the government moving forward, and the government will need to do something to address this in the same way it will need to address so many of those longer—term issues. we address so many of those longer-term issues. ~ ., �* address so many of those longer-term issues. ~ . �* ., ., _ issues. we haven't got long, lucy. they have — issues. we haven't got long, lucy. they have to _ issues. we haven't got long, lucy. they have to get — issues. we haven't got long, lucy. they have to get this _ issues. we haven't got long, lucy. they have to get this right. - issues. we haven't got long, lucy. they have to get this right. therel they have to get this right. there are lifetime implications. absolutely full so we know that, if you are _ absolutely full so we know that, if you are well educated, your life chances — you are well educated, your life chances later in life are vastly improved, _ chances later in life are vastly improved, and so we want to make sure that _ improved, and so we want to make sure that everybody has that opportunity. boris johnson spoke during the 2019 election— johnson spoke during the 2019 election of leveling up. now it is understood he is gonna be talking about_ understood he is gonna be talking about catching up, over the next couple _ about catching up, over the next couple of — about catching up, over the next couple of years, this is going to be central— couple of years, this is going to be central to— couple of years, this is going to be central to everything he does... lucy. _ central to everything he does... lucy. i— central to everything he does... lucy. i am — central to everything he does... lucy, i am so sorry, we have run out of time. so much talk about! lucy beresford, joe twyman, thank you much indeed. coming up next, it is the film review. cheerio!

hello, welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new releases for viewing in the home while we look forward to cinemas reopening in may. the brilliant french—algerian actor tahar rahim, star of the tv hit the serpent, got his big break in the 2009 prison drama a prophet, for which he won a best actor cesar. now he's up for a bafta for his lead role in the mauritanian, another tale of captivity, this time in the us�*s notorious detention centre at guantanamo bay.

they made me. they made you as in they coerced you? what do you think? i don't know, you tell me, did they coerce you? shh! you've gotta tell me what happened, mohamedou. you're asking me to set fire to this place, but i'm still sitting here! rahim stars as mohamedou salahi, upon whose real—life prison diaries the fillm is based. having been subjected to extraordinary rendition injordan and afghanistan, salahi was held without charge in the american military prison in cuba for m years. what if you're wrong? we're not. what if you are? elsewhere in the star—studded cast — jodie foster is nancy hollander, the lawyer who takes on salahi's case with assistant terri duncan, played by big little lies star shailene woodley, and benedict cumberbatch is liutenant colonel stuart couch, tasked with tying salahi to terrorist atrocities. i've never been part of a conspiracy, but i'm starting to think that this is what it must feel like to be

on the outside of one. i'm sorry, what exactly are you accusing me of? one of the challenges faced by director kevin macdonald, whose career has shifted between fiction and documentaries, is how to make the mauritian's revelations of torture more dramatic, when many viewers will already be well aware of what went on at guantanamo. it's an endeavour in which he is hugely aided by rahim's riveting central performance, which lends a very personal edge to the proceedings, drawing us deep into the nightmare of salahi's individual ordeal, allowing us to see the world through his eyes. being here, i'm... 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 filmmaking 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, a heist caper made on the fly during the pandemic by director doug liman. it was fine, unremarkable, but kind of fun. the same cannot be said of chaos walking, a bloated sci—fi epic which liman originally shot back in 2017, and 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. whoa! stop! don't come any closer! girl, girl. it's a girl. oh, my gosh.

where are you from? you're a girl. no noise, are you from earth? girl! shut up. sorry, i'm sorry. i've never... 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 was 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 during 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! todd, i can't swim! you won't have to! get in! originally scripted by a now 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, comparare to tom holland arguing with the animated purple haze of his thoughts, the sight of sean connery in a posing pouch climbing into a giant flying head in zardoz looks 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 darwin captured the unfinished story of terry gilliam's ill—fated attempts to make his dream project — the man who killed don quixote. now in he dreams of giants, she re—teams with co—directors keith fulton and louis pepe to watch gilliam finally complete the project on which he began work

nearly 30 years earlier. prepare to die, foul and fearsome giant! laughter boom! the lance pails the sail, boom, and quixote is wrenched from the rocinante, thrown...! there's a revised script and a new cast, withjonathan pryce as the man who believes he is quixote, and adam driver stepping into the shoes originally filled byjohnny 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 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 die before we finish it? yet, like werner herzog, gilliam has always been a good soldierfor cinema — someone who refuses to take defeat lying down and is willing to do whatever it takes to get their vision on screen. it's often said that drama

is conflict and there's 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 both the agony and the 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're sitting 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 gilliam's the man who killed don quixote, which is also available on dvd and blu—ray. now, one of this award season's big contenders is minari, a winning drama from writer—director lee isaac chung, with multiple nominations, including best picture at the oscars and best film not in the english language at the baftas. david, look!

they're wheels! steven yeun and yeri han are jacob and monica yee, a korean couple who relocate from california to arkansas, where jacob dreams of starting his own farm. monica, however, is worried about the fate of their family, particularly young son david, who has a heart condition that prevents him from any form of physical exertion. enter a scene—stealing yuh—jung youn as the grandmother who comes to live with the yee family and who rivals tsai chin's performance in lucky grandma as the screen's most lovably irascible oap. meanwhile, will patton is paul, an eccentric korean war vet and religious fanatic who helps jacob on the farm between performing impromptu exorcisms and dragging

a large cross up the highway. it's 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 that 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 chung evokes the hard—scrabble lives of these characters, balancing the dreamy elements of the drama with a naturalism that keeps it rooted in reality... ..aided by a superb score by emile mosseri that forms a bridge between the mundane and the magical realist elements. child squeals

minari is available on demand and through virtual cinema screenings now, and then in drive—in cinemas from 12 april. i'll leave you with news of godzilla vs kong — the latest instalment in legendary pictures' expanding monsterverse. this is our only chance. we have to take it. the plot, if you can really call it a plot, finds kong being returned to his mythical homeland, crossing paths en route 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 director jordan vogt—roberts managed to wrestle a franchise behemoth into a weirdly sinny literate

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's little of that quirkiness in this latest instalment helmed by adam wingard, whose directorial cv includes you're next, the guest 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 big creatures fighting can be fun, the biggest problem with godzilla vs kong is that it keeps reminding you of all the other films you'd rather be watching, from ishiro honda's original 1954

godzilla — still an atom—age classic — to guillermo del toro's pacific rim — the high watermark of giant mechanoids punching massive monsters. still, godzilla vs kong does what it says and it's available to rent from a range of vod platforms now. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe and i'll see you next week. pretty boy! i'm not pretty, i'm good—looking! hello there. it looks as though easter sunday will be another largely dry and sunny day for many, if you plan on visiting friends and family outside. still under this influence of high pressure, but a change is coming. this weather front slowly arrives into the north—west. that's going to bring more cloud today across scotland and northern ireland, and eventually, by the latter stages of the afternoon, some rain, a strong wind and a noticeably colder feel. but elsewhere, there will be more sunshine,

particularly across eastern england, and temperatures will respond — with highs of 15 degrees. it's a case of "make the most of it", because as that weather front continues to sink its way south, it's going to introduce the colder airfor all of us on easter monday — not only cold air but windy conditions with it as well. so the front clears away early on. sunny spells and scattered showers, but those showers turning increasingly wintry, with some hail, sleet and snow. gusts of winds in excess of a0 mph quite widely is going to make your feel bitterly cold if you're spending any time outside.

this is bbc news, i'm philippa thomas, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the former crown prince ofjordan says he's been placed under house arrest as part of a crackdown on government critics. in a video passed to the bbc, prince hamzah denies any wrongdoing. i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in governance, for the corruption and for the incompetence that has been prevalent in our governing structure for the last 15—20 years. street protests in germany against strict covid measures, as the country's president appeals for national unity. ten ethnic rebel groups in myanmar throw their support behind people protesting against the military�*s power grab.