Both. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks Cinema Releases is mark kermode. Mark, what do we have this week . Its the definition of a mixed bag. We have king arthur, guy ritchies take on the legend. We have a drama set in tehran, called inversion. And colossal, Anne Hathaway meets godzilla. Well, we start with king arthur. We saw in the brief clip there one David Beckham. We better start and just say is he an eric cantona . He isnt. This is guy ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 1980s novelty records, king arthur is not all right. Charlie is the young hero whose Wicked Unclejude Law has seized power, leaving him to grow up ducking and diving and he is keeping a low profile until David Beckham no less tells him to and i quote, he says, put ten fingers around the blunt end of that sword and give ita tug. He does, blimey, wouldnt you know it, it comes out. Next thing he is having to be answerable because it turns out
Film hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks Cinema Releases is mark kermode. So mark, what do we have this week . Very interesting bunch this week. We have in this corner of the world, a very impressive japanese anime. Transformers The Last Knight, the saga rumbles on. And hampstead, a film which does exactly what it says on the tin. So, in this corner of the world, a war movie with a difference . Interesting. It is an anime based on a manga of the same name. It goes from the 30s to the mid 40s. A young girl, when she gets to the age of 18, marries someone she has barely met before. She goes to live in a different home and start a new life of which she makes the most, but meanwhile the spectre of war is looming in the background. But normal life carries on. They speak japanese. Thunder rumbles. What is impressive about this is that, like a film like grave of the fireflies, it talks about dark Subject Matter, with an innocence and universality th
We want to know about their lives. The film has texture, you feel like at any point the camera could go out of the car, out of the house and into the street and the world would be complete around it. It evokes a world that is in many ways lost. It is back to time that now seems so distant, but the issues it deals with is contemporary. It is not plot driven, it is to do with moments, conversations and relationships. The narrative flips back and forward, to some extent. I thought it was terrific. I started watching it, i knew nothing of what to expect, other than it had a great cast. I was drawn into their world and their characters. I loved it, i cant wait to see it again, you will love it. Will it be disparagingly called a womens film . I dont know what that means. It used to be a term that was use for popular movies. Because females were the majority of the audiences. What they meant was something would be successful and a blockbuster. I hope it is the case. Anybody could see 20th cen
We want to know about their lives. The film has texture, you feel like at any point the camera could go out of the car, out of the house and into the street and the world would be complete around it. It evokes a world that is in many ways lost. It is back to time that now seems so distant, but the issues it deals with is contemporary. It is not plot driven, it is to do with moments, conversations and relationships. The narrative flips back and forward, to some extent. I thought it was terrific. I started watching it, i knew nothing of what to expect, other than it had a great cast. I was drawn into their world and their characters. I loved it, i cant wait to see it again, you will love it. Will it be disparagingly called a womens film . I dont know what that means. It used to be a term that was use for popular movies. Because females were the majority of the audiences. What they meant was something would be successful and a blockbuster. I hope it is the case. Anybody could see 20th cen
50, mark, what do we have this week . We have the 20th century women, a new film starring annette bening. We have the Lego Batman Movie, which does what it says on the tin. And fences, a major awards contender. Lets start with 20th century womenm, the latest from director and writer mike mills. It is an interesting film, set in california at the end of the 705. Young boy facing an uncertain adulthood, surrounded by strong women of different ages, who both inspire and also confound, not least his free spirited mother, brilliantly played by annette bening. Heres a clip. Stop. What . Thinking that you know everything thats going on. No, ijust think that, you know, having your heart broken is a tremendous way to learn about the world. 0k. Do you think youre happy . Like. As happy as you thought youd be when you were my age . Seriously . You dont ask people questions like that. Youre my mum. Especially your mum. Wondering if youre happy is a great short cut tojust being depressed. Give me t