projects of chicago's cabrini green. fast forward to the present, and the area's being gentrified with luxury loft condos. it's a comfortable life for visual artist anthony, played by yahya abdul—mateen ii and his gallery director partner, brianna played by teyonah parris. at least until anthony decides that the best way to get artistic inspiration is to invoke said candyman. let's just say his new exhibition hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons. say his name. candyman. ah! if you are looking for scares, then candyman has plenty of suspenseful scenes and a few very gory moments. but it's also darkly funny and thought—provoking. expertly directed by nia dacosta, this is co—produced and co—written byjordan peel, the man behind get out and us.

like those filsm, candyman explores the monstrous aspects of real people, notjust supernatural ones, and delivers a contemporary cynical spin and archetypes from the art world. well, on the one hand this comedy reinforces stereotypes about powerful wealthy people, the casting subtly bucks tradition, very few of these characters are played by white men. the same cannot be said of the many police officers in this film. this has a lot to say about police brutality and race relations. candyman also has a very distinct visual identity, from its opening font, to its flash backs told by shadow puppetry. honestly, this is such an interesting film, i could write a thesis on it. i'm sure students will be doing so for years to come. candyman. no! candyman! ugh! 0h! don't say his name. don't follow me. it's in cinemas now, and if you want to see

the original candyman, it's on netflix now. they sing. our story is older than these hills and glens. it was springtime, and we had one thing on our minds... ..boys. but it was more of an innocent time, the force of the media and mobile phones changed everything forever. it was 1996. as a former catholic schoolgirl, i was intrigued to see the new comedy drama our ladies, about choir girls running riot in 1990s edinburgh. this is based on the award—winning novel the sopranos by alan warner, which was taken to the stage as our ladies of perpetual succour, the name of the school in the rural highlands. now simply called our ladies,

it follows choir of trilling teens who have won a place in edinburgh competition. they are taken there by choir mistress, sister condron, who is played by kate dickey in a rare and welcome comedic role. rather rashly she lets the girls decide what to do with their free time in the big city. i mean, how much mischief can a group of schoolgirls really get up to? yeah, you guessed it, a lot. fresh meat — three o'clock. three o'clock. having exhausted most of the romantic and sexual opportunities in their small highland town, orla, tallulah greive, chell, rona morrison and kyla, marli siu, head off on the pole, complete with a supersized bottle of cola spiked with vodka. meanwhile, finnoula, played by abigail lawrie cycles off on a secret mission, where she bumps into head girl, kay, played by eve austin. what follows is a witty whistle

stop tour of edinburgh hunts. whether they are ruling the karaoke or winding up the local coppers, these girls are brimming with indestructible teenage confidence. but, of course, there are serious dramas underneath from friendships in crisis to cancer. while i think this film would've benefited from more women behind the scenes, caton—jones does a good job of bringing the characters to life with a great cast to capture the story's mischievous spirit. our ladies is in cinemas now. are you ready to order, sir? yeah, i think so. we will start with a dozen oysters and the shrimp i cocktail. my princess will have - the chateaubriand, and i'll do the whole roasted sea bass. let's start with a bottle - of white, and then we will have red with our dinner, whatever goes best with our food. - don't look at him, i've . told you what we wanted. thank you. you're embarrassing. and you're exhausting.

how? everything is going to be fine. from 1996 to 1986, where jude law stars as a volatile father in the nest. an unsettling claustrophobic drama, the nest sees a family of four uprooted from the states to rural england. rich rory has found what he thinks is in irresistible business opportunity in london and rents a huge country house that's entirely impractical, just one sign of his impulsive nature and unrealistic ambition. there is a flavour of the mosquito coast as he drags his family into his schemes, but this also feels like a very personal work from writer/director, sean durkin. who gave us the brilliant martha marcy may marlene in 2011. carrie puts in a riveting performance as rory�*s equestrian wife, alison, a strident sardonic women

going through a range of emotions over the course of this film. i remember really enjoying her performance as ben affleck�*s sister, margo, in gone girl, and as a cult leader in tvs the sinner. jude law, meanwhile, delivers a suitably manic performance, but he is particularly good when we are let in on rory�*s more private moments. what with this and tv�*s the third day, jude law seems to be on a roll, and he is joined by a strong supporting cast, including adeel akhtar, anne reid, and michael culkin, who incidentally also had a role in the original candyman film. exploring themes including masculinity, gender and family, the nest is a rewarding watch that's made all the more intense by durkin�*s use of horror stylings. what is happening? you are all strangers to me right now! all of you! you're embarrassing. and you're exhausting. wmsmzks: this is - what we always wanted. it's in cinemas now.

an egyptian teenager leads a double life in the new drama souad. 19—year—old souad played by bassant ahmed wears her veil in public, but her social media tells a different story. she shares flirty photos and texts with her boyfriend, ahmed, whom she's never met. heryoungersister, rabab, played by basmala el ghaiesh observes all of this and plays an increasingly key role in this film of two halves. it's a fascinating and disturbing look at the contradiction of young girls lives in modern day urban egypt.

film—maker ayten amin draws excellence performances from her cast of newcomers, and everyday scenes become riveting under her keen observational eye. i could've watched the opening bus scene, in which souad tells various strangers tall stories about her fiance, for hours. and there is a subtle bathroom moment that speaks volumes about repressed female sexuality. souad's second half isn't quite as strong as its first, but it is still a real find when it comes to thoughtful art—house fare. it's in cinemas now, including london's bfi southbank, spotted their season on contemporary arab cinema. ten, ten, through the course of this, there's been a terrorist incident. a what? they were speaking their own

language, they weren't - speaking in english. you don't think they could've been speaking welsh? this gentleman was sent by a crime family who are intent on taking over your turf. hand over you takings! how much is it? £1.20. oh, come on! last week, i mentioned michael smiley�*s great supporting turn in the horror film, sensor, this week, he is back in a leading role in a thriller, the toll. smiley plays a tollbooth worker in rural wales. he is rarely troubled by passing traffic, but that suits him just fine. he's a criminal lying low and figures that no one will find him in the middle of nowhere. but, of course, one day, a driver recognises him and his past threatens to catch up with him. his previous life is a mystery, but his calm and ruthless demeanour speaks volumes. humorously, it turns out that he is far from the only criminal in this remote corner of west wales. pretty much everyone else is up to no good, apart from one cop

played by anne. the amusing supporting cast includes game of thrones star iwan rheon, sightseers, steve ohram, and comedian paul kaye, who plays an eccentric ambulance driver. the addition of a female elvis impersonator and her sidekick feels superfluous, so the toll is a bit crowded. but it's a very enjoyable watch for fans of dark british crime comedy. where did you get this car? it's in cinemas and on digital now. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. i'll be back next week. in the meantime, stay safe. you might prefer my usual technique, cave his head in with a brick, blame it on the gypsies. they're travellers, though. travellers travel. they're gypsies.

hello. the weather on the last weekend of august last year didn't cover itself in glory — a high ofjust 16 throughout the weekend in edinburgh, in birmingham and manchester. it is going to be warmer this weekend, at least to start with. it's going to be dry throughout the weekend with this area of high pressure that's going to last into next week as well, although as the weekend goes on, there will be more cloud and breeze, so it will start to feel a bit cooler once again. and actually quite chilly as the weekend begins in rural spots, with temperatures into single figures. but in the sunshine, we're all going to warm up really quite nicely as the day goes on. there will be some areas of cloud in north—west scotland, some patches of cloud in eastern scotland and in england, though a lot of this will start to break up to allow some sunshine to come through, increasingly so in the afternoon. on the breeze, it's quite stiff in east anglia and south—east england. a stray shower can't be ruled out, and the breeze pushing

into north sea coasts will keep temperatures right along the coast close to16, 17 degrees. but for many, it's low 20s, and up to 23 in glasgow, so very pleasantly warm in some of that sunshine. and it will stay dry through saturday night, but notice how the cloud is increasing into scotland, north—east england and into northern ireland. here, temperatures will be hotting up compared with the night before. so, as we start sunday, there will be more cloud across scotland, northern ireland, north—east england, pushing in across more of eastern england during the day. the lion's share of sunday's sunny spells will be in wales, parts of the midlands and southern england. and this is where the temperatures will be highest. whereas elsewhere, it will feel a bit cooler and the breeze is starting to pick up more widely as well, coming in from the north—east. as this area of high pressure just backs a little bit more towards the north—west of us, allowing more of us to feel that east or north—easterly breeze going through monday and into the week ahead.

it may be a bank holiday where you are, there will be a lot of cloud around on monday, so only limited sunny spells. so you'll notice by then the temperatures have come down a few degrees. just towards the south—west of the uk, where we'll see most of the sunshine, breaking into the 20s. so, it will feel cooler next week. there will be a lot of cloud around, just occasional sunny spells coming through. and it's still dry, with that high pressure in control as we get into september.

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