Now, take a front row seat as film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year in review 2019 the year in film. Hi, im mark kermode. Were here at the Cinema Museum in south london. Over the next half an hour, ill be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2019. Films from around the world, from big budget blockbusters to smaller indie gems, from widescreen full colour spectacle to more intimate black and white experimentation. As always, 2019 kicked off with awards season and the uk release of several films that opened in america in 2018 in time to qualify for the oscars. In a weird echo of the 1990 academy awards, when driving miss daisy won best picture for which category spike lees infinitely superior do the right thing wasnt even nominated this year, the likeable but bland green book beat blackkklansman to the top prize. Although spike lee did triumph in the screenplay category, earning his first Competitive Academy award. That ch
Temperatures will be rising in the southwest, still quite a chilly one from the north and the east. So for boxing day, a band of wet and windy weather coming to our shores. But as it arrives, the milder air also arrives, turning very mild towards the end of the week. Hello this is bbc news with clive myrie. The headlines. A nine year old british girl, her 16 year old brother, and their father have died after drowning in a Swimming Pool at a Holiday Resort in the costa del sol. Prince philip is discharged from hospital after four days. The duke is now spending christmas with the queen in sandringham. The queen will use her Christmas Day message to say the past year has been quite bumpy adding that small steps can heal divisions. Now, take a front row seat as film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year in review 2019 the year in film. Hi, im mark kermode. Were here at the Cinema Museum in south london. Over the next half an hour, ill be looking back at some
In the last hour the heavyweight fighter has convinvingly beaten the previously undefeated tom schwarz in the second round. And were with the next generation of cricketers ahead of todays world cup match between pakistan and india. We cant see that, but said if she was going on Hunger Strike a beautiful sunrise out there we would do it here. But obviously you can see me, and i am doing it as well. Earlier, but beware showers and Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes case is intricately connected with the difficult relationship thunderstorms that may be heading between the uk and iran, your way. Which has just become even more tense. London has accused tehran of being behind attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, one its sunday the 16th ofjune. Our top story iran has complained of the worlds busiest waterways. Iran says that isnt true, to britains ambassador making its displeasure known in the country after the uk government accused it of involvement in a meeting with the foreign secretar
Hundreds of people in lincolnshire still cant go back to their homes because of flooding descibed by the Environment Agency as unprecedented. Most of argentina and uruguay, together with regions of paraguay and brazil, are without electricity after a massive power outage. Good afternoon. Five of the 6 conservative leadership candidates are preparing to go head to head in their first televised debate tonight. However, borisjohnson, the frontrunner in the race, will not be taking part. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said choosing mrjohnson as the next tory leader would mean britain leaving the eu without a deal. Our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. Catch him if you can. Boris johnson is the frontrunner to be our next pm, and he still is keeping his head down. He wont be at the first tv debate tonight, but his rivals know he is the man to catch. Jeremy hunt thinks he can make up the ground, but unlike mrjohnson, hes not promising brexit will be done by the end of o
Emma thompson says, yeah, i know, ive had the discussion, theyre very attached to the name. Shes then teamed up with Chris Hemsworth in an adventure which involved extraterrestrials and the most powerful weapon ever in the universe and also Kumail Nanjiani playing this tiny little character, pawny, who is essentially a pawn in a chess set who is looking for a queen. Heres a clip. Excuse me, what happened here . We had the best party. Kanye showed up and dropped like a whole new album. Look around, we got our arses kicked my queen ill never serve another. I must end my own life in the most painful way possible. I dont think that she would want you to, you know. Who are you to know what a queen would or wouldnt want . Are you a queen . Well, i mean, to the extent that all women are, yes. But no, no. Im not a queen. You know what she is, though, is an agent. Is that a title . It is a title. Maybe the best way to honour the dead is to go on living. Yes. I pledge loyalty eternally to you, a