This increasing state meddling. David davis. Well leave it now. Ask again at 11 30pm. That is that from the papers this hour, we are back in half an hour. Will have a look at the stories making up our front pages. Coming up next, ben brown and the film review. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks Cinema Releases is mark kermode. So mark, what do we have this week . As im sure you must have noticed, there is a new Pirates Of The Caribbean movie coming into cinemas. Why . Laughter. Baywatch goes from small screen to big screen. And Aki Kaurismakis the other side of hope. Lets kick off with the Pirates Of The Caribbean, they are billing it as jack searching for the trident of poseidon. Every single one of these films this is the fifth has a search, a quest. This time its for the trident of poseidon. The last time we were with Pirates Of The Caribbean, it was one that everyone felt was like an afterthought. The reason we are back is because these
But generally the same old story. Yes, there is a curse, a quest, some goings on. Here is a clip. I need to speak with you. Hand me your sword. I dont have a sword. What kind of soldier has no weapon . Im currently wanted for treason. So not the very good kind, then. Im looking for a pirate. Captainjack sparrow . Well, today is your lucky day. Because ijust happen to be captain jack sparrow. No, it cant be. Ive spent years searching for this . The great jack sparrow is not some drunk in a cell. Do you even have a ship . A crew . Pants . A great pirate does not require such intricacies. Do you know how long ive been waiting for this moment . The audiences love it, so give them more and more . Have you seen the other pirates movies . I think i saw the first one, a long time ago. Thought it was all right, but i didnt need more. Do you think this gag is so fabulous its going to take five movies . Firstly, i was never a fan of the first one, the second and third i found increasingly annoyin
Meeting. In the financialtimes is it was not the most friendly meeting. In the Financial Times is a story that so many people will have been thinking about. British airways faces inquest into stranding passengers to eternity problem. We spoke to the executive today. There was a complete contrast to fear from a Consumer Relations Point Of View and a business Point Of View. To have a Back Up System that did not work, all by businesses need a Back Up System that works of the initial system does not work. This is compounded because no one can then fly, this seems to have been a lack of information. The jobs have gone from the It Specialist here and it has gone to india. But we have not really had a real explanation. This Article Points out that British Airways does not seem to have learnt from the experiences of other airlines that have had similar problems, like delta air and us airlines, they face similar disasters in terms of Fail Safe Systems and they have not really learnt from that.
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa