Football news, and well get the latest from sydney, where australia are in control after day two of the final ashes test. More on another withdrawal from the australian open, after Serena Williams announced she wouldnt be competing in melbourne. Thats all in fa cup sports day at 6 30pm, but now its time for the film review. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases is jason solomons. What have you been watching . This week, we find out what happened when Christopher Plummer replaced kevin spacey asjohn Christopher Plummer replaced kevin spacey as John Paul Getty. Christopher plummer replaced kevin spacey asJohn Paul Getty. That isnt them, actually. Thats the next film, hostiles, with Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike, the ways of the west revived oral revised. Well be looking at ben stiller as well, checking into a midlife crisis in brads status, taking his son on a tour of College Campuses and reminiscing about his own life and wher
Hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases im joined by Jason Solomons. What have you been watching this week . This week, we find out what happened when Christopher Plummer replaced kevin spacey in Ridley Scotts all the money in the world, a kidnap drama set mainly in 19705 italy but also on a huge estate in england. And saddle up for the return of the wild west. But is it the western revived or revised in hostiles . Christian bale and Rosamund Pike, take to the wide open spaces for the violence of the wild west. And ben stiller checks in for a midlife crisis in brads status, a comedy about middle age and loss and reflecting on your existence while you take your son to colleges. But lets start with all the money in the world. Im reeling from the fact that Christopher Plummer is 88, because he looks astonishing. That is what you can do with all the money in the world, a lot of cgi john paul getty, who kevin spacey was pla
That started injapan ten years ago, and is now taking a firm hold here in the uk. Temperatures in parts of the us are predicted to fall to minus 29, as a record breaking freeze follows heavy snow caused by the so called bomb cyclone. Not quite so cold here. Stav has the details. Thank you, good morning to you. Well, it is turning much colder for all of us this weekend. Not on the plus side we should see some sunshine, particularly tomorrow, but a return to overnight frost as well. I will have all the details for you very shortly. Good morning. First, our main story a lawyer who represented victims of the serial sex offender john worboys says some of her clients whose cases werent taken to trial want to give evidence. The former black cab driver is being freed from jail after ten yea rs. He was convicted of 19 offences, although Police Believe he carried out more than 100 attacks. Lawyers say that a number of women were told that their testimony wasnt required to put worboys behind bars
A lot of cgi John Paul Getty, who kevin spacey was playing, and the film has been despaceyed and replaced very famously by Christopher Plummer, the very feat of that is what marks this film out as a footnote in film history. Extraordinary from ridley scott to reshape his film around a new performance in Christopher Plummer. We watch the film now, especially in this climate, trying to see the join, to see if there was a ready break glow of cgi inserts from Christopher Plummer. Can we spot the ghost of kevin spacey you cant at all. The film is seamlessly done, and the reshoots are beautifully done and i think Christopher Plummer is fabulous in the role ofJohn Paul Getty. I think they would have been a different. Ridley scott talked about how Christopher Plummer has a twinkle in his eye, whereas kevin spacey has a more cold look, more evil look, and i think that gives the film a lot more heart. We kind of pityJohn Paul Getty for being the richest man, but he is notjust the richest man but
fl that s. That f; and s. That 7and sunny s. That and sunny sunday. But. It lovely and sunny sunday. But. It stays cold into the beginning of next week, then we will see some changes. Stay with me for the full forecast later. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will abandon plans for mps to get a vote on fox hunting before 2022 when the next general election is due to be held. In an interview on the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, she confirmed she would be going back on the pledge she made in last years manifesto. Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports. It has been illegal to set a pack of hounds on a fox for more than a decade in england and wales. Instead, hunts have had to follow specially laid trails of sand. Many conservatives in the campaigners would like the hunting act is to be scrapped to allow horses and hounds to go back to the way things were. But having lost the tories their parliamentary majority in last yea rs parliamentary majority in last years gener