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we globally —— probably. but what we need to recognise is we need access to free treatment in the eu and that is no longer going to be possible. john, what do you make of it? will it put you off heading to the continent next year? it is a bit different. this is michael gove, the government minister, running a rather different campaign. if you run this campaign... your insurance is going to be higher, you have roaming charges and businesses are going to registerfor roaming charges and businesses are going to register for this whatever it is called, eu economic operators registration and identification number stop if you put all that on the side of a bus, i am not sure... this is a new campaign called, and this is extraordinary, the uk's newsta rt let's get this is extraordinary, the uk's newstart let's get going. i mean, what on earth is that? with all that up what on earth is that? with all that up with two let's get going! get
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going out of the eu and pay more when we come back on our holidays. it is shocking... shocking. lets amnon perhaps a happier note, although i don't think you will get agreement on this. time to honour oui’ agreement on this. time to honour ourjack. the family ofjack agreement on this. time to honour ourjack. the family of jack who died on friday, even though he was a distinguished football managed, a distinguished football managed, a distinguished player and a member of that 1966 world cup winning team, he never got a knighthood, no other members of the team did. it is a bit unfair, that some were honoured and some weren't. they are supposed to bea some weren't. they are supposed to be a team and in it together. lam against i am against the honour system a nyway i am against the honour system anyway but that was completely unfair stop anyway but that was completely unfairstopl anyway but that was completely unfair stop i think that what they did on the football pitch in 1966 stands the test of time. and the
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idea of giving someone a title after they died... oops, sorry we forgot... a fair point. one word, lucy? yes. a big thumbs up. sporting hero and we need as many as we can get. as ever, a pleasure to speak to you both. thank you for being with us you both. thank you for being with us and for your company this evening here on bbc news. coming up next, the film review, a weatherforecast and then more news at midnight. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode
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to review this week's releases. first up, spaceship earth, a fascinating documentary about eight people who locked down for two years for a science experiment. as i am ready to enter, i take my last breath of this atmosphere in two years. we were pioneers. we were the first biospherians. how can you prepare yourself for a journey into the unknown? the biosphere 2 is a collection of huge geodesic domes built in the arizona desert, home to an entire ecological system, including rainforest and an ocean. we called it biosphere 2 because biosphere! is the earth. in 1991, the eight biospherians went
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to live and work there. they reckoned we might all have to relocate to mars one day so they wanted to give it a dry run. under the glare of the press spotlight, the experiment suffered from controversy when the team added to the oxygen supply and allegedly brought in items from the outside world. i don't want to talk about it. the film—maker matt wolf is just as interested in the positives of the story, and in the history of the group behind it. using current—day interviews with the team alongside archive footage, he paints a picture of fiercely intelligent forward—thinking radicals. they formed in san francisco in the 19605 and they practised communal living but they were far from stereotypical hippies. they built a ship themselves so they could travel the world and experience different ways of living, persuading rich philanthropists to fund their projects. the future is here. wolf's documentary doesn't get deeply personal in its line of enquiry, but it certainly gets you thinking about sustainable community living in the threatened world. this topical watch is
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available on demand now. a lot of people don't know about organised crime in the south because it is not that organised. what's with the cones? i thought the randomness of it might throw off a cop. i guess that is smart. you might recognise the comic actor clark duke from hot tub time machine or the office, an american workplace. he has now turned director and his first film is a crime thriller called arkansas. are you going to sell us the gun or not? no, i am not. because in your line of work, guns is as likely to get you killed as to protect you. what line of work is that? rangering. based on the novel byjohn brandon, it also stars duke as a drugs runner called swin who is sent to arkansas to play sidekick to a gruff dealer called kyle. liam hemsworth is solid as the pragmatic kyle, while duke has quirky comic charm.
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in the tradition of directors likejon favreau, duke gives himself a very attractive on—screen girlfriend, played by eden brolin, daughter ofjosh, though she is given a kind of kooky edge for this. would either of you boys like to call me sir? you can if you want. i won't think is corny. we are going to go to traffic drugs across state lines, sir. the appearance ofjohn malkovich adds gravitas and there is a nice role for vivica a fox, too. though, vince vaughan fared less well in a role that demands slightly confusing flashbacks. am i going to die? most likely. the biggest problem with arkansas is its pacing. this long film often feels plodding, and following the novel's episodic structure only drags things out further. it is also very grim. violence is dispensed with a sense of gloomy inevitability, as the pair get in over their heads and try not to cross their mysterious, anonymous boss. but it is still a promising calling
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card for duke as a screenwriter. his monologues are engaging while clearly influenced by a certain quentin tarantino. say thank you. thank you. you're welcome. it's out on digital onjuly 13. shall we go, or? yeah. 0k. now to colombia for litigante, a drama about a lawyer who is trying to juggle a stressful court case with a young son and a dying mother.
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director franco lolli cast his own mother in the role, along with his cousin, carolina sanin, in the lead role. both put in authentic performances as a loving but bickering pair, and vladimir duran adds a touch of levity and a glimmer of hope as the love interest. it is a slow burning but well observed character piece. litigante is out on curzon home cinema now. also out on curzon home cinema is in her hands, the story of a brilliant young working—class pianist who is discovered playing piano at a train station by the director of the paris conservatoire.
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it is a neat idea, with a strong cast, including kristin scott thomas as a strict piano teacher. jules benchetrit is charismatic in the lead role but i found it hard to shake the knowledge that he is an actor who has been trained to play the right notes rather than a truly gifted classical pianist, which is what the whole story hinges on. and the formula of the big contest that happens to clash
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with important family events feels very familiar indeed. if you want to watch one formulate musical drama with kristin scott thomas this week, i would actually make it military wives, out on dvd now. keep going, keep going! # looking from a window above. # like a story of love. go on. # can you hear me? # came back only yesterday. # i'm moving further away. # want you near me. # all i needed was the love you gave. # all i needed for another day. # and all i ever knew. # only you.#
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inspired by a true story, it features scott thomas on imperious form as an officer's wife who clashes with the choir mistress played by sharon horgan. so... no, go ahead. 0k. thanks very much, lisa. the pair must resolve their differences in order to take the group of wives all the way from the military base to the royal albert hall. with no artistic pretensions, this film from full monty director peter cattaneo is a enjoyably predictable and hits all the right notes with crowd—pleasing scenes of female bonding and sometimes harmonious singing. they sing out of tune, baby cries. finally, a blast from the past. the 1986 comedy ferris bueller‘s day off is out on blu—ray now. the 1961 ferrari, 250 gt california. less then 100 were made. my father spent three
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years restoring this car. it is his love, it is his passion. it is his fault he didn't lock the garage. matthew broderick stars as the precocious teen whose guides —— skives off school for a wild ride around chicago with his girlfriend and his best friend. this blends vicarious thrills with wise guy comedy and farcical episodes. it is hilariously dated in parts, and in other parts plain hilarious. an energetic slice of escapism from high school movie masterjohn hughes. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. stay safe and we will be back next week with more viewing treats. if i was bleeding out of my eyes, you guys would make me go to school. this is so unfair. jeanie, please don't be upset with me, you have your health, be thankful. despite the chilly start
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of sunday morning, temperatures more of sunday morning, temperatures cloud for most 0 day more cloud for most of us for the day ahead and splashes of rain as well. mostly light rain but the hills of wales may have the odd heavy burst. ellie mist in the south and east sunshine prevailing through the morning before the cloud starts to make its way further south and east. the rain holding off on the south—east until after the rain elsewhere brightening to a few sunny spells but a scattering of showers. heavy ones for northern scotland does he see temperatures are not too different from what we have seen this weekend just a lot more cloud in the sky full but thicker cloud with patchy rain will slowly clear away from southern and eastern areas as we head towards tuesday morning up as we head towards tuesday morning up often feels showers in the next band of rain coming in so it does not look like a particularly chilly night into tuesday but a fresher day with a north—westerly breeze and that north—westerly breeze will bring with it quite a lot of cloud and is the day progresses some rain for northern ireland and we hold
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. both candidates in poland's presidential election claim victory in what's being called a battle for the country's future and its strained relations with the european union. a day after disney world reopens, florida records the biggest number of new coronavirus cases in the united states. a senior uk minister says face masks should not be compulsory in english shops just days after the prime minister signalled a stricter approach. and as cases continue to rise in india, three generations of bollywood's bachchan family test positive for coronavirus.
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