hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching? a proper mixed bag. we have a shepherd, which is an eerie british chiller. we have house of gucci, which is the new film by ridley scott. and pirates where we party like it s 1999. shepherd tell me more. here is the thing. you don t like horrorfilms and it s not a horrorfilm, it s a chiller. there is a distinction. it s an atmospheric chiller and i m trying to talk you into it. this is a story about a young man who is suffering from grief, he lost his wife and is filled with guilt, and decides to take a position on a remote scottish island as the shepherd, only him on the island, a very small rundown house, his dog and a lighthouse which looks worrying decrepit. he is dropped off on the island by kate dickie in sinister style. here s a clip. so, you re just leaving now? it s not my place here. when will you be back? i ll be back nex
diversity in our playing group, a group that works incredibly work well together and support each other and in all instances appreciates each other s differences. and just because we think we haven t had enough snow in this programme, let s get a preview of what we might be seeing at the winter olympics in febraury. this is world champion charlotte bankes finishing second at the snowboard cross world cup at secret garden in china the same course that will be used at the games. that s all from sportsday. i ll be back with you later in the evening. thanks for watching. time now for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching? a proper mixed bag. we have a shepherd, which is an eerie british chiller. we have house of gucci, which is the new film by ridley scott. and pirates, in which we party like it s 1999. shepherd tell me more. here s the thing. you don t li
hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching? a proper mixed bag. we have shepherd, which is an eerie british chiller. we have house of gucci, which is the new film by ridley scott. and pirates where we party like it s 1999. shepherd tell me more. here is the thing. you don t like horrorfilms and it s not a horrorfilm, it s a chiller. there is a distinction. it s an atmospheric chiller and i m trying to talk you into it. this is a story about a young man who is suffering from grief, he s lost his wife and is filled with guilt, and decides to take a position on a remote scottish island as the shepherd, only him on the island, a very small rundown house, his dog and a lighthouse which looks worryingly decrepit. he is dropped off on the island by kate dickie in sinister style. here s a clip. so, you re just leaving now? it s not my place here. when will you be back? i ll be back n
speaks to this programme about the racism scandal that has engulfed cricket. it follows racism allegations by former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. i played for yorkshire county cricket club for 18 years, and if in any way, shape or form cricket club for 18 years, and if in any way, shape orform i am responsible for any of his hurt, i apologise for that. broadway legend stephen sondheim, who was behind some of theatre s best known musicals including west side story, has died at the age of 91. it is saturday 27 november. our top story: the united states and australia have become the latest in a growing list of countries to impose travel restrictions on people arriving from across southern africa. it comes amid mounting concern about a new variant of coronavirus which has been named omicron by the world health organization. scientists fear it could pose an increased risk of re infection and current vaccines may be less effective. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more.
land, there are sheep sounds and didgeridoo sounds, and then we had things and you think, is it is string or the sound of the wind and it all gives the film real texture. and i mean it when i say, it is a horrorfilm, but it and i mean it when i say, it is a horror film, but it is on the creepier edge of things. it s to do with atmosphere and a sense of dread and i say this to you because i know you are not a horrorfan, but i do think there is so much in this you would enjoy, not least the terrific performance of kate dickie and it s not a big budget british film and has a real atmosphere about it, so i think it s worth checking out. lots of people will love that and will see even watching that clip, it s beautiful to look out. on the way it captures the loneliness of the terrain, and you do look at it and you think you are on the island and you think you are on the island and you can imagine what the isolation is like because that for me is a particular horror, of being isola