successful version of sparred, someone whose kamikaze enthusiasm for class a narcotics leads him into a swanky poolside terrace in la. he had a swanky poolside terrace in la. he: had one of a swanky poolside terrace in la. he had one of the biggest bands in the world. where does it go from here? played by leo flanagan, his biggest break seems to be down to chaotic fate. in his unswerving belief that each signing would be bigger than u2, he stumbled into a position of immense cultural importance, defining britpop and gaining access to the corridors of power under tony blair's new labour, when everything starts to unravel. directed by nick moran, who did a brilliantjob with telstar, this is entertaining if inevitably self mythologising. ewan bremner is clearly having a ball, but the supporting characters often steal the show. richard jobson is the overbearing dad and jason isaacs

in a rip—roaring cameo as a coke addled producer. personally, i could have lived without the somewhat hackneyed staged interviews, and for all its excesses, there's little sense that this gets under the skin of its la rger—than—life subject. but, like many of the bands that mcgee champions, this is entertainingly bolshie fare. loud, brash and absolutely full of itself. creation stories is on sky cinema from saturday. it's a book. it's a little more than that. open it. you bought drugs from yourself? i had to beta test it. sticking with substance fuelled lifestyles, silk road retells the story of self—proclaimed dark web pirate ross ulbricht who made a fortune setting up what was effectively amazon for drugs. a site where narcotics could be bought, sold and even customer rated, all under the anonymity

of bitcoin currency. that's 1.2 million a day. likeable love simon star nick robinson plays the real—life entrepreneur whose libertarian dreams of changing the world lead him into increasingly paranoid isolation, obsessed with money, riven with deadly suspicion. by contrast, jason clarke is the fictional ravaged narc who worms his way into ulbricht�*s confidence, albeit from a distance, determined to bring him down. we get him on conspiracy to commit murder. checkmate. there may be a brilliantly incisive movie to be made about this story, told in a rolling stone article by david kushner, but this isn't it. instead it's stylishly empty fare, fitting perhaps considering the subject matter. robinson who was terrific in the underrated coming—of—age pic the kings of summer, makes a very sympathetic lead, although it's worth remembering for all of his talk about giving people the freedom to make their own choices, ulbricht was essentially a dealer grifting in

an industry built not upon freedom but on extortion, greed and murder. the result is a passable if lightweight cyber crime thriller that you can find online, appropriately enough, from monday. at the other end of the dramatic spectrum, we have oleg, which opened to very positive reviews in the directors�* fortnight at cannes in 2019 and now arrives on mubi, offering a vivid and occasionally horrifying portrait of economic migration. valentin novopolskij is the latvian butcher who travels to belgium in search of work but finds himself effectively enslaved by smilingly psychotic polish criminal andrzej.

seeming initially to befriend and support oleg, andrzej is soon exploiting and abusing him, refusing to pay him for his work and threatening to kill him or his family if he leaves. inspired by real—life tales of modern slavery that add a gritty veracity to the kafkaesque proceedings, directorjuris kursietis�* film has an urgent documentary—like quality, interspersed with quasi—religious dreams of drowning that somehow universalize the story. dawid ogrodnik is particularly good as oleg's nemesis. a ball of nervy energy who oozes danger, switching in an instant from goofiness to gangsterism — a terrifying combination.

as for novopolskij, he plays the sacrificial lamb to a tee, his strangely innocent face perfect for the role of someone trapped in hellish surroundings, stripped of their voice and their identity. oleg is available on mubi from tuesday. to hungary now, where this year's entry from the best foreign film oscar was the lengthily entitled preparations to be together for an unknown period of time. it may not have made the academy's shortlist but that's no reason to miss out on this twisty treat from writer director lili horvat. siren wails natasha stork is martha, a hungarian neurosurgeon living in the us who returns to her homeland after a fleeting encounter with janos at a conference in newjersey. realising that janos

is "what i've been looking for", martha agrees to a rendezvous in budapest, but when she gets there he insists that he has no memory of meeting her. has martha encountered a doppelganger? is janos just pretending not to know her? or has she simply imagined their relationship, carefully conjuring every detail so even i believe it happened? horvat has cited truffaut and kieslowski alongside hitchcock as influences, although strangely, the emotional tension of her film reminded me at times of the superb french thriller tell no—one. impressively, horvat manages to keep

all the narrative options open forfar longer than should be credible. with martha and janos playing an unspoken game of cat and mouse as they follow each other through a city whose distinct districts seem to mirror and map her internal conflicts. part ghost story, part love story, this playfully mysterious film is a joy to watch, with stork drawing us deep into martha's kaleidoscopic world while horvat toys expertly with the tricks of memory and the mind. you can find it on curzon home cinema. this sunday the 21st is world down syndrome day. on thursday, the brilliant british movie my feral heart starring steven brandon had its terrestrial and network premiere on bbc four, and it's now available on iplayer. it's a real indie gem, of which writer producer duncan paveling significantly said that inspiration came

from the similarities and experiences that we all share regardless of needs, adding that this story is about ability not disability. that's a sentiment that also rings true with amber and me, a beautiful and uplifting documentary about childhood, friendship and education that's available for home viewing from sunday. amber, do you want to taste a bit of the cake now? time for the taste test. focusing on twin sisters amber and olivia, and directed by their dad, ian davies, the film follows the girls as they start school together, embarking on different journeys that will see each challenged in different ways. she just finds it a bit trickier. now she doesn't want to go to school as much. it's impossible not to feel deeply involved in the world of these sisters who share a palpable bond that is tested by the classroom environment, but that also proves unbreakable. dad? are you going to go

to school tomorrow? i don't want to. how are you feeling? sad. sad? the honesty with which the camera catches them both at work and at play is terrific. it's like being in a room with friends and family watching these two young people grow, wishing only the best for their future. it really is a lovely film. for details of how to see it, go to amberandmefilm.com. i'll leave you with news that following a lengthy fan fuelled campaign, zack snyder's directors cut of the 2017 flop justice league has been completed and is now available for home viewing. the original theatrical release was finished byjoss whedon after snyder left due to a family tragedy and was universally panned by critics, myself included.

this new cut, which clocks in at a heaven's gate style four hours, restores the film to snyder's original vision, producing a substantially different experience that's been enthusiastically embraced by ha rd—core devotees. life is either one or zero, it's to be or not to be. not both. for me, justice league has problems no amount of re—cutting could solve, and the endless video game cg effects, some of which is still look shonky, to the wooden dialogue, flatpack characters, despite an abundance of additional character building, and risibly overburdened plot. i mean, we have to try, don't we? we have to try. but i do understand the desire to see the movie as it was intended, and having spent four hours doing just that i can tell you that this is an improvement on the disastrously disjointed 2017 cut. it may be bloated and turgid, but at least it's coherently bloated and uniformly turgid.

you can judge zack snyder's justice league for yourself on sky cinema. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review, stay safe and i'll see you next week. you're alan mcgee? as i live and breathe! hello. sunday should be a dry day for most of us, there will be sunshine from time to time as well. today where we had the best sunshine across parts of eastern scotland, the north—east of england down to lincolnshire, we saw temperatures up to 16, even 17 degrees. that was ahead of this weather front here. it is a very weak weather front and may produce a little drizzle overnight. as it heads southwards, mind you, it starts to change the air mass, so it brings in slightly cooler air in time for sunday so i don't think we will see temperatures as high as 16 or 17 degrees even with some sunshine. here is where our weather front

is and that's bringing in a few spots of drizzle as it moves down to the south—west overnight. some clearer skies following for a while, although more cloud will arrive into the north—west of scotland. where we have the clearest skies for longer, around lothian, tayside and fife, temperatures could get close to freezing, it should be a milder night than last night across south—eastern parts of england. the south—west, still quite cloudy in the morning, few spots of drizzle, the north—west of scotland sees more cloud coming in, a bit misty in the hills but elsewhere dry, there will be some sunshine and the weather should brighten up in the south—west as well. the winds should be fairly light but as i say the area should be slightly cooler, and temperatures will be ten or 12 degrees, a bit chillier perhaps in norfolk, but also in the north—west of scotland. high pressure there is in charge, still, as we head into the start of the new week and it is keeping these weather fronts at bay for the time being. there will be more of a breeze in the north—west of scotland, could be a few spots of drizzle here with more in the way of cloud but otherwise the wind should be fairly light and it should be dry

and there will be sunshine at times. those temperatures aren't really changing much, they are near—normal really for this time of year. moving ahead into tuesday, a similar sort of picture for many parts of the country, probably more of a breeze picking up through the day on tuesday, mind you, and this band of rain on a weather front is not far away from the north—west of scotland, so those temperatures again, 12, maybe 13 degrees or so. the high pressure is keeping it quiet for the start of the week but it slips away into continental europe, allowing this band of rain to move across the country, opening the door to more atlantic air and lower pressure as well. so that means the weather turns more unsettled as we head further into next week. most of the rain and stronger winds in the north—west, and it'll be drier and brighter towards the south—east.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of people take part in protests across europe, against coronavirus lockdown measures. demonstrations in istanbul as turkey's criticised for pulling out of a treaty protecting women and girls. tu rkey�*s turkey's main opposition party has put it like this. women will be kept as a second—class citizens and left to be killed. in australia, thousands of people are moved to safety as the country's eastern coast�*s battered by heavy rain and flash floods. and, coming to life after 800 years — a volcano erupts 30 kilometres outside iceland's capital reykjavic.