this red carpet on sunday, especially if it's for the very first time. it really was unexpected. i was in a kind of laughing, crying, state , and i hadn't expected to feel quite so emotional about it. i am a cynic about it all. the whole thing was crazy. i'm on a plane and i can't go anywhere so i tell the air stewardess and she tells everybody else and it'sjust like madness, and they brought a little plate of food, they wrote congratulations on a note. it was special. i've been grinning ear to ear since last monday when sandy called to let me know i would be nominated, so it's amazing. i'm terrible, i'mjust a child at heart. i love this experience. i've never lost that thrill, oh, my gosh, i'm sitting next to dicaprio, or there is al pacino. i am grinning because he is grinning! it'sjust as exciting as the first time. but the first time is pretty amazing.

there is a magic to it. it means so much and it's something that, you know, it's an event in your life, like the world cup or something. and it's notjust the recognition of one's peers. the award, the honour. it's the company you get to keep. it would be amazing to meet robert de niro or meet al pacino. these are people i grew up with, as well as any of today's. margot robbie, would be lovely to meet margot robbie. quentin tarantino is a great director, i would love to meet him. brad pitt, iwouldn't mind meeting him! i don't think he's going to want to meet me. i look forward to seeing people i haven't seen for a while, it's really nice. it's a celebration of film and i don't look at it any other way. brad pitt, it's a bit strange because he is like a proper film star. this is the green room where stars will come before going on stage to reveal the winners and present the awards. or where the winners might come if they need to take a moment. but how do they prepare?

they must‘ve written speeches. rehearsing your oscar acceptance speech with or without tears is what normal people do when they're bored, right? it's personal, you know. i did actually write something once. i've never done it since. i know that there are people i have to say thank you to. it's not a long list because you always want to keep those things short. that's the thing. i already told myself there is no chance i will win so whatever happens will be a bonus. my heart is already beating a little faster knowing that i might have to get up on that stage. i kind of think it's just better to be spontaneous and just feel the moment and hopefully don't forget people. i daren't think i will ever have to get up there. i will speak from the heart but it tends to be what i've doing in the last few years, just speak from the heart. whatever they say... ..however they say it... ..anyone who walks away from here with a gold statuette

will have their pick of the afterparties. oscar opens a lot of doors. now on bbc news it's 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? exciting week. birds of prey, the new harley quinn film. we have dolittle, he can talk to the animals, this time with a welsh accent. and parasite, the international hit from bong joon ho.

quite a mixture. it really is. birds of prey and the fantabulous emancipation of harley quinn. it follows up from suicide squad which was a complete mess and it is much better than its predecessor. margot robbie steps out on her own and at the beginning, she is broken up withjoker and she blows up the chemical plant in which they sealed their love. she is newly employed by a slimeball played by ewan mcgregor and she finds herself in a centre of a roller—coaster ride of a plot which involves a stolen diamond, teenage the and a growing band teenage thief and a growing band of lethal women who have become targets. here is a clip. they're all here for me... ..aren't they? no. they're not? no, they're not. do you know what that means?

that means he's notjust after the kid any more, he's after all of us. he's sure as hell after me, ijust robbed him. you just betrayed him. you just killed his bff and you're dumb enough to be building a case against him. so, unless we all want to die very unpleasant deaths, we're going to have to work together. 0k. yeah, ok. sure... the best thing about this is, firstly, it does have a genuinely entertaining anarchic air. apparently when margot robbie was first talking about it, she said she wanted it to be like an r—rated girl gang movie and that is the vibe. it is very physical and has a sense of controlled chaos, which i really like. directed by independent movie director, kathryn yan, an edgy sensibility. the location, you can see here, it looks like a fairground ride

in which there has been an explosion of a candy floss maker. it barrels along, it is funny and the characters are well drawn and well defined. it is easy to get this wrong. in other hands, this could have turned into batman and robin, which was just a dress up pantomime mess of a movie, but this is actually as much fun watching the film as it is looking at the poster and watching the trailer. i was really pleasantly surprised because i had gone in thinking, i hope this is good but i expect it won't be and it was. it was much but i had any right to expect. it is fun? it is good fun and it genuinely has a kind of sense of chaos at the heart of it, which is what you need for the character of harley quinn and they pull that off rather well. unfortunately, the same cannot be said of dolittle. i felt that coming! the latest screen incarnation of doctor dolittle, he can talk to the animals. partly, robert downeer now doing

dolittle has decided to do the most bizarre welsh accent for the central character. apparently, he discovered some juridical pagan welsh figure upon whom he decided to base the character. it's not a welsh accent lights i've ever heard before. if you remember russell crowe's roving accent when he was doing robin hood, it makes that let the most precise accent you've ever heard. it looks like the whole film has been redubbed, this is the better version. we also know they did three weeks of re—shoots after the first version of the film wasn't deemed to be funny enough, this is the version of the film that has had three weeks of making it funnier?! itjust lies there in the cinema like a dead fish. it is ugly, it is badly written, it is played by a cast of characters all of whom who should have far better things to do than be in this mess of a movie.

somebody pointed out to me, they said unity rex harrison flopped when it first came out. but this isn't the rex harrison, isn't it? it is on course to, what is the phrase, "underperform" at the box office. i do wish you would say what you really thought! shall we talk about parasite? we both loved it. immediately we have seen it and we need to be careful about what we say about it. no plot spoilers. the less you know about it, the better it is. a new movie by bong joon ho come up for several awards and we would have seen it at the baftas and it will feature at the oscars. a tale of the park family, who live in this unbelievably angular, modern and classy bright lit built—in, high above seoul south korea. and the other family, the kims living this hand to mouth existence in this semi—basement literally in the very bottom of the hill down

which all the rubbish. which all the rubbish falls. they are weirdly a mirrored family but we first meet the family in the semi—basementjust attempting to get by. here's the clip.

so, they are living almost underground and the sun gets a job working in the house on the hill and the two families meet and these are mirror images meet. that is all you want to say about the plot. people have talked about it being like hitchcock but it is almost like shakespeare because it combines tragedy, mystery, metaphysics and drama. there are moments that have the melancholy heart—tugging power of a ghost story and moments which are almost slapstick. yes. and moments which make you cast with the revelation of the plot twist. and moments which make you gasp with the revelation of the plot twist. it is designed beautifully and the storytelling is so visual. even if you watch this without the subtitles, you could understand the story from the way in which the camera moves from different locations. the music, which really brilliantly captures all these different shifting tones it starts with this sombre piano piece and this orchestral piece and then there is a weird bit which is correct vocals and a musical saw, these elements

that should be fighting somehow come together in this perfectly harmonious... i've seen this four times! wow! every time i see it, i notice things that i haven't seen before and i love it. it is as near perfect as any film i've seen in the last decade, i want to see it again. bong joon ho has now prepared a black and white version which played at rotterdam and hopefully it will play here. the most important thing to say, go see it without reading or hearing any more about it. don't let anybody spoil the plot or anybody say to you, there's this brilliant bit when... if they do, run away! i did not see that but coming that we want to talk about and i thought it was so clever! did you like the film? i loved it. i'm not good with violence, there are a couple of moments when i'm a bit like that, but on balance, i loved it and i thought it had masses to say about class and money.

and was beautifully shot. snowpiercer, obviously but come! snowpiercer, obviously but! memories, he is good at depicting stratified social groups. i also think the cast the board, an ensemble cast, this is what you need an award for best ensemble cast, you can't pick out individual performances. it is an ensemble cast and it is like watching a swiss watch work. i love this film, i love this film, it is fantastic and everybody should see it. best outcome another film you like as well? david copperfield. i am more keen than you are but the cast... i enjoyed it and great ensemble cast. fantastic. and a modern adaptation a classic text that found things in it that i hadn't seen in previous adaptations. loved it. dvd is a great one to watch at home, terrific. this is judy and renee zellweger is storming the awards at the moment.

i am slightly more ambivalent about this meant some people, but i think she looks like a dead cert lead contender at the oscars. she was at the baftas. my favourite part of this film is the fans who meet her. and it's through their eyes that you actually see the magic ofjudy garland. i lovejudy garland and i was more convinced by the fans‘ reaction. were you? that's just me. i found it incredibly sad, beautiful and sad in equal measure. yeah. flawed. that is sad. but parasite is great! go and see parasite! it is a great film, see it. enjoy your cinema going, see you next time, goodbye. hello there. some very windy and then stormy weather to come through this weekend. as we start saturday, there will be a good deal of dry weather and some sunny spells, a scattering of showers in the northwest and perhaps

a little bit of lingering cloud in the southeast first thing. that should clear through the day, the winds will strengthen particularly in the northwest gales here in some heavy persistent rain arriving later and that is a sign of things to come. over night saturday into sunday, that initial band of rain pushes to the northwest, works its way south and east and then into the early hours, and to sunday, storm ciara arrives from the west. bringing some heavy and persistent rain followed by blustery showers and also some severe gales widely across the uk, gusts around 60 to 70 mph. locally, we can see 80 miles per her. locally, we can see 80 miles per hour. various mets office warnings in place and will keep across those on the website. one of those is an amber warning for wind in the southeast of england on sunday and wherever you are, do make sure you stay across the forecast.

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