Now, blade runner 2049, the replicants are back. People are saying this is as much a classic as the original. How do you see it . I went in in a state of extreme trepidation because i love blade runner, the final cut, the proper version. I went into this very worried about it. Its set 30 years after the first film. In the first film Harrison Ford was a blade runner, hunting down and retiring replicants. Now, ryan gosling as k is carrying on that profession. Early on in the film one of his targets says, he can only do it because he has never seen a miracle, a phrase he doesnt understand, but he comes to during the course of the movie. As he does so, he starts to wonder about his profession, hisjob, his past and his identity. Inevitably, his assignment leads him on to the trail of Harrison Fords deckard. Heres a clip. What are you doing here . I heard the piano. Dont lie. Its rude. Youre a cop. Im not here to take you in. Oh, yeah . Then what . Ijust have some questions. A lot of praise for Harrison Fords performance. I think Harrison Ford is great, but the Key Performance is Denis Villeneuve, the director, who has done a brilliantjob of following on the themes of the original blade runner. Ridley scotts blade runner had visual awe, and thanks to some fantastic cinematography from roger deakins, this takes your breath away visually. Its spectacular, depicting a world that appears to go on for ever, completely immersive, you can totally believe in it. It also has a groaning, roaring soundtrack that dances around memories of the original vangelis score. Most importantly, it has the confidence to take its time telling the story. The original story, although it was Science Fiction, it was about what it meant to be human and what memories do in the formation of our personality. How do we define our identity . Big Science Fiction ideas. Blade runner 2049 says these are the ideas that matter and we will run with them. About 30 minutes into the film, when i realised it really did have the confidence to take its time and pace itself, i heaved a sigh of relief because i was so glad that Denis Villeneuve had clearly taken the spirit of the original. I have seen it twice now. The first time, i was just knocked out by the way it looks and sounds, the way it was as a cinema experience. The second time around, what was fascinating was the way it became a melancholy experience. Its a film steeped in sadness, the idea tears in rain, the key element of the original blade runner. If youre a fan, a genre movie fan, and blade runner is important to you, as it is to me and a lot of people, we really wanted the sequel to be good, but everyone was scared because where do you take the story and how will you not trip up . That sense of palpable relief and ecstatic excitement, that not only has Denis Villeneuve understood, loved and paid homage to the original, he has also moved it on and made a modern Science Fiction classic. It looks back to metropolis, taking its place in the pantheon alongside films like 2001, and i dont say this lightly, its a film that blade runner deserved to have come after it. I just thought it was wonderful. We have clearly seen the original, we are of that age. Do you have to have seen the original to enjoy this . My own feeling would be, if you havent seen the original, go and see it because its a really important film. But i think you do have to see the original. Heaven knows its available in enough different versions. Seven versions, ive read. You have to see Ridley Scotts final cut version that sorts out all the little problems. Because then the experience of seeing 2049 will be so much richer because you will understand the resonance of things that happen in the latter third of the film. And who wouldnt want to see blade runner again . Exactly. The glass castle, brie larsen and Woody Harrelson. Based on a memoir by jeannette walls. It opens on a successful gossip columnist, played by brie larson, engaged to a financial adviser. Going home in a taxi, she sees her parents, Woody Harrelson and naomi watts, crawling around in dumpsters looking for trash. It flashes back to her itinerant upbringing. Her mother was an artist more interested in paintings than cooking food for the kids. Herfather was a rebel, believing in building the glass castle, but also a belligerent bully and drunk. The movie flips backwards and forwards between the present day story and the past. I have to say its not an entirely happy marriage. Its directed by Destin Daniel cretton, who worked with brie larson brilliantly on the independent hit short term 12, which really announced brie larson to the world. She is very good, but not in the most important part of the film. The most important part of the film is the story of the character when she is much younger, growing up with these parents who are totally reckless in their parenting and have this hippy dippy ideal of how you should raise kids, but the kids are in danger, bullied, and deprived in some ways. I kept wanting the film to come together more than it does, but it has very solid performances. Its directed with heart, but its not quite dramatically pulling itself together for me. The mountain between us, kate winslet and idris elba. A survival story and a love story. Two for the price of one. A snowstorm, they both need to get somewhere so they charter a small plane that goes into the side of the mountain. They are stranded there, no record of theirflights, no food or phone signal. Apparently they have nothing in common. Heres a clip. Are you 0k . A couple of bruises, a few scratches. Couple of cracked ribs, i got lucky. You didnt file a flight plan . No. There was radio contact. How long has it been . 36 hours. Weve got plenty of water, as long as we can melt the snow. Four packets of almonds, a couple of candy bars, half eaten sandwich and some cookies. What kind of cookies . What . Joke. Did it grip you, did it grab you . The problem, will they survive, will they run out of food or will a relationship develop . The plane crash reminded me of the film alive, as did the setup, but it turns into alive actually. Its a strange generic hybrid. It has two very solid performances from idris elba and kate winslet, but it never convinces me of their circumstances. I never felt they were genuinely endangered. It walked a very strange path between being one kind of movie and another kind of movie. Directed by hany abu assad, a terrific director. Based on a book by chris martin. Some individual scenes work well, but it is at its strongest when it deals with the idea of what will people do when they are in isolation, trying to survive, when they arent think they will never get back to the real world. It works less well when its dealing with other things and trying to be something that is closer to a disaster movie, survival movie and romance movie. One of those three elements will not necessarily gel with the rest. Its not bad, but its just not convincing. Alive actually, im sure movie producers are thinking of that concept and drawing up a script as we speak. Maybe that was it. What is best out at the moment . They have rereleased the coen brothers film blood simple from the early 19805. The coen brothers did a directors cut that was shorter than the original, which i am all in favour of. Its been reissued in a 4k transfer, and its every bit as thrilling as it was when it first came out. Its a neo noir, double crossing, dirty tricks, some genuine horror. I first saw it in a double bill with one of sam raimis evil dead films. The coens and raimi were good friends. The coen brothers went on to make fargo and no country for old men. Watching this now, you remember how thrilling, dark and strange this was when it first came out. And knowing what the coen brothers went on to do, its interesting to see the seeds of those ideas in blood simple. Its well worth seeing in the cinema. And on dvd . Wonder woman. For me, its that rarest of things, a modern superhero movie that i really had fun with and enjoyed. I think pattyjenkins did a terrific job of taking this character and giving her a whole new screen life. When you think of how dreary and boring batman versus superman was, how much of a plod it felt, this feels lively and vibrant and different. It feels like its taking an idea and running with it in a way that opens it up to a whole new audience. I remember sitting in the cinema when i first saw this and you could feel people enjoying the movie. There was none of that ponderous chin stroking. The movie wasjumping off the screen and i think its really good, wonder woman. I missed it at the cinema so im looking forward to it. You have to see it on a Big Television screen. I will come round your place well do it this weekend, marvellous. A quick reminder before we go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online, and you can find all the previous episodes on the bbc iplayer. Thats it for this week, thank you very much for watching and goodbye from us. 0nce once again, not the end of the big productions, well, maybe it is. Not a bad weekend. Not everywhere of course. Quite a bit of cloud to be had both on saturday and in the sunday and, as he start monday, but at least that helps to take away the shock of stepping out into a cold, crisp morning. A bit wet across scotland. We weather front here. Sickening cloud of come the morning. Some areas are starting dry with that look as though it might rain on you rather than actually being wet. Northern ireland, a little bit drier. Across england and wales, south west corner dry weather. Foggy across parts of pall mall and the coast. Drizzly rain first part of the day. Further north, once the front are way, brighter skies breaking out across scotland, maybe wales. One or two spot across central england. Northern ireland starting off brighton. Cloud filling in through the evening by which time you may be glued to wales versus the republic of ireland to see who winds that world cup qualifier. Overnight, the northern half pipe wet but the weather front losing energy as it goes off to the north sea. Through the morning and into the early part of the afternoon, some showers. Western side of scotland, far too close for comfort to these more active weather fronts bringing cloud and wind and rain. Very wet across the high ground on wednesday in northern and western britain. Brighter skies eventually creeping into the north west to finish off the day. The week is a bit of a mishmash as you would expect in october. The good news is, towards the south, come friday, and into the first part of the weekend, there could be some wars with temperatures into the low 20s. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore, the headlines kim jong un promotes his younger sister to north koreas centre of power, increasing his familys control. The us Vice President mike pence walks out of an nfl game after some players refuse to stand for the us national anthem. Im Babita Sharma in london. Also in the programme. Yes or no . 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