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tv   The Film Review  BBC News  October 25, 2020 7:30pm-7:46pm GMT

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we will have some spots. tomorrow, we will have seven spells of sunshine butjust like today, there will be some heavy thundery showers around. these tending to migrate eastwards through the day, so the chances of showers in scotland and england will increase but felt northern ireland, wales and the south—west, beware showers as we go through the afternoon, more spells of sunshine. quite windy towards the south, lighter winds developing further north. it will be a fairly cool day with cries of between io—ili. as we move through monday night, this area of low pressure will start to clear away. briefly, see the little bump in the isobars question mother is a little ridge of high pressure. that will settle things down for a while. could be a chilly start to tuesday morning but the more spell is very, very brief. some heavy rain. northern scotland holding onto some brightness. another windy day, highs of 10-14. it brightness. another windy day, highs of io—ili. it stays very unsettled as we had through the middle part of
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the week. this big deep area of low pressure still sitting up to the north—west. this will be the engine room of our weather, driving strong winds and heavy downpours right across the uk but it will start to turn a bit milderfor the end of across the uk but it will start to turn a bit milder for the end of the week. hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. police are dealing with an ongoing incident aboard an oil tanker near the coast of the isle of wight and have now made a request for military support. more pressure on the government as thousands of doctors back the footballer marcus rashford's campaign for free school meals during the school holidays. after a public backlash, the welsh goverment says it will review its ban on supermarkets selling non—essential items during the country's 2—week lockdown.
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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 of the week is summer of 85, the latest from francois ozon, the french director behind such diverse fare as sitcom,
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under the sand and by the grace of 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 ‘80s 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 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,
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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! from the sublime to the ridiculous and honest thief, a preposterously silly offering starring liam neeson, who surely has better things to do
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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 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
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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? 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
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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 — 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,
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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 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 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!
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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. 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.
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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 ‘90s 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. 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,
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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 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
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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 and welcome to sportsday. standing alone on 92 — lewis hamilton sets a new record of race wins. from support rider
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to giro d'italia champion — we speak to tao geoghegan hart on how he managed his first grand tour win. not in my wildest dreams did i imagine that this would be possible. and everton slip to their first defeat of their season. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. it is now a record 92 race wins for lewis hamilton, more than any other formula one driver. victory in today's portuguese grand prix sees the mercedes driver surpass michael schumacher‘s tally to stand alone in the record books. he extends his lead in this year's driver's championship to close in on another record — the german's seven world titles. joe wilson reports.
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always thinking, always winning. for lewis hamilton and formula i this circuit in portugal was new. lights out and away we go! the start was familiar. from pole position, hamilton led, but within seconds... bottas ahead of lewis hamilton! ..he was second. team—mate valtteri bottas was in front. now, here's hamilton's view, in pursuit, watching, hunting, passing. started on pole, back into the lead now... it took a little vile, but that was the race. hamilton has the best team — they have the best driver. simple. his 92nd victory. the record is broken! statistics prove who is best, but they're only part of it. a new history of formula i has just been written by maurice hamilton — no relation — who said lewis has taken the sport into new territory. he is not afraid to stand up and use his public platform to speak, and to speak his mind. people might not agree
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but he doesn't really mind, he just wants to get it out there. i think he will be remembered as the first grand prix driver who has been willing to stand up and speak about matters outside motor racing. thousands were they are to watch hamilton win. only one of them really mattered. now the top of the world. it all began with just him and his dad. joe wilson, bbc news. he took his first race win in canada back in 2007, he's come along way since then. and when you consider the driver's he stands above on this list. and at 35, he's promising there's more to come. ifeel like i'm still going up, so, yeah. i never thought i would but i am and i hope that that continues to hopefully show people that no matter what people say to you, just keep believing, keep pushing and stay focused,

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