i'm tom brook, and welcome to our talking movies review of 2021.n today's programme, we look at the highlights of the year in film. there were many special moments. a real in—person cannes film festival brought excitement and joy to the french riviera. a very pleasing end of the year adaptation of west side story. i used to be able to get into a room with the emeny. and a newjames bond film was finally released, and while it did not please everyone, it did gangbusters at the box office. but let's face it, 2021 has been a difficult year for the film industry. there has been some great artistry on display by way of some remarkable films — but there has also been an ongoing sense of doom over whether cinema going would ever return to normal. the pandemic has definitely had an impact on viewing habits and on the men and women who work in the film industry. we asked some of those who work both behind and in front of a camera to reflect on what impact covid 19 has had on them in 2021. professionally, it has been nerve—racking. i have seen a lot of my col

well, we can now speak to tom brooks, who is a professor of law and government at the university of durham in the u. k. thanks for joining us on d. w. business. we're seeing extremely high numbers of people in the air law isolating a because of all the crown in the u. k. and friends me was sort of knock on effect that having 1st of businesses in fair critical services. it'll have quite a lot. i mean, one issue will be the workforce. many people will be, as you noted, a, b, b, l or the isolating. it causes other problems as well. terms of the unpredictability of the future. you know, will government, the making different restrictions or not very often in the k, it's been on very short notice next day, next 48 hours. so that on predictability isn't very helpful for business as well. and then finally, kind of bringing those 2 things together, getting labor from from abroad has been more difficult with the different restrictions between countries. and of course with britain brack set has kind of made this kind of very difficult cocktail at a very worrying time. and you mentioned that the probl

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from new york, tom brook reports. that is that from us. thank you so much for watching.on tuesday. clearer air is working its way south across the uk behind this cold front here, which is only slowly pushing southwards. so we've still got quite a lot of cloud around. the cloud and drizzle will slowly clear southwards through the day, so a reappearance of sunshine from the north, but some of us will hold onto the cloudy drizzly conditions all day in the far south. so we start off with quite a contrast in temperature, mild towards the south, but temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing first thing for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england as well. this is how tuesday is looking then, you can see the clearer skies for much of the uk, as this band of cloud and drizzly patchy rain sink south. a bit of mist and murk particularly around and hills for southern england and south wales too, lasting all day. but mild here, 10—11 celsius, in the clearer, sunny skies, between about 6—9 celsius, a few showers just rattling in across the north and west of sc

. >> brooke: tom cotton is hoping the biden administration holds them accountable. >> these are not littleat is direct violation of the court's order, i hope the court holds them accountable and hold mayorkis accountable for this. >> brooke: border encounter top a record with two million during the 2021 calendar year and agents stopped more migrant necessary december. tomorrow, vice president kamala harris will address the root causes of migration during her trip to honduras. >> todd: we've heard that root causes phrase before, thank you. tucker carlson calling out biden administration for putting interest of other countries above our own at home. listen. >> we're allowing foreigners who came here illegally in violation of our laws, which are unenforced by current government, which is undermining democracy by refusal to enforce laws, those people get to use arrest warrants to get on airplanes. you have to show id. meanwhile, we'll stop after this, congress is doing everything pulling out all the stops to send more money to eastern europe to protect the borders of ukraine. it is like it is

. >>> tom brady, the dogs of aspen and some "star wars" star power on this busy wednesday morning, plus danielle brooksup because she's teaming up with john cena. >> well, she had to work with you first. >> so talented. >> she is great. >>> you know the prices are going up and we talked to rebecca jarvis about inflation but, of course, your supermarket favorites have been going up. we have smart swaps that you can make to keep your pantry full, grocery bill low. >>> new records on the pandemic. hospitals across the country are feeling the strain. some signs that it may be plateauing here in new york. it's an encouraging study out of california as well. we want to go back to whit johnson at that hospital back in new york. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning. here in new york as you noted there the governor's hopeful we might hit that crest, that peak, the plateau, so to speak, of covid cases in the state, but that's definitely not the case in other parts of the country. the acting head of the fda saying it's now critical to make sure the healthcare system and essential services can sti

brooks showed in writing a character like that. >> the f-14 is one of the most difficult planes to master. they're called tomand a woman in that business. >> it must be nice to always believe you're no better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room. >> no, it's awful. >> the fact that that movie exists and always will is a gift. >> wait a minute. wait, wait, wait. >> i'm new in town, and i was wondering if you wouldn't mind buying me lunch. >> gregory -- >> george, george, george, it's michael dorsey, okay? your favorite client. >> how are you? last time you got me a job, it was a tomato. >> nice -- yeah -- swear to god? >> michael? >> yeah. >> god, i beg you to get some therapy. >> "tootsie" is updating a guy in the dress. you're taking a believable character and putting him in a fantastic situation. and the reason it works is because every single thing in that movie could really happen. we show you at the beginning, he's a great actor and he happens to be a pain in the ass and then to prove to his agent that he can get work he puts on the dress. >> it's almost like a play that's been perfor