0k, we re both laughing a lot, and i haven t even seen it! and there we are! now, here s the thing. that s so silly, but very funny. yes, and it made you laugh. so, look, voice cast, you know dolph lundgren, jean claude van damme, russell brand, julie andrews, steve carell, obviously. there s a plot involving a magical stone. none of that matters. what matters is i genuinely think that the minions are the, kind of, the great animated slapstick creation of our time, in the same way as tom and jerry. it s a formula that works, and i love slapstick comedy. i absolutely love slapstick comedy, and every single minions movie. 0k, some of them are better than others and some of them make more sense than others, it s to do with the minions set pieces. they make me smile, they make me laugh. i mean, i know so many people who go, i cannot believe how much you like minions. i have minions socks, i have minions t shirts. do you? yeah, genuinely. wow you re easy for christmas, then
wearing black leather. it doesn t matter, it works. and i think it has depth, contrary to what many critics have said about itjust being surface, it isn t, and i think if you love elvis, you ll love this, and if you ve never been interested in elvis, you ll be dazzled by this. i really want you to go and see this. i promise. and i really want you to like it, jane. i want you to like it, ok? i will let you know. i do like baz luhrmann, so i have high hopes. that s half the battle because it s very much a film by baz luhrmann. away from baz luhrmann, a quick word about the railway children. yes, so the railway children is back in cinemas, because onjuly the 15th railway children return is coming out. so this is the lioneljeffries original, back in cinemas on sunday the 3rd, based on the novel by edith nesbit. jeffries was a genius director. he made this, he made the amazing mr blunden, two of the greatest kids films ever made. bernard cribbins is the station porter, petticoats turn into