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feel so alone when people may not feel so alone when they beat _ people may not feel so alone when they beat the story, and that has got to— they beat the story, and that has got to be — they beat the story, and that has got to be something. these are not adequate _ got to be something. these are not adequate words. we got to be something. these are not adequate words.— got to be something. these are not adequate words. we are going to end on the front — adequate words. we are going to end on the front page _ adequate words. we are going to end on the front page of _ adequate words. we are going to end on the front page of the _ adequate words. we are going to end on the front page of the telegraph, i on the front page of the telegraph, tony, but it is the second story. and this is a passenger mutiny over a missed rail stop. you've got a little smile on yourface. tell us more. on your face. tell us more. it is such a strange _ on your face. tell us more. it is such a strange story. _ on your face. tell us more. it is such a strange story. these - such a strange story. these passengers _ such a strange story. these passengers basically - such a strange story. these passengers basically offset| such a strange story. these i passengers basically offset the emergency alarms and staged a protest, and for anybody who's ever beenin protest, and for anybody who's ever been in a train, the most surprising thing about this is that it worked and that train actually went back to the station that was supposed to stop on, so a huge victory for commuters everywhere, but i don't think it will be replicated anywhere else in the country any time soon. i love that, huge victory for commuters. caroline, very quickly.
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well, i think the red mutiny may be a bit of a reach, for this particular headline, as a bit of a reach, for this particular headline, a bit of a reach, for this articular headline, . , ., , particular headline, as tony said, triumh, particular headline, as tony said, triumph. but _ particular headline, as tony said, triumph, but perhaps _ particular headline, as tony said, triumph, but perhaps a _ particular headline, as tony said, triumph, but perhaps a small - triumph, but perhaps a small commuter, a small little man's victory. — commuter, a small little man's victory, when we hear about big tax maidens, _ victory, when we hear about big tax maidens, this is a victory for the little _ maidens, this is a victory for the little man — maidens, this is a victory for the little man. we should celebrate it as such _ little man. we should celebrate it as such. ., . ., ., as such. you want to get home, reall , as such. you want to get home, really. you _ as such. you want to get home, really, you don't _ as such. you want to get home, really, you don't want _ as such. you want to get home, really, you don't want to - as such. you want to get home, really, you don't want to miss i as such. you want to get home, i really, you don't want to miss your stop at all. caroline, tony can i think you all very much. have a fabulous week ahead. i know you will be enjoying the conference, tony. i'm sure you are. thank you both. thank you. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news for the papers. coming up next it's the film revealed. from all of us here in the late team, though, goodnight. hello and a very warm welcome to this week's
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film review on bbc news. guess who's with me and guess what were talking about? there are no prizes for guessing this week, are there, mark? hello. yes, it's quite a big week. we have no time to die — james bond is back, finally. we have next door which is a satirical psychodrama. and we have redemption of a rogue which is a dark musical comedy. and... i almost feel nervous for the producers of bond. there just feels like there's so much, so much riding on this for british cinema. it's been such a long wait, you know, 18 months. so the first thing to say is — i know you haven't seen it yet, many people will be seeing it this weekend. so let's not discuss plot at all, 0k? let's just say that after it having been delayed for so long, obviously people have got huge expectations. and i actually thought it was pretty good and better than i expected.
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it has the seriousness of on her majesty's secret service, it has the grittiness that we've come to know from daniel craig back to casino royale. but it also has the globe—trotting scenery, it has the action set pieces and it has gadgets. cast includes ben whishaw as q, lashana lynch as a new 00 agent. here is a clip. your watch. it contains a limited radius, electromagnetic pulse. it will short any circuit in a hard—wired network if you get close enough. mmhm. and how strong is it? it's fairly strong. 'fairly strong?�* what's that mean? we haven't had the chance to test it properly, just be careful. right, this is qdar. it will map the space as you move through it. don't touch that. and smart blood, it will track you and your vitals. bond, you don't mind a shot
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or two whilst at work? shall we? well i haven't had a drink for 3 or 4 — ouch. . . hours. wow, doesn't sound like you. they chuckle. i'm glad it's making me laugh, and i love ben whishaw in that role, and we love the gadgets, so, so far all good. and he's made that roll his own, he's done a really brilliant job of that. so, it has thejokes, 0k? it has the action set pieces, it has lea seydoux who is absolutely terrific. more importantly, it has consequences. i mean, i've always said that the characters are only ever as interesting is what they have to lose. if a character has nothing to lose, there is no drama. and i think what this does a very good job of is balancing the stuff that you want from a bond movies. so, you know, the set pieces, the action set pieces, the scenery — all that stuff. but also with a genuine sense of personaljeopardy
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that is at the heart of all really good dramas. i mean, yes, there are nods to dr no and you only live twice. you hear a queue that casts you back to on her majesty's secret service very early on. and what you get is this kind of sense that it's notjust surface, there is something more important happening underneath. i mean obviously part of me's watching it thinking, i wonder what danny boyle would have have done, because, you know, he was on board some time ago now. this is very solidly directed, the action set pieces are very well done, the direction feels very, very confident. the script went through a number of rewrites that phoebe waller—bridge famously came in and did, a polish on it. and there are times that the script feels a little bit like a lot of different voices talking in the same room. but, that said, the underlying dna of the film is strangely coherent. and actually, since i saw it — i only saw it last night — i thought about it more and more and i thought about the way in which the plot very cleverly
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plays with the idea of family, whether it's personal or whether it's political, or whether it's criminal, and really intertwines that into the dna of the plot. i'd also like to say, daniel craig is my favourite bond. oh, is he? ohhh. he is, he is. and i think it's important to acknowledge that he comes from a lineage that goes from george lazenby to timothy dalton, and dalton is the great underrated bond and i think he picks up that kind of — the mantle from him. so i was really very impressed, and i are gone and thinking after all this time, it's going to be, you know, it'll be ok. it'll be ok. yeah. much better than ok. i've heard it said that it helps if you've seen spectre to get the plot — obviously without giving any plot spoilers. do you think you need to have seen spectre or does it stand alone in terms of understanding what's going on? i — well, i mean, put it this way, the first bond film i ever saw, having not seen any bond films, was live and let die with roger moore, i had no idea what was going on but there was a bunch of stuff
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that was exciting. so on any level bond will — but i mean, who in the world hasn't seen spectre? have you not — you've seen spectre. no, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but recently re—watched so that i understand it next week. it kinda helps but, you know, i think it makes sense in and of itself. i mean, not all the daniel craigs were great — you know, question of sport was a bit all over the place, but i do think this is a really good film. laughs, question of sport! yeah... quantum of solace, pond of wood, what was that about? laughter. ok, well, we're all going to see this weekend and we're all going to have fun and that's lovely, isn't it? and how lovely to get back in cinemas with a big action film, that's fantastic. our second choice... yes, there are other movies as well. yes, i know there are! i know, so daniel bruhl directs and stars in a somewhat stagey kind of tragicomedy. he plays an actor, he kind of himself. he's on his way to an audition for a superhero movie. he pops into a bar, he is waylaid by bruno, played by peter kurth who initially seems like a fan, then starts criticising his role — said, "i saw those films you made, that stasi one, it was rubbish." and daniel bruhl�*s character keeps trying to leave but every time
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he tries to leave the barfly kind of tells him another detail about his life that you suddenly realise that he knows everything about this actor's life. and the film's about a number of things — on the one hand it's a satire on celebrity, the way in which actors behave like they know everything but they don't. on the other hand it's kind of a political satire about reunification and gentrification. and it's also a kind of cat and mouse psychodrama, it is kind of stagey, you can imagine seeing it on stage, just the bar set, just the two characters just gnawing at each other — every time he tries to leave he has to come back in again. i kind of enjoyed it. there's even a tinge of horror to it. it sounds creepy. it is creepy but in a good creepy way. and again, at the beginning i thought, ok fine, i can see where this is going. 20 minutes in i didn't mind. it was like, this is fine because it's got a creepy, slightly nasty seedy edge to it which i liked. ok, interesting, and i really like daniel bruhl, he's really interesting. redemption of a rogue? a dark musical comedy with the biblical twist. so, aaron monaghan isjimmy who's a wretch who returns to his home town where everyone hates them, including his father who promptly dies, and then it starts raining,
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and his father's will says he cannot be buried unless it stops raining. but everyone in the town starts to think it's not going to stop raining until he is buried. here's a clip. no. how much do you want to cover the cost of the funeral? you think this act of god is caused by my father? | oh, yes. which would mean that my father is god. - we didn't say that now. which would make i me...the son of god. go on out of that now. and if i am the son of god then...| am the lord. - here on earth. to deliver god's judgement. judgement? did you ever think this plague might
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be god'sjudgement on you? - laughs. you were really enjoying the clip! although i was thinking, what's going on? ok, well, as i said, dark musical comedy. um, it's written directed by philip doherty. there are lovely visual nods to clockwork orange on one hand, bad lieutenant on the other hand. at one point seventh seal. there is a lot of music played in the film, so you see bands playing in a window, he goes into a bar and there is a bluesy band playing with a character who becomes very, very important to him, there's a busker that they walk past who is almost acting as a kind of greek chorus, and the music's by robbie perry and it does a brilliantjob of commenting on the action while the action is playing out. i mean, i love it when the music becomes an integral part of the drama. i mean, the whole thing is a sort of satirical, spiritual odyssey with a very, very dark sense of humour, but it manages to be both — and this is a difficult trick —
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it is both tongue—in—cheek and hand on heart at the same time, and i think that is to be applauded. that's going on the poster. best out this week, mark? well, green knight. have you seen green knight? it looks stunning, doesn't it? i mean, it's not my genre but it's extraordinary, to look at, extraordinary. not your genre, sir gawain and the green knight is not your genre? i'm not great with fantasy but it's beautiful to look at. oh, it's... i mean, it's, visually, it's extraordinary. so far it's one of my films of the year. david lowery�*s done such a brilliantjob. you can see it on streaming but if you can get a chance see it in the cinema. it comes alive on the big screen, it's made to be seen on the big screen, dev patel is so fabulous... yes, he's wonderful. ..and a brilliant telling of a classic tale. i've seen it three times now and every time it's taken my breath away. it is remarkable, it is remarkable. dvds and streaming, anyone who wants to stay home. well dvds are still around, amazingly! another round which is this fantastic film — i think a career—best performance my mads mikkelsen as a teacher who begins with some of his friends an experiment on drinking at work to see whether it improves their performance at work.
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so, it's a comedic idea but it's also, it's a tragicomedy. there's an awful lot of tragedy and heartbreak in this film. it was a big awards winner and understandably so. i think mads mikkelsen is just — watching him at the height of his power is... it's just magic. i mean, we were talking about green knight which is full of magic. this is real magic, watching a performer of that calibre just firing on all cylinders, and i love another round. it's funny in places, it's heartbreaking in places, it's very, very truthful and yeah, just wonderful, if you didn't see it in the cinema, do see it on dvd now 'cause it's great. fantastic, thanks, mark, great to see you. and great to think about being back in cinemas, isn't it. enjoy bond, enjoy bond! i can't wait! i've booked my tickets. enjoy your cinema going, whatever you may choose to watch this weekend. see you next week, bye—bye. hello.
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the chance of showers on monday before another spell of wet and windy weather hits parts of the uk overnight monday into tuesday. now, we start monday with a few heavy and possibly thunder a shower is running across south east england and east anglia. they look they are away for much of the day. the eastern side of the uk is still largely with a hit and messed shower. sunny spells, highs of around 13— i7 celsius. breezy, later when things scotland and northern ireland. rain pushing into southwest england and wales on monday evening will be happy. that pushes east across england overnight and into tuesday. some showers far behind, a slow—moving band of wet weather well sit down to stay close to parts of northern england, perhaps running into southern and eastern areas of scotland. that's one to watch. something to play for in the detail, and around this area of low pressure, strong winds at the risk of gals and places. now, on tuesday, could well be that northwest of scotland and northern ireland missed most of the rain from this weather system, largely dry
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with sunny spells.
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