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 squealing. 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. dramatic music. 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! pretty cold out there for the time of the year. not something most of us particularly crave in april. you can see even some icy patches there, wintry showers, strong northerly winds. you know, it is what it is.

widespread frost early in the morning on tuesday, as well, below freezing even right down to the south coast of england as well but with that crisp sunshine, it's actually dry, very dry arctic air coming in from the north. that's what also makes it feel particularly cold but notice some of these wintry showers carried on those strong northerly winds will make theirjourney all the way down towards the south, and those winds will be gusting around 30, 40, even 50 mph in scotland. so, gale—force winds there with the snow. these are the temperatures — 2 in aberdeen, we might briefly squeeze in an 8 in cardiff but then you've got the strong winds and i think for most of us, it'll hover around about 0 celsius in those cold northerly gusts. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

with me are katy balls, deputy political editor of the spectator and anne ashworth, personal finance and property commentator. according to the financial times, borisjohnson is heading for a showdown with his own mps after he's reportedly backing domestic "covid passports". the metro says the race is on, in england, to book your table outdoors for next monday, after borisjohnson confirmed pubs and restaurants can reopen, in the next big step out of lockdown. the i reports that april the 12th will mark a major step on the road map for england, after the prime minister confirmed four key tests for containing the virus have been passed. the guardian carries borisjohnson�*s pledge that life in england will start returning to "some semblance of normality" injune, but it says he refused to say

when foreign holidays could resume. meanwhile the daily telegraph picks out the prime minister saying normailty is still "some way off", as it emerged that some measures to counter covid—19 could remain in place even after all adults had been offered a vaccine. and the daily mail asks if weekly tests, no foreign travel, jab passports, social distancing and a new warning of third wave all amounts to what can be described as "freedom". so, let's begin. welcome to you both. anne can assert with you? johnson pledges to return to a summons of normality and outward semblance is the key word in all of this is in it?— all of this is in it? absolutely, the prime _ all of this is in it? absolutely, the prime minister's - all of this is in it? absolutely, the prime minister's tone - all of this is in it? absolutely, - the prime minister's tone throughout his press conference was very

cautious. he has heard some words from the government scientists that speu from the government scientists that spell out that there could be a third wave if afterjune the 21st there are too many freedoms and he made it quite clear that the way forward is fraught with danger. i mean, it was a very, very low—key cautious statement from the prime minister and he even said that he would be downing his first pint cautiously but irreversibly and it is clear that foreign holidays, we should not necessarily plan them yet. and vaccine passports are very likely to be on their way.— likely to be on their way. clients alwa s likely to be on their way. clients always seem — likely to be on their way. clients always seem to _ likely to be on their way. clients always seem to come _ likely to be on their way. clients always seem to come up - likely to be on their way. clients always seem to come up don't l likely to be on their way. clients i always seem to come up don't they when we talk about the lockdown, anne? sticking blake included this road map now, he has learned perhaps

from what his mistakes were five or six months ago. —— sticking like glue... six months ago. -- sticking like clue. .. , , , , six months ago. -- sticking like clue... , , , , ' :: glue... there is the sense number 10 ist in: to glue... there is the sense number 10 is trying to ultimately _ glue. .. there is the sense number 10 is trying to ultimately under- is trying to ultimately under promise _ is trying to ultimately under promise and over deliver rather than the opposite which is what defined the opposite which is what defined the previous year. interesting sticking — the previous year. interesting sticking to the road map because boris _ sticking to the road map because borisjohnson can stick sticking to the road map because boris johnson can stick to his sticking to the road map because borisjohnson can stick to his road map yet— borisjohnson can stick to his road map yet he — borisjohnson can stick to his road map yet he could get to the 215t of june and _ map yet he could get to the 215t of june and still have a lot of restrictions and covert related measures and our lives because of these _ measures and our lives because of these government reviews which are almost _ these government reviews which are almost baked into the road map and first unveiled several weeks ago because — first unveiled several weeks ago because things like social distancing are not tied up so much and each _ distancing are not tied up so much and each stage in the road map so you can _ and each stage in the road map so you can still— and each stage in the road map so you can still be on task and still have _ you can still be on task and still have a — you can still be on task and still have a lot — you can still be on task and still have a lot that could be up to —— can still— have a lot that could be up to —— can still be — have a lot that could be up to —— can still be decide up to today. and the daily mail— can still be decide up to today. fific the daily mail like they can still be decide up to today. fific the daily mail like they have in can still be decide up to today. e'"ic the daily mail like they have in the past seem to be echoing some of the

backbench rebel mps of the covid recovery group... call this freedom? normal life may not return this year despite the success. what do you make of this treatment? because i thought anne the prime minister said a few weeks ago that he brought forward the foreign travel advisory group to today from the 12th and i thought we might be getting some sort of detail on that but there was none, was there? it on that but there was none, was there? , . ., ., there? it is quite clear we are auoin to there? it is quite clear we are going to be — there? it is quite clear we are going to be waiting _ there? it is quite clear we are going to be waiting for- there? it is quite clear we are going to be waiting for quite i there? it is quite clear we are| going to be waiting for quite a there? it is quite clear we are - going to be waiting for quite a bit given the third wave now happening in europe and given the great fear of variants. when we saw the prime minister earlier, you can see a man filled with the memory of his own admission to hospital a year ago and how that has changed him and how he is not the devil may care politician that he used to be. he is proceeding

very, very cautiously. and he sounded more like chris whitty in saying making it quite clear to the nations that covid is going to be around with us for a while yet and we should not think that just because of certain dates have set, the problems have all been solved by those dates. find the problems have all been solved by those dates-— those dates. and katy these various review grouos. _ those dates. and katy these various review groups, some _ those dates. and katy these various review groups, some are _ those dates. and katy these various review groups, some are being - those dates. and katy these various review groups, some are being led. those dates. and katy these various i review groups, some are being led by michael gove, aren't they? is this his break in breaks of "we will have the road map that we will follow up but this review is now saying this which means we will have to delay other things" is that how you see it? i other things" is that how you see it? 4' other things" is that how you see it? ~ , , . , it? i think it is perfectly coherent for boris johnson _ it? i think it is perfectly coherent for boris johnson to _ it? i think it is perfectly coherent for boris johnson to say - it? i think it is perfectly coherent for boris johnson to say he - it? i think it is perfectly coherent for boris johnson to say he is - for boris johnson to say he is sticking — for boris johnson to say he is sticking to the road map as he did several— sticking to the road map as he did several times today yet we get to june 21_ several times today yet we get to june 21 and we have to potentially have a _ june 21 and we have to potentially have a two — june 21 and we have to potentially have a two metre social distancing rule in _ have a two metre social distancing rule in place, vaccine passports which _ rule in place, vaccine passports which have _ rule in place, vaccine passports

which have not even been roads —— ruled _ which have not even been roads —— ruled out— which have not even been roads —— ruled out in— which have not even been roads —— ruled out in hospitality and i think what _ ruled out in hospitality and i think what the — ruled out in hospitality and i think what the daily mail is getting at is that what— what the daily mail is getting at is that what people expected whereas a few weeks ago that june the 215t date was — few weeks ago that june the 215t date was widely written about in the press _ date was widely written about in the press with— date was widely written about in the press with all sort of suggestions from _ press with all sort of suggestions from some ministers that it was almost — from some ministers that it was almost freedom day where we get to the end _ almost freedom day where we get to the end of— almost freedom day where we get to the end of this and clearly we are not getting to the end of this anytime _ not getting to the end of this anytime soon. but i think another interesting — anytime soon. but i think another interesting thing in all of this is how does— interesting thing in all of this is how does people's behaviours change with the _ how does people's behaviours change with the vaccines? the government previously— with the vaccines? the government previously has said vaccines are the game _ previously has said vaccines are the game changer, they are still important but i think the message from the _ important but i think the message from the press conference and this testing _ from the press conference and this testing from matt hancock about two tests a _ testing from matt hancock about two tests a week is the key to unlocking is that— tests a week is the key to unlocking is that they're not so much the game changer— is that they're not so much the game changer as— is that they're not so much the game changer as they were, they are one part of— changer as they were, they are one part of the — changer as they were, they are one part of the puzzle which i think his mixed _ part of the puzzle which i think his mixed messaging from what they previously said. and mixed messaging from what they previously said.— mixed messaging from what they previously said. and anne some of the rebel mps _ previously said. and anne some of the rebel mps who _ previously said. and anne some of the rebel mps who want _ previously said. and anne some of the rebel mps who want this - previously said. and anne some of. the rebel mps who want this lockdown to be over much more quickly are saying that the vaccination programme has reached 60%, we are almost at herd immunity, why are we spending all these hundreds of billions now on this test and trace

when the actual test and trace which we can come back quickly is not as accurate as the pcr tests. the prime minister is beginning _ accurate as the pcr tests. the prime minister is beginning to _ accurate as the pcr tests. the prime minister is beginning to prepare - accurate as the pcr tests. the prime minister is beginning to prepare for l minister is beginning to prepare for a big political battle against a 70 of his own mps and the opposition has not worked out exactly how it feels about vexing passport or covid certificates is what they prefer to call them. —— vaccine passports. so we could see unfolding over the summer a great deal of discontent within the government and within the ranks of the tory party over what could lie ahead. katy is quite right. we had thought we would make our great leap to freedom once vaccination had reached a certain level and now, the picture has been so much more muddied but i think this is all as i said before coming against the background of the third wave in europe and also the kind of

intimations from the us this evening that even though they have actually proceeded very well but there vaccination programme, cases are still rising. but i think there are real grounds for optimism because we will be able to go and have a drink outside a pub and we will be able to go to the hairdressers. so i am minded this evening to be thankful for small mercies, actually. you are soundin: for small mercies, actually. you are sounding like _ for small mercies, actually. you are sounding like the _ for small mercies, actually. you are sounding like the prime _ for small mercies, actually. you are sounding like the prime minister . for small mercies, actually. you are| sounding like the prime minister not expect your focus is on a pint outside and going to the hairdresser, not that you need to but in terms of the vaccination programme katy, the case of chilling came up was that israel has done particular well but in case people have not heard the press comes, talk about chile quiz with this was cited as an example by persuading which is that in chile, they have had a fast vaccination programme that they are experiencing a whirring search at the moment. hat experiencing a whirring search at the moment-— experiencing a whirring search at the moment. ., , , , ., the moment. not 'ust cases but also

a surue the moment. not 'ust cases but also a surae in the moment. notjust cases but also a surge in fatalities _ the moment. notjust cases but also a surge in fatalities and _ the moment. notjust cases but also a surge in fatalities and the - a surge in fatalities and the example given was