties of england. a few showers further north. skies will clear and the winds will be dropping, quite chilly for the northern half of the uk, those are the temperatures in town5 uk, those are the temperatures in towns and cities. milderfurther south but not as mild a5 towns and cities. milderfurther south but not as mild as last night. a5 south but not as mild as last night. as we head into the weekend, it's not a wash—out but there will more rain around. there is the risk of more flooding too. on saturday, mo5t of the rain on and off across

southern england. it might come back into south wales, threatening part5 of the south midlands and east anglia. elsewhere, more sunshine further north, the wind is lighter and shouldn't feel too bad. those are the temperatures... a colder day where we've got the rain in the south and still some showers in the north and west of scotland. thing is turning wetter more widely tomorrow night. an area of low pressure coming into the back of that and complicating the weather for sunday. overnight rain across england and wales, the heaviest of which pushing away into the north sea. with that low pressure, some further showers coming in. it may brighten up for eastern areas especially in the south east. quite cold in glasgow and the rain not far away from belfast. next we get most out of dry but the rain never too far away

remaining unsettled. 100,000 people have left their homes in northern syria, says the un, following turkey's attack on kurdish held areas. as the casualties ri5e, we report on one family caught in the cross fire, who today had to bury their child. when his family came to turkey they were hoping against hope to find safety. instead they were caught up in another round of warfare. we'll bring you more from our correspondent on the ground on the human cost of the assault in northern syria. also tonight — that looks fantastic. painting a rosier picture, brexit talks will intensify but borisjohnson says there's still a way to go. industry leaders warn the government their brexit plans pose a serious risk to british competitiveness.