tv The Film Review BBC News December 6, 2019 5:45pm-6:01pm GMT
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to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. 50 mark, what do we have this week? it's quite a week we have, we have ordinary love, which is a drama starring leslie mann field and liam neeson. we have motherless brooklyn, which isa we have motherless brooklyn, which is a pet project for edward norton, who directs and stars, and lucy in the sky, natalie portman gets lost in space whilst on earth. that is a very interesting and a mixed bag of a week in terms of themes. talk us through your first try. let's start with ordinary love, which is written bya with ordinary love, which is written by a playwright and stars leslie mann field and liam neeson as a couple. who have come in their past, a tragedy, loss, but they are living with and dealing with it. we meet them at the beginning of the movie. they are doing a walk at that she's kind of insisted that they do, because they are reaching that age where they get aches and pains, and they need to stay healthy. she then
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feels a lump in her breast, he says i'm sure it's absolutely nothing, and she says, well, i don't know. she says, 0k, go and see the doctor, and whatever it is, we will go to it and whatever it is, we will go to it and threw it together. of course, what happens, they discover that it is something to him and they have to go through medical intervention, and despite the fact that he has had you know, i will be with you through all of it, necessarily come in their path starts to diverge. the brilliance of the movie is that it manages to intertwine something which is very very big in their lives happening with the small and tiny everyday mundane details of being in hospital. he a clip. our rubbish bin goes out tonight. red or gray? i'm not sure. what went out last week? if i knew what went out last week, i would know which one goes out tonight. i think it's great. i think it's greey. just look what the neighbours put out. i know it's summer, right,
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but what's the point of having a bin for garden waste during the winter when there isn't any garden waste? i don't know. well you should know, that could be vital information at some point. vital, really? yes, joan. vital. why don't you go for a walk? no. i'll stay and watch tv. i haven't numbed my brain enough today. 0h, oh, and that to me says it's an intimate portrait of a marriage about, as much as anything. notjust about, as much as anything. notjust about breast cancer it is... it's absolutely about their relationship, and it's about them facing something in which they say they will be absolutely together all they will be absolutely together all the way through it, but necessarily, they are separated during the process , they are separated during the process, but also, its one of those films in which people have conversations in which they appear to be talking about nothing, but they are actually talking about everything whilst talking about nothing. so, the couple have this lovely relationship in which they kind of bicker with each other in an affectionate way. it's kind of a way of saying i love you without saying
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i love you. about complaining about putting the bins out... i thought this was beautiful he done. it's directed by glenn liebling, who made that fantastic movie good vibrations about the belfast punk scene and terry hooley. i think this is leslie mann field best performance, i really hope that she gets recognised at the bath does. i love her, i could watch her in anything, and ever since her might lead days, you can see that this is just... i loved her and phantom threat as well, but the thing is, what's really brilliant about it firstly, it has this mark about that authenticity, he's writing from some extensive expense, wonderful conversation after they've been for a meeting with the doctors come in the doctor say, well, look him on a scale from 1—5, one being we are not wacom and five being the art, this isa wacom and five being the art, this is a three. they then have a conversation with her three is closer to five and one. and it's exactly the conversation, the absurd nonsensical conversation that you would have. i mean, i really
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believed in their relationship all the way through. i completely believed in the characters, i thought the film was done with fantastic sense. it's really funny. i've seen it three times. the third timei i've seen it three times. the third time i saw was in belfast, where the audience laughed a lot, because there are a lot ofjokes in it's full of life and i honestly, ijust loved it. we make i can't wait for him even having been through it to to see it on every level and every way way that you described. yet, as we say, a mixed week in terms of themes, talk me through that. so this is a project which edward martin has been trying to get off the ground for ages and ages based ona the ground for ages and ages based on a novel, the setting has now moved to the 1950s, essentially, edward norton plays a private investigator with tourette syndrome, he spends the movie attempting to find out what happened to his mentor, he was killed at the beginning of the movie. as the plot unravels, we discovered that it's to do with a huge sort of, it's to do with property and conspiracy and with property and conspiracy and with government and a bunch of other things, and it kind of goes back to
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chinatown. but at the centre of interactions between the characters, alec baldwin, bruce willis, edward norton, the film looks wonderful. i think it's really brilliantly designed by beth nichol, it has a very fine and evocative score. as for norton, he does completely commit to the role of the private investigator with tourette's, which makes him sort of constantly interrupt himself with what appears to be an inner voice. it's a strange film, its quite long, two and half hours long, and i think that it's something that you have to give yourself over to, but if you are willing to let it work it's spelt, it's quite a slow—paced film, i actually think it's quite rich, and you can get lost in that world weight easy. i found you can get lost in that world weight easy. ifound it you can get lost in that world weight easy. i found it quite immersive and immersive experience, a terrific performance by alec baldwin. already. i love films about space and exploration. i think space and exploration. ithink i'm space and exploration. i think i'm a bit of a lone voice in this, because i liked it.
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you are a lone voice of everything i've read. natalie portman is an astronaut who looks down at the earth from space who then finds it impossible to readjust to life back on the ground. here's a clip. i'mjusta little... i don't know, you know? say no more. we've all been there. been where? what did i say? i don't know, but you said it. that's... just feel a little off. no, not off will stop it's more, you know how it is time you go up there, you see everything. the whole universe. and everything here looks so small. we are so small. and then you splashdown, what, you go to applebee's come up monday night football? and all you can think about is... when can i go back?
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ina way, in a way, the whole film is kind of encapsulated in that exchange. all you want to do is wonder how, when you want to do is wonder how, when you can get back. you as a result of a commission cannot adjust to life back down here. her marriage starts to fall apart, she becomes you know, unhinged. she's so desperate to get back on another mission, she starts to seek outlets. she starts to break rules which she has never done up until this point. now, there is of course a true life case in the back round of all of this. i think it's important that the film stands or falls on its own terms. what i liked about it, and i thank you saw in that shot, natalie portman does have one of those faces which can you know, telegraphic huge amount of information, and when she is saying that thing about i've looked down on the earth from above, and now i can't. .. the earth from above, and now i can't... i the earth from above, and now i can't. .. i absolutely the earth from above, and now i can't... i absolutely believe that that's the case. plus, for me, that is the interest of movies about space. it is what it does to your inner self, not your outer self. the idea of escaping you know, the earth, and looking down and what
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kind of perspective that would give you. and that runs through a movie like the ninth configuration, which i left an arm recently this year, the swedish film, they are all basically about the same thing, which is once you've been up there, how do you deal with life back down here? the answer is i have no idea, andi here? the answer is i have no idea, and i thought the film did a pretty convincing job of letting me know how her character couldn't deal with life back down on earth. also, it was a very evocative score by jeffrey, it originally the part was infor jeffrey, it originally the part was in for reese witherspoon, which kind of remind me of reese witherspoon is role in that film, wild. i love that with the! i think that you might like this more than some other critics have done, because as you mentioned, it hasn't been warmly critically received. i love it when you go out ona limb. received. i love it when you go out on a limb. best out is a re release. on my gosh, this is going to look gorgeous, isn't it? this is part of the bfi‘s musical season. so they have been doing this musical season so have been doing this musical season so musicals, tommy was of the cinemas recently, we talked about that. so this is from 1964, i think it is. and i have only ever seen on
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the small screen. i have only ever seen the small screen. i have only ever seen it on video, before dvd, and video. so this is a real treat. it's a chance to be able to see up on the big screen, of course, it was in the news when lala land was back in cinemas, because, of course, damien talked about how it had been an influence on that movie, it was lovely to be able to see it in cinema. and dvd this week, i liked blinded by the late, i like it, really warm—hearted. it doesn't that up really warm—hearted. it doesn't that up there are some scenes really warm—hearted. it doesn't that up there are some scenes we really warm—hearted. it doesn't that up there are some scenes we actually gasped out loud at the racism. i thought it was very,... gasped out loud at the racism. i thought it was very, . .. extranet, terrifying. this was directed by a and it is a story about some of the growing up in luton. being in love with the songs of bruce springsteen, and encountering kind of you know, 1980s racism, but finding an escape through the songs of bruce springsteen. whose songs are all about getting in cars and driving two reservoirs. what i love about it is, i'm not a
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two reservoirs. what i love about it is, i'm nota huge two reservoirs. what i love about it is, i'm not a huge bruce springsteen fan, but! is, i'm not a huge bruce springsteen fan, but i thought it brought those songs to life in a way that made sense to me, and i did think me you are absolutely right, the portrayal of the racism that the central character encounters, but it's funny and warm, and i confess, i cried more than once in it. i thought it really worked as a sort of emotional peace. i thought it was really terrific. i laughed and cried, and every time there was a scene of appalling racism i was thinking, but this is the nineteen eighties! this is still going on! and that side of it blew me away, and in that way it was quite clever, i thought, it might look a bit frothy on the outside, but actually, it was saying some very outside, but actually, it was saying some very serious outside, but actually, it was saying some very serious things. and it's directed by a director who has a track record of dealing with serious subjects, but in a way which is kinda very accessible. and i also think that their work on it is really important, because it is his story, and he has turned the story into something which is kind of accessible for a mainstream audience. and i you know, i now imagine you want to huge springsteen fan. not particularly, but i've sort of not fast either way, which is
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probably not allowed. when it comes to bruce springsteen, is a? but i did like it. thanks very much, mark, i will see you next time. that is it for us on this week, enjoy your cinema going. see you next time, bye—bye. hello there. forecast is over at the met area and the irish forecast have named theirfirst met area and the irish forecast have named their first storm of the season. named their first storm of the season. it's going to be bringing some very strong season. it's going to be bringing some very strong winds to the coast of ireland, gusts of 80 mph here on sunday, and for the united kingdom, we will also get some pretty strong winds late on sunday and into monday as we will see in just a moment. for the time being though, today it's been another pretty cloudy day with skies looking like this earlier in the day in staffordshire. some rain here followed by some heavy showers as well. not as we go through the night, we are going to get the northwesterly winds beating in, patches of caulk, and there will be 1- patches of caulk, and there will be 1— just make sure was coming and going around northwestern coast sandhills. upper many of us, it will
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eventually turn dry overnight, and because of the cloud and a breeze, it stays quite mild, temperatures 4-7dc it stays quite mild, temperatures 4—7dc overnight will stop looking at the jet stream, this 4—7dc overnight will stop looking at thejet stream, this is 4—7dc overnight will stop looking at the jet stream, this is what is powering the storm that is on the way. the actually really starts to accelerate during saturday, which is reaching wind speeds of 40 mph. these are developing areas of low pressure. just look at this when developing as we go on through saturday into sunday. real squeeze in the isobar is working in towards ireland, that's where the strongest winds are going to be. and for saturday, for us here in the uk, it's a bright day, quite windy, but there will be some rain at times across the north and west. up for sunday, generally a windier day for most of the uk command a mixture of sun and cloud coming through. argue become a saturday, probably the better of the two days of the beacon for stops and bright or sunny spots coming through the cloud across england and wales. further north and west, the cloud thickens into the afternoon. we will start to see some heavy outbreaks of rain pushing into scotla nd heavy outbreaks of rain pushing into scotland with strengthening south
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westerly wind. though south westerlies continue to feed relatively mild air into most of us. 11 degrees poured to the neck toward plymouth, recording three and just six in aberdeen. on into sunday's forecast, well, we can start to see the winds really picking up in western ireland here around the coastline. 80 mph gusts. the strong winds not too far away from northern ireland. here, we will see a zone of heavy rain and strong winds coming through to the afternoon. and it will turn quite blessed really for scotla nd will turn quite blessed really for scotland and wales, with a mixture of sunny spells really heavy showers coming through you can see shows just about anywhere. still relatively mild in the southeast, but certainly cooler for the north. though strong poster to pick up across the west coast of wales and into southwest england. here through sunday night could be around 70 mph with billowy conditions that extend in across much of the uk through the night—time. so, there is a chance that we will see some localised disruption to travel plans, as we go through sunday and monday on account of those strong winds. bbc local radio stations will keep you up—to—date on conditions where you
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live. now that storm system, storm tea out will continue to work out into europe, followed by a ridge of high pressure for monday building and from the west, but with the winds coming down from a northerly direction, temperatures will fall significantly on monday, heights of just 6 degrees in edinburgh, factor in those strong northerly winds, and it will feel colder than that. as well as that, the northerly winds will bring lots of showers to the north of scotland and running down the eastern coast of england as well, but otherwise, fair amount of dry and bright weather. the rest of the week, it stays on the unsettled side without breaks of rain at times, and there is a general trend, so times, and there is a general trend, so the weather turning a little bit cooler from wednesday onwards, still with the threat of rain and still some episodes of fairly windy weather as well. that's your latest weather.
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released by mistake from prison. a convicted burglar who went on to kidnap and rape 11 women and children across england is found guilty of 37 offences. joseph mccann went on a two week drug fuelled rampage, picking victims at random. the youngest was an 11—year—old boy. jason mccann is a horrendously dangerous individual, who has shown complete contempt for his victims. he is clearly one of the most dangerous sex offenders we have ever seen in this country. the head of the probation service has apologised "unreservedly" for mccann's mistaken release. also on the programme tonight. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn prepare for their last head to head debate, before the election next week. the teenager who threw a six—year—old boy from the viewing platform at the tate modern pleads guilty to attempted murder — it was a pre—planned attack.
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