Hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, reminding you that while cinemas may be closed, there is still plenty of new movies to enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home. The most mainstream release this week is the dig, A Bittersweet Real Life Drama about the unearthing of the sutton hoo treasures on the the eve of world war ii. What are they . Do you hazard a guess . Burials, men, id expect. We are standing in somebodys graveyard i reckon. Viking. Maybe older. Apparently local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant. Ive read plenty of legends. Ive heard plenty of legends. Is that why you want to dig, mrs pretty . Details of Buried Treasure . Ralph fiennes stars as basil brown, the self taught archaeologist who wears his immense learning lightly and who is enlisted by carrie mulligan s wealthy widow, edith pretty, to excavate the imposing Burial Mounds on her property. My interest in archaeology began like yours, edith tells the initia
Good morning. A swathe of cloud across eastern england, through the midlands, Northern England come into the south west and that is producing a bit of rain at the moment and either side of that is sunshine and a few showers today. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its wednesday the 15th of may. A major manhunt is under way in france after two Prison Officers were killed in an ambush on a police van. The attack happened at a toll booth near rouen in normandy, and police said the man who was freed has links to a gang in marseille. Our europe correspondent, nick beake, has the latest. An unremarkable tollbooth in northern france, and the scene of a swift and brutal ambush. Cctv Footage Shows the Moment A Dark Car Veers into a white prison van, and at least two masked attackers start shooting. Terrified passengers on a passing bus throw themselves to the ground as the bullets ring out. One assailant is seen strolling calmly among the other vehicles on the motorway. Then
Oh, i loved lady bird, i loved it im glad you did. Of all the films this film season lady bird has given me more pause for thought than any of the other ones. I have seen it three times and it has taken that long for the subtleties and emotions to sweep over me. It is a film told from Greta Gerwigs point of view, the writer and director. It stars saoirse ronan. Women crew the film. I think it is a film told from a very fresh feminine perspective. It is a film we have seen hundreds of times before, a High School Movie with cliques and drama and mothers and best friends and house parties and prom night. It is Everything Simple on the outside but inside it is sweet and beautiful. Really, it is about a mother and daughter relationship, between lady bird that is her name given to her by herself her mum wants to call her christine. The mum is played by Laurie Metcalf who was in roseanne years ago. She has not been on the big screen ever, really. She takes her opportunity brilliantly. Anyone
Starring as donald crow hurst in the mercy. And there is more water as Sally Hawkins stars in Guillermo Del Toros fishy fairy tale and an unlikely relationship with an aquatic alien. It isa aquatic alien. It is a very interesting wick. I loved lady bird, i loved it im glad you did. Of all the films this film season lady bird has given me more pause than any one. I have seen it three times and it has taken that long for the subtleties and emotions to sweep over me. It is a film told from Greta Gerwigs point of view, the writer and director. Saoirse ronan stars in it. It is a film told from a very fresh feminine perspective. It is a film we have seen hundreds of times before, a High School Movie with cliques and drama and prom night. It is Everything Simple on the inside but outside it is sweet and beautiful. Really, it is about a mother and daughter relationship. Lady bird is the name given to her by herself. Her mum wants to call her christian. The mum is played by Laurie Metcalf who w
Can do is send thoughts and prayers than it is time the big is to be the change that we need to see. After a Super Saturday for team gb at the Winter Olympics, well hear from all three medallists live on todays breakfast. And britain came very close to another medal at the Winter Olympics this morning. James woods has just missed out on bronze in the slopestyle skiing in pyeongchang. The sheffield skier finished in fourth place. And sarah has the weather. That morning. A mild and mainly cloudy day out there. The best of the sunshine is towards the east. Some rain in the west. I will bring you your full forecast in around 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of Sexual Harassment were published in the mail on sunday. Mr cox denies assaulting a woman at Harvard University in 2015, but admits to inappropriate behaviour while working for save the children. Our Political Cor