that's all from sportsday. coming up next it's 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. christmas may be in danger of being

cancelled but christmas movies 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, villainously played by keegan—michael key. because i'm the toymaker of the year, toymaker of the year, toymaker of the year, 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 too 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 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. # ..shall have # them that's not shall lose, # 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, ms billie holiday. # hey there baby make up your mind # cos i've been waiting such a long, long time...#. drawing in around 200 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, her often abusive relationships with men, her 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. # but 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 on demand now and amazon and itunes from monday. # here is a strange and bitter cry #. cheers and applause. 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 straightforward, but when our anti—heroes 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 wit and who prove 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 blood and tears 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 takin‘ 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 senegalese street kid momo steals rosa's bag and then moves in with her, an 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 aural and visual 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's smart and has a sideline in tutoring but can adam tell her about his schizophrenia without scaring her off? there's a touch of donnie darko about the wry tone of this ya drama, aided by the presence of beth grant who plays the head of adam's new school and who famously doubted your commitment to sparkle motion in richard kelly's cult classic. as for the people in adam's head, they're very much like the personifications used in ron howard's 0scar—winner a beautiful mind. luckily the movie is open and aware enough about its own touchstones to be able to carry a running gag about not having a good will hunting moment and then having it anyway, which i kinda liked. worth mentioning too that like the more critically—lauded current release eternal beauty, words 0n bathroom walls strives to paint a more positive and enlightened picture of schizophrenia and does so with wit, humour, and empathy.

some of the reviews have been rather sniffy, but it made me laugh and it made me cry, and for that, it gets a thumbs up. is that why you didn't tell me? because you thought that i was going to leave? that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review, stay safe and i'll see you next week. you didn't give me a chance to stay. would you have ? i love you. hello, showers and very windy for some of us again. 0vernight we continue with heavy downpours, particularly across parts of western scotland, along the south coast into south—east england at times as well, nowhere particularly cold through the night. we start with another spell of rain sweeping east across england and wales on sunday, and following behind there will be sunshine and showers, further rain at times in northern ireland in south—west scotland, and then another zone of rain arrived toward south—west

england as we go on through the afternoon, this one accompanied by some particularly squally winds, so right across the south coast of england with gusts nearly 60 mph, maybe nearer 70 in the channel islands. lighter winds in northern scotland where you get to see a bit of sunshine here. it will be cooler compared to today, although monday starts fine, and we are going to see some more rain heading for the west later on monday.

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