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tv   The Film Review  BBC News  October 24, 2020 11:45pm-12:01am BST

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feel fr," if‘ai‘ii feel that he is mood he does feel that he is support from the family very much so in terms of his parents and ijust think yes, he has consistently denied the allegations of course and his friendship with the convicted american paedophile jeffrey epstein in that interview that he did showed no sympathy for the victims of epstein, until they get sorted out, i personally think it is difficult in quebec the public life. every time he turns up to do something. the papers are going to rehash of the old stories just briefly. the papers are going to rehash of the old storiesjust briefly. all the old storiesjust briefly. all the time this reads like an episode of the crane. the story says that the queen and royal family do want him to get back into public life but
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we read later on, sources, the men and women that run that say that they're not terribly keen on this. it isa they're not terribly keen on this. it is a good old real plot once again. plot, very interesting word to choose. i think you're in a moment, but last hour, several of oui’ moment, but last hour, several of our news channel colleagues were behind—the—scenes and they keep us going all these hours these incredible talents for journalism and several of them are leaving and we went and checked than if you don't mind indulging me. been here 42 years. amazing. paul harvey, rachel kennedy and the producer of the papers tonight in my ear, she has been giving you the time that hopefully will be able to finish early and she says we are running out of time. she doesn't like being on the television, but that is sally them are going to miss her and everybody else so, so much. incredible step she hates having her photo taken. and i snapped this in
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the past hour. sally, we're going to miss you so much as warm as all of you. thank you very much indeed for all of what you have done to make the news channel what it is. that is of the papers. thank you to ian, think of the penny and dubai papers in the morning. coming up next is the film review. 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. far and away my favourite film
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of the week is summer of 85, the latest from francois ozon, the french director behind such diverse fare as sitcom, under the sand and by the grace of god. a bittersweet saga of love and death, it's a coming—of—age tale that moves the original setting of aidan chambers' source novel from southend—on—sea to le treport in france, where the death—obsessed alex looks back on his relationship with the beautiful david. with the heady energy of an ‘805 teen pic, we watch alex falling for the friend of his dreams, being swept off his feet by david's vibrant "live fast, die young" attitude and then driven to a jealous rage by the arrival of english interloper kate. while all this plays out in flashback, it's intercut
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with later scenes of an apparently traumatised alex facing questions about a terrible event for which he's being held accountable, but about which he refuses to speak. gorgeously shot on 16mm, summer of 85 has the tangible texture and grain of its retro setting, albeit filtered through a nostalgic lens that seems to supersaturate the image, amplifying emotions. bookended by the sound of the cure's in between days, with all its unresolved hurt and longing, summer of 85 somehow combines romeo and juliet—style tragedy with the thrilling evocation of youthful passion and a strong streak of black humour, creating an accessible film that flits nimbly between rapturous love, agonising anguish and near slapstick absurdity, quite the balancing act. it's in cinemas and on curzon home cinema now. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
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from the sublime to the ridiculous and honest thief, a preposterously silly offering starring liam neeson, who surely has better things to do than waste his time on this sort of post—taken tosh. my girlfriend, she had nothing to do with this. i'm coming for you. having recently reminded us of his brilliance in ordinary love, neeson is back in slumming mode as tom, the bank robber with the unfortunate nickname the in—and—out bandit. no, really. i've robbed 12 banks in seven states, made $9 million in cash. i want to turn myself in. when tom meets kate walsh's annie, he decides to put crime behind him and go straight, but only after attempting to turn himself in to the fbi. instead he's double—crossed and finds murder added to his rap sheet. so now tom has to run around chasing people, punching people, shooting people, threatening people on the phone and blowing up their houses in order
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to prove that he's just a really nice honest guy who should be left alone to live a quiet life. my way. perfunctorily directed by mark williams and played by neeson with the air of a man waiting for his paycheque to arrive, this is straight—to—video fare that somehow wound up on imax cinema screens, where it clearly hopes to reproduce the success of russell crowe's actioner unhinged, which was pretty ropey, but looks like citizen kane when compared to honest thief. she loves me for who i am. and i love herfor who she is. and i can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her. kyle, i slept with ava. what? what do you mean "slept"? like we sexually slept together. while no one expected honest thief to be a critics' favourite, the climb has been showered with rave reviews since making its prize—winning debut at cannes last year, and it's now in uk cinemas. mike's in the living room. he got fat, right?
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yeah. merry christmas. oh, my god! is that mike? he got fat. directed by michael angelo covino, who stars with his co—writer kyle marvin, it's a tragicomedy about a toxic friendship between two men — the benign and naive kyle and the poisonous, self—obsessed mike. over the course of several years, we see mike destroy kyle's attempts to be happy. can i just say... no! sleeping with the women his best friend loves, turning holidays, weddings and funerals alike into car crash disasters, all of which kyle grudgingly tolerates because, hey, they're best friends. let's go. nobody likes her! nobody likes you, mike! i am the only one who likes you! and i don't know why cos you're loud and obnoxious and you're an ass... there's no doubting the technical eloquence with which the climb tells its misanthropic tale, with zach kuperstein's camera floating between characters and set—ups in extended takes that dazzle in terms of planning and choreography. kyle, listen to me —
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it's your choice, but i wouldn't do it. but it's also quite an irritating story about irritating characters whose irritating foibles are meant to seem profound and insightful, but are in factjust kind of irritating. i'm a bad friend. oh, my god, mike, are you serious? like the similarly lauded chuck & buck, of which this put me awkwardly in mind, the climb demands a huge amount oh, my god, mike, are you serious? like the similarly lauded chuck & buck, of which this of audience tolerance for men behaving badly — to themselves, to each other and to the women whom the film paints in consistently unsympathetic terms, in stark contrast to the reservoirs of patience reserved for its male leads. like not in our lives. but he's my friend. hey... hey to you, too. not so pixie, in which olivia cooke plays the titular hellraiser who finds herself embroiled
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in a blood—spattered, gun—toting, drug—fuelled caper featuring armed priests, hapless sidekicks and mayhem aplenty. it's way too big for you, trust me. oh, sorry, mr pablo escobar! welcome to sligo! pixie! directed and written by father—and—son team barnaby and preston thompson and boasting an all—star cast including colm meaney, dylan moran and alec baldwin, pixie wears its inspirations on its sleeve, with a bit of quentin tarantino here, a nod to martin mcdonagh there and a soundtrack by gerry diver and david holmes that juggles west of ireland western inflections with ocean's—style heist movie beats. now that sounds like a lot of fun, but the film never quite lives up to the promise of its pitch. for one thing, the script is nothing like as sharp as it needs to be, lacking the killer punch of the superior movies to which it owes a debt. it's also self—consciously slick, although beneath the stylish surface, there's not much going on beyond the overcooked zaniness.
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where's the money? on the plus side, cooke, whose impressive cv ranges from me and earl and the dying girl to the limehouse golem and ready player one, does a pretty good job of holding it all together, injecting some much—needed heart and soul into the proceedings. beautifully put, frank! you can find pixie in cinemas now. i want to play out of doors. it was too hot to do so in india. i'm obliged by law to have you taught. then we'll need to break the law, won't we? frances hodgson burnett's 1911 novel the secret garden has inspired several movies, ranging from a silent production starring lila lee to agnieszka holland's superb ‘905 adaptation. now there's a new version in cinemas and on sky cinema, revisiting the novel's theme of the redemptive power of nature, which seems all the more relevant in these testing times.
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dixie egerickx is the recently orphaned mary, sent from india to live in england with her widowed uncle archibald, whose son colin has long been kept hidden and bedridden. but a buried key to a magical garden unlocks healing secrets, bringing about change and rebirth. screenwritten by the prolific jack thorne, whose recent credits include the aeronauts, radioactive and tv‘s the eddy, this update relocates the story from the turn of the 20th century to 1947, in the shadow of world war ii and partition. other significant changes include a more sympathetic portrait of mary's parents and the introduction of a ghostly climax which seemed to me to draw inspiration from the amazing mr blunden, one of my favourite movies of all time. cleaving closely to mary's subjective point of view, marc munden's update combines real locations like trebah in cornwall with cg visuals to evoke a magical garden that may be more a product of its heroine's imagination than reality. but we also lose a central theme of the novel, that it's only
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by toiling away in the garden that mary can unlock its restorative power. here the relationship is much more one—sided, with the garden just magically healing those who enter. the result is a peculiar mix of ambiable enchantment and missed opportunities, a likeable film, but not one that has the classic status of its source novel or indeed of holland's adaptation, which for me remains definitive. off you go. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. when? when did you sleep together? i don't know the exact dates. ididn't... dates?! dude, slow down. you should pace yourself. ahh! hello. the first half of the weekend brought heavy rain and blustery wind. there is more rain in the forecast for the second half of the weekend. it comes in the form of showers, though, so there is a decent chance
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of some sunny spells in between the downpours but sunday is going to be another windy day across the british isles. we will see the showers packing in from the west. further east, parts of eastern england, up into eastern scotland, maybe not too many showers here, some good spells of sunshine around. it will be quite windy. those are the average wind speeds. gusts could get up above 50 mph in the most exposed by the western scotland, tempers between 10—14. talking of western scotland, it is likely the showers will gang together to give longer spells of rain through the last part of the day and as you can see, the showers continue through sunday night and into monday morning. some clear spells in between. overnight lows between 5—8 degrees. monday is another sunshine and showers day although there are signs things might start to turn a bit drier across scotland.
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