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second name that, there i have to second name one or two mps who if you had suggested that have snorted and told you you were showing contempt for her majesty or failing to respect the dignity of their office. indeed. yes, definitely _ the dignity of their office. indeed. yes, definitely a _ the dignity of their office. indeed. yes, definitely a good _ the dignity of their office. indeed. yes, definitely a good sport. - the dignity of their office. indeed. yes, definitely a good sport. and| the dignity of their office. indeed. i yes, definitely a good sport. and we journalist _ yes, definitely a good sport. and we journalist like that that's part if they are — journalist like that that's part if they are happy to play along with a story— they are happy to play along with a story we have. there is a great line in that— story we have. there is a great line in that piece — story we have. there is a great line in that piece in the times about how during _ in that piece in the times about how during the _ in that piece in the times about how during the debate on the statement on the _ during the debate on the statement on the poisonings in salisbury he stood _ on the poisonings in salisbury he stood up — on the poisonings in salisbury he stood up and asked the prime minister— stood up and asked the prime minister of the day when their attributes and they knew that south bend nc_ attributes and they knew that south bend nc had the record for the most things— bend nc had the record for the most things on_ bend nc had the record for the most things on a _ bend nc had the record for the most things on a musical tranquil, and if so, is _ things on a musical tranquil, and if so, is that— things on a musical tranquil, and if so, is that a — things on a musical tranquil, and if so, is that a good reason for turning it _ so, is that a good reason for turning it into the city? of chris, they— turning it into the city? of chris, they must— turning it into the city? of chris, they must have been scratching their head in— they must have been scratching their head in disbelief thinking what that had to— head in disbelief thinking what that had to do— head in disbelief thinking what that had to do with the poisonings, but never— had to do with the poisonings, but never missed an opportunity to bang the drum _ never missed an opportunity to bang the drum for the people of his constituency, which is clearly why he was _ constituency, which is clearly why he was so — constituency, which is clearly why he was so well—liked and respected in the _ he was so well—liked and respected
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in the area — he was so well-liked and respected in the area-— in the area. dave, john, thank you both very much. _ in the area. dave, john, thank you both very much. i'm _ in the area. dave, john, thank you both very much. i'm sorry - both very much. i'm sorry there weren't any of the story to talk about, but you covered that comprehensively, and i am sure we will have mined the paper review tomorrow night. it always struck me that david amess was the first elected mp for basil than an bang the drum as enthusiastically as basil then has a different south bend once he became mp for south bend. perhaps i tribute to him, may be at that town well finally get that city status he so much desired. i will be back with more papers tomorrow. two mark gas to look at the sunday papers. joe phillips is the sunday papers. joe phillips is the political editor of the sunday mirror ——the papers will be back again tomorrow evening with the political commentator, jo phillips and the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson. dojoin us then if you can. next we have the film review — but for now, goodnight.
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hello, a warm welcome to the film review. mark kermode is back with me. and what have you been watching, mark? well, we have a very mixed bag this week. we have venom: let there be carnage, tom hardy and his alien symbiote. we have the sci—fi animation ron's gone wrong, and the michael myers saga continues in halloween kills. do i even know what a symbiote is? you'll find out. so, this is the sequel to 2018's venom, which you didn't see? i did not see. 0k. i have to tell you. so, tom hardy is eddie, who is the host of a kind of alien parasite that lives within him but also comes out of him. so it's like two people inside. have you ever seen the steve martin all of me, with lily tomlin, two people in the same body? it's like that, but with monsters. and in this film, woody harrelson is cletus, who is a prisoner, who — due to some complex plot shenanigans — will also end up hosting his
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very own a symbiote. here is a clip. 0k. anything you want to unburden yourself with before... ..this happens? yes. and i have wishes i to bestow upon you. i want to wish you this heartbreak. venom: uh-oh, too late. i wish for you to see| out your days alone, as you always have been. watch it, pal! where are you going with this? you are a cancer to everyone who ever loved you, eddie. i deceived your trusting fiance, - no wonder daddy could never look at you again after you killed his wife, your mother, _ just by being born! 0k. so, you see what i mean about it's like all of me,
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there are two people inside the same body, in fact, there will end up being four people inside two different bodies. so, the first venom, i thought it was a bit of a slog. never really worked for me. this is much more fun. the script is by kelly marcel, and the story is by her and tom hardy. and it's directed by andy serkis. now, if you are going to make a film which involves a lot of special effects, a lot of acting, and a lot of motion capturing, which are kind of mixing those two things together, get somebody like andy serkis — who understands the special—effects side, also understands the acting side, understands how to put all this stuff together. yeah, he is such an interesting man, isn't he? he really is. he is a really kind of polymath. and the best thing about this was it's really funny. i mean, i've seen comedies in which i have laughed much less than i did in venom, you know, it's passes the six laugh test within the first 20 minutes. it's got, sort of, rip—roaring ridiculous action sequences. it's got great big monstrous apartitions and the usual kind of, you know, fighty, crashy, bangy stuff, but it is smart
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and it's sharp, and believe me, nobody had lower expectations than i did, because i really didn't enjoy the first venom very much at all. and i saw this this morning and i just sat there, it's 90 odd minutes long, you know, gets in, does the stuff, gets out. i thought it was really good fun, and i was really delighted that venom: let there be carnage is really entertaining. roller—coaster popcorn fair. 0k, good stuff, good stuff. ron's gone wrong. that's actually quite hard to say. it is, isn't it? and every time i say it, i get it wrong, so ron's gone wrong it is an animated fantasy. in the future, kids have these things called b—bots, which are your best friend in a box. it's like a kind of big weeble that does all the things that mobile phones do but also it's your best friend. barney is socially awkward, he wants a b—bot, his parents won't get him one, finally they end up getting him a damaged b—bot so that he can fit in with all the other friends. the thing is that b—bot can't connect to the mainframe to bubble, so therefore, it doesn't have the friendship programme. it also doesn't have any of the protocols that keep it safe, so it behaves terribly. he's going to take it back, but then he realises that, actually, a robot that thinks for itself
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and has to learn about friendship is actually probably a better thing than a kind of, you know, the clockwork orangey, "oh, yes, all these things, they just do what they're told." i thought it was really good fun. it's an entertaining, you know, family film in as much as there's lots of fun stuff to watch, but there's also a lot of great satirical stuff about big tech companies, and harvesting your data and the fact that they are completely unscrupulous, in some cases. that is one argument. yes, other arguments are available. you've got to have something for the adults as well as the children. but the nice thing about this was it didn'tjust feel like what you were getting was gags for the kids and then gags for the adults, it felt to me like it kind of worked across the board, and again, i knew nothing about it before i went in, other than the that it has a very unpronounceable name, ron's gone wrong, and i really enjoyed it, much more so, again, than i thought i was going to. yeah. well, good. always a good recommendation. yeah. why do i feel film three is perhaps not quite going to be my cup of tea?
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you can fill me in. well, look, i'm a horrorfilm fan, 0k? so when in 2018 david gordon green breathed new life into the halloween franchise, i thought, hooray, you know, wow, they've done something interesting. turns out that that 2018 halloween was the first of a trilogy, halloween kills is the next one. there's going to be another one called halloween ends. this picks up where the last one ended, and you know what, michael myers is still running around. here's a clip. hey! what are you guys doing out here? it's halloween, we went - trick—or—treating and we got a whole bag of candy. you guys shouldn't be out here right now, 0k? it's not safe. are you going to kill me? satan, not today. ooh, i'm so scared. are you guys alone? where are your parents?! no. no, we're waiting for our friend. and, like, there's a creepy man in a white mask, and he keeps, like, trying to play hide and seek with us and he... he whispers. where did you see him? he'sjust hiding behind trees. and he pops out like "peekaboo!" i mean, we're not three years old. come on, man! oh, look, there he is. 0h, hello! hello! they laugh. what the hell are you doing? so, the main problem with this is,
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itjust gets you right back to, you know, the return of michael myers or the revenge of michael myers, whatever part four, part five, it was like, "oh, fine, we arejust back to that stuff again." there is a sort of idea at the centre of this, which is there is a long speech about how, "hey, the real terror the real terror of michael myers is that he instils fear in us and therefore we all become monsters because fear makes us monsters." well, here is the good news, there is nothing frightening about halloween kills. it's not going to turn anyone into a monster. it is absolutely dull as dishwater. and i, you know, nobody likes a good horrorfilm more than me. it was just like, this wasn't it. and it's a real shame, because as i said, that 2018 reboot, i thought, "0k, they've done something new," but it's like, "oh, no, as you were." it is not doing what it said on the tin. not doing what it said on the tin at all. well, gosh, i look forward to the third one. yeah. it's halloween ends, hopefully. so, best out after all of that, your thoughts? well, istill think that the bond movie... i know that some people
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like it, some people don't, i think that it's... i think there is some fairly remarkable things about it. i know you saw it. i think you are slightly more luke warm than i am. there are things i liked about it, and as i always say, i did love the fact that there were a few flashes of humour, i loved that. we all missed judy dench, but, you know, that's not a plot spoiler. i think we're all going to miss daniel craig. i think he was a really interesting bond, and i think, you know, daniel craig's cycle was a kind of self—contained cycle, i think, i don't know, yes, there are flaws. yes, it's not perfect. but it's so much better than we have the right to expect, because after all the wait, it was like, it almost felt like it could only disappointment, and i'm happy to say that i wasn't disappointed. yes, and i was really struck by the number of people who say to me, "oh, the villain was no good. "he was just whatever," there's rami malek there, you know, "he just wasn't scary enough, his part wasn't good enough." and i'm not sure i particularly felt that at the time, but maybe if you are a real aficionado, that is a really important part of it.
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my feeling is that the idea that a bond movie is only as good as it's villain isn't true because i think in this case, this is a bond movie that is actually about bond and is not about the villain. and that's maybe why i really enjoyed it as well. yeah, i liked it. and finally, quickly, do you think they've already decided who the next bond is? no, i don't. and i don't, i've got absolutely no idea, and hey, i mean, who knows? i'm excited to see, but can we say that in terms of best now on streaming, lashana lynch, who is in no time to die. yes. is in earfor eye. this is the latest film from debbie tucker green, you know, very, very lauded play write, who made a brilliant film called second coming. her new film, which is based on a stage production, but it is very much a film in its own right, it plays at the lff saturday night, it also simultaneously and on iplayer. so it will be in some cinemas in some regions, but you can see it at home and on iplayer. and i recommend everybody to do it do it because it is
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a really interesting piece. it's got theatre, dance, film, archive, it's like a conversation between the past and present, violence, nonviolence. it's a discussion of the legacy of slavery and racism, and it's energetic, and it's powerful, and what i know about theatre wouldn't fit on the back of a postage stamp, but this works as a film, and if you get a chance to see it in cinema, great, but seeing it at home on the television, as i said on the bbc, it's perfectly fine. it is a great piece. i think debbie tucker green is such a fantastic talent, and it's great to see her making another film. it is, really. and i have seen a lot of her plays, and it's really exciting to hear that this is a film in its own right. oh, yes. i think that's fantastic. she is a film—maker. this is a properfilm. it has a proper film sensibility. it's notjust a play on the screen, it is its own thing. yeah, and a crack cast too. fantastic cast. yeah, absolutely. yeah. excellent. well, that's good to know. that's coming up this weekend, that's the weekend's order. thank you very much, mark. we will see you next week. enjoy your cinema going or iplayer viewing, whatever you are up to this weekend. see you next time. bye— bye.
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hello again. most of us had a fine day on friday with plenty of sunshine around. it was certainly a beautiful end to the day in dumfries and galloway with the sun setting over the seas there on the horizon. now, we did briefly see a cool down in weather with this slightly fresher air coming down from the northwest, but this weekend, milder air is going to be pushing back in off the atlantic, and with that will come rising temperatures. so, on friday, actually, briefly, although it was cooler, temperatures got close to normal, 1a is average, actually, for october, it's been a very mild 0ctober so far. but actually this weekend, across the board, we will see those temperatures climbing two or three degrees celsius. and the milder air has actually already started to arrive in the southwest with thickening cloud. an odd spit of rain from that, 12 celsius for the first part of the saturday morning, contrast that with the cold air in the northeast, where parts of eastern scotland and northeast england have a frost in the countryside. now, for saturday morning, there will be a lot of cloud around
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first thing, a few showers for northern areas of scotland again. this cloud pushing eastwards across england could be thick enough to give an odd spit of rain, and through the afternoon, there is the threat of more general heavier rain moving into northern ireland, but that will arrive quite late in the day. it turns milder, 15 or 16 celsius quite widely, but it's scotland, we are still hanging onto that slightly cooler and fresher air. 10 celsius in aberdeen and 12 celsius for glasgow. now, saturday night, we will see a more active weather system move in bringing rain across northern ireland, some heavy rain in scotland. maybe a few spots for western parts of england and wales, but it is probably that the rain is going to be a little bit lighter an patchier nature here, and that takes us into sunday. a lot of cloud to start the day, still thick enough for an odd spit of rain. this is generally pushing eastwards with weather generally trying to improve and brighten as the day goes by, there will be a few sunny spells coming through from time to time. now, temperatures, mild again. we're looking at highs of 17 celsius in london and glasgow.
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and temperatures rising a little through the central belt of scotland, around 1a celsius for glasgow and edinburgh as well. into next week, the low pressure is firmly in charge, often going to be pretty windy, and we're going to see this very long weather front. this could bring some heavy prolonged outbreaks of rain, at the moment, it could be affecting the hills in wales, perhaps bringing some localised flooding, but otherwise very mild weather. could see temperatures up to 27 celsius in london on tuesday.
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this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a british mp, sir david amess, has been stabbed to death while meeting constituents at a church hall outside london. a 25 year old man is in custody — held, on suspicion of murder. this was a difficult incident but our officers and paramedics from the east of england ambulance service worked extremely hard to save sir david. tragically he died at the scene. a counter terrorism team will lead the investigation. the prime minister was one of many, paying fulsome tribute, to the backbencher. well, i think all our hearts are full of shock the reason i think people are so shocked and saddened
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is above all he was one of the kindest, nicest,

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