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people during the pandemic stopped but of course now what is happening is we _ but of course now what is happening is we are _ but of course now what is happening is we are seeing that fuel prices are going — is we are seeing that fuel prices are going to go... energy prices are going _ are going to go... energy prices are going to _ are going to go... energy prices are going to go — are going to go... energy prices are going to go through the roof and that will— going to go through the roof and that will have a huge impact and of course _ that will have a huge impact and of course these are people who are come in the name. _ course these are people who are come in the name, doing the jobs that we have just _ in the name, doing the jobs that we have just spoken about, the ones that are unable 0k and it is quite a complicated system how you get universat— complicated system how you get universal credit, but £20 a week away— universal credit, but £20 a week away from — universal credit, but £20 a week away from people on the breadline is absolutely— away from people on the breadline is absolutely cutting them off and marcus — absolutely cutting them off and marcus rashford is putting his voice to that _ marcus rashford is putting his voice to that. w' , �* . marcus rashford is putting his voice to that. , �*, ., to that. nigel, quickly, let's not foruet to that. nigel, quickly, let's not forget april _ to that. nigel, quickly, let's not forget april 2022 _ to that. nigel, quickly, let's not forget april 2022 and _ to that. nigel, quickly, let's not forget april 2022 and national. forget april 2022 and national insurance, as well. i’m forget april 2022 and national insurance, as well. i'm sorry, i missed that. _ insurance, as well. i'm sorry, i missed that. we _ insurance, as well. i'm sorry, i missed that. we have - insurance, as well. i'm sorry, i missed that. we have a - insurance, as well. i'm sorry, i. missed that. we have a national insurance increase _ missed that. we have a national insurance increase in april. - missed that. we have a national i insurance increase in april. sorry, es, insurance increase in april. sorry, yes. indeed- _ insurance increase in april. sorry, yes, indeed. here _ insurance increase in april. sorry, yes, indeed. here is— insurance increase in april. sorry, yes, indeed. here is the - insurance increase in april. sorry, yes, indeed. here is the double . yes, indeed. here is the double whammy. if you are a uc claim if you
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are losing £20, you will be hit by then us insurers. if you take them both together a low—paid nurse will be at £900 a year worse off. this is not the time to make people worse off. . ~' , ., not the time to make people worse off. . ~ , ., , . off. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. off. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that nigel _ off. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. nigel nelson, _ off. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. nigel nelson, 10 _ off. 0k, thank you very much indeed for that. nigel nelson, 10 phillips, i for that. nigel nelson, jo phillips, as ever, enjoy the rest of weekend and thank you very much, lovely to see you both. it has been great to have you here with us on bbc news. from the team and myself, cheerio. hello, and a warm welcome to the film review here on bbc news. and taking us through this
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week's cinema releases, as ever, it's mark kermode. and all of human life is here! very interesting week. we have the many saints of newark, which is a big—screen prequel to the sopranos. we have the green knight, in which dev patel plays gawain. and gagarine, in which a young man struggles to save the home he lives in from demolition. so, many saints of newark. the small screen goes to the big screen in a sense. it is the prequel to the sopranos. exactly that. so, michael gandolfini, son ofjames, plays the young tony soprano. the setting is the �*605, with the newark riots of �*67 being a big part of the plot. and the story essentially finds tony falling under the influence of dickie moltisanti, the surname which means "m any saints" here's a clip.
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johnny, this is our christopher. laughter. hello, christopher moltisanti! it's your uncle johnny! i'm back from england! come here. finally, huh? got myself a son. i hear he's slow with the talking. hi, christopher, hello! 0h, what's the matter? don't cry, it's only me, your uncle tony. 0k, all right, all right. you know, every time you're here, he cries like this. i didn't do anything! look at that! i don't know what it is. it's like i scare him or something. some babies, when they come into the world, know all kindsi of things from the other side.
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so, you have to ask yourself two questions. firstly, does it work for the fans? secondly, does it work as a stand—alone movie? now, were you a big sopranos fan? never seen it, i'm afraid! i should have done, people say it is the greatest tv show ever made. the greatest tv show ever made is the wire. or the film review on the bbc news channel! not an aficiando, so i have to say, as a stand—alone movie, it feels like it is spending a lot of time getting a lot of pieces in place for stuff which is going to happen later on. it feels very much like an origins film in which, weirdly enough, the origin is actually to the side of what you expect it to be. and also it feels weirdly like an appendage to the scorsese cinematic universe. it kind of feels like a weird appendage to martin scorsese's films. this is what happens when you take something and put in cinema, does it stand up on its own? i would say, for example, fire walk with me, the twin peaks prequel,
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it is a brilliant horror movie... even if you've never seen twin peaks. el camino, the breaking bad sequel, it made sense as an appendage. this has to battle to find itself in the cinema. its primary audience will be the people who love the series, and i'm sure people who know and love the series will get much more out of it than i did, but ijust wonder why it's in the cinema, because i suspect its primary audience actually will be an at—home audience. it's fine, it's perfectly well made, it has nice performances, but it does feel a little bit scorsese—light. i think it needs to be more cinematic, and again, i would say fire walk with me is a near perfect movie even if you've not seen twin peaks. it's fine — they are not going to put it on the billboard, i don't think! the green knight, this is based on the i think iath—century poem, though i think
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you will dispute this. i want to be clear, i'm not disputing this! i got in touch with the poet laureate, and he said 14th, maybe early 15th... such a name—dropper! yeah, my old friend simon. this is a retelling of sir gawain and the green knight, gawain, not sir, early on lops off the head of the green knight. a year later, he must make a pilgrimage to the green knight's chapel to face a similar blow in return. this is directed by david lowery. you can see it streaming and you can in cinemas, and let me make a suggestion — go and see it in cinemas. it looks fantastic. it has a real earthy feel to it, but it's also strange and spiritual and dreamy and sensuous. it's got a fantastic score. dev patel is the best he's ever been. i think dev patel can do everything.
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he was so great in personal history of david copperfield. i think this really marks him as on the finest actors of his generation. and this is faithful to the text, but it also takes many adventurous leaps, and it looks like something that was made with love in its heart, looks like something made by somebody who really did this as a passion project. and i have seen it a couple of times now, and i want to go straight back and watch it again. there was so much in it that is strange and adventurous and weird and really rather wonderful. one of my favourite films of the year. see it in the cinema, see it on the big screen. high praise. gagarine. .. now, this was shot on a housing project in parisjust before it was demolished. cite gagarine just outside of paris. based around, youri named after yuri gagarin... for those who don't know, the famous russian cosmonaut... of whom we see footage at the beginning. the estate is going to be demolished, but youri wants to fix
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clearly going to be demolished, and he starts to turn his apartment into a kind of recreation of the space capsule. and it then enters these flights of fancy. he is inside a building, but he is imagining he is in a spaceship, and the music again is very big. they have music by the streets. they have this really amazing ethereal space music, and it sounds like it shouldn't work at all, it sounds like it shouldn't work, but i loved it. the use of locations, i think it was really good. great performances, and the fact that it is shot in the authentic location, the use of locations on it is really good, and it is about his interiorjourney and about him imagining this world that he wants to be part of, this out—of—this—world world he wants to be part of. it is a good example of a film that, "there's no way that should work," and then you watch it and it does. it's so well done. it's like poetry or a piece of music. this is done in a similar vein as the green knight, very,
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very different films, but both imaginative, and they're not afraid to tell a slightly different story. piece of poetry, but not iath—century poetry. or isth—century! best out is rose plastulie, which we talked about last week? ijust want people to go and see it. you've seen it three times? i have, and i still don't think i have got all the nuances of it. a young woman adopts another identity to track down her birth parents. it's a mystery and a psychodrama. the film—makers made a film called helen. they are great film—makers. again, deserves to be seen on the big screen. and reissue? denis villeneuve's dune is coming up. the adaptation of the unfilmable novel. this is the david lynch 1984 dune. this was a turkey, a commercial turkey. it was a bomb. it is an unfilmable novel.
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it makes no sense whatsoever, it really doesn't, but there are things in it that are so david lynch—y and so strange... sting coming out of the showers wearing this pair of wings underpants — just, i wonder whether the denis villeneuve version will have anything to match it. it is all over the place. if you've read the book, it's annoying because it's not the book, and if you have not read the book, it doesn't make sense. one of these film, its so bad is it so good? it's one of those films that is so misguided, it's kind of fascinating. lynch didn't have final cut, but originallyjodorowsky was going to do it ia hours long with salvador dali with in one of the lead roles, but dali wanted $100,000 an hour. blue velvet, he did, but that was an absolute classic. dune was the counterpoint to blue velvet.
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that is the... when i first saw blue velvet, i walked out, because i couldn't bear being in the screening room with it. i think it's an absolute masterpiece. when i saw dune, part of me thought, "is this going to start making any sense?" and i watched it again just recently — no, not at all! no sense at all! sometimes it doesn't matter. you always make perfect sense. mark, thank you very much indeed. that's it for this week's film releases. thank you so much for watching. hello. very warm weekend for the
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time of year, rather gloomy for many. tomorrow reina will arrive at west thanks to this cold front. tonight will be mainly dry, a bit of mist and murk, some drizzle over western hills. temperatures not falling much below 13 to 15 across the board. tomorrow starts off one commit mainly dry, should see more sunshine, the winds will be stronger from the south, breaking up the cloud. call front across northern ireland and western scotland bringing stronger winds and heavy rain that times so temperatures here mid to high teens, eastern scotland, england and wales very one for late september. 21, 20 3 . the cold front continues eastwards during sunday night. another dry and mug it won't night. another dry and mug it won't night forfurther west night. another dry and mug it won't night for further west behind the rain band it will turn cooler.
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