jodie foster is nancy hollander, the lawyer who takes on his case with an assistant terri duncan, played by big little lies star shailene woodley and benedict cumberbatch is the lieutenant colonel tasked with tying him to terrorist atrocities. i have never been part of a conspiracy but i am starting to think that this is what it must feel like to be on the outside of one. what exactly are you accusing me of? one of the challenges faced by director kevin mcdonald, whose career has shifted between fiction and documentaries is how to make the mauritian�*s revelations more dramatic, and many viewers will be well aware of what went on at guantanamo. it's an endeavour in which he is hugely aided by his riveting performance which lends a very personal edge to the proceedings, drawing us deeper into the nightmare of his individual ordeal i'm like a statue! ironically, for all the horrors

of his imprisonment, the mauritanian works best as a portrait of an unbreakable spirit, of someone who came through this ordeal and survived. while both the story and the film making may be somewhat familiar, rahim's performance lifts this out of the ordinary. the mauritanian is on amazon prime video now. a couple of weeks ago i reviewed locked down, made on the fly during the pandemic and it was fine but fun. the same cannot be said of chaos walking, a bloated sci—fi epic which doug liman shot back in 2017 which is only now crawling out on digital nearly four years later, presumably in the hope that no one will notice. there was a terrible crash. adapted from a popular ya source by patrick ness, author of the brilliant a monster calls, chaos walking

plays out on a colonised planet where the men can all hear each other�*s thoughts. an interesting idea that owes a debt to the books and radio shows of douglas adams, but which is here visualised with a silly purple fog that looks like some kind of psychic body odour. woah! stop! don't come any closer! girl, girl. where are you from? it's a girl. girl. sorry, i'm sorry. i've never seen a girl before. onto this planet falls viola, played by star wars heroine daisy ridley, who teams up with tom holland's youthful renegade, todd. it's strange for me too not knowing what's going on in your head. legend has it that all the women in todd's tribe were killed in a war with the indigenous spackle. and yes, they really are called the spackle. stop laughing at the back. but one look at mads mikkelsen�*s sinister mayor tells you that foul deeds are afoot, which is fitting since watching this is rather

like stepping in a big pile of poo. get in the boat! i can't swim! you won't have to! get in! originally scripted by an uncredited charlie kaufman, chaos walking was a chaotic production from the outset, beset by endless re—writes, reshoots, dismal test screenings and disastrous word—of—mouth. the result, which cost around $100 million, is simply one of the stupidest and most boringly inept sci—fi fantasies i have ever seen. a movie that makes the dystopian maze runner and divergent films look every bit as ground—breaking as blade runner. i'd rather stay with you, todd. i'd rather be with you. kiss me, todd. kiss me, kiss me. seriously, compared to tom holland arguing with the animated purple haze of his thoughts, the sight of sean connery in a posing pouch climbing positively sensible. chaos walking is available for premium rental on all digital platforms now. in the 2002 documentary

lost in la mancha, bafta nominated producer lucy darling captured the unfinished story of the ill—fated attempt to make his dream project the man who killed don quixote. now in he dreams of giants, she re—teams to watch gillion ——gilliam finally complete the project on which he began work nearly 30 years earlier. prepare to die, foul and fearsome giant! there is a revised script and a new cast withjonathan price as the man who believes he is quixote, and adam driver stepping into the shoes originally filled by johnny depp as the somewhat empty director who becomes sancho panza. as before there are huge battles to be fought, not least with gilliam's

health, which at one point it seems to fail him just as the finishing post is in sight. am i dying here? after all of this time, on the film, and i died before finish? yet he has always been a good soldier for cinema. someone who refuses to take defeat lying down and is willing to do whatever it takes to get their vision on screen. it is often said that trauma is conflict and there is no shortage of conflict here as gilliam rails against the movie gods who seemed determined to thwart his efforts. but while it can be painful watching a filmmaker going through hell, he dreams of giants captures the agony and ecstasy of the creative process, offering what is ultimately a celebration of one of cinema's great mavericks. a modern quixote. towards the end, you sit there pondering, did you change the world? did you make a difference?

you can find he dream of giants on digital platforms now, along with the man who killed don quixote which is also available on dvd and blu—ray. one of the award seasons big contenders is minari, a multi—award winning drama with multiple nominations including best picture at the oscars and best film not in english language at the baftas. steven, look! they're wheels! a korean couple who relocate from california to arkansas where jacob dreams of starting his own farm. monica is worried about the fate of their family particularly their young son david who has a heart condition that prevents him from any form of physical exertion. enter a scene stealing grandmother who comes to live with the family and who rivals

the performance in lucky grandma as the screen's most lovably irascible oap. meanwhile will patton is paul, an eccentric korean war veteran and religious fanatic who helps jacob on the farm between performing impromptu exorcisms and dragging a large cross of the highway. it is clear from the outset that faith will be a central theme of minari, which takes its name from a weed—like vegetable that can thrive in the toughest of circumstances and significantly flourishes in its second season after dying and being reborn. that theme of rebirth runs throughout the film, which boasts the kind of trial by fire tests and everyday miracles beloved of best picture contenders. yet what makes minari more than just another formulaic

feel—good film is the grit with which cheung evokes the hard—scrabble lives of the characters. balancing the dreamy elements of the drama with a naturalism that keeps it rooted in reality. aided by a superb score that forms a bridge between the mundane and the magical realist elements. minari is available on demand and through virtual cinema screenings now, and then in drive—in cinemas from april the 12th. i'll leave you with news of godzilla versus kong, the latest instalment in picture's is expanding monster—verse. this is our only chance. you have to take it. the plot, if you can call it a plot, finds kong

being returned to his mythical homeland crossing paths with the fire breathing lizard while a sinister corporation manufactures a showdown with a potentially even more destructive adversary. it's godzilla. of the previous series instalments, my favourite was kong: skull island, not least because he managed to wrestle a franchise behemoth into a silly oddity that tipped its hat towards apocalypse now, hell in the pacific and even cannibal holocaust, like an indie movie thatjust happened to cost millions and millions of dollars. there is little of that quirkiness in this latest instalment helmed by adam wingard whose directorial cv includes you're next, and the 2016 blair witch reboot. the plot makes no sense, even by monster movie standards. the characters are paper—thin and the wanton destruction

is so inconsequential that it becomes hard to care, especially when viewed at home rather than on a massive cinema screen. while the big creatures fighting can be fun, the biggest problem with godzilla versus kong is that it keeps reminding you of all the other films you would rather be watching, from the original 1954 godzilla, still an atom—age classic, to pacific rim, the high watermark of giants punching massive monsters. still, godzilla versus kong does what it says and it's available to rent from a range of vod platforms now. that's it for this week, thank you for watching, stay safe and i'll see you next week. pretty boy! i'm not pretty, i'm good—looking! hello there. it's likely to be a dry day for most of the united kingdom today, but there will be contrasts. where we keep the cloud

as we had yesterday, temperatures will be held into high single figures, but in the sunshine, potentially 14—15. now, under the starry skies, that's where we see the frost as we start this saturday morning, but you can see the thicker cloud across northern scotland, central and eastern england, perhaps east wales. and there could also be a little bit of mist and fog where we've kept the clear skies as well. but the day is likely to give us quite a bit of cloud across central and eastern areas. it's likely to lift a little as we go through the day and the skies brighten. similarly so across northern scotland, we keep quite a bit. for the likes of lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east, though, it could remain overcast all day. and with that keen breeze still quite gusty through the channel, only eights and nines, but 13—15 in the sunnier spells. now, as we go through the evening and overnight, we tend to thicken our cloud in the north, but under the starry skies elsewhere, again we can expect a touch of frost. but you may have noticed the approach of some rain for the north of scotland, and that's the start of the transition to much colder air. it's this particular weather front here, as you can see, and behind it, there's arctic air following. so, we are going to have

another blast of cold air as we head through in towards easter monday, but for sunday, easter day, a little bit of mist and fog around. actually, we should see a bit more sunshine for england and wales, but cloudier skies with rain for scotland followed by snow and cloudier skies for northern ireland. eventually, we'll see some of that wet weather coming in through the afternoon. but notice the temperatures. we've lost that keen north—easterly. they're a little bit higher temporarily. but overnight sunday into monday, that weather front introduces that colder air right the way across the uk, an arctic blast for all of us. and notjust the cold air, but a strong to gale—force north wind, as well, which will accentuate the chill. clearly, the showers are quite prevalent for northern scotland, but they may well work their way down through the irish sea, down the east coast of both england and scotland as well. but there should be some sunshine between, but itjust will feel much colder, more like winter. these are the temperatures on the thermometer, but you add

on that wind—chill, and it will feel significantly colder. so, big changes afoot, and that may well last into the start of the new week into tuesday, as well, as you can see. as ever, you can keep up to date on the weather on the website. that's where all the warnings are. bye— bye.

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