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the government admits different quarantine rules mass across the home nations the experience i have with mass transit projects is a compound are causing confusing, benefit in economic impact is huge leading to frustration for thousands of people. and just benefit in economic impact is huge andjust in benefit in economic impact is huge and just in this area here, we are there's anger as scotland at the heart of a motorway and wales impose new restrictions on some countries, roundabout system and this will unleash development and growth but there's no change for england potential in an area that has been for england and wales. totally unrecognised, are used, its it would be good if governments could all get together, you know, if the devolved governments potential never really exploited or in the uk could get brought forth and that will together and come up with one set of policies. generate, i am absolutely certain, all this as the coronavirus pandemic forces more tens of thousands ofjobs in the than a thousand newjob cuts, at virgin atlantic. also on the programme... decades ahead and transport connectivity is at the heart of the people in leeds are being warned they are on a watch list of bill back better, build back greener coronavirus hotspots and new restrictions could come in. recovery because don't forget, whatever people said, and they know justice at last for a woman filmed naked without her consent. a man gets a 30—month community the environmentalists have their order, but the ordeal points, but hs two is going to be significantly greener way to travel for me, for you, than going by plaintiff by car. —— biplane or by
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car. now it's time for this week's film review with mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. over the years, there've been a plethora of movies called les miserables. from the 1935 best picture contender starring fredric march
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and charles laughton, through the 1958 adaptation hailed as one of the first french blockbusters, to the more recent adaptation of the hit stage musical that proved that whatever else he can do, like running you over with a big truck, unhinged star russell crowe really cannot sing. at all. # leave it all in flames...# the latest film to take its title from victor hugo's 19th century novel is cesar winning contemporary drama that was nominated for best international feature. a streetwise tale of dispossessed mass problem once again to the brink of rebellion.
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writer director ladj ly‘s film largely plays out, immortalised in hugo's novel where a new member of the anti—crime unit learns about the neighbourhoods rival factions and two colleagues whose methods blur the line between policing and harassment. when a drone camera captures video footage of a violently botched arrest, tensions between police and residents reach boiling point, threatening to throw everyone in the lions den. building on his 2017 short film, ly‘s debut presents features an admirably un—cliched view of borneo life, as vibrant and diverse as the film girlhood. in stark contrast to the 1995 masterpiece, and the income which gets the 25th anniversary release next week, les miserables is in vivid colour, whose cameras sneak in and out of the action,
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in this tangibly real world. there are echoes of the pressure of the structure of spike lee's do the right thing and veritable grit of the ground—breaking tv series, the wire. taking care never to paint its complex characters in simple black—and—white strokes, les miserables has slipped itself stealthily from astute observation to urgent action. reminding us all the time of hugo's maxim that there is no such thing as bad plants or bad men, only bad cultivators. les miserables is cinemas now and i urge you to seek it out. it's snowing. winter is coming! we have a real connection. a rare and intense attachment. i've never experienced anything like it. i am thinking of ending things. huh? charlie kaufman is the screenwriting
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genius who won a bafta for being john markovich and another for adaptation and a third for an eternal sunshine in the spotless mind which he also nabbed an oscar. he has fared less well as a director, with 2008 synecdoche, new york polarising critics and bombing of the box office, earning less than a quarter of its $20 million budget. we will never know if kaufman's critically fated latest proofs more popular, since its release direct netflix, the audience figures are a closely guarded secret. i am listening jake's parents for the first time. a solid story talking about his road trip taken by young couple play byjesse clemens and jesse buckley. tony collete david she lists the moment that whose age changes between scenes and his farmhouse seems to be the stuff of dreams, or nightmares. what exactly is going on? and more importantly, do we care? well, in the case of the short source novel, the answer is yes. not least because the twilight zone
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and a level of narrative rushes towards a page turning third act in which top psychology meets psycho splatter. you have to go. i have to go where. forward. not so the movie, which shifts the trashy treats of his book, replacing stock and slash thrills with solemn dense theatrics, turning a potboiler into a chilling stroker and as they say, more that head than the heart. it's a credit to the brilliant jesse buckley the they managed to breed such human life and what is essentially a cypher rule. commanding the screen and moves is diverse his beast about roads, works wonders, ensuring that this generally remains more intriguing and irritating. generally.
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if the absence of unsettling horror in kaufman's movie proves disappointing, then fear not, creepy thrills in the swedish danish koko—di, koko—da. on blu—ray and digital download on monday. traumatised by tragedy, a brief couple go on a camping trip and a bid to save their marriage. but having bought a music box is an eighth birthday present to their daughter, the pair find themselves stuck in a nightmarish loop of grief, terrorised by a troop of fairy tale characters depicted on the side of the aforementioned gift. built around a nursery rhyme that will get into your head in tonsure for days, this blackly comic oddity was brilliantly described my friend and colleague trevorjohnson as a weird version of groundhog day and funny games, a phrase i wish i could claim as my own. it's deeply troubling and frequently very nasty stuff,
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rated 18 for sexual violence and threat, although it is the twisted echoes of hoffman and the brothers grimm that really got under my skin. i'm going to ask you a series of questions. i want you to respond truthfully. there is a hint of horror at play in the new mutants, the long delayed addendum to the exigencies those meant to launch a new trilogy, seems to be more of a full stop. # we don't need no education. co—written byjosh boone who made the fault in our stars and pitched as the breakfast club and the cuckoos nest institution, it centres on the new generation of mutants being held in a secret facility run by alice braga authoritarian doctor reyes.
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with the talented cast including joy, maycee williams and blue hunt, the new mutants were shot back in 2017 with an identity at today's but as executives argued over whether they wanted a horror movie or a ya romp, and fox's acquired by disney, re—shoots replant and then dropped and everyone moved onto other things. it sounds like a recipe for disaster and the film which finally opens in uk cinemas three years after principal photography is indeed something of a mismatch but it is not a total disaster. boasting an lgbt friendly narrative, likeable performances and notably for macy williams and a few creepy moments that redeemed from the silliness of scenes where heroes do battle with a giant cg demon bear. that thing will kill you. you're right, it's magic. so am i. loyal, grace and truth.
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while the new mutants may begin to cinema release, the more high—profile move on as rough with industry feathers the more high—profile mulan has ruffled industry feathers by going straight to disney plus, where it is available to rent forjust shy of 20 quid in addition to the cost of channel subscription. directed by niki caro, best known for the 2002 film whale rider, this live—action remake of disney's 19 intimation is one of the most expensive movies ever directed by a woman. unlike such recent house of mouses remix of beauty and the beast, this new mulan is not a musical, or music plays a key role in nor does it feature talking dragon. it is my duty to fight for the kingdom. instead, it is in the tired coming—of—age adventure with marshall action and much splendidly cinematic scenery. you can't help wishing you were watching at a big screen.
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unlike so many disney reboots, mulan is very much its own film, looking back to the chinese folk story which inspired the original animation and taking it in a direction that is different enough to justify its existence. whether straight this home to video release can also justify its cost, reported to be around $200 million, remains to be seen. at the other end of the financial spectrum, socrates, which is made for under $20,000 is a striking brazilian feature about a 15—year—old isolated by his sexuality and facing destitution following the death of his mother. playing in selected cinemas and also available in digital platforms, this is the first feature produced by the caro institute in brazil where was co—written, produced and acted by at risk teenagers from low
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income communities with the support of unisef. the result is a remarkably moving an accomplished film that combines the smack of realism with a poetic and ultimately redemptive sensibility. a mere 70 minutes in length, this urgent heartfelt drama packs more truth and insight into its compact running time than many, if not most of its mainstream competitors. that is it for this week, thank you to anna smith for holding the fort so brilliantly in my absence, thank you for watching and i would like to end the show by adding my voice to those mourning the loss of chadwick boseman, a remarkable and inspirational figure who lit up in a string of movies from marshall, and 42, to get on up, 21 bridges, da five bloods and of course, black panther. king t'challa!
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it is an extraordinary body of work, the final film black button still to come on one of cinemas most admired and most loved modern legends. my king. wa kanda forever! hello. skies like these are quite common across england and wales, but further north, the far north of england and ireland, bread with some sunshine and widespread showers, overnight, a short—lived band of rain pushes quickly eastwards across england and clear skies followed will continue to see blustery showers and if you show some time to time getting into the northern ireland area and england and wales. temperatures between eight and 12 degrees and into the weekend, i think it is going to be a pretty cloudy day commissioners from the word go and still quite blustery and still quite heavy here, a lot of cloud elsewhere in the cloud
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thickens to bring some patches of rain across northern ireland the northwest of england and wales where it becomes quite damp, but the rain not amounting to too much it will be for the most part, quite light and patchy in some areas to stay dry in the east of england in a favourite 00:14:16,191 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 spot for dodging the rain.
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