Hello and welcome to the Film Review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. Didnt get it. Hold on. Come on. Igot it i dont got it. No, no, no just leave me alone, that was a disaster didnt go the way i planned. A couple of decades ago, Disney conjured a Blockbuster Film Franchise out of a Theme Park Ride in the form of pirates of the caribbean, spawning a string of witless, Turgid Stinkers that have jointly grossed over 4. 5 billion, proving that old Hollywood Adage that No One ever went broke underestimating the audiences intelligence. Now we have Jungle Cruise, the latest big Screen Amusement Park spin off featuring action, adventure, star names, Globetrotting Scenery and splashy effects. The difference is that this time, its actually quite good. Here we go. Sometimes itjust needs a bit of a. Nobody touches my engine but me. What did ijust. There you go. Emily blunt is doctor lily houghton, an early 20th Century Scientist Adventurer seeking the mythical tree of life, with which she hopes to benefit mankind. Dwayne the Rock Johnson is frank wolff, the Steamboat Skipper who agrees to provide passage through the amazon rivers, but who has an agenda of his own. My brother and i are looking for passage upriver. Please go away. I have a lot of money. Directed by jaume collet serra, Whose Cv includes a string of Liam Neeson actioners, alongside the stripped down Shark Attack Thriller the shallows, Jungle Cruise is romping popcorn entertainment, tailor made for the summer movie market. There are debts to the Stop Motion monsters of the old Ray Harryhausen Movies And A Knowing Nod to the � 80s Adventure romancing the stone, but its the cast that really makes this fly. Come on, lady. Just as he did with the surprisingly likeablejumanji reboot, johnson once again proves himself a reliably winning blockbuster presence mixing Heroic Heft with comic chops to crowd pleasing effect. As for blunt, whose recent hits range from Mary Poppins returns to a quiet Place Part two, she continues to demonstrate why shes one of the silver screens most versatile stars, with her running through the physical paces of an Action Sequence or relishing the wit of a verbal sparring match. In the supporting roles, Jack Whitehall has fun as lilys less adventurous brother, mcgregor, while Paul Giamatti and Jesse Plemons rise to the challenge of roles that call for maximum scenery chewing. Oh, my god. Hello it all adds up to a whole bunch of fun not citizen kane, perhaps, but infinitely preferable to the antics of Captainjack Sparrow and his insufferable crew. Torpedo. Jungle cruise is in cinemas and on Disney with Premier Access now. Never thought it would come to this i remember every little thing like fighting in the playground cos some good looking boy it started to hang around. From the wilds of the amazon to the remote islands of scotland with limbo, a low key, bittersweet Comedy Drama from Writer Director ben sharrock. Bifa nominated amir El Masry is omar, a syrian refugee who finds himself, along with other fellow asylum seekers, placed on an isolated island while his claim is processed. Omar is a musician who carries with him an oud, the instrument on which he once played the tunes of his homeland. Housemate farhad, played by vikash bhai, dreams of being omars agent. But, exiled to this alien nether world, omar keeps his instrument in its case, silent and unplayed. Meanwhile, the detainees endure Toe Curling Classes preparing them for life in the uk excruciating exercises that recall the tragicomic vignettes of swedish Film Maker roy andersson. Limbo is a beautifully poignant and brilliantly observed piece that balances deadpan comedy with heartfelt empathy to impressive effect. At times, its laugh out loud funny, but other times, its heartbreakingly sad, but crucially, its never trite, cliched orformulaic. On the contrary, its a drama about real people whose situation is so absurd that it can make you laugh and cry simultaneously. Limbo is in cinemas now. Back in 1971, Luchino Viscontis Film Death In Venice made a Screen Icon of bjorn andresen, a swedish teenager whom the director famously declared to be the most beautiful boy in the world. In the film, adapted from thomas manns 1913 novella, andresen played the youth with whom dirk bogardes ageing composer becomes obsessed an obsession that was mirrored in real life when film fans around the world fell in love with the fictional figure of tadzio. Yet for andresen, Death In Venice also turned him into a commodity, an object to be marketed around the world with little regard for his own well being. Now in the documentary the most beautiful boy in the world, andresen looks back over his life on the struggles he endured in the wake of early fame and on the ghosts of a past filled with loss and uncertainty. From the disappearance of his mother when he was a child to his own harrowing memories of parenting, Andresens Tale is A Million miles away from the image of serene, self possessed beauty projected by his overnight stardom. Important questions are raised about the commodification of young bjorn, which is likened by one contributor to child abuse. But this documentary goes much further, following the strange twists and turns of Andresens Life including Pop Culture Stardom injapan, where he became a major influence on manga and anime artists, and an Acting Career that recently found him appearing in the Folk Horror hit midsommar. Its a remarkable life, and one that this sometimes disturbing but ultimately Eye Opening Documentary investigates with tact and sensitivity. You can find it in cinemas or online at dogwoof on demand, along with other platforms. Each member is chosen for his or her own completely unique set of abilities. I need to feel the raindrops on my head. Hey, guys, sorry im late had to go number two. Good to know. Meanwhile, back in blockbuster land, we have the Suicide Squad, the latest addition to The Dc extended universe which previously gave us the dismal Suicide Squad, to which this stand alone sequel whatever that means adds an all important definite article. Its all about the the. Margo robbies Harley Quinn is back, alongside the likes of Idris Elbas Bloodsport and john cenas peacemaker, all part of a ragtag team sent in by tough as nails Viola Davis to do battle with project starfish, a project that does exactly what it says on the tin. Really. Uhhuh. Written and directed byjames gunn, the Suicide Squad is notable primarily for the fact that Sylvester Stallone voicing a talking shark doesnt even come close to being the most bonkers thing on screen. Hand yes, that is your hand. Very good. Were all going to die. I hope so. Well, this is a world in which a giant weasel is just another passenger on the Plane And Polka dot man, a character who shoots Polka Dots and whom gunn himself called the dumbest Dc Character of all time, gets ample tragicomic screen time. The result is a huge splurge of Post Deadpool Sweary splatter, in which limbs and logic get rent asunder and everything gets turned up to eleventy stupid. Starfish is a Slang Term for a butthole. Think theres any connection . No. Its kind of fun in a shambolic, post howard the duck way, and its definitely better than Suicide Squad, without the the, although thats kind of like saying its definitely better than slamming yourthumb in the cardoor. Its a very low bar. Peter capaldi gives it some welly as a villain with a head full of electrical appliances, and Daniela Melchior does her best to inject some Heart And Soul into the piece as the rodent wrangling ratcatcher, too. If it sounds like your cup of tea, then my advice would be to see it on the biggest screen possible, where the sheer Size And Volume of it all can simply batter your brain into stupefied submission. The Suicide Squad is in cinemas now. Throughout all the years that ive been making music, if you get on a Tour Bus with a bunch of musicians. Eventually, the conversation will go to sparks. Ill leave you with news of another new documentary, this one from edgar wright, director of shaun of the dead, Baby Driver and the forthcoming last night in soho. In the Sparks Brothers, wright charts the stranger than Fiction Tale of Ron And Russell mael. We are sparks. Dude. Joint creators of one of pop� s most enduringly indefinable and hugely influential enigmas. From experimental american Art Rock projects to breakthrough Uk Chart hits, outlandish film dreams and insanely challenging concert tours, wrights energetic ode to sparks marries exhaustively researched archaeology with the Sugar Rush Thrill of a heady teenage fan letter. Aided by a bewildering array of interviewees from Sex Pistols stevejones to weird Al Yankovic and richly illustrated with stills, clips and Stop Motion animation, wright lovingly documents sparkss century straddling career, that has spawned 25 albums and seen the maels, whose musical annette recently opened the cannes film festival, crossed paths with everyone from Todd Rundgren to jacques tati. With such rich history to mine, its unsurprising that this documentary seems at time to be a grand work of Comic Fantasy an elaborate hoax by a Film Maker with a sharp eye for a gag and a keen ear for a well placed Pop Tune a perfect fit for Ron And Russell. But whats most impressive is that the Sparks Brothers manages both to unpack and to preserve the air of mystery thats long surrounded the duo, creating a film thats every bit as dazzling as its subjects. The Sparks Brothers is in cinemas now. Thats it for this week. Thanks for watching the Film Review. Im off for a few weeks now, but Anna Smith will be your host for next friday. There they are frank, follow me stop her god, sorry, frank its all right, strong form. Hello there. Monday wont be a completely dry day. There will be some showers around in places, but relatively speaking there is going to be a lot of dry weather around to start the week quite a cool start to the week as well. Wetter, windier weather working its way in by The End of the week. So this is how monday shapes up, with most places largely dry, some spells of sunshine and a lot of cloud in the North East of scotland, This Cloud In Northern Ireland bringing rain for a time and some showers breaking out through the afternoon across parts of england and wales, some of which could be heavy, possibly thundery. Light winds, so get yourself into some sunshine. It wont feel too bad. Those temperatures, though, are a little disappointing for the time of year, iii 20. Some of those showers in england and wales will continue on through Monday Night into tuesday. Most other places will be dry with some clear spells. Quite a cool, fresh start to the day on tuesday. Sunshine and showers to take us through tuesday and into wednesday, but by thursday, friday and particularly the weekend, there is some wet and windy weather on the way. Welcome to newsday. Reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. The headlines an athlete from belarus asks the International Olympic Committee to help prevent her being flown home from tokyo against her will after she criticises her team management. Im Sarah Mulkerrins live in toyko, where day ten of the olympics is under way after a historic night for italy on the Track Gold in the mens 100 metres and a shared gold in the mens highjump. Taliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan attacking cities and threatening to overrun the capital of helmand province. Unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown