hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. rounding out the best movies available for viewing in the home. now, with lockdown currently testing everyone‘s patients, it seems to me we could all do with a little bittersweet sentimentality in our lives. perhaps with an added feel—good lift. well, that's exactly what's on our list from astronaut. rose used to say on every special occasion, you make a wish. that

comment, that's a special occasion. dad says wishes don't come true. he does? . richard dreyfus is angus, the retired waiter who spirits may be down but whose head is in the stars. a keen astronomer, he's a lwa ys stars. a keen astronomer, he's always dreamed of going into space, always dreamed of going into space, a dream which becomes a possible reality into a tv contest to win a once—in—a—lifetime seat on a commercial spaceship. you could look 65. angus may be too old to qualify, but in the witch from alignment world of the future, he still has a shot. —— wish fulfillment. world of the future, he still has a shot. -- wish fulfillment. you're gonna be an astronaut! this very modest drama doesn't have the resources 0!’ modest drama doesn't have the resources or the desire to become a space travel extravaganza. this was a lwa ys space travel extravaganza. this was always going to be a down to that

elderly men facing up to life in retirement, with his still vibrant sense of advancer. —— adventure. there is also an echo of the character traits of awe dreyfus played in close encounters. suggesting that angus is what roy could have become if he hadn't climbed aboard the spaceship all those years ago. originally attendant for theatrical release in the uk, astronaut has a televisual quality which means it loses nothing by being washed at home, rather than in the cinema. in fact, right now it's a deal —— it's available through monday.

that's moving pretty fast. altogether more adventurous is c fever. this adventurous eco—chiller plays out on a fishing boat trailing the west irish sea. —— sea fever. joining the crew is a research student who gets more than she bargained for when the boat strays and becomes entangled with a mysterious underwater parasite. that could be anything. that's what you're here for. and international co—production featuring connie nielsen, hermione cofield, sea fever is an excellent example of how to get big results from a small budget. finally drawn characters and a

properly thought out stripped draw us properly thought out stripped draw us into this combined world in which we only ever know as much as the crew members who find themselves horribly stranded while a quarantined subplot strikes and accidentally timely note. the special effects are limited, but inventive. sea fever relies on atmosphere attention deliver its thrills, aided by christopher's ambient score. there are couple of jumps, but this isn't some formula of quiet baying affair. this is a film that gets you from the inside. much like its mysterious intruder. you can catch it on all major platforms and on blu—ray. you can catch it on all major platforms and on blu-ray. depends on what you have in mind? let's go to the bar. are you kidding me? there are no bars. sticking with horror,

we summon the darkness as a satirical proves of crowd pleaser at frightfulness. that in the late 80s, the story follows three young american women who first meet travelling to a rock concert. i made news headlines —— i made news headlines of murders. johnny knoxville is the preacher whose voice players from radio and tv ‘s, ranting about deviled signs. it all seems fairly generic, but the film is more interesting in pandering to his audience's expectations. we summon the darkness makes the motes of its narrative on keeping its term formally and its teeth —— tongue in its cheek. what was that? what was the what? there's a fair amount of

blood—letting but neither has a body count that comes close to extraction, the new chris his hemsworth movie. it was about —— not to be confused with his last film which was arguably about as fun as having a tooth remove. this film finds him worth and rested —— enlisted to kill a frankly staggering number of people with guns, knives, bombs and occasionally with his bare hands. turns out he's very good at it but he's haunted by the ghost of the past and particular the ghost of the past and particular the memory of a child whose loss has left him with a death wish. can't

you trust me? written by joe russo, directed by stunt specialists sam harg rave, directed by stunt specialists sam hargrave, it directed by stunt specialists sam harg rave, it means directed by stunt specialists sam hargrave, it means selling point is the virtuoso accent sequences against backdrops. chases that appear to play out in single shots, following characters out of windows, down street, into cars, all without obvious cuts. during these adrenaline fuelled set pieces, you canjust adrenaline fuelled set pieces, you can just about forget about the story. just about. hemsworth makes a very good punch bag. even when fighting an gang of street teams. you can find it on netflix now. former thoughtful is an arresting abbot temptation —— adaptation about

his service in the defence force in the early 80s. would you like a drink? no, i'm fine, thanks. you sure? like full metaljacket, the film is divided into two segments. the first during a training regime in which recruits —— the seconds in angola. described as an examination of shame amongst a generation of men militarize, the title is a derogatory term for a gay man and a powerful examination of how toxic and masculinity, homophobia and racism. that sounds like a tough lot, but the movie itself is actually surprisingly engaging and even tender. intimately terrific

camera work, great performances by the simulcast, and in adventurous use of music that draws us right into this world. it is available now. we think it's now time to finish thejob. now. we think it's now time to finish the job. don't do that. it's time to get into that business. you know what i'm saying. for my own pic of the very best film available for home viewing, i choose home with horses. —— calm with horses. this striking directorial feature w from it rolling stars cosmojarvis is a broken boxer turned between loyalty to his family in the criminal gained

for whom he has become an enforcer. an unexpected beauty and brilliantly ‘s scored by benjaminjohn power. it's shaping up as one of my favourite films of the year. i've learned a lot lately. just remind you that the gentleman comes to blu—ray and dvd on monday. matthew mcconaughey is the retiring marijuana kingpin whose empire is under threat from a collection of stereotypes. hugh grant has fun as a tabloid investigator. stereotypes. hugh grant has fun as a tabloid investigatorlj stereotypes. hugh grant has fun as a tabloid investigator. i don't want to play a game. audiences found it

funny, but to my ear itjust sounded like a bunch of drunken tarantino fa ns like a bunch of drunken tarantino fans who spent too much time hanging out in one of guy ritchie's celebrity london pubs. that's it for this week. thanks for watching. stay safe and i will be back later with more home viewing treats. hello. it was another beautiful sunny day across the uk — temperatures in the high teens, low 20s in a few spots, and as far as this weekend's concerned, more fine weather, very tempting weather, but a reminder, please observe the current rules. anyway, this is the satellite picture. you can see how the skies cleared across the uk today. a little bit more hazy out towards the west here, but on the whole, fine, settled weather, and the same will continue through the rest of the evening and overnight. clear skies for many of us.

however, towards the early hours of saturday, i suspect the skies will turn a little cloudy in the eastern counties, and certainly by morning, that cloud will spread into yorkshire, even parts of the midlands. but out towards the west, i think we will have those clear skies all the way through the night until dawn. temperatures around three degrees in some spots first thing, so quite a chilly morning, especially in the north. then you can see that cloud again, around the north sea. it should eventually clear, certainly by the time we get to round about the early afternoon. nippy on the north sea coasts, around 12—15, but further towards the west, liverpool, birmingham there, 20 celsius. so that was saturday. this is sunday's weather forecast now, and this weak low pressure will drift in from the norwegian sea. also this means a shift in the wind direction — they will be coming in from the north — so cooler, i think, for much of scotland and northern ireland, and also increasing clouds, and they will bring a few showers, not just to scotland, but even further south, too, into yorkshire. now the temperatures,

we are talking 13 in glasgow, so quite a drop come sunday. still around 19 in the midlands and 22 in london. now, monday, this trend continues. that is, the cooler air keeps arriving from the north. you can see that wind blowing out of the norwegian sea and tucking into scotland and also northern ireland, through the lakes. to the south, we just have a suggestion of a cool front here, so that means to the south of that, here, in the south—east and east anglia, it's still going to be relatively warm, temperatures could get up to around 21 degrees. but you can see some showers there looming, in south—west parts of england on monday. then tuesday and wednesday, it looks as though it is going to cool down across the south as well, and many of us will catch a few showers. bye— bye.

the government's new website for coronavirus tests is swamped, as almost 50,000 key workers go online. from teachers to transport workers, 16,000 people in england did manage to book tests before the site had to close temporarily, leaving thousands with symptoms frustrated. ijust want to know if i'm fit to get back to work, and what's going to be frustrating is if i do the same thing tomorrow, am i going to go through the same ritual? it reopened briefly this evening before halting again. the government says more tests will be available tomorrow. meanwhile, the death toll has risen again. identical twins katy and emma davis are among those who died of the virus this week. both had worked as nurses. their sister paid this tribute. they were angels on earth, and now they're angels in heaven.