together hospital and the give birth together and their babies go into observation and their babies go into observation and when they leave hospital they swap phone numbers. and perhaps a bit more, here is a clip.

so that is one strand of the story. in another strand another character is trying to excavate a mass grave in her hometown from the civil war so there are two stories. parallel mothers, parallel stories, personal and political which sounds like a fascinating combination. if you think of the films of guillermo del toro or pans labyrinth, he's managed to do exactly that with the spanish civil war. to do exactly that with the spanish civilwar. it to do exactly that with the spanish civil war. it beautifully designed and beautifully played and a well—written script with great performances and a wonderful score. and it sounds like a perfect match. the problem for me if it is not so much parallel stories, it is tangential stories. you have the spanish civil war story which appears and gets sidelined and you have the personal story which is full of my led genetic contrivance which i meant to buy into because hey it serves the story and then we move back to the spanish civil war so now i have to say i am in the

minority here. most people i have spoken to think this is great. and i am a big fan and love his films but it felt to me like this is not one of his best work. it has some great elements in it and it has some things i will cherish but it did feel like to films and that i said not so much parallels as kind of tangential. not so much parallels as kind of tangential-— not so much parallels as kind of tangential. not so much parallels as kind of tanuential. . ,. ., ., , ., tangential. fascinating. he does not usuall the tangential. fascinating. he does not usually the politics _ tangential. fascinating. he does not usually the politics does _ tangential. fascinating. he does not usually the politics does he? - tangential. fascinating. he does not usually the politics does he? he - tangential. fascinating. he does not usually the politics does he? he hasi usually the politics does he? he has done political _ usually the politics does he? he has done political committee _ usually the politics does he? he has done political committee before - usually the politics does he? he has done political committee before but| done political committee before but it's never really lie in bed for me. but this is a serious work. it is serious and it's very personal and heartfelt. i wish i liked it more than i did. which brings me onto amulet which is a british hurry movie written and directed by mcgarry and this is her directorial debut and the story is an ex soldier from an unnamed european conflict finds himself destitute in london and taken in by a non—in a horror movie which is never a good sign and she says i can give you a house to

stay in but you have to do the house up stay in but you have to do the house up and incidentally in the house is mapped out who is looking after her mother who is a lead in the attic and presence is heard through screaming and banging and there is something deeply, deeply disturbing going on. the film starts with this slow burn atmosphere and then there are a couple of creepy moments with what's going on upstairs and there's a couple of pretty good jump scares and then in the third act goes absolutely full on altered state weird. and i loved it. i thought the performances were great and i thought it was very funny. it's very grounded and it's about gender politics and it's very grounded and they gender wire playing out in the house. you never know what the character's motives really are. radiant soundtrack and is the first film that she has scored. a fantastic soundtrack using human voices and i don't know whether you

are a horror film fan. idol voices and i don't know whether you are a horror film fan.— are a horror film fan. not so much. i think he would _ are a horror film fan. not so much. i think he would absolutely - are a horror film fan. not so much. i think he would absolutely love - are a horror film fan. not so much. i think he would absolutely love it. | i think he would absolutely love it. you have sold it to me. you should see it, you have sold it to me. you should see it. it's — you have sold it to me. you should see it, it's really _ you have sold it to me. you should see it, it's really good. _ you have sold it to me. you should see it, it's really good. this - you have sold it to me. you should see it, it's really good. this is - see it, it's really good. this is her first directorial _ see it, it's really good. this is her first directorial feature . see it, it's really good. this is - her first directorial feature debut. she has done some shorts before and they interviewed her recently and she is a total horror fan and she knows her inside and out and you can tell when you see this it has references to possession and films that really only harder for them —— horror fans will know and if you are not ahar i find it's not a horror film but it is. we have got sing two. seeing maybe 600 million worldwide so now we have sing two. the film feels very much like that's exactly why. in sing two you have matthew mcconaughey —— matthew mcconaughey as buster miller who wanted to say that the editor and now he's put on a production that he

wants to be picked up by the big time and they have not impressed the talent scouts but that has not taken the wind out of his sails. here talent scouts but that has not taken the wind out of his sails.— the wind out of his sails. here is the cli -. the wind out of his sails. here is the clip- that — the wind out of his sails. here is the clip. that scout _ the wind out of his sails. here is the clip. that scout did - the wind out of his sails. here is the clip. that scout did not - the wind out of his sails. here isj the clip. that scout did not think we were — the clip. that scout did not think we were good enough. she the clip. that scout did not think we were good enough. she sounds like a 'erk. but we were good enough. she sounds like a jerk- but she — we were good enough. she sounds like a jerk. but she is _ we were good enough. she sounds like a jerk. but she is wrong, _ we were good enough. she sounds like a jerk. but she is wrong, dead - a jerk. but she is wrong, dead wronu. a jerk. but she is wrong, dead wrong- there _ a jerk. but she is wrong, dead wrong. there is _ a jerk. but she is wrong, dead wrong. there is a _ a jerk. but she is wrong, dead wrong. there is a reason - a jerk. but she is wrong, dead wrong. there is a reason our i a jerk. but she is wrong, dead - wrong. there is a reason our show sold out _ wrong. there is a reason our show sold out every night and her boss will love — sold out every night and her boss will love it — sold out every night and her boss will love it— will love it. maybe we could 'ust do a different show. i will love it. maybe we could 'ust do a different show. i h will love it. maybe we could 'ust do a different show. i got h will love it. maybe we could 'ust do a different show. i got this. _ a different show. i got this. seriously— a different show. i got this. seriously i_ a different show. i got this. seriously i have _ a different show. i got this. seriously i have this - a different show. i got this. seriously i have this idea i a different show. i got this. i seriously i have this idea for a different show. i got this. . seriously i have this idea for a space — seriously i have this idea for a space musical. _ seriously i have this idea for a space musical. fill— seriously i have this idea for a space musical.— seriously i have this idea for a space musical. all right, we are rollin: space musical. all right, we are rolling out- _ space musical. all right, we are rolling out. do _ space musical. all right, we are rolling out. do you _ space musical. all right, we are rolling out. do you not - space musical. all right, we are rolling out. do you not want - space musical. all right, we are rolling out. do you not want to l space musical. all right, we are - rolling out. do you not want to hear about a space _ rolling out. do you not want to hear about a space musical? _ rolling out. do you not want to hear about a space musical? guy's, - about a space musical? guy's, come on! wait! missing _ about a space musical? guy's, come on! wait! missing you _ about a space musical? guy's, come on! wait! missing you guys! - about a space musical? guy's, come on! wait! missing you guys! i - about a space musical? guy's, come on! wait! missing you guys! i have l on! wait! missing you guys! i have dreamt of performing _ on! wait! missing you guys! i have dreamt of performing and - on! wait! missing you guys! i have dreamt of performing and register| on! wait! missing you guys! i have l dreamt of performing and register a city since i was a little kid. and i just convince my husband to babysit for the next 2a hours and i am not going to waste an opportunity like that. so come on! we have got

nothing to lose! so the boys cast, everyone reese witherspoon, scarlett johansson, jennifer saunders, and bono as a retired rock star who promises that he knows and says he will get him out of retirement to put on the show which he has pitched which he has not written and does not exist which is a sci—fi extravaganza out of this world featuring this retired rock star. so there's a lot of stuff and lots of names and lots of spectacular stuff on screen and it's from elimination and the people that gave us the minions movies. the thing is the first film had a weirdly old—fashioned judy garland mickey rooney lets do they show in a barn kind of feeling and that's what i like about it. this feels like we had a huge success we need to do it bigger and we need to do it out of there and we need to do it more spectacular and as a result it's

kind of lost some of the oddball charm of the original. and ifound myself watching it thinking i was surprised by how much i liked the original because the idea did not sound great at all because it's garthjennings who was an interesting film—maker but in the case of this it's when you say no wonder we have another one it did feel like a numbers game and it's not to say i don't think kids won't enjoy it because there's lots to distract you but what there is not if any of that sense of timelessness or that sense of old—fashioned charm and solid storytelling. it sounds like a weird thing to say about film which features an offence in space but it does not make much emotional sense. it'sjust but it does not make much emotional sense. it's just stuff and a lot of stuff. sense. it's 'ust stuff and a lot of stuff. �* , ., . , stuff. bigger is not necessarily better. stuff. bigger is not necessarily better- bigger— stuff. bigger is not necessarily better. bigger and _ stuff. bigger is not necessarily better. bigger and louder - stuff. bigger is not necessarily better. bigger and louder is i stuff. bigger is not necessarilyl better. bigger and louder is not necessarily _ better. bigger and louder is not necessarily better. _ better. bigger and louder is not necessarily better. you - better. bigger and louder is not i necessarily better. you mentioned guillermo del— necessarily better. you mentioned guillermo del toro _ necessarily better. you mentioned guillermo del toro when _ necessarily better. you mentioned guillermo del toro when talking i guillermo del toro when talking about parallel mothers and very

happily the next film. nightmare alle , i happily the next film. nightmare alley, i reviewed _ happily the next film. nightmare alley, i reviewed this _ happily the next film. nightmare alley, i reviewed this last - happily the next film. nightmare alley, i reviewed this last week. happily the next film. nightmare i alley, i reviewed this last week and i think it's great. it's a remake of a 1940s film. it has a great performance may bradley cooper what's great about nightmare alley is it a modern film its a me on the wire and it's very dark. it's very stylish and the first half of the film takes place in a carnival and the second half of the dem takes place in the city and it's no surprise to discover the carnival is the more kind and caring part of that story. on the one hand it's paying tribute to the classic film noise of the 30s and 40s but it's also as with all of his stuff he feels very modern. and it feels, there is a piece written about it by martin scorsese about how much she loves it and i can see why because it's that kind of film but i thought

it's that kind of film but i thought it was terrific and i'm a big fan of gamma delta rela.— it was terrific and i'm a big fan of gamma delta rela. have you seen this? i gamma delta rela. have you seen this? i have _ gamma delta rela. have you seen this? i have not, _ gamma delta rela. have you seen this? i have not, it— gamma delta rela. have you seen this? i have not, it looks - this? i have not, it looks beautiful.— this? i have not, it looks beautiful. ., . beautiful. don't let that convince ou that beautiful. don't let that convince you that it's _ beautiful. don't let that convince you that it's also, _ beautiful. don't let that convince you that it's also, it's _ beautiful. don't let that convince you that it's also, it's got - beautiful. don't let that convince you that it's also, it's got a - beautiful. don't let that convince you that it's also, it's got a lot i you that it's also, its got a lot of substance and one of the darkest endings of a film in ages. i was left at the end thinking while, they really went for it. you come out thinking well done. dvd streaming pace sensor is out on dvd. it's a feature debut. britney put together. it's a story set during the 1980s video scare so it's i watch this thinking this is a film made for me and it's about a sensor who starts watching video nasties and seeing in them something more than she expected and their families on the one hand a nostalgic invocation of that particular time when fabio just began and the videos stories were

filmed with all these films that were illegal but now they were available but also its about the way which horror cinema and her affection is a place in which you can thank yourself and which is weirdly redeeming and i say this as somebody i'm a big horrorfrom all my life it's lovely to see a film about horror made by somebody who loves horror rather than a film made about her but somebody thinks it's it's disgusting and nasty. it's a smart movie. the performance is great. there is a brilliant performance by michael smiley and i think anybody could find something in this but if you are a age and if you go up with a great nostalgia for a time when things were available in your local video story this will hit the nail on the head.— the nail on the head. thank you for all of that- —

the nail on the head. thank you for all of that. that's _ the nail on the head. thank you for all of that. that's it _ the nail on the head. thank you for all of that. that's it for _ the nail on the head. thank you for all of that. that's it for this week i all of that. that's it for this week and thank you for watching. goodbye. it's been very quiet so far from much of this month. the pressure has been dominating and things will turn more unsettled this weekend with some deep areas of low pressure in the north of the country which will bring galas across scotland and the mixture of sunshine and showers. the further south you are it will be fine and settled and mild for a time. the pressure chart shows the new area of low pressure gathering and deepening across the northwest of the uk which will be moving in as we move through the overnight period. the wind will pick up and turned back here but further south it will be dry and mild with temperatures around 8 or 10 degrees across central and west and there's temperatures picking up from what we

have through the day. it's a mild start for central and southern areas for high pressure into the weekend and low pressure brings gales and for their gills across the north of scotland. the met office had issued an amber warning for scotland all the way down into the edinboro area and and could cause some disruption with the wind gusts in excess of 80 mph across the northeast of scotland. the later finds will sink south and bring a band of cloud but behind it the skies will brighten up and it will be mild in the south but turning colder across the north and the west with sunshine and showers moving in as the area of low pressure sleeps across the north of the uk and it will clear with high pressure on sunday but a new area of pressure on sunday but a new area of pressure will push into scotland later on sunday it's a cold day with a nice quiet start with a touch of frost in rural places but some good spells of sunshine and turn cloudy and wet and windy across the northwest of scotland later in the day and they will be snow over the

high grounds with wind gusts even higher than that later in the day across the northwest of scotland with a breezy day to come across the south with what the morning starts off with the temperatures around 79 degrees for sunday. the low pressure will sweep across scotland bringing in a style of gales with gusts of 60 or 70 mild power which could cause disruption again. it will be a wild weekend for the north of the country. states tuned for the forecast and your bbc local radio could see some damaging gusts which will cause some disruption increases.

today at 6, confusion over when the civil service report into lockdown parties at downing street will be published. there's police concern sue gray's findings could affect their own inquiry. labour says the controversy over what borisjohnson knew must be quickly resolved. he has paralysed government, so the sooner we get both the full report and the investigation completed the better. the prime minister's position, the government's position, is that what is given to him by sue gray is what will be published, and i think that's absolutely right and sensible. how could the gray report affect the police investigation? we'll take a look. also on the programme: ukranian troops prepare for a possible russian invasion, with help, from the british military. the bbc has found an inconsistency in the covid test results

of novak djokovic, used to enter australia, earlier this month.