tv The Film Review BBC News February 11, 2022 5:45pm-6:01pm GMT
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: full after seven days of full competition, you're waiting team gb, a british medal. the skeleton team are usually bankers for a medal, especially the women's team, who have made a podium for the last 20 years, but not this time. we will also look ahead to the next six nations fixtures. west ham keep playing kurt zouma despite that our spca investigation overweight. and it is also super bowl weekend. but now on bbc news, it is time for the film review. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i amjane hill, and to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode, as ever. what have you been
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watching? kermode, as ever. what have you been watchin: ? , ~ kermode, as ever. what have you been watchin: ? , . ., watching? very mixed bag. we have death on the — watching? very mixed bag. we have death on the nile. _ watching? very mixed bag. we have death on the nile. hercule - watching? very mixed bag. we have death on the nile. hercule poirot. death on the nile. hercule poirot and his moustache are back. we have an animated documentary, flee. and marry me — what happens when a pop star marries a fan? marry me - what happens when a pop star marries a fan?— nile. kenneth branagh has been busy. he has. this was shot in 2019 and it is been delayed because of covid, and belfast has come out, done incredibly well with audiences and awards voters, so it is a bit odd this is coming out. it is directed by branagh, it stars brenda as hercule poirot. the story is, he is on the nile, a steamer. it is full of variety coat cast list of people, all of whom will either be victims or suspects at some point. lots of glitz, lots of glamour. here's a clip. # shout, sister, shout # tell the whole world what it's all about
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# there's a reason for a mountain a reason for a hill # a reason why a doctor gives a patient a pill # a reason to stand, a reason to sing # but there ain't no reason why a man can't swing... # we have the karnak all to ourselves until abu simbel. don't worry about your things. darling louise will go back and pack up all your rooms for you and meet us. happy to, miss. we have a piano tuned, a chef stolen from shepherds of cairo and enough champagne to fill the nile! and it is very much that kind of got enough champagne to fill the nile! and then a whole bunch of celebrities and death and murder and hercule poirot, with his moustache. interestingly, in this, hercule poirot�*s moustache get this on back story. there is literally holding about where that moustache came from, it becomes very important
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about him being someone who was hiding behind a mask of because of stuff that is in his past. that should be — stuff that is in his past. that should be a _ stuff that is in his past. that should be a twitter - stuff that is in his past. that should be a twitter handle! | stuff that is in his past. that| should be a twitter handle! i am sure it probably _ should be a twitter handle! i am sure it probably is _ should be a twitter handle! i —.n sure it probably is already. here's the thing with this. you said when you're watching that clip, it is very star—studded — that is what it is. it is also pretty creaky. the murder mystery is not very mysterious and it feels kind of very mechanical. it is happening on this big steamer with his big title going around, and that feels like a metaphor for the film around, and that feels like a metaphorfor the film making itself. it is fine, it is not going to surprise anybody. you go to see this movie, you know what you're going to get. perhaps the stuff about tragedy lies by the moustache might be some thing that surprises some people. great cast, looks all right, never convinced in terms of it being a gripping whodunit, because it is like, who really cares? i am just here for the i'm here for the, enough shipping to fill the nile! it is fine. it is not belfast. anything
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with belfast is belfast feels personal, belfast feels vibrant and like i really wanted to tell this story. this one, not so much, but it is what it is. a bit of escapist glamour and perhaps not much more. yeah, no, not much more _ perhaps not much more. yeah, no, not much more at — perhaps not much more. yeah, no, not much more at all. _ perhaps not much more. yeah, no, not much more at all. however, _ perhaps not much more. yeah, no, not much more at all. however, flee. - perhaps not much more. yeah, no, not much more at all. however, flee. you| much more at all. however, flee. you have seen flee. much more at all. however, flee. you have seen flee-— much more at all. however, flee. you have seen flee.- animated i have seen flee. loved it! animated documentary _ have seen flee. loved it! animated documentary by _ have seen flee. loved it! animated documentary by jonas _ have seen flee. loved it! animated documentary by jonas poher - documentary byjonas poher rasmussen, about a man he is known since he was 15, a pseudonym to protect identity. his background was always shrouded in mystery, and rasmussen want to do a radio document about him, didn't want to document about him, didn't want to do it, but then when he started talking about an admitted documentary but he could tell a story and retain his anonymity, and what we see is a story about some of up what we see is a story about some of up and all the one of the things about being a child, but then the mujahideen, then having to flee, the moscow, becoming involved in
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terrifying human trafficking story which is about cargo containers, boats and visions of drowning, and as the story goes from being realist to nightmares, so the animation reflects that in the way that it changes. i thought this was really powerful, but the main reason i thought it was powerful was because along with that horizon story, firstly, you're hearing the story for the first time and it is really a coming—of—age story, a coming—out story, and admits all of the terror and the horror in the tragedy, there is real warmth and wit and a ...i thought it was really moving. did you like it?— thought it was really moving. did ou like it? . , , ., , you like it? incredibly moving, very owerful. you like it? incredibly moving, very powerful- and _ you like it? incredibly moving, very powerful. and no _ you like it? incredibly moving, very powerful. and no one _ you like it? incredibly moving, very powerful. and no one should - you like it? incredibly moving, very powerful. and no one should look l you like it? incredibly moving, very| powerful. and no one should look at it think, oh, it is animation, why do i want to watch animation? i think the story actually would've been unbearable... we should all know this story, we do stories all the time in news about human trafficking, but the animation means you can just about cope with the
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horror of what he went through. i don't want to do any plot spoilers, but it was absolute gripping. my attention was completely stripped. it is only an hour and a half and you are, your heart is just turning and turning. your stomach is turning, because it is horrific. the reference to people traffickers are the most disturbing part of it. and the most disturbing part of it. and also the the most disturbing part of it. fific also the russian police, who the most disturbing part of it. elic also the russian police, who don't come out of it well, but it is really interesting a story dealing with such dark material can be so uplifting in the end, because it is done after the message of the story is to accept the future, you have to... ., , ., is to accept the future, you have to... ., is to accept the future, you have to- - -_ you i is to accept the future, you have i to..._ you hear to... you with your past. you hear somebody — to... you with your past. you hear somebody in _ to... you with your past. you hear somebody in those _ to... you with your past. you hear somebody in those interviews - to... you with your past. you hear. somebody in those interviews dealing with the past. it is almost a therapy session.— with the past. it is almost a therapy session. with the past. it is almost a thera session. n ., , , , ., therapy session. actually, yes, and because the — therapy session. actually, yes, and because the two _ therapy session. actually, yes, and because the two men _ therapy session. actually, yes, and because the two men are _ therapy session. actually, yes, and because the two men are such - therapy session. actually, yes, and because the two men are such oldl because the two men are such old friends, the central character is now 36 and we are told has a very successful career in denmark. we don't know who he is, quite rightly, and there are flashes of humour. and
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that's lovely. and there are flashes of humour. and that's lovely-— that's lovely. there's a lovely detail when _ that's lovely. there's a lovely detail when he _ that's lovely. there's a lovely detail when he is _ that's lovely. there's a lovely detail when he is young - that's lovely. there's a lovely detail when he is young and i that's lovely. there's a lovely - detail when he is young and looking at a poster ofjohn claude van. i really lovely detail. at a poster ofjohn claude van. i really lovely detail.— really lovely detail. really well-made. _ anyway, from the sublime to the ridiculous, marry me. have you ever thought what notting hill would be like if you replaced hugh grant with 0wen like if you replaced hugh grant with owen wilson and hejennifer lopez? not really! owen wilson and he jennifer lopez? not reall ! ., ~ ., g not really! now we know. jennifer lo ez is not really! now we know. jennifer lopez is going _ not really! now we know. jennifer lopez is going to _ not really! now we know. jennifer lopez is going to get _ not really! now we know. jennifer lopez is going to get married - not really! now we know. jennifer lopez is going to get married to l not really! now we know. jenniferl lopez is going to get married to his liberte boyfriend. just before she goes onstage, she finds he is cheating. 0n goes onstage, she finds he is cheating. on stage, she decides to marry a member of the audience. don't take my word for it — here it is! they say if you want something different, you have to do something different. so this time, for the first time, you make a different choice. you jump off a cliff so high,
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you can't even see the fall. and you just... ..say yes. sure. i'll marry you. you! gasps ijust wish i just wish the viewers had ijust wish the viewers had been witness to your reaction to that clip, and incidentally that is one of the better moments in the film! i was sitting there going, ok, i know it is based on a graphic novel and i can see it is a wrong,, so fine, liberties, but it is rubbish. it is under rubbish. not least because wilson spins the whole movie doing this, i'mjust wilson spins the whole movie doing this, i'm just being mopey! and then it is, ok, so he is a mopey maths teacher, but actually that is so much but in the life of celebrity.
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none of this makes any sense. i don't believe in any of these people. i don't believe in anything at all, which will be fine if i was laughing and if i was watching notting hill, which... there's a lot of things wrong with notting hill but it is a good film, this is rubbish. i have been quite surprised, the reviews have been, it is not citizen kane, but it is all right! no, it is not! it is terrible! something about the levels to which we have decided that this is all right? this is not all right! people have been starved for cinema... people have been starved for cinema- - -_ people have been starved for cinema... �* , ., ., ., cinema... between this and how to make men — —— moonsault... —— moonsault. .. the —— moonsault... the souvenir part two... -- moonsault. .. the souvenir part two... ., ., , ., two... you have seen both? i have seen both- — two... you have seen both? i have seen both. there _ two... you have seen both? i have seen both. there was _ two... you have seen both? i have seen both. there was a _ two... you have seen both? i have seen both. there was a section - two... you have seen both? i have seen both. there was a section i l two... you have seen both? i have. seen both. there was a section i did not understand towards the end, but broadly, i really, really enjoyed it, and i really enjoyed it much
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more even in the first part. the first art more even in the first part. the first part is _ more even in the first part. the first part is still _ more even in the first part. “iie: first part is still available more even in the first part. tie: first part is still available on bbc iplayer, and so if you're going to go and see the souvenir part two, you need to have seen the souvenir part one, it won't make any sense of uniting the first one. the first one is a stand—alone movie, the second one is not. i thought it was great. you see a film being made, it is to do with the artistic licence, and what i love about it is it is deeply personal, it isjoanna hogg making a film which is semi—other —— autobiographical. more efficient in this when the first from. you can watch two seconds of this and know it is joanna watch two seconds of this and know it isjoanna hogg. find watch two seconds of this and know it is joanna hogg-— it is joanna hogg. and there is something _ it is joanna hogg. and there is something very _ it is joanna hogg. and there is something very touching - it is joanna hogg. and there is | something very touching about it is joanna hogg. and there is i something very touching about it. it is joanna hogg. and there is - something very touching about it. it can get criticised, people say it is achingly middle—class and some people have a problem with that, but this is about the central character coming to terms with a traumatic death of her boyfriend. yes! that's the fun death of her boyfriend. jes�*z that's the fun michael thing death of her boyfriend. iesi that's the fun michael thing through it, and i thought it was examined very, very cleverly. i
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and i thought it was examined very, very cleverly-— very cleverly. i think you should be in this chair— very cleverly. i think you should be in this chair and _ very cleverly. i think you should be in this chair and i _ very cleverly. i think you should be in this chair and i should _ very cleverly. i think you should be in this chair and i should be - very cleverly. i think you should be in this chair and i should be in - in this chair and i should be in that chair. that is exactly right, that chair. that is exactly right, thatis that chair. that is exactly right, that is exactly what it is, it was saying it is a film which come in nothing but the middle—class, is going, these are the people, this is what they are. it is not making any apologies for them. this is they are. i think it is terrific.- are. ithink it is terrific. really terrific. dvd? _ are. ithink it is terrific. really terrific. dvd? a _ —— the story of film a new generation. if you go to bbc iplayer, on their... mort film history than you can wait a stick at. worth checking out. film history is a thrillingly interesting subject. dive into it. there are many resources for doing so. yes. you can never— many resources for doing so. yes. you can never have _ many resources for doing so. yes. you can never have too _ many resources for doing so. yes. you can never have too much! many resources for doing so. yes. | you can never have too much! you many resources for doing so. yes. - you can never have too much! you can never have _ you can never have too much! you can never have too — you can never have too much! you can never have too much _ you can never have too much! you can never have too much film _ you can never have too much! you can never have too much film history. - never have too much film history. you can have too much of marry me. please see monfall! thank you, mark.
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enjoy your cinema going, whatever you are brave enough to see. interesting choices! see you next time. bye—bye. hello there. friday brought us a dry, sunny, cold day thanks to high pressure. very short—lived, mind you. it is set to turn more unsettled tonight, and for the weekend, low pressure will bring wet and windy weather to our shores, with it turning a little bit milder as well. so that's today's high pressure and cold air moving out of the way, being replaced by low pressure, slightly milder air, lots of isobars and weather fronts, so it'll be going downhill across northern and western areas through the course of the night. wet and windy weather here. bit of snow over the high ground of scotland initially as it bumps into the cold air, but then milder air moves in. much of central, southern, eastern parts of england will stay dry under clear spells. in the far southeast, it could be quite chilly again. not as cold as the previous
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night, but much milder further north and west. so a different—feeling day on saturday, more cloud around, more wind — in fact, strong winds, gusty at times — and outbreaks of rain, some heavy for northern and western england, in towards wales. sunshine and showers following for scotland and northern ireland. it will be windy with gales here. but even blustery across the southeast despite it staying dry, with some sunshine here throughout daylight hours. temperatures creeping up a little bit on saturday, maybe highs of 9 or 10 degrees in the southwest. it might not feel like that because of the strength of the wind and the rain. the wet and windy weather reaches the southeast during saturday night. into sunday, we look to the southwest, to a new area of low pressure moving in. and that will start to feed in some pretty heavy and persistent rain in southwest england, wales, northern and western england as well. could see some really high rainfall totals by the end of the day across south wales. wetter as well for the southeast. the rain reaches most areas, apart from the far north of scotland. it will be very windy with gales across the southwest, through the channel. and it'll be very wet and windy through sunday evening,
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as that low slips away into the north sea. eventually, it will clear away. bit of a hang—back of cloud and wind across northern and eastern parts of the country. skies will be brightening up across the south and the west, but here, there will be some blustery showers, these of a wintry flavour, certainly, across scotland, as the air will be a bit coolerfor all on monday — highs of 4 to 8 or 9 degrees in the south. very little change, then, as we head through the rest of the week. in fact, if anything, it turns more unsettled. a spell of gales, even severe gales at times. some spells of wet weather, too, and it will be very mild, especially across the south.
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