for the intrinsic reasons that better transport links are needed. anything that concerns me is the initial phase is to birmingham which is not in the north but in the midlands. you and i know that as non— southerners! midlands. you and i know that as non- southerners! exactly. actually, some of the other infrastructure projects in the north also need to be accelerated because clearly, as a guest from the northern power earlier on was pointing out... the environmental impacts and economic want. making sure the reasonable capacity because, at the moment, it is all locked up. as you know, the trains are not quite like they are here. that's it for the purpose

tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages online in the website. seven days a week. if you miss the programme you can watch it later on the bbc iplayer. a huge thank you to you both, don't forget oui’ thank you to you both, don't forget our papers tomorrow. good night. the film review is coming up next. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is, as ever, mark kermode. good to see you, mark, what have you been watching? interesting week.

we have the personal history of david copperfield, which is a new interpretation by armando iannucci. we have no fathers in kashmir, which is an ambitious political drama. and the horror franchise is back in the grudge. oh, good. yes, i know. let's talk about david copperfield. 0k, fine, so, this is a new adaptation by armando iannucci, which is kind of notable for two reasons, one, for playing up the comedic elements and for finding the kind the modernists, surreal, absurdist comedic elements in the source. and also for its brilliantly inclusive colourblind ensemble cast. at the centre of it all, we have dev patel as copperfield, who recounts his story from a stage. we see him at the very beginning of the film, he comes on stage and he says "i'm going to recount my life story." and then he turns around and walks back into a back drop, and through it and into his own life story.

strides across the field, arrives at the place of his own birth to witness his own birth, we then see his childhood, his nightmarish time in the bottle factory, his adventure with his friends, and, inevitably, his love for dora. here's a clip. he's apologising, jip shall we forgive him? he says we shall. thank you, jip. in deeper voice: think nothing of it, sir. he speaks very well. it was actually me. i like to pretend he speaks. some people think it idiotic. oh, no, i do it myself, all the time. don't i, mr... ..apple tree? in deeper voice: yes, yes. i'm david copperfield. are you still being the tree? no. i'm dora...spenlow. spenlow, dora spenlow? yes. i don't know why i said it like that, dora. ..spenlow. i don't usually stop in the middle. trotwood, mr spenlow! sorry. yes.

deeper voice: bye-bye! ok, you laughed all the way through that. i laughed a lot during this film, actually. i think it has an extraordinary cast, i mean they cast benedict wong, nikki amuka—bird, rosalind eleazar, tilda swinton, hugh laurie, ben wishaw is the most brilliant incarnation. we arrived with that kind of pudding bowl haircut. what i love about the film is this, firstly, i think it's really vibrant, i mean it's a really vibrant piece of film—making. it sets up this theatrical motife at the beginning, and all the way through the film, there are these kind of theatrical scene changes, when they will be in one scene, and the backdrop will literally fall away like a tarp falling, which kind of reinforces the idea of a theatrical presentation. it also has, for me, a touch of the terry gilliams about it. there are childhood memories in which you see some fantastical things, like a hand breaking through the ceiling, as memory and fantasy gives way to reality. it deals with all the really tough stuff, like that time in the bottle factory, but, the film is always full of life and colour

and motion and emotion, and i think it. i mean, i laughed, i've seen this twice now, and i laughed all the way through, but it wasn't just laughter because it's like a, it's a surface adaptation, it's laughter because the film is so empathetic. it draws you into this absolutely beautiful broad canvas of characters. not a foot wrong, in terms of the performances, some really great comic moments, but at the centre of it, dev patel, who i think has some of the pathos of charlie chaplin. i thought he was astonishing, actually. he's wonderful, isn't he? absolutely wonderful. he was such a versatile actor, he's such a brilliant performer. he has his sort of slapstick moments in it, but he has that central thing that, like chaplain, you love his character for all the foibles and all the failings,

and you want him to succeed. and you have to love the character to follow the character through this kind of labyrinthine journey. i think that i loved it more, you had some reservations... i think you love it more than me, but that's not to say i didn't enjoy it, and the colours have really stayed with me. oh, yeah. i mean, really beautiful, and i loved dev patel. i'm not always a fan of films that just are one famous person after another, i find that sometimes as unimaginative casting, but some of this is superb. i thought hugh laurie was extrodinary! absolutely brilliant, i also thought that although there are a lot of famous names, there were a lot of lesser known names, i mean this is casting from stage and screen, and there was not one performance in which i thought, "that person "is there for anything other than the fact that they are "the right person for the role." yes, yes, good point. i mean, tilda swinton is a huge name, but she is brilliantly cast as betsy trotwood. she's really, really funny. and hugh laurie as mr dick, you completely believe in his character and his obsession with the beheading of the king, i loved it. already one of my favourites of the year. go and see it.

i think we would both say that. go and see it. talk us through your second choice. so, no fathers in kashmir, which is an ambitious drama written and directed by ashvin kumar, who was oscar—nominated for a short he made in 200a. nominated in 2005 called little terrors. so zara webb is noor, she is a british kashmir teenager from birmingham, she goes to meet her grandparents in a country that she's never been to before. once she's there, she befriends majid, who's played by shivan raina, and they both discover that their fathers were friends. she always thought, noor always thought that her father had abandoned the home, but it turns out that both their fathers seem to be part of the disappeared. they are people who have been taken away by the authorities and their fate is unknown. now, the interesting thing about the film is this, it is essentially two separate films intertwined. one of them is a coming of age story, and i think advantage is that stuff really brilliantly. i mean, i love a good coming—of—age movie, and i think this has great

performances from the two young leads. the other side of it is a much more advertently political drama, which, for me, works less well because it involves a level of dramatic contrivance that i didn't buy into. that said, it's made for a very restricted budgets, and with an awful lot of, you know, passion by everyone involved. so i think that even the parts that it failed, it was worth celebrating the part of it that works, and for me, the part of that that works is the relationship between the two young characters, who i said i think were terrifically well played by zara webb and shivan raina. and because we've had the joy of david copperfield, you had to bring me something to offset that. how many of the grudge films have you seen? is that a joke question? here's the thing, in a way, they're all kind of the same. so, short version, there was original versions, j horrorfilms, two straight to videos, than a theatrical release, then a us remake, which spawned two sequels, the third of which, no, the second of which went back to video. everyone had thought this had all gone. no, now it's back. this is described not as a sequel but as a side—quel. a side—quel. what, what? is this a thing?

that's the word they're using. apparently it's a thing. here's a clip. the lenders, the real estate agents, that thing injapan — they're connected. i'm telling you, you've got to trust me. i get it. i do. i wish i knew how to help you. just take some time off. spend some time with the girls. and then, maybe it'll stop. it's never going to stop. never. let's get out of here. come on. so this is directed by nicolas pesce, who directed eyes of my mother and piercing.

both of which were really, really interesting, creepy, strange, inventive films. this is none of those. this is absolutely a return to that mechanical form of horror movie making, in which it goes quiet, quiet, quiet, bang! quiet, quiet, bang! and the visuals are dark, dark, scary face! dark, dark, scary face! that's it, it's just like all the way through. and you go, are we going to get a cameo? you've got some fine actors, andrea riseborough, you have interesting performances. yes, she is great, what is she doing in this? she is reacting to the fact that every couple of second somebody is boo! or somebody... and you just think, oh, come on, seriously? this is like kids entertainment level. this director is a very fine director, unfortunately, this has none of his best traits. ok, best out, i'm afraid i didn't like this one. i know. i didn't like this one, i know i'm in the minority. this is the last week i'm going to fly the flag for it. because i'm just going to use this opportunity to say i think the fact that adam sandler didn't get nominated for best performance for his role in uncut

gems is really terrible, because i think whether you like the film or not. no, he is very good, i will give you that. he is very, very good. he is better than very good. he's astonishing. and, you know, this and has other serious film are the two things that demonstrate that in that strange, you know, comedic exterior, there is a really interesting acting for us struggling to get out. but it is a difficult film. so, let's move onto a dvd of the week, because i think we both love it. we both love it, yes! so this is bait, which is the markjenkin and film. it is a really, really only authentic detail of tensions in a cornish fishing village, in which there are in comers who are trying to turn it into a tourist house. it is directed by markjenkins who shot the whole film on black—and—white film, without sound, post sink afterwards, hand processed in his studio. it is, i think, one of the most remarkable films of the last decade. it's been nominated for a couple of baftas for best british film. yes, yes. which, let's just say it now, it should win. no question, just forget it, it should win that. he is also nominated, i think, for best debut. i just loved it. i absolutely loved it. you are a fan, right? clever, unusual, inventive. you think, "this is going

to be a bit weird." then it completely sucks you in and, again, the visuals, i still remember the visuals. absolutely. and i saw it quite a long time ago. absolutely, and there's a film coming out called the lighthouse, which you should see this on a double bill with the lighthouse, because that... the robert pattinson...? with robert pattinson, that is coming up very, very soon, and these two, somehow, they kind of, they weirdly mirror each other in a very strange way, but what a time to be alive when a film like bait is being made this year. it's terrific. this hello. last week brought us largely dry and unsettled weather for much of the uk but there is a different feeling to the weather this week, unsettled and colder as well. first thing on monday, temperatures will be below freezing across many northern parts of the uk, with some sleet and snow showers. watch out for ice across parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland. further south across england and wales we have showers here, maybe falling as rain with some hail more —— mixed in.

falling sleet and snow elsewhere, mainly over the hills, but getting down to lower levels as well. best of the sunshine is for eastern scotla nd of the sunshine is for eastern scotland and eastern england, with temperatures around 4—9. tuesday brings us another unsettled day of sunshine and showers. those showers once again folding as sleet and snow. best of any sunshine for central and eastern parts. a chilly start with some snow and ice in the forecast. dry out through the middle of the week, and mild and unsettled later this week.