That was a big hit a couple of years back. There are similarities, they are both very stylish. Style over content, really. Very violent, very polished, very cartoonish. But Atomic Blonde has some basis in real events because it is set in 1989 After The Fall of the berlin wall. Charlize theron is a spy sent there by the British Government to track down a list of missing agents. Lets have a look. 0k. So, is this your first time in berlin . Yes. Well, it is a remarkable time to be here. Wonderful music. Superb nightlife, marvellous restaurants. You must try the central cafe for a drink. Youll need it later. You remembeer abramowitz, dont you . Of course you do. Yeah. We can kind of guess what happens after that. It has been hard to find clips of any duration which are not violent. Shes quite adept with her stilettos, is charlize. It is ridiculous. However, i think there is some fun to be had with its ridiculousness. Firstly, Charlize Theron is great and there is a pairing that she has wit
From the Academy Awards to the afterlife, oscar winner Casey Affleck returns under a sheet in a ghost story. And get ready to tap, clap and stomp your way through an uplifting new dance documentary, step. Quite an eclectic mix this week, james. Lets start with the big blockbuster. It looks like one. Yes, Atomic Blonde, so Charlize Theron stars in this. Its a spy thriller directed by a guy called david leitch. Previously hes worked on a movie called john wick with keanu reeves, that was a big hit a couple of years back. There are similarities, they are both very stylish. Style over content, really. Very violent, very polished, very cartoonish. But Atomic Blonde has some basis in real events because it is set in 1989 After The Fall of the berlin wall. Charlize theron is a spy sent there by the British Government to track down a list of missing agents. Lets have a look. 0k. So, is this your first time in berlin . Yes. Well, it is a remarkable time to be here. Wonderful music. Superb night
The film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks interesting Cinema Releases is james king. Welcome. What have you been watching . Ive been watching Charlize Theron in a spy thriller thats 007 meets basic instinct. The names blonde, Atomic Blonde. From the Academy Awards to the afterlife, oscar winner Casey Affleck returns under a sheet in a ghost story. And get ready to tap, clap and stomp your way through an uplifting new dance documentary, step. Quite an eclectic mix this week, james. Lets start with the big blockbuster. It looks like one. Yes, Atomic Blonde, so Charlize Theron stars in this. Its a spy thriller directed by a guy called david leitch. Previously hes worked on a movie called john wick with keanu reeves, that was a big hit a couple of years back. There are similarities, they are both very stylish. Style over content, really. Very violent, very polished, very cartoonish. But Atomic Blonde has some basis in real events because it is set in 1989 After The Fall of
Midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the firestorm following President Trumps latest comments blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville, virginia continues to burn. Business leaders have joined two former republican president s in condemning his stance. The bbcs North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Amazing grace. The Memorial Service for Heather Heyer, an anti racism protestor mown down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday. But far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what . You just magnified her. Applause this was charlottesville on friday night racist groups chanting jews will not replace us, carrying ku klux klan style torches, and also marching to the slogan white lives matter. Yesterday, the president blamed both sides for the violence that ensued. You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and th
Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel have a future . Mostefa souag, welcome to hardtalk. Good day, stephen. We have to start with the threat of closure that appeared to be hanging over aljazeera just a few short days ago. The threat of course which came from saudi arabia and its allies, which demanded the closing of the Aljazeera Network as a condition for lifting an economic blockade on qatar. Be clear with me. Is there still a risk you may have to shut down . Well, first of all i would like to say that aljazeera has created a new m