From the austin powers movies, ensuring that no one gets confused, although if truth be told, i did get confused a bit. Kano wins also along for the Ride Isjosh lawsons impressively obnoxious kano, a loudmouthed australian, as opposed to all those quiet australians, who accompanies Cole And Sonya to an otherworldly tournament encountering laser eyes, freezing stares, robotic arms, killer lizards, on demand fireballs and lethal frisbee hats. Really. While previous Mortal Kombat films have felt rather toothless, this reboot is an impressively blood splattered affair, packed with much enjoyably squishy violence and moments of utterly gratuitous gore that left me feeling nostalgic for The Good Old Days of the video nasties. Gamers will doubtless argue over the presence of some favourite characters and the absence of others, but with a sequel in the pipeline, this hasnt finished the franchise. Theres still time for any absentees to get a look in. On the downside, this reboot is lumbered with some clunky dialogue and uninspiring performances, with lawson too often saving the day as the only really charismatic character on screen. But considering the depressing history of console to screen transitions, this is, to misquote the game, definitely not a fatality. Its available to rent now from all major streaming platforms. Now, last week, movie fans endured the horrors of christopher walken� s ear scraping irish accent in the baloney filled romcom wild mountain thyme. There are more americans at large in the Emerald Isle in end of sentence, an offbeat drama from icelandic Director Elfar adalsteins. So, what is this anyway . A little Father And Son Fishing Trip . Kind of skipped over all of the things that started with father son. His bail. Sorry, can you repeat that . Couldnt hear you . Oh, i said unless you count posting bail. John hawkes and Logan Lerman play estranged Father And Son frank and sean fogle, the latter of whose mother dies while hes serving a stretch in prison. Unhappily reunited with his dad upon release, sean reluctantly agrees to accompany frank to ireland, following a Deathbed Request from his mum, who was clearly a screenwriter in her spare time and knew how to spot an off the peg, last Wish Road Movie set up. Initially, things are touchy and hostile, but after meeting up with sarah bolger� sjewel yes, she really is called Jewel The Frostiness seems to thaw and formulaic Movie Bonding ensues, albeit temporarily. You wanted Clark Kent for a father. Had Clark Kent, wanted superman. Theres little in end of sentence, that played at the Edinburgh Film Festival way back in 2019, that seasoned moviegoers wonn� t have seen before, although hawkes does a fine job of quietly portraying the Loss And Pathos of frank, a man whose son despises him for what he perceives as his Weakness And Frailty of character. I kissed my love by the factory wall. But while this largely sidesteps the Blarney Romance of wild mountain thyme, id still love to see a movie which didnt imagine every pub in ireland has a welcoming band just waiting to burst into a rendition of dirty old town, joined on vocals pints and sings along. By a sultry local beauty while everyone sinks pints and sings along. Note to Film Makers its an island, not a theme park. You can find end of sentence on digital download from monday. Altogether more surprising is cowboys, the new film from Writer Director anna kerrigan. She likes cowboy hats. So what . She just wants to be like you. And you encourage it, troy. No, no, no, she said that she is a boy. Oh, god. That she feels like shes in the wrong body, that shes like an Alien Living in someone elses body. Like the body Snatchers Movie. Like the body Snatchers Movie . Troy, what are you talking about . Steve Zahn Stars as the parents ofjoe, a girl that identifies as a boy, something which baffles and distresses sally, who thinks that zahn� s troy has been putting ideas into their childs head. Troy decides to make a new life for both of them in canada. With a supporting cast that includes the great ann dowd, whose forthcoming Film Mass is already shaping up as one of my favourite films of the year, cowboys is a low key treat, a film of great sensitivity and tact, but also a genuinely engaging drama packed with humour and heartbreak, offering real humanist insight into its characters strengths and foils. You understood what we were doing what was the plan . You were supposed to protect me although it deals with Hot Button issues, it Neverfeels Preachy or polemical. Its honest, designed to be enjoyed by the widest possible audience, finding Strength And Positivity in the prospect of taking people as they are, with genuinely moving results. Its available on curzon and digital download now. From america to greece with apples by christos nikou, which was his Countrys Entry for best Internation Feature Oscar at the 93rd academy awards. Set amid an epidemic of amnesia, Aris Servetalis cuts a lonely figure as a man who finds himself unable to remember his name, his occupation or his home address. So, hes placed in a bizarre Recovery Programme designed to create new memories in a new identity. To do this, he receives taped instructions from mundane tasks like riding a bike, diving into a Swimming Pool or going to a fancy Dress Party tasks that require photographic proof of completion, with the pictures duly posted into an album of memories. Nikou describes apples as an allegorical Comedy Drama born out of a personal bereavement and exploring the subject of whether we are all, in the end, the sum of all of those things we dont forget. Theres an echo of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind in the premise, but i was also reminded of the hungarian Drama Preparations to be together for an unknown period of time, which similarly explored the mysteries of memory. As with his greek weird wave compatriots, he balances profundity with absurdism, along with a hilarious potted synopsis of james camerons titanic thats worth the Ticket Price alone. Apples is on Curzon Home Cinema now and then in cinemas when they reopen. Ill leave you with news of charlatan, a biographical drama. From Polish Director agnieszka holland. Perhaps best known to english speaking audiences for her brilliant � 90s Adaptation of the secret garden. In charlatan, holland revisits the young story of a young jan mikolasek, a herbalist that diagnosed and treated patients with Plant Based Remedies and ran afoul of the czech authorities. Tending to nazis and communists alike, he earns a tidy sum, but then becomes a target of the regime accused of Poisoning Party stalwarts. Real life Father And Son ivan and josef trojan, who respectively play the older and younger mikolasek, breathe convincing life into this somewhat unfathomable character, aided by strong turn from the herbalist� s assistant and speculative lover. For all the dramatic intrigue of its story, charlatan feels oddly episodic, like a Tv Movie Whos Structure never quite brings together its disparate elements. Its available on Curzon And Bfi player through virtual cinema screenings. Thats it for this week. Thanks for watching the film review. Stay safe, and ill see you next week. Whos that . Its nobody. How though. Writer Skies Today compared with yesterday but there are not many places that have stayed completely dry, and if you have maf been a threatening cloud or a shower off in the distance. The radar picture, the rainfall so far today, indicate where we have seen plenty of showers in scotland and Northern Ireland and reinvigorated area of rain affecting parts of wales and england. It is going to push further east into the night and perhaps some heavy and sunny bursts of rain into Southeast England and east anglia, where to the west of the uk, here, through wales to the western england, Northern Ireland and scotland, if you showers will continue as the night goes on, but there is no frost on the Way Tonight as temperatures hold up mainly in the range of around seven to even 12 celsius. Low pressure has brought us the rain yesterday, the showers today, and it is still very close by for tomorrow and indeed for much of the week ahead. That is going to keep things very shower re for some may still have a spell of Rain Close to the North Sea Coast very first thing on Monday Morning before clearing north words and approaching the northern isles, it would turn very wet and chapman later in the day, whereas later in the day, elsewhere, sunny spells, cloud around and showers that are possibly heavy and thundery, a chance of hail, and really quite blustery weather. The average wind speeds gusting 45 miles an hour or so. And temperatures for the most part in the range of 13 17 c. Feeling half decent if you get some sunshine. Quite a bit of that across east and Southeast England to end the day. A lot of the showers fade into monday night, some can you do Spread North across scotland, these are the temperatures as tuesday begins. Fairly typical for the overnight lows throughout this week, we are not expecting any frost. Youll notice by tuesday how little this area of low pressure has moved. Now we may have thicker cloud and a speu we may have thicker cloud and a spell of Rain Close to the north of scotland come elsewhere another day of sunshine and showers. Even where you start with plenty of sunshine, some clouds are going to build, the chance of catching a heavy shower, perhaps by Tuesday Afternoon for some more across the eastern side of the uk. This is how the week is shaping up. Occasional sunshine. You may well catch a heavy shower. None escort as last week. Noticeably so overnight, with no frost this week. Not as cold. This is bbc news. Im Maryam Moshiri the headlines at seven the Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer prepares to reshuffle his team after the partys disappointing performance in the elections hes already removed his deputy angela rayner, as campaigns chief. Thats what you do in leadership you take responsibility, you dont Scapegoat Goat and blame others, you take it on the chin. They are hard calls, but it is for him to choose the team he wants and get people in the positions he wants us in. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, warns it would be completely outrageous for the westminster government to block a second independence referendum. The government is expected to end the advice against hugging each other, as part of the relaxation of Lockdown Rules in england. The government is calling on the Rail Industry to fix disruption on some of britains busiest rail lines, after small cracks were found in some high speed trains