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the headlines on bbc news... the government's scientific advisory say that benefit by vaccinating healthy 12—15 —year—olds but on the show a marginal gain. to healthy 12-15 -year-olds but on the show a marginal gain.— show a marginal gain. to consider takin: a show a marginal gain. to consider taking a consideration _ show a marginal gain. to consider taking a consideration to - show a marginal gain. to consider taking a consideration to fund - taking a consideration to fund social care reform despite a promise to not increase taxes. police shoot data in a violent extremist to stabbed and injured six people in new zealand. now on bbc news, anna smith presents the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases.
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i'm still slightly reeling from annette, the long and complicated story of a famous comedian called henry, played by adam driver, and his opera singer wife, anne, played by marion cotillard. the title refers to the child they have together. but to say much more about her would be a spoiler. let's just say that things get very surreal after these two have a kid and hit a rocky patch. this is directed with bold visual flare by holy motors helmer, leos carax. and is scripted by the band, sparks, who were recently the subject of edgar wright's documentary. ron and russell mael bring a recognisably quirky humour to the score, and there are moments of intentional hilarity, as driver and cotillard sing in unusual places, including in bed. but the story structure feels haphazard, and the characters are hard to access. i also think this could've used the input of a real standup comedian, even though henry's meant to be losing his touch, his standup scenes seem unfunny and unrealistic.
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still, realism is not the goal with this film, and there are high points for one thing, i enjoyed the performance from simon helberg, after his similar turn as an accomplice in florence fosterjenkins. and there's a duet at the end of the film which is very powerful. this moment delivers a revelatory explanation for a lot of the madness that's preceded it, but it feels like too little too late. a lavish folly, annette is in cinemas now.
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next to marvel�*s first asian superhero — shang—chi and the legend of the ten rings. shang—chi is the son of a master criminal father and a martial artist mother, but he's keeping a low profile, working as a valet in san francisco. going by the name of shawn, he enjoys drinks and karaoke with his best buddy, katy, played by awkwafina. you have the wrong guy! does he look like he can fight? come on, bro! but a spectacular scrap on a bus reveals him to be seriously skilled in the fighting department, with daddy issues to rival luke skywalker. you 0k? katyjoins him on a trip to mako to find his sister and fight against the ten rings organisation. who will be familiar to devotees of the marvel cinematic universe. directed by destin daniel cretton,
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this is also the first marvel film where the majority of the cast are asian or of asian descent. shang—chi. shawn—chi. no, shang—chi. shawn—chi. shang... shawn... shang. shawn... s—h—a—n—g — shang. shang? _ yeah. star, simu liu makes a likeable lead and is joined by seasoned actors, michelle yeoh and tony leung, with meng er zhang making an impressive screen debut as shang—chi's sister. marvel regular benedict wong also makes a welcome return. but once again, the secret weapon is that fabulous awkwafina, and her irreverent comic relief. even if she's also there to explain everything in very simple terms. personally, i could have done without the return of ben kingsley as hammy actor trevor slattery, who first appeared in iron man 3. and his fluffy cg sidekick seems aimed to please purely small kids and the merchandising department.
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that aside, the film is fantastic to look at, from visual effects to costumes, all the departments are at the top of their game here. shang—chi is an entertaining blockbuster that should please fans of the mcu, and it's a historic moment for asian representation in mainstream movies. who are you? it's in cinemas now. i hear your sister is back. she came home herself. where was she? where did the police find her? isis she 0k? lauren? she gasps. a missing woman returns home in wildfire, an impressive debut from director, cathy brady. danika mcguigan plays kelly, who reappears in her small northern irish town a year after she vanished. hersister, lauren, played by nora—jane—noone, is relieved but also angry with kelly for putting her through the trauma of the past year. as kelly shakes up lauren's suburban existence, the sisters
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tragic past is revealed. it's a tense and powerful drama exploring loss, mental health and family, with strong supporting performances from martin mccann and also kate dickey, whom we saw in last week's our ladies. but this film really belongs to its two female leads who are terrific and very believable as siblings. wildfire is an intense and moving watch that's made all the more poignant knowing that star danika mcguigan sadly passed away last year. it's in cinemas now. i could never make up this plot. if i did, somebody would say, "this is preposterous, "this would not happen." i was so overwhelmed by this story. it's unbelievable. onto a documentary about a literary scandal — misha and the wolves. if you haven't heard of misha defonseca, don't look her up before watching,
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because this documentary is the cinematic equivalent of a real page turner. misha is a holocaust survivor. she's here to tell her astonishing story. you could have heard a pin drop. when she was only seven years old, she walked alone through nazi occupied countries across thousands of miles in search of her departed parents. ——of her deported parents. in 1997, misha defonseca published her memoirs of surviving the holocaust as a child, partly by befriending a pack of wolves. the book was a huge success, but her publisher, jane daniel, had nagging doubts about the veracity of the tail, especially after misha turned down the chance to appear on oprah. investigators to dig deeper, after the pairfell out, daniel hired an investigators to dig deeper, and the results make for shocking viewing. but there are plenty of colourful talking heads, most of whom are female, which strikes me as a rare. she's trying to hide something. i would have loved to have heard more from the wolf
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breeders, who make a fascinating contribution, although that detective work from a real holocaust survivor is at the heart of this film that's as unsettling as it is sensational. he speaks french. how can this possibly be? she's both a victim and a villain in this story. it's in cinemas now. this is how it works, you give me 20% of the takings at the door, the coat room and the bar. i say who comes in, i say who goes out. my word is final. it's a deal. next stop, essex criminals and the fifth and the rise of the foot soldier series. rise of the foot soldier: origins stars terry stone as tony tucker, the real—life drug dealer who was killed in 1995. this traces his move from army vet to a nightclub doorman,
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where he teams up with notorious heavy, bernard o'mahoney played by series newcomer, vinniejones. tony is introduced as a bighearted geezer who is always prepared to drop his kebab in order to break up a fight. his descent into crazed criminal behaviour all seems a bit sudden. what starts off like a recruitment add for the army moves into a tawdry nightclub thriller and borderline spoof of british crime movies. i'll find you! unprovoked violence comes thick and fast, and i feel like they might be going for some kind of record for use of the c word. it's disturbing in parts, but often so over—the—top, you have to laugh. there is some criminal use of good music, like new order, and some music that is just criminal in and of itself. die—hard foot soldier fans may wish to know that this is in cinemas now. if you're curious about it for comedy value, then you might want to wait for it to come to the small screen. i've always done things backwards. i kissed you. and then i met you. what the...? oh, my god! i thought you were someone else! congratulations on your upcoming wedding. - i don't know how upcoming it is,
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he won't set a date. will talk about it later. ——we'll talk about it later. later. teddy, what is it. with you and later? hot on the heels of the brilliant palm springs comes another comedy inspired by the classic groundhog day. the australian found long story short stars rafe spall as teddy, a serial procrastinator who marries leanne, the woman of his dreams, played by zahra newman. after his wedding day, teddy wakes up and it's one year later. leanne is pregnant and teddy is seriously confused, especially when he continues jumping into his own future one year at a time on his wedding anniversary. josh lawson's comedy is very open about its debt to groundhog day, which is referred to several times, and this also has a strong whiff of it's a wonderful life.
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this is about lesson learning, and while its messages are driven home simply and invariably repetitively, the film benefits from endearing characters and spall�*s gift for sarcastic asides. long story short might not be a classic, but it's a pleasant way to pass the time. it's on sky cinema and the streaming service now. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith, and for watching the show from our home studios for the past year and a half. mark will be back from his break next week, when the show will be coming from the bbc studio. hold on, everybody! ah! we make a good team! hello. the weather's been stuck in a rut for quite some time, the weather will begin to change this weekend. it will feel a bit warmer. at the same time, scotland and northern ireland, a chance of rain, an area of high pressure is slowly moving away eastwards, allowing the flow of
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somewhat warmer air to begin to head our way from the southeast. at the same time, this atlantic weather front will bring that chance of rain into scotland and northern ireland. these are all very slow, gradual changes this weekend, and for now, this evening and into tonight, it's pretty much as he wear, and that means there is a lot of cloud out there, as there will be overnight. one or two mist and fog patches, low cloud with some fog on the hills as well, temperatures for the most part holding up into double figures. that does make for a rather cloudy start again in the morning, and well indeed throughout the day tomorrow. where might we see a few breaks in the cloud? northern scotland, northern ireland, wales, southwest england, perhaps more so across southern england, even into parts of east anglia later in the day. now, the breeze still coming in from the east with the cloud and from the cloud, even some drizzly rain for parts of eastern scotland and northeast england, holding the temperatures down on the coast around 50 degrees or so. elsewhere, but to around 20, a little bit higher, we get to see any prolonged
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and sunny spells towards the southwest of the uk. a look into saturday evening, still largely fine out there, sunday begins with a lot of cloud, submit stand fog patches around, but is more likely to brighten up on sunday, more widely as well. there will be some areas of cloud across parts of eastern england reluctant to clear. and we saw earlier that chance of rain coming into scotland and northern ireland as the day goes on, but there is some uncertainty about the timing of the arrival of any rain here, and indeed any progress of that rain southwards overnight and into monday. now, it could be by monday it goes to plan like this. this weather front weakening will be across parts of england, scotland and northern ireland initially with some patchy rain. before then, northwards again going. to the south of that, it's starting to warm up more by monday, and that warmth well then spread to the rest of the uk for a few days after that. so a few days of largely fine weather to come, temperatures warm to very warm
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with some sunshine, and then later next week, it looks like it will turn rather more unsettled, some showers are thunderstorms, and temperatures will gradually be on the way down again. that is your forecast. the health benefits for children are marginal, rules the vaccines body. now chief medical officers will look at wider issues, like disruption to schools. the risks and benefits are finely balanced, but the other wider considerations, such as educational benefits, need to be taken into consideration. an extra 200,000 vulnerable children will be eligible. also tonight... calls for more money for the nhs to deal with backlog of operations and the increasing demand for social care. fear and desperation — british soldiers tell us about the chaos they witnessed during the kabul evacuations.
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