are already mounting their regular festive assault with a christmas gift for bob opening last week and jingle jangle: a christmasjourney now playing on netflix. what's wrong, grandpa 7 i had a perfect life. a loving family, and a magical shop. until an old friend took it all. but he didn't get this. forest whitaker is jeronicus jangle, an inventor whose mojo is dried up following the theft of his designs by his old apprentice filling asleep played by keegan—michael key. -- villa —— villa nestle played. because i'm the toymaker of the year, toymaker of the year, toymaker of the year... toymaker of the year! enter granddaughterjourney who unlocks the key to buddy, a flying robot who looks like the result of a bizarre close encounter between the mechanical heroes of short circuit and wall—e. will buddy save the day or will he to be stolen away? i always work.

just needed someone to believe. appropriately for the time of year, jingle jangle is a cheesily pre—packaged and alarmingly overstuffed affair. at times, it reminds you of all those bits from chitty chitty bang bang that you always forget are in chitty chitty bang bang. you know, like the bit when caractacus potts invents a haircutting machine and then winds up dancing the old bamboo for reasons that no one can quite understand. whitaker, who starred in an kasi lemmons‘ black nativity back in 2013, gets into the festive spirit will with heavy doses of mournful pathos while madalen mills provides a charming lead asjourney. elsewhere, hugh bonneville cameos as the man holding the purse strings while ricky martin stops living la vida loca just long enough to breathe vocal life into jangle‘s pint—sized creation, don juan diego. i encourage you to not be an imbecile! narratively, it's a total mess. the movie equivalent of one of those transformers toys — less a christmas carol than a christmas cinematic car crash.

but, the tunes are catchy, the dance routines energetic, and the overall tone breezy enough to make you forget that you've seen all these bits before, although not necessarily in this order. music. # she will have... # so the bible says and it still is news # mama may have... in the documentary billie, battle of the sexes director james erskine revisits journalist linda lipnack kuehl‘s attempt to write the definitive biography of singer billie holiday. the world's greatest jazz vocalist was billie holiday. # hey there baby make up your mind. # because i've been waiting such a long, long time...#. drawing in around 2000 hours

of never before aired interviews, we hear from those closest to holiday presenting an intimate portrait of her life that spans from her tough childhood to her early days as a rising star, the often abusive relationships with men, or international breakthrough and musical innovation, and premature death at the age of 1m. all this is framed within battles for racial and gender equality in which holiday proved such a powerful voice and illustrated with restored and colourised film footage and stills and spine—tingling musical performances. # god bless the child that's got his own... while holiday's story which inspired the 1972 biopic lady sings the blues is both familiar and revelatory, erskine strives to overturn the idea that holiday was a victim, something this documentary does very well. what's less successful is the attempt to intertwine holiday's story with that of her biographer whose own life was also cruelly cut short. there are some intriguing parallels and juxtapositions but inevitably, it's holiday who remains the real

focus, the reason to watch. you can find billie in select cinemas in scotland and wales and on barbican cinema and on—demand now and amazon and itunes from monday. # here is a strange and bitter cry... cheers and applause. growling. the south korean zombies on a train romp train to busan was one of the real treats of 2016, a breathless affair packed with kinetic physical action and sharp social satire. we've already had an animated prequel, seoul station. so now, here comes the sequel.

set several years after the original outbreak, train to busan presents: peninsula finds a ragtag group returning to the plague zone in search of a truck stashed with money. the mission seems straight forward but when our antiheroes are ambushed, it becomes apparent that not everyone in the infected zone is undead. lacking the bullet train simplicity of its snowpiercer—style predecessor, peninsula has more of a post—apocalyptic vibe vaguely reminiscent of george miller's mad max 2 orjohn carpenter's escape from new york. there's also a touch of aliens in the form of the young sisters who've survived on their wits and who proved more than capable of holding their own against marauding hordes. as for the action, there's a video game quality to some of the car chases which diminishes the sense of threat, but the finale is terrifically overcooked fun.

not a classic then, but an entertaining distraction, something we could all do with at the moment. train to busan presents: peninsula is currently playing in a few cinemas, then it's on digitalfrom november the 23rd and on dvd and blu—ray at the end of the month. the amount of money that he's just offered us, i'd be stupid not to do that. we'll be in and out, mate. we'll be home by ten. i'm not taking him. why? cos he can't drive! sorry, mate. from korea to the uk with london—based dutch director rene van pannevis, whose short film jacked won a bifa award in 2016. that short, which was apparently autobiographically inspired, has now provided the basis for a feature, looted, shot on a micro budget over 17 days in hartlepool. charley palmer rothwell is rob, the young car thief who tells his dying father that he's job—hunting when in fact, he's out stealing wheels. thomas turgoos is leo, the friend who encourages rob to get involved in a job that lands him

in dangerously hot water. the title and premise may make looted sound like a geezery romp, but the film itself is anything but that. it's more a study of somebody being pulled apart by the demands of their life, torn between commitments to family, friends and financial reward. the cast, which includes morgane polanski, are uniformly adroit, with particular plaudits to thomas turgoos, who's gone from strength to strength since his remarkable debut in this is england all those years ago. you can find looted on all major vod platforms and in a few cinemas. look out too for virtual screenings, in which cinemas and distributors share the profits. in 1962, sophia loren won an oscar for her starring role in de sica's two women, and a few years later, she earned a second nomination

for marriage italian style. now, loren is back in the oscar running once more, this time for a standout late career role in the life ahead, adapted from the novel by romain gary and directed by her son edoardo ponti. loren plays madame rosa, a holocaust survivor living in a southern italian port town who cares for the kids of sex workers, a profession she once shared. when orphan senegalise street kid momo steals rosa's bag and then moves in with her, and initially fractious but ultimately redemptive friendship ensues. gary's novel was previously adapted as madame rosa, with simone signoret in the title role, winning the oscar for best foreign language film in 1978. this new version makes key changes to the time and place of the story, but also softens its edges, sidestepping some of the complexities of the source in pursuit of more formulaic

emotional engagement. the result is a fairly standard melodrama, alternately tear—jerking and uplifting and played out to syrupy musical accompaniment. if loren does pick up an oscar nod, as variety recently said she might, she'd not only become the academy's oldest ever best actress nominee, she'd also break henry fonda's record for the longest gap between acting nominations. the life ahead is on netflix now. i have schizophrenia, a chronic mental disorder allowing for visual and auditory hallucinations, never normal. the end. i'll leave you with news of another film that's currently playing in the few cinemas that are open, and hoping to expand its release as more reopen in the coming weeks and months. adapted from a novel byjulia walton, words 0n bathroom walls stars charlie plummer as adam, the highschooler living

with schizophrenia, which causes hallucinations. with his father gone and his mother now dating a man he neither likes nor trusts, adam strikes up a friendship with maya, played by taylor russell. she is smart and has a sideline in tutoring but can adam tell her about his schizophrenia without scaring her off? there is a touch of donnie darker about the tone of the stroma aided by the presence of beth grant to place the head of adam's new school... as for the people in adam's had come at their very much at the personifications used in ron howard potts oscar—winner a beautiful mind. luckily the movie is open and aware enough about its own tysons to be able to carry about a running gag about having a good will hunting moment but having it anyway which i kind of life is up with much into that wiped up more currently going to release it beauty, words and bathroom walls strive to paint a more positive and enlightened picture of schizophrenia and does so

with wit, humour, and empathy for some some of the reviews have been rather sniffy, but it may be laugh and it made me cry for some and for that it gets a thumbs up. is that why he didn't tell me because he thought i was going to leave? that is it for this week. thanks for watching the film review, stay safe andi watching the film review, stay safe and i will see you next week. you didn't give me a chance to stay. would you have? i love you. hello there, the early morning rain has cleared away from eastern areas and through the rest of today, we're looking at a day really of sunshine and showers. the radar picture picking up the majority of the showers across the western side of the country and for western scotland but there will be brea ks western scotland but there will be breaks between the showers, we have seen breaks between the showers, we have seen sunshine already for example in the northwest of wales and into northwest england. the clouds gathering in cumbria for a time. looking at the weatherjust gathering in cumbria for a time. looking at the weather just to gathering in cumbria for a time. looking at the weatherjust to upper west, we have cloud and the

semi—picture in this area of cut is oui’ semi—picture in this area of cut is our next area of low pressure that is going to be swinging in just—in—time for the weekend bringing all of us topics of rennet there will be strong wind to come as well for subheading into the evening time further showers for scotland across western parts of england and wales maybe one or two sneaking into the south because of them went for a time but through the night we would see more general outbreaks of rain spreading quite widely across most areas of the uk. temperatures overnight around five — 7 degrees of little bit milder than that across the south, nine or 10 degrees heading into the first part of the weekend and talking of the weekend, it is going to be an unsettled one with low pressure for me in charge bringing windy weather with rain at times. you can see it several weather fronts than moving northeastward across the uk, tightly packed isobars at times through the weekend bringing some strong bouts of wind as well. so saturday morning getting off to a wet start for many of us was of the heaviest rain will a lwa ys of us was of the heaviest rain will always be across western areas of the country and the strongest winds

come into the afternoon around the irish sea coast where across parts of england and wales, we could seek us of england and wales, we could seek us getting up to around 50 mph or so in places. it will be pretty blustery. eastern areas of england and northern parts of scotland seeing the best of the drier spells with a little bit of hazy sunshine coming through at times. temperatures up to 15 degrees or so. sunday sees marina times, particularly for scotland, parts of northern england and northern ireland, rain returning to wales in south—west england as landed as across the south because we was to the strongest winds during sunday afternoon with gusts reaching round about 60 odd miles per hour in places so it would be very blowing. bit more and sunshine, through the afternoon nine to 11 degrees, that is your weather.

this programme contains repetitive flashing images. the end of an era — dominic cummings, the prime minister's chief adviser, has just left downing street for good. a very public exit — he was supposed to stay until christmas, but after a difficult week and upset in the team, it was decided he should go with immediate effect. also on the programme tonight: a fall in the r rate — the reproduction number for coronavirus across the uk, but current infections keep the pressure up on hospitals. almost half a century after he murdered 13 women, the yorkshire ripper, peter sutcliffe, has died in hospital. he had coronavirus. the son of his first victim gave this reaction. i'm not celebrating, put it that way. it brings me some sense of closure. a radical shake—up in how students apply to university in england