flawed and foolish. for proof, look no further than the fact that jared leto recently received a golden globe nomination for one of the most eye—rollingly terrible performances i have ever seen in the little things. i saw the for sale sign. that was for another car. got a lot of miles on it. you a... you a salesman? no. leto plays albert sparma, the manson—like key suspect in a series of disappearances and killings who loves playing cat—and—mouse with the police — in this case, denzel washington's world—weary deputy sheriff and rami malek�*s upcoming detective. the two are brought together when a new murder matches the m0 of an old case that washington failed to solve, apparently driving him to a heart attack. you can talk to me. i'm all the friend you've got. the only thing about this insufferably tedious, sub—seven serial killer snorer that could give me a heart attack is leto�*s scenery chewing performance, apparently inspired by a quick reading of helter skelter, the application of a greasy bad jesus hairdo and the addition of a midriff tyre because apparently, nothing says crazy like being just a little bit overweight. why use that? all this pantomime nonsense is presented with a tone of awards—courting sombreness, with washington mumbling, malek gurning and cinematographerjohn schwartzman shooting everything in shadowy hues designed to cover up the total lack of substance. only thomas newman's score actually does anything interesting, and even that becomes grating as the script by writer—directorjohn lee hancock, whose cv includes the blind side, plods from one uninteresting setpiece to the next. is leto�*s character a killer orjust a joker? who cares? ijust wanted him to stop acting before he gave me a headache. you can find the little things — if you absolutely must — online now. hi, paxton! we heard london's in total lockdown. we are all locked in this psychological prison of burning aloneness. how's linda? she's somewhere in the house. is there some type of issue? she screams. we are fine. more fun, albeit in an utterly disposable way, is locked down, a comedic heist thriller written and shot during the covid pandemic. linda said she was planning to end ourthing. chiwetel ejiofor and anne hathaway are the couple whose relationship has fizzled out, but who nonetheless find themselves locked down together in london. you know, you think i'm so happy and normal? l no. he's become boring and furloughed, she's become disillusioned and desperate. neither is going anywhere until she hits on the idea of stealing a £3 million diamond from harrods with his help. can the thrill of theft reinvigorate their relationship? live wild, don't die, linda. directed by doug liman, who made swingers and mr and mrs smith, from a script by dirty pretty things writer steven knight, this is passingly fun fare. daft and a bit dopey, but still moderately distracting. his name? - edgar allan poe. edgar allan poe! wow! that said, when it comes to movies made during lockdown, this can't hold a candle to the diy british horrorfilm host, which recently came out on blu—ray, conjuring proper scares from the most restrictive filmmaking circumstances — a real low—budget gem. now, one thing we've all done far too much of during lockdown is spending time online, glued to our phones and computer screens. that's a scenario that's central to the jet—black dutch comedy—horror the columnist. katja herbers is femke, the journalist under pressure to complete a book, who finds herself unable to ignore the online trolls who constantly harass her with obscenities and death threats, something that will be unpleasantly familiar to many in this grand age of social media. when her noisy diy enthusiast neighbour turns out to be one of her online trolls, she helps him to fall off a roof, a release that miraculously unlocks her writer's block. and so, finding inspiration in revenge, she embarks on a killing spree, a deadly hobby that keeps her creative juices flowing. there's something thrillingly jolly about watching femke reek bloody vengeance on the keyboard warriors who have attacked her with anonymous impunity, a ghoulishly taboo delight that chimes with films likejohn waters's serial mom or alice lowe's prevenge. but there's also an acerbic, satirical bite to writer daan windhorst and director ivo van aart�*s gleefully anarchic film, as femke slips from smiling liberal to avenging wraith, publicly espousing the virtues of free speech while privately bumping off anyone who disagrees with her. you can log onto the columnist on vod platforms now. a few years ago, the russo brothers, anthony and joe, broke box office records with their—series ending marvel broke box office records with their series—ending marvel 2—parteravengers: infinity war and avengers: endgame. since then, they've returned to their roots and have now co—directed an adaptation of nico walker's novel cherry. i'm 23 years old and... ..sometimes i wonder if life is wasted on me. tom holland stars as the lost soul who we first meet robbing a bank, who then looks back upon his life to see how the last 15 years led him to this sorry end. his meeting with his sweetheart emily, played by ciara bravo, his enlistment in the army when heartbreak loomed, his time in battle and his return to cleveland with ptsd and a growing opioid dependency that draws both him and emily into spiralling drug addiction. have you ever heard of oxycontin? described by its creators as a sid and nancy star romance ——style romance for the post—9/1! generation, cherry is stylistically adventurous fare that knowingly plays with genre, shifting its tone, rhythm and aspect ratio to reflect our antihero's subjective experience of his changing world. i like you. a lot. thus we get the magical realism of falling in love, the full metaljacket feel of boot camp and the expansiveness of war, the disconnection of addiction and the cynical, almost sarcastic tone of the bankjobs. ma'am, it's nothing personal. at times, all this can start to feel like a triumph of style over substance, a turbo—charged indie film thatjust happens to have been made by some of the most celebrated technicians in the industry. but tom holland lends a much—needed humanity to the proceedings, reminding us that this is meant to be a personal story rather than a showcase for flashy cinematic invention. can you just talk about you for a second? it's on apple tv+ now. i'll leave you with news of an intriguing and unexpected oddity from canada, mouthpiece. are you still taking a breakfrom relationships? yeah. well, i don't know. two actors, amy nostbakken and norah sadava, play differing sides of one character, cassandra, a young woman struggling to come to terms with her mother's death. what would your mother have liked? what should cassie say at her funeral, how honest can she be about her mother's life, and will her somewhat precarious relationships with her family survive? do you really think that it's the best idea for you to do the eulogy? directed by patricia rozema, whose credits include mansfield park and into the forest, mouthpiece is loosely based on a stage play written by the film's two leads. yet it's not in any way stagey. on the contrary, there's a sublimely cinematic quality to the filmmaking, which swings nimbly from surreal doublings to dance numbers, from humour to horror and heartbreak. # my mama always told me... the brilliant score by nostbakken makes superb use of close harmony voices to emphasise the battling voices in cassie's head, while the carefully choreographed cinematography captures a world of reflections and mirrored images. mum would have wanted me to wear black. well, mum's dead. it all adds up to a remarkable film that feels emotionally honest and intellectually engaging, whilst also being engrossing and entertaining. it's the kind of thing that charlie kaufman tried and failed to pull off in his self—consciously clever, clever psychodrama i'm thinking of ending things. although, unlike kaufman, rozema's film seems to come from the heart rather than the head, offering a genuine insight into the human condition rather than a chin—stroking lecture on the anguish of being a misunderstood genius. you can find mouthpiece in virtual cinemas and on demand now. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. looking pretty good from up here. thanks. jesus. hello there. the weather has been in a particularly energetic mood over the last few days, with some very strong and blustery winds. and i think it's going to take a while for things to calm down. so, still windy through this weekend. there will be some sunny spells but also some heavy showers. you can see the cloud on the satellite picture. it has been blown quite briskly across the atlantic on those strong winds. speckled shower clouds, and this band of cloud here, which has been bringing some more persistent rain eastwards. that clearing away through the first part of the morning, and then you can see plenty more showers following on behind. some of those showers through the day will be heavy and thundery. high ground in the north, and the potential for some hail as well. but at least for a time, eastern scotland, central and eastern parts of england, will see fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine. but it does stay windy, particularly across england and wales. these are the winds gusts you can expect, 50 mph or more in exposed places. so, when you factor in the strength of the wind, it is going to feel really chilly out there. top temperatures between 7—10 degrees. through saturday night, we'll see one clump of showers pushing south—eastwards across england and wales. more feeding into northern ireland and scotland for a time, but you can see the showers become fewer and further between by the end of the night. more dry weather to start sunday morning. it stays windy enough, i think, to avoid a frost in most places, but it will be quite a chilly start to the day. and then through sunday, high pressure fairly close by, but low pressure still in charge. a frontal system approaching from the west, so while many places will start off the day dry with some spells of sunshine, we'll see more in the way of cloud spinning across northern ireland and scotland. outbreaks of rain with that, which will then get down into northern england, wales and the midlands. but for southern and eastern areas, it's likely to stay dry for a good part of the day. still windy but not as windy, and temperatures ranging from seven degrees in northern scotland to ii in eastern and southern parts of england and south wales. now, if you are looking for things to calm down, it looks like that will happen during next week as this area of high pressure slowly but surely establishes itself. a little bit of rain around at the start of the week but it should then turn drier. there'll be some sunshine and the winds should fall quite a lot lighter. this is bbc news. our top stories: george floyd's family will receive $27 million after he died while in police custody. their lawyer says it's just a starting point. it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. the governor of new york andrew cuomo is resisting growing pressure to resign, following allegations of sexual misconduct. in new zealand, a national service is held to remember the 51 people killed in 2019 when a gunman opened fire at two mosques in christchurch.