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the amber list will foreign travel. the amber list will be scrapped and people who are fully vaccinated won't need a predeparture test before arrival into england from a non—medallist country. people in wales also need to prove they have been vaccinated fully or had a negative covid tester they want to attend clubs and major events. and an nhs trust has overturned a landmark tight high court ruling over the use of puberty blocking treatments for children with gender dysphoria. england get their world cup qualifying campaign under way against north macedonia but they will be without their captain in what is also sarah's first game in charge. we will look forward to wales and scotland also in action. as new zoo and's men steam abandon their game we will look at what
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effect it will have on the england tours due to take place next month. now it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we had not been together in the studio for about 18 months. it is terrifying. you are looking fabulous. so talk us through this week's releases? rose plays julie week's releases? rose plastulie which is an intense psychological drama. gunpowder milkshake which is a very frothy action romp. and we have the styling which is the new movie starring melissa mccarthy. let's start off with those plays julie. this is a young woman adopted at birth discovers that her mother is an actress and she goes to find
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her. this looks like a terrific movie, actually, from what i have seen. i think it is great. it is by an irish film—making duo who made films like helen which is a ten psychological dramas of the story is our central figure, rose, discovers where her birth mother lives. her birth mother said she did not want any contact but she goes from dublin to london and it turns out that her mother, who is an actress, her houses on the market so she goes to the house, posing as somebody might be interested in buying it. he posing as somebody might be interested in buying it. he was a cli -. are interested in buying it. he was a clip- are you _ interested in buying it. he was a clip. are you really _ interested in buying it. he was a clip. are you really looking - interested in buying it. he was a clip. are you really looking to i interested in buying it. he was a l clip. are you really looking to buy the house? why do you ask? it is 'ust that the house? why do you ask? it is just that you _ the house? why do you ask? it is just that you look _ the house? why do you ask? if 3 just that you look a little the house? why do you ask? if 2 just that you look a little young and i don't want to waste anyone's time here. the thing is, you are right. i... i
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am looking on behalf of- the thing is, you are right. i... i| am looking on behalf of- a am looking on behalf of what? a client. so how— am looking on behalf of what? a client. so how many _ am looking on behalf of what? a client. so how many square - am looking on behalf of what? a client. so how many square feet| am looking on behalf of what? a l client. so how many square feet is the property? client. so how many square feet is the mnem— client. so how many square feet is the preperty?_ client. so how many square feet is the property? 3000. so you can see even from that — the property? 3000. so you can see even from that clip _ the property? 3000. so you can see even from that clip performances i the property? 3000. so you can see even from that clip performances a l even from that clip performances a lot of it so she is pretending to be somebody else and she meets her mother and want to know why her mother and want to know why her mother gave her up and i won't give away the answer to that but she then adopts another identity to go to track down aidan gillen. so these two film—makers, what they are really fascinated with its identity
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and role playing and the way in which we perceive ourselves, the way other people perceive us in the way you can seem to be one thing but be a different thing. they are also very interested in the idea of history, the present in the past living together. and what they manage to do with this film which also has a very timely kind of me to theme running through it is on the one hand this is an intense psychological drama which is really gripping but on the other hand it is a much more kind of, an archetypal greek tragedy about somebody trying to figure back to the hour. i have seen this three times now. i don't think i am yet fully through all of its mysteries. it has a wonderful score and obviously it has waited a long time to be in the cinemas because of everything that has happened with cinemas closed their saying and i would love people to see it because it deserved to be seen on the big screen. it is a really terrific piece of work and really terrific piece of work and really fascinating and mesmerising. very timely but also strangely timeless. �* . '
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timeless. 0k. and rather different and potentially — timeless. 0k. and rather different and potentially a _ timeless. ok. and rather different and potentially a winner— timeless. 0k. and rather different and potentially a winner of- timeless. 0k. and rather different and potentially a winner of this - and potentially a winner of this year's craziest movie title is gunpowder milkshake. the year's craziest movie title is gunpowder milkshake. the thing is the title tells — gunpowder milkshake. the thing is the title tells you _ gunpowder milkshake. the thing is the title tells you everything - gunpowder milkshake. the thing is the title tells you everything you . the title tells you everything you need to know. so it is a sugar rush movie. karen gillan is an assassin and when she was young her mum was and when she was young her mum was an assassin, gave up and she was 12 and she is now grown up to be as deadly as her mother. the generations over united when she finds herself looking after a young girl who has been kidnapped which puts her at odds with the firm for whom she has worked and she teams up with the librarian who are a group of women who keep heavy weaponry and library books. the whole thing as a comic book set up. neon drenched and none of it feels in any way realistic. it is good fun, it is entertaining. there is some fun fight sequences and the whole thing has got this gave issue to it. none of it has any emotional impact whatsoever but you don't go to a movie called gunpowder milkshake thinking what you're going to get us an in—depth character study. would you go for is the comic book, graphic novel feel to it. the guy
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who directed this made a film called big bad wolf which is a lot tougher and has more grit to it but this is good fun. it is in cinemas and on sky cinema. i think that karen gillan carries of the central role very well. you know, it is a romp. as a film called gunpowder milkshake and does exactly what it said on the tin. . ., and does exactly what it said on the tin, ,, ., ., and does exactly what it said on the tin. ., ., ., ., and does exactly what it said on the tin. some of it looks video game, i have to say- _ tin. some of it looks video game, i have to say- is _ tin. some of it looks video game, i have to say. is that _ tin. some of it looks video game, i have to say. is that unfair? - tin. some of it looks video game, i have to say. is that unfair? it - tin. some of it looks video game, i have to say. is that unfair? it is - have to say. is that unfair? it is unfair because _ have to say. is that unfair? it is unfair because i've _ have to say. is that unfair? it is unfair because i've yet - have to say. is that unfair? it 2 unfair because i've yet to see a video game that looks as good as gunpowder milkshake but understand the comparison. let’s gunpowder milkshake but understand the comparison.— the comparison. let's go on to the s lint. the comparison. let's go on to the styling- they _ the comparison. let's go on to the styling. they were _ the comparison. let's go on to the styling. they were both _ the comparison. let's go on to the styling. they were both in - styling. they were both in bridesmaids, weren't they? this falls under _ bridesmaids, weren't they? this falls under the _ bridesmaids, weren't they? in 2 falls under the most difficult of categories, the drama... they play a couple who have lost their child to sense and she is just about holding it together and he checks himself into an institution because his life has fallen apart, basically. ihe into an institution because his life has fallen apart, basically. he was a cli -. has fallen apart, basically. he was a clip- maybe _ has fallen apart, basically. he was a clip- maybe we _ has fallen apart, basically. he was a clip. maybe we could _ has fallen apart, basically. he was a clip. maybe we could go - has fallen apart, basically. he was a clip. maybe we could go up - has fallen apart, basically. he was a clip. maybe we could go up to i has fallen apart, basically. he wasl a clip. maybe we could go up to the lake again — a clip. maybe we could go up to the lake again when we get home. sure.
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that is fun. — lake again when we get home. sure. that is fun, right? _ lake again when we get home. sure. that is fun, right? yeah, _ lake again when we get home. sure. that is fun, right? yeah, yeah, - lake again when we get home. sure. that is fun, right? yeah, yeah, just like it_ that is fun, right? yeah, yeah, just like it was— that is fun, right? yeah, yeah, just like it was what _ that is fun, right? yeah, yeah, just like it was what i'd _ that is fun, right? yeah, yeah, just like it was what i'd like _ that is fun, right? yeah, yeah, just like it was what i'd like nothing - like it was what i'd like nothing ever_ like it was what i'd like nothing ever happened? _ like it was what i'd like nothing ever happened? i— like it was what i'd like nothing ever happened?— like it was what i'd like nothing ever happened? i didn't say that. that is why _ ever happened? i didn't say that. that is why am — ever happened? i didn't say that. that is why am here, _ ever happened? i didn't say that. that is why am here, isn't - ever happened? i didn't say that. that is why am here, isn't it? - ever happened? i didn't say that. that is why am here, isn't it? i'm 'ust that is why am here, isn't it? i'm just supposed _ that is why am here, isn't it? i'm just supposed to _ that is why am here, isn't it? i'm just supposed to go _ that is why am here, isn't it? i'm just supposed to go back- that is why am here, isn't it? i'm just supposed to go back to - that is why am here, isn't it? i'm just supposed to go back to be i that is why am here, isn't it? i'ml just supposed to go back to be my good _ just supposed to go back to be my good old _ just supposed to go back to be my good old self— just supposed to go back to be my good old self and _ just supposed to go back to be my good old self and we _ just supposed to go back to be my good old self and we can - just supposed to go back to be my good old self and we can all- just supposed to go back to be my good old self and we can all go . just supposed to go back to be my good old self and we can all go onj good old self and we can all go on with our— good old self and we can all go on with our lives. _ good old self and we can all go on with our lives. it _ good old self and we can all go on with our lives.— with our lives. it will take time, that is all- _ with our lives. it will take time, that is all. don't, _ with our lives. it will take time, that is all. don't, don't. - with our lives. it will take time, that is all. don't, don't. to - with our lives. it will take time, | that is all. don't, don't. to really think time _ that is all. don't, don't. to really thinktime is— that is all. don't, don't. to really think time is going _ that is all. don't, don't. to really think time is going to _ that is all. don't, don't. to really think time is going to middle - that is all. don't, don't. to really think time is going to middle of. think time is going to middle of this 0k. — think time is going to middle of this 0k. its— think time is going to middle of this ok, it's going _ think time is going to middle of this ok, it's going to— think time is going to middle of this ok, it's going to because l think time is going to middle of. this ok, it's going to because 0k? this ok, it's going to because ok? i'm not— this ok, it's going to because ok? i'm not saying _ this ok, it's going to because ok? i'm not saying that _ this ok, it's going to because ok? i'm not saying that i'm _ this ok, it's going to because ok? i'm not saying that i'm just- this ok, it's going to because ok? i'm not saying that i'm just saying| i'm not saying that i'm just saying we cannot— i'm not saying that i'm just saying we cannot stay here like this. this is not _ we cannot stay here like this. this is not good — we cannot stay here like this. this is not good. i we cannot stay here like this. this is not good-— is not good. i know. but i don't know how _ is not good. i know. but i don't know howl _ is not good. i know. but i don't know how i fit _ is not good. i know. but i don't know how i fit any _ is not good. i know. but i don't know how i fit any more. - is not good. i know. but i don't know how i fit any more. i - is not good. i know. but i don't| know how i fit any more. i don't know— know how i fit any more. i don't know how— know how i fit any more. i don't know how we _ know how i fit any more. i don't know how we fit, _ know how i fit any more. i don't know how we fit, how— know how i fit any more. idon't know how we fit, how any- know how i fit any more. i don't know how we fit, how any of. know how i fit any more. i don't know how we fit, how any of it. know how we fit, how any of it works. — know how we fit, how any of it works. i— know how we fit, how any of it works. i am _ know how we fit, how any of it works, i am just _ know how we fit, how any of it works, i am just not _ know how we fit, how any of it works, i am just not like - know how we fit, how any of it works, i am just not like lily. i know how we fit, how any of it. works, i am just not like lily. not works, i am 'ust not like lily. not like me? i— works, i amjust not like lily. not like me? i carried _ works, i am just not like lily. like me? i carried her works, i am just not like lily. itch like me? i carried her inside works, i am just not like lily. like me? i carried her inside me works, i am just not like lily.- like me? i carried her inside me for nine _ like me? i carried her inside me for nine months — like me? i carried her inside me for nine months. so, like me? i carried her inside me for nine months-— nine months. so, here is the thing. this is a very _ nine months. so, here is the thing. this is a very difficult _ nine months. so, here is the thing. this is a very difficult subject - nine months. so, here is the thing. this is a very difficult subject for. this is a very difficult subject for a film to approach and what this
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tries to do is to be sort of, you know, sentimental and sometimes funny and sometimes serious. and it manages to be none of the above. it ends up being that wet about possible things. mawkish. it feels kind of like a movie that does not know exactly how to pitch itself. another thing that happens to her character is that she is constantly harassed by the styling of the title. a starling that is in her garden and it becomes a metaphor for agree. she assented to find somebody who she is told will give psychiatric help it turned out to be a vet who used to be a psychiatrist. it is full of these kind of overly kooky quirky contrivances and there are so many moments. the school keeps telling you this is the bit to feel good and this is a bit feel sad and there is a soft rock theme going on and i have to say, i did find it quite hard going because at no point did it actually get under the skin of its subject. it was not funny enough to be a comedy, not dramatic
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enough to be a comedy, not dramatic enough to be a comedy, not dramatic enough to be a drama. but it isjust right in that sweet spot in the middle. it is mawkish and sentimental and i think it is a shame because i think there's talent on screen and i think that somewhere in the middle of it it is trying to tell an uplifting story and it is just not managing it at all. other people may feel differently. i really did not get much out of it at all. �* , , , ., ., really did not get much out of it at all. �* ,, y., ., ., really did not get much out of it at all. �* ,, ., ., , all. i'm guessing you have not seen this 13 times. _ all. i'm guessing you have not seen this 13 times. no, _ all. i'm guessing you have not seen this 13 times. no, |_ all. i'm guessing you have not seen this 13 times. no, i haven't. - all. i'm guessing you have not seen this 13 times. no, i haven't. just i this 13 times. no, i haven't. just the ones did _ this 13 times. no, i haven't. just the ones did it _ this 13 times. no, i haven't. just the ones did it for _ this 13 times. no, i haven't. just the ones did it for me. - this 13 times. no, i haven't. just the ones did it for me. that i this 13 times. no, i haven't. just the ones did it for me. that was| the ones did it for me. that was enough, yeah. the ones did it for me. that was enough. yeah-— the ones did it for me. that was enough, yeah. write my best out. this is a movie _ enough, yeah. write my best out. this is a movie that _ enough, yeah. write my best out. this is a movie that does - enough, yeah. write my best out. this is a movie that does know- enough, yeah. write my best out. | this is a movie that does know how to balance light and shade. herself, it stars a woman who is escaping from domestic abuse and in order to do that she discovers that it is possible to build a house for a fairly small amount of up as quickly and toughened on the other hand it is almost fairy tale fantasy. the fans you're building your own house but realistically and i think this is a film that does understand how to manage those different elements
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and still keep the audience on board and still keep the audience on board and actually tell a very important story about domestic abuse but to tell it in a way that makes an audience want to watch the film. the mixed audience thing, i have heard this is a really interesting movie. and i thought did was... acting as a couple of times now because at first a year or two ago because everything has been delayed for such a long time but it is really well worth seeing and it is in cinemas and again, it is worth seeing in cinemas because it looks great. it's a really interesting piece. latte because it looks great. it's a really interesting piece. we are finally going — really interesting piece. we are finally going to _ really interesting piece. we are finally going to talk _ really interesting piece. we are finally going to talk about i really interesting piece. we are finally going to talk about a i finally going to talk about a clockwork orange which is unbelievably half a century old. it was made in 1971 to stop you make astonishing that there is a four kv issue coming out on disk in a few weeks' time and at the moment is backin weeks' time and at the moment is back in cinemas. did you see clockwork orange in the cinema or? innocent man but a very long time ago. talk people through the history of it because not everyone will know all about it. its, of it because not everyone will know all about it-— all about it. a stanley kubrick film based on a — all about it. a stanley kubrick film based on a novel _ all about it. a stanley kubrick film based on a novel and _ all about it. a stanley kubrick film based on a novel and the - all about it. a stanley kubrick film based on a novel and the novel i all about it. a stanley kubrick film based on a novel and the novel is| based on a novel and the novel is really about the battle between free
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will and can stream it and also crime and punishment and the central story is a teenager commits acts of violence and is then captured and put on present and is told he can get out only if he submits to a particular technique which will take away his free will but were turned into a proverbial clockwork orange. it was a real cause celebre and the censorship fuss about it.— censorship fuss about it. quebec with a view _ censorship fuss about it. quebec with a view it _ censorship fuss about it. quebec with a view it in _ censorship fuss about it. quebec with a view it in the _ censorship fuss about it. quebec with a view it in the end. - censorship fuss about it. quebec with a view it in the end. but i censorship fuss about it. quebec l with a view it in the end. but there was such a backlash.— with a view it in the end. but there was such a backlash. quebec's family asked for one — was such a backlash. quebec's family asked for one of _ was such a backlash. quebec's family asked for one of ellis _ was such a backlash. quebec's family asked for one of ellis to _ was such a backlash. quebec's family asked for one of ellis to withdraw i asked for one of ellis to withdraw it so for ages it was effectively banned. it was never banned by the bbf see other the wanted bassinet originally because it had a strained reputation. the thing now is people remember the first 45 minutes and what they forget is... it remember the first 45 minutes and what they forget is. . ._ what they forget is... it was very sca . what they forget is... it was very scary- yes. _ what they forget is... it was very scary- yes. and _ what they forget is... it was very scary. yes, and also _ what they forget is... it was very scary. yes, and also very - what they forget is... it was very| scary. yes, and also very stylised and it is narrated _ scary. yes, and also very stylised and it is narrated by _ scary. yes, and also very stylised and it is narrated by the - scary. yes, and also very stylised | and it is narrated by the character talking a mixture of english and russian. and the design is
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extraordinary. the use of music is really phenomenal. it... there is no doubt it is a confrontational film and there are some people who absolutely will loathe it. but, weird thing to say about a film, it is a design classic. like tarantino, would you — is a design classic. like tarantino, would you say? — is a design classic. like tarantino, would you say? tarantino - is a design classic. like tarantino, would you say? tarantino could i is a design classic. like tarantino, l would you say? tarantino could not hold a candle _ would you say? tarantino could not hold a candle to _ would you say? tarantino could not hold a candle to a _ would you say? tarantino could not hold a candle to a orange. - would you say? tarantino could not hold a candle to a orange. i'm i hold a candle to a orange. i'm sorry. hold a candle to a orange. i'm sor . ., ., . , sorry. on that thought. we finish. thank ou sorry. on that thought. we finish. thank you so _ sorry. on that thought. we finish. thank you so much. _ sorry. on that thought. we finish. thank you so much. thank - sorry. on that thought. we finish. thank you so much. thank you i sorry. on that thought. we finish. | thank you so much. thank you very much for watching. we have had a real mix of weather across the uk today. with the best of the broken cloud and sunshine. easton was not too bad. temperatures reached 22 degrees and a number of spots but further west to the north of scotland and northern ireland much of the day, low cloud and outbreaks of rain from this
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particularly slow—moving weather front. it is going to take the whole weekend before it actually makes its way across the uk. so we have got rain on the way but it is not going to be that bad. as we start off the week. overnight tonight i will by the front has got a bit of of the two it as it works across scotland beenin two it as it works across scotland been in rain. the rain turns light, patchy, drizzly across wales and west in england and with that there will come a lot of low cloud, mist and fog patches. temperatures relatively mild. for saturday though there will be a bit of rain around for many others it is a decent start to the weekend. dry and bright. it is on sunday that i think there will be more rain but it depends where you lift, really? we start off with this area rain. a bit of drizzle, low cloud and fog with that. easton wales, central and eastern england having sunshine and it will feel warm and that september sunshine and it should brighten up for a time at
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least four western areas of scotland and for northern ireland as well. the highest temperatures in the best of the sunshine across eastern areas again with height of up to 23 celsius or so. through saturday night we will start to see big showers and thunderstorms break out and they will tend to dry away northwards across wales, northern ireland and scotland as well and then through sunday these heavy thundery downpours will push eastwards. some of them could be big enough to bring surface water flooding but generally the weather will brighten up across western areas on sunday to probably the best of the weekend's weather will be on sunday, probably the same for wales in the south—west of england, too. top temperatures high teens to the low 20s for the second half of the weekend. we will clear away that rain. lingering across the far east of east anglia in southeast england on monday but otherwise pressurises for a time and it means monday and tuesday, most of us will have dry weather with some sunny spells. temperatures high teens to low 20s but, for the middle part of the week, it's turned increasingly wet
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and windy is an area of low pressure moves back in off the atlantic. so, not too bad this weekend but we have got some rain developing and some stronger winds towards the middle part of the week. that is today's weather. bye the traffic light system is scrapped. now countries will wither be on a red list, the amber list of countries has been scrapped. it's really a big change today, aimed at making this a lot easier, simpler and much less expensive, with a settled systemthrough to the new year at the earliest. but there are concerns the rule changes could lead to more infections. also on the programme: wales tightens covid rules for people attending mass gatherings. the transgender teenager given drugs to pause puberty — nowjudges overturn a legal ruling that the clinic should have challenged her decision.
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