hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s cinema releases, anna smith is back with us. good to see you for the summer, anna, and what have you been watching? first off, we re getting on board bullet train. this is brad pitt s new starring role in an action thriller based on a japanese novel. then we ve got fadia s tree, which is a documentary about a palestinian refugee, by the artist sarah beddington. and then, we ve got maisie, which is a documentary about britain s oldest performing drag queen. it s a fantastic mixture . let s start with brad pitt, though. we ve got to start with brad pitt. i m a big fan, i think he s terrific in almost everything i ve seen him in, to be honest. he s great in bullet train as i said, it s based on a novel, ajapanese novel, and it s directed by david leitch, who actually used to be brad pitt s stunt double. which is quite an interesting turnaround. 0h, interesting! and since then, he s
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and could these be britain s first medallists of this olympics? mixed curling dquen dodds and bruce mouat are one win away from guaranteeing themselves a place on the podium. laura scott, bbc news, beijing. the semi final match in the mixed double curling is going on in the ice cube are behind me, playing a husband and wife team norway. jen and bruce are childhood friends, world champions, this is their olympic debut, playing really well so far winning six out of there at nine round robin matches but of course this is the most important and they lost to norway only last night. superstitious viewers will be pleased to know bruce is leaving nothing to chance, he has once again won his lucky had which has become quite famous in the olympic games so far but i can tell you at the moment it is delicately poised, great britain trailing in the seventh out
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