from his apartment in a bucket. here we are, down at ground level. chicks in a bucket. mum is over here. i couldn't bring them down the lift, they couldn't hear the mother and she couldn't hear them. but in a bucket it is like a megaphone, itjust amplifies the sound. they could hear her and she could hear them, so it was a win—win situation. my work here is done. except it isn't. now we've got operation mallard two! we do indeed. she came back four weeks ago and started looking around my balcony, she moved to another planter which has low grasses in it and she has decided she's going to nest there. we now have 11 eggs and everything is fine and we have got about another week to go. success, operation mallard, absolute success. here's to the next one. ian haslam, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear.

good afternoon. the best of the sunshine for saturday was certainly first thing. shower cloud developed through the latter stages of the morning, and some of those showers are quite heavy and slow—moving, so if you're out during the early evening, that's worth bearing in mind. overnight, those showers will tend to fade away. and under clearer skies, we do it all again. that means temperatures likely to fall close to orjust below freezing, the blue tones denoting where we could see a frost first thing in rural areas. a chilly start to sunday, patchy mist easing away to sunny spells and scattered showers. once again, some of these could be heavy with hail and thunder. all change for bank holiday monday. this area of low pressure expected to come in off the atlantic, some wet and windy weather arrives through northern ireland, gradually moving into southern scotland, north—west england and wales, perhaps staying showery in the far north of scotland, and south—east england should stay dry until the end of the afternoon. top temperatures 7—12 celsius.

hello, you're watching bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. the headlines: a change in guidance on care homes — from tuesday, residents in england will be able to visit relatives without having to self—isolate when they return. india becomes the first country to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. five people are arrested on suspicion of terror offences, including a 16—year—old boy, as police target three locations across the uk. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode,

rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in the home while we look forward to cinemas reopening in a few weeks. at the recent 93rd academy awards, chinese film—maker chloe zhao became only the second woman ever to win the oscar for best director, repeating kathryn bigelow�*s hurt locker triumph when nomadland also won best picture. ijust looked up the value on your van. with that high a mileage, you're looking about $5,000 at the most. i'd probably recommend taking that money and putting it towards a different vehicle. no, well, i can't do that. i can't do that. see? cos... all right. i spent a lot of time and money building the inside out, - and a lot of people don't understand

the value of that. _ but it's not something like... i live in there. it's my home. frances mcdormand, earning her third best actress oscar, stars as fern, a recently widowed woman who finds herselfjoining america's nomadic community, discovering a new life on the road. here, she meets people who found a different way of living and starts to reassess her own past, present and future. we workhorses had to gather together and take care of each other. and that's what this is all about. accepting her oscar, zhao noted that "i have always found goodness in the people i've met everywhere i went in the world." that's a sentiment that runs throughout her third feature, a tone poem with western genre inflections, inspired byjessica bruder�*s nonfiction 2017 book, finding rich seams of human kindness running deep

within the margins of society. one of the things i love most about this life, there's no final goodbye. we just say, "i'll see you down the road." and i do. building on the experiences of her previous films, songs my brothers taught me and the rider, zhao here mixes seasoned professionals like mcdormand and david strathairn with screen first—timers playing close to home, lending a real authenticity to the proceedings. beautifully lensed by dp joshua james richards, who captures the harsh beauty of the midwest, nomadland is a wide—screen experience that will be in uk cinemas from may 17. in the meantime, you can find it online on disney+. from the sublime to the ridiculous, with wild mountain thyme, a ripe slice of cod irish whimsy that makes the fluffy �*905 charmer

waking ned look like a hard—hitting ken loach documentary and gives the 2010 stinker leap year a run for its money as the most preposterous tosh ever to grace the emerald isle. anthony! are you all right? i'm fine. what were you doing out there? fishing. that was fishing? yeah. emily blunt and jamie dornan are star—crossed pair rosemary and anthony, who grew up on neighbouring farms and who were clearly made for each other, despite anthony's bizarre inability to pop the question. would you marry me? enterjon hamm's american relative adam, who quickly gets the hots for rosemary and her land after being offered the chance to buy the family farm, which anthony's father feels he is ill—suited to inherit. i don't see a clear path. from where to where?

from me to you. the fact that anthony's rural irish father is played by native new yorker christopher walken should set alarm bells ringing, not least because walken�*s screen accents generally range from queens to brooklyn to manhattan's little italy, with the occasional hint of second—generation sicilian gangster, perhaps, but essentially not going beyond the boundaries of the five boroughs. indeed, from the moment walken�*s narrator tony riley says... welcome to ireland. ..you know you're about to spend the next 90 minutes in the company of somebody doing the worst irish accent since a ginger—haired mickey rourke uttered the immortal words... i saw myself laying on the street, dying, not wanting to die. ..in the toe—curling �*805 thriller a prayerfor the dying. that man was mad as the full moon, drowned himself. although wild mountain thyme may have been largely shot in scenic county mayo, with the support of screen ireland, walken�*s accent takes us on a madcap tour that swings from the hollywood

highlands of brigadoon, to the australian—american merriment of tom and nicole in far and away, via the horrors of sean connery�*s crimes against language in darby o'gill and the little people. is it putting a coward's name on me, you are? ah, no, no. as for the rest of the film, which is adapted by oscar, pulitzer and tony award winner john patrick shanley, it's a mix of rom—com cliches and "pinch me so i know i'm not dreaming" plot contrivances that seem to have been cooked up after a night on the ale in one of those terrible theme pubs where drunken americans sing along to the pogues while loudly reminiscing about a country that they claim to love but have never actually been to. my god in heaven, you look the worse for it. well, thanks much. you don't look perfect yourself. you can find outjust how bad it is for yourself from all major uk digital retailers. after the car—crash insanity of wild mountain thyme, there's something almost reassuringly boring about without remorse, a plodding thriller adapted from tom clancy's

�*905 novel of the same name. we fought for what america could be. but they crossed the line. they brought that war into my house. that contract is broken. they're going to play by my rules now. michael bjordan stars as navy seal john kelly, akajohn clark, who finds himself the target of an assassination plot, picking off members of the squad with whom he undertook a rescue operation in war—torn syria. having lost his wife and unborn child, kelly embarks — without remorse — on hunting down the killers, putting him at loggerheads with the russians and americans alike, as everybody double crosses everybody else and all problems are solved by running, punching, shooting, shouting, stabbing and generally blowing things up, much like the rainbow six video games to which this owes a debt. did you know russia was dealing weapons out

of aleppo when we went in? we had a feeling. you can't fault the pedigree of this amazon original movie, with the charismaticjordan — star of black panther and creed — being joined on screen by the likes ofjodie turner—smith, who was electrifying in queen and slim, guy pearce — currently wowing audiences in the sky series mare of easttown — and the infinitely versatile jamie bell. i need to be on that team. yet somehow director stefano sollima, whose previous credits include the gomorrah tv series and the big screen sicario sequel, squanders their talents, delivering a lumping actioner that trudges drearily from one set piece to the next, with lots of huffing and puffing but zero emotional engagement. for all the on—screen fireworks, this lackluster affair fails to generate any real dramatic sparks. it's available now on amazon prime video. if you want something that really gets under your skin, then let me direct you instead to the extraordinary mexican drama identifying features.

directed and co—written by fernanda valadez, the film follows magdalena, searching for her son, who went missing en route to the us border. meanwhile, another young man is deported from the us and finds himself in the same militia—ridden badlands to which magdalena is led. together, they search for lost family members, finding common cause amid a landscape that can be both beautiful and terrifying. the winner of several international festival prizes, including an audience award at sundance, this riveting directorial feature debut marks valadez as a major film—making talent.

it's an astonishingly assured and adventurous piece that mixes personal and political elements, in a narrative that is part—thriller, part—heartbreaking family saga and part—magical realist horror story — a descent into the inferno that has its feet firmly on the ground, even as it crosses the border into fantastical nightmare. haunting cinematography by claudia becerril and a soul—shakingly eerie score by claricejensen completes the picture, making this a must see. you can find identifying features exclusively on bfi player. i'll leave you with news of something altogether more upbeat, the animated fantasy the mitchells vs the machines, which is new to netflix. the last humans must be here somewhere. wait. they're coming.

is that a burnt—orange 1993 station wagon? who are these unstoppable warriors? we're the mitchells, the only people who can save the world. super sorry, everyone. co—produced by phil lord and christopher miller, the geniuses behind the lego movie, the film plays out in a world in which robots derived from next—generation mobile technology are taking over the planet, led by a tetchy ai named pal, voiced by olivia colman. you treated me like this! swipe, poke, poke. humanity�*s only hope is the mitchells, a typically dysfunctional nuclear family, with old—fashioned dad, heroic mum, dinosaur—obsessed son and daughter katie, whose dreams of film school have been inconveniently interrupted by the annoying robot apocalypse.

packed with smart gags about modern addictions — hey, who could have guessed that big tech companies didn't have our best interests at heart — and boasting the same comic tension between high—voltage action and small—time family squabbling that made the incredibles such a treat, the mitchells vs the machines put a smile on my face from start to finish. so we just do that, right? at times, i was reminded of the oddball charm of the diary of a wimpy kid books, to which this owes an inspirational debt. it certainly passed the "six laughs" test with flying colours. you can find it on netflix. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe and i'll see you next week. how about we put our phones down and we can make ten seconds of unobstructed family eye contact?

see, this is good right here. this is natural. hi there, good evening. welcome to sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. coming up on tonight's programme: on the verge of becoming premier league champions again — manchester city beat crystal palace to move within touching distance of the title. swansea dent derby's hopes of survival, in a dramatic day at the bottom of the championship. max verstappen is left thinking of what could have been as valtteri bottas claims pole for the portuguese grand prix, with lewis hamilton second. and agony for geraint thomas, who misses out on taking the yellow jersey at the tour de romandie after crashing just short of the finishing line.