coming up next the film review. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i'mjane hill and with us for the summer looking at all the latest cinema releases is anna smith. hi, anna, good to see you again. hi. and what do you have for us? lovely mix, as always. first up we have nope, which is the latest film from horror directorjordan peele starring daniel kaluuya. next up we've got eiffel, a romantic take on the engineer gustave eiffel. and then where is anne frank, which is an animation in which anne frank's imaginary friend comes to life. and that is really quite a mixture, isn't it?

let's start with jordan peele, got a huge fan base. a lot of horror going on here, as well, documentaries not always my thing but i know people love him. ilove him. you know, i've been so excited about this film, i loved his films get out and i loved us. both, as you say, films in the horror vain but there's a lot of social commentary, very intelligent, very thought—provoking, all things i think we also have in his new film nope. and what is interesting there is we've got some genres kind of coming in here, there's quite a western flavour, a bit of sci—fi as well. so daniel kaluuya and keke palmer star as siblings who run a kind of hollywood training ranch for horses. so they've got this ranch, got all the horses and they serve hollywood. and they've been looking at the skies and seeing some rather unusual things. let's have a look at the clip. 0k. it's in the cloud, it's in the cloud. oj, it's in the cloud! m—hm.

yeah, no, no, no. run, oj, run! so, yeah. i'm already scared. as you can see, a little bit scary. there's a lot of things going on here but it is very visually stunning, as you can see there. hoyte van hoytema is a fantastic cinematographer who works with christopher nolan a lot. and jordan peele has hried for this with using, a lot of the time, imax cameras so it looks spectacular. and it's actually about spectacle. the story itself looks at spectacle. it looks at not only how we look at things and what we are thinking when we look at them but also the sort of commercialisation of spectacle. so, of course, you've got hollywood, you've got the fact that these guys on the edges of hollywood, they're looking at the skies as well.

also, one of their great goals is to capture whatever is up there for what they call the "oprah shot". they want to be famous, they want to make money and they want to get the "oprah shot". but there's also a lot going on here to do with animals because, obviously, this is a horse ranch. and there a lot about, do we use animals for entertainment, is that right? there's also a number of very disturbing subplots. one of these involves a tv studio in which something very bad happens involving a chimpanzee. it's a kind of flashback scene, which also involves one of their neighbours who runs a kind of entertainment business. so a lot of great supporting characters but it kind of centres on this duo, this brother and sister who really have a very darkly funny, contrasting relationship. he's very introverted and she's very chatty. daniel kaluuya is terrific, isn't he? he is a fantastic actor. he's got a wonderful presence here. of course, he was in get out, jordan peele�*s incredible film which directly tackled the issue of race. they'll be no surprise that race comes into it here.

the idea is that actually one of their ancestors was one of the first black men to appear on film and went unsung. so a lot going on here. i went away thinking loads, as usual, it kept me awake at night. possibly just about the lesser of the three of his films but still an excellent film. that's really interesting. i love his social commentary, i love the way it looks, he so creative. i'm just never brave enough to get to the end of the film. am i going to get to the end of this one? you might make it halfway through. if you're a bit scared, just hide yourface. it's worth it, honestly. 0k. all right. a big thumbs up from you. for the film number two, yes, do we call it eiffel or ei—ffel? i'm going between the two because, of course, we say the eiffel tower but then gustave eiffel is his name. so, eiffel, if you like, it's a kind of fanciful drama. it's partly inspired by true life and what prompted him to make the eiffel tower and come up with this crazy plan. we first meet him, he's played by romain duris who is a wonderful french actor.

we first meet him when he's becoming quite famous in paris and enjoying a certain amount of celebrity. he's obviously very revered for his skill and he has this audacious plan for this huge tower. but then the film decides that one of the reasons he's inspired to make this is an encounter with a long—lost love, played by emma mackey, who is actually, she the star of sex education, she's bilingual, she's part french. she's a lovely actress but i felt... i had a few problems with this. i don't know if you did too but one of them is that this is a very heart—stopping, lovelorn romance, maybe too many swooning shots for my liking. yes, i'm with you on that. ok, we get it, they really fancy each other. we get that, yes. but also, i just felt it didn't really sit that easily with the story of the eiffel tower. it felt like two stories jammed together, didn't it? because the bits about the engineering and the tower and the architecture and could we manage to build something this heavy out of metal — this tall out of metal? all of that is completely fascinating. and the romantic story

was sort of tacked on. i felt it was a shame, actually. it was a bit of a shame. great acting but... it would've worked if they just said, right, we're going to do a romance or are we just going to do that? but it's putting the two together. it didn't know what to be. also the age gap�*s completely inaccurate. it annoyed me quite a lot. there is an issue too. yeah, it's in the camp of not as good as it should be, i think. and choice number three this week? so where is anne frank, this is an intriguing animation. it's kind of aimed at other children, you might say, certainly a pg certificate. the idea is that anne frank's imaginary friend, kitty, the ones she wrote many letters to in her diary, actually magically comes to life in current—day amsterdam. she wakes up in the anne frank house and wonders, where's my friend? the idea is that she believes herself to be real and she believes that her relationship with anne was real. so we then have these animated flashbacks to their conversations, which effectively bring the diary to life. let's have a look at the clip. 0k.

the nazis came to power in germany and then they took over most of europe and marked usjews as the villains. they told everyone we were to blame for all the world's problems, disease, hunger, poverty, you name it. then the restrictions. first it was the swimming pools, after that it was everywhere. we were banned from concert halls, shops, sporting events, parks, hospitals, universities. and then they imposed a curfew. we weren't allowed to leave the house between sunset and sunrise. we thought life couldn't get any worse. that's when the children started disappearing. they'd send a letter ordering jewish kids to report to the nearest police station the next day. it said something about a work camp for children. but we never saw them again. poignant stuff, as you can see. and i think it's probably aimed

perhaps at children who are hearing the story for the first time. i was wondering that, yes. and what you have is kitty, in a way, a siphon for someone who is hearing the story for the first time because she doesn't know ann's fate. and she's running around contemporary amsterdam and trying to find out what happened to herfriend, anne frank. and the truth gradually dawns on her as she sees her friend. she's very confused about the statues of her friend everywhere, she's famous, but then, of course, she goes on this detective mission with a new friend to find out what actually happened to her. this is from ari folman who gave us waltz with bashir. so that was a very moving, more adult animation and i found this similarly moving at the end. i know it's aimed at young people and, of course, i know the story, but i was in tears at the end of this. it really brings it home. oh, were you? it does bring it to a new audience, perhaps. it does and also i think they make contemporary parallels with the refugee crisis. it is quite current as well. so i do think it's a good one for older kids, if you want

them to see this story. it is upsetting but i think it's told in quite a sensitive way. really interesting. ok, thanks very much. that's three choices for this week. there is a great film that you've chosen as best out. i'm so pleased you chose this. blind ambition. this is a triumph against adversity story. i love this, this is on curzon home cinema and also in cinemas. this is a story, it's a documentary, it's a story of four zimbabwean men who escaped violence and went to live in south africa, build new lives and they ended up forming a wine—tasting team for the world wine tasting championships in france. it's a sort of fish—out—of—water, comedy documentary in some ways. it's very light, it's very accessible, it's very funny in parts, but also, there is real heart there. these are men who are finding their true calling in the unlikeliest of circumstances. and they are bonding and there's also plenty of culture clash with the french, naturally. and some very strong characters on the french side.

for me, this was an enjoyable doc. and i think it's fascinating because you might think, oh, it sounds frivolous, it's about wine—tasting. how interesting can that be for an hour and a half? but there is really poignant stories as well. these are men who fled zimbabwe and told the story of how they crossed the border, takes us back to the refugee crisis, taking their life in their hands to find a better life. and it's really cleverly sewn together, i think. some really difficult circumstances that they came from. but flowering, really into an unusual passion on all their parts. it's inspiring, isn't it? delightfully made. they get that balance right. it's also partly about the kindness of strangers and people that helped him on thisjourney. it's a lovely story. it's a really good watch. striking and interesting. for anyone who wants to stay at home, there's a great film but, my goodness, a sad one. benediction. this is a story of secrets to do wih the war poet jack lowden. it's decades—spanning, it covers his life, this is terence davies biopics.

and he does bioptics very seriously, very well. i mean, we get a lot of his poetry, of course, and we get his post—war trauma. and then there is some brief levity in the �*20s when he is having various relationships with men. but, as you say, there is an underlying sadness to this very tragic story, ultimately. yes, yes. and really interestingly made, beautifully made, very creative but it doesn't shy away from the horrors of the first world war and lots of current actors today overlaid with images from the trenches, deeply upsetting. so it's quite a roller coaster in that way. it's a sedate film on the surface but it's quite a gut punch, actually, isn't it? i think it's more powerful dressed as an elegant sort of period biopic but then it does hit you where it hurts when it has to. i think it's really well done. i recommend it for good home viewing. absolutely. all right, anna, thank you very much. really, really interesting week. see you next time. thank you and enjoy your movie choices, whatever they are at this week. see you soon. thanks for being with us. bye— bye.

hello. the heat does begin to ease in the week ahead. there'll be more showers in the forecast as well. but in the short term, we still have the met office amber warning for extreme heat in place. it's valid until the end of the day on sunday. still likely to see some impacts from the heat on both health and transport as well. good deal of sunshine around through sunday morning, particularly across england and wales. showers developing though across northern ireland pushing their way through the day up into parts of scotland, likely to be heavy and thundery. could well see one or two showers developing across parts of wales and south west england. most will be dry though, some mist and low cloud still clinging to north eastern coasts. temperatures will be the talking point once again, 35 or 36 celsius the top temperature across parts of south east england and widely in the high 20s or low 30s celsius.

and the showers start to become more active as we go through sunday evening and overnight and starting to develop across parts of north west england, wales and south west england. again, still heavy and thundery, but falling onto dry ground. likely to be some problems with flash flooding in places and still a very muggy night. parts of southern england once again could have a tropical night with temperatures not falling below 20 celsius. but as we head through monday, this area of low pressure starts to become more dominant and we'll start to see more frequent showers developing. now on monday once again, the main focus of the showers will be across scotland and northern ireland where again they'll be heavy and thundery merging to give a longer spell of rain, but a greater chance that we'll see a few of those showers pushing their way across england and wales. not everyone will see them, but there is a chance that we could see some rain from those showers as we head through monday. a cooler feel across scotland and northern ireland on monday. still very muggy and very warm across much of england and wales but the temperatures will be starting to fall down. as we head into tuesday, you can see we see more frequent showers across the north of england and into scotland, but also some showers, more frequent showers developing across the southern half of england as well.

so a greater chance that we'll see some spells of rain on tuesday. and you'll notice that the temperatures starting to coming down, still warm, but close to where they should be for the time of year. so through tuesday and wednesday, this area of low pressure is still close by, still the chance that we'll see some showers, some thunderstorms. but given how dry the ground is, it may well be that we'll see some problems with flash flooding. but certainly in the days ahead, things will be turning cooler with a chance of some rain. bye— bye.

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