in south africa “a mu ft if‘ai‘ii cricketers in south africa that included a maiden test tonne for ollie pope. we will look ahead to the return of conor mcgregor and also a big weekend for the england rose netball team as they face world champions new zealand. that's coming up champions new zealand. that's coming up at 6:30. 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. so mark, what do we have this week? we have a bombshell which is up for three oscars. a hidden life and weathering with you. really

interesting week. let's start with bombshell. three oscar nominations for charlize theron, margot robbie and hairand make—up which for charlize theron, margot robbie and hair and make—up which is interesting because it has a lot to do with prosthetic work. this is a drama based on the real—life scandal of roger ellis at the fox news network. his downfall prefigured that of harvey weinstein which is currently in the news. the movie went into the preproduction before that scandal broke. john lithgow is evenly convincing as roger els, he is running this organisation, this toxic culture where he believes he has the absolute right to essentially abuse the women working under him and the culture is such that nobody appears to be ready to speak out. everyone thinks this is the way it is. if you speak out, it will end very badly. until finally, nicole kidman‘s character decides to

ta ke nicole kidman‘s character decides to take her complaint to the public. here's a clip. if you are able to stick it out at macbooks, gather more evidence, you might be able to sue him and said of fox.” more evidence, you might be able to sue him and said of fox. i was told in newjersey i can avoid arbitration by suing him personally. he says we could call other women. will other women come forward? yes, they will. he had done your homework. no fingerprints. if roger finds out you came to us, he will not just fire you, finds out you came to us, he will notjust fire you, he will bang us with a $1 million lawsuit and attack you personally. men like him worry more about the reputations and

money. he won't stop, you know that? they will say that you are suing because your career has stalled. let them. even that tells us how important this story is? it is very timely and what i think the film does is create a very good image of a toxic environment. the abuse goes from the lowliest newcomer to people who are very high up in the organisation. i think the film itself is not perfect. i think it is solidly done. occasionally it has a tv drama about it. it owes a debt to the big short. but what carries this shoulder high by the performances. it isa shoulder high by the performances. it is a terrific trio of nicole kidman, charlize theron and margot robbie. it reminded me a little of the film, to die for, which is a very good film. this takes the story

and it leads you through it in a way that passages the entertainment style. you feel like you are being given a lot of information as the story progresses. at the centre of it is this idea of silence that eve ryo ne it is this idea of silence that everyone kind of knows what's going on but nobody is able to speak out because there is this poisonous culture, this character who seems to be unassailable. it was interesting about the beginning of the relationship between trump and fox news. in the light of everything that has happened with that relationship, it is very interesting the way the film set it up and it is an adversarial thing but you can see people thinking, oh, this guy thinks the things we think and this guy be somebody we should be getting behind. it's a really interesting film but if the performances were not as good as they were, i think you might start to see the flaws in the drama more but the performances are the drama more but the performances a re really the drama more but the performances are really good. i really bought into it as a result, plus it is a

really timely story and quite shocking but very engrossing. terrence malick for your second choice. where do you stand on him? i like what i've seen but i've not seen like what i've seen but i've not seen huge amounts so i'm not the bestjudge. seen huge amounts so i'm not the best judge. he has seen huge amounts so i'm not the bestjudge. he has been off the boil for a few years. people think of badlands and those great films, everything up to the thin red line. this is a partial return to form. a true story of a australian dutchman austrian were protester. we begin with and the delicate life with him and his partner starting a family. clouds gather overhead and then becomes a battle of conscience and will. the committee turn on him for refusing to full in the

film was originally called something different. it declares itself to be a celebration of the quieter defiance and one of the questions he asks is, what is the point, do you think it will make a difference? the point the film makes is not unlike the central point of it is a wonderful life, just a decent man who is important. it is beautifully shot and beautifully scored. it has a religious element and if you didn't notice the religious element, don't worry, the score will tell you. i like it up to a point. it does have a lot of the voice—over stuff but its heart is in the right place. i think it is an important story about defiance and it is a story about defiance and it is a story about defiance and it is a story about standing up for the thing you believe in, even when eve ryo ne thing you believe in, even when everyone around you turns against you and it is really then the

director by contract after the last couple of films which were just self—indulgent waffle. couple of films which were just self-indulgent waffle. weathering with you, which i read is the highest grossing film injapan? directed by title again. set any period of rain that is threatening to drown tokyo. we have a young hero who runs away from home, he gets to tokyo where he falls in love medicines with a young girl who historically believe is a weather midden. as in, she can effect the weather. here is a clip. watch, it is going to clear up.

hey, what do you mean by? what? i should say, that is the english language debit because i so it in the original version. i thought this was really fascinating firstly because, like your name, it is a young love story but it is connected toa young love story but it is connected to a global event. secondly, it looks beautiful. even that was gorgeous. it has a great musical score. the music is really, really good and relates its tone of the film itself. i found good and relates its tone of the film itself. ifound it enchanting i love the way love story and the

wider fantasy it all. it is based at a young adult audience but i thought it was fully terrific and i hope it finds its audience here as well. sticking with the same of things that are visually stunning. visually, this is absolutely extraordinary. did you find it overwhelming? 1917, directed by sam mendes is, it plays out as if one is one—shot. mendes is, it plays out as if one is one-shot. did you find it immersive? idid but one-shot. did you find it immersive? i did but i didn't find it as emotionally traumatic as i thought it was going to be. i was stunned by the visuals but then my other half trained in camera work and spend the whole time going, this is extraordinary! the camera is extraordinary. i thought the score was great as well but i really did think, i was suspicious because the

whole one—shot thing sounds like it could be a gimmick. specter is well following james bond, but i forgot early on that it was a stylistic format. i felt he was seeing the world unfold, consider discovering things as they discover them. see it ona things as they discover them. see it on a big screen, don't wait for it to come out on dvd. pain and glory, dvd, what i love about it is, it's a semiautomatic —— semi autobiography. it is the most vulnerable i had ever seen it is the most vulnerable i had ever seen antonio banderas. you see his pain, his growth, his nostalgia for the past, you get a sense his body isa the past, you get a sense his body is a feeling him and i could listen to his voice, that sequence early

on, just spellbinding. again, it looks beautiful. it is the whole works. when have you ever seen a film of his that doesn't look good. even the ones that are not great look good. see you next week. enjoy your cinema going, whatever you choose to see. it has been a rather turbulent day. it has been a rather turbulent day. it is cold enough for snow over the mountains. it is snowing at some of the lower levels because we got this intense area of low pressure and it is quite squally when but this low pressure, the next one in, looks set to slip away and that high pressure is going to take centre stage. even

when they do start to invade, perhaps by the early part of next week, they will be weak affairs. you have to go back to september to see such a prolonged dry spell here in the uk. but today has been a day of transition. it has been farfrom dry with lots of squally showers around. some hail some thunder and slate over the hills. the snow creeps in close by to the south—west. most of us, it isjust a colder night, much colder under the starry skies with a frost and some icy patches following the lead showers to watch out for and we will be scraping the cars first thing tomorrow morning. it is likely that we may just skip the frost in the channel islands but patchy ice, there is a concern. and it high pressure, we will pick up

more moisture and fog. saturday, not totally plain sailing but for most of us, dry and sunny. we have those wintry showers across the north and west of scotland. he has that next pressure brushing in to the channel islands but more cloud here, but for most of us, it is dry and sunny. not particularly warm, temperatures average for the time of year. overnight amount night, cabbages willdip overnight amount night, cabbages will dip away more quickly without the cloud and lighter ones across—the—board the cloud and lighter ones across—the—boa rd and we the cloud and lighter ones across—the—board and we will have a harsher frost with temperatures down to minus five degrees. again, we could see some frost and ice first thing on sunday. because it has been so wet lately and the air is starting to stagnate by this stage, fog. it will not be everywhere but at this time of year, it does not ca re at this time of year, it does not care quickly. but for most of us, drivers some sunshine. temperatures where they should pay for this time

of year. as we move further ahead, you can see, and up a lot of dry and fine weather for the cards as we go through next week. barely a raindrop on the charts byjust increasing amounts of cloud and that is the change for most of us. some good news as ever and you can get more on the website.

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