interesting mixture. spider—man, is a good? laughter. pause! yes, this picks up straight after the previous film. the identity of spider—man is revealed as peter parker — suddenly the whole world knows who he is and they're all ready to turn against him. here's a clip. that's right, folks — spider—man is, in fact, peter parker! are you spider—man's girlfriend? _ whoa, whoa, whoa! please don't touch her. you're just a kid? all clamouring. all this time, people looked up to him and called him a hero. well, i'll tell you what i call him — i call him public enemy numberone! i don't want to do this everagain! l i'm so sorry, but i can't see anything with your hand in my... i'm sorry, i'm sorry! dude! he gasps. so, as a result of his identity being revealed, his world starts to fall apart, as, indeed, do the worlds of those closest to him. he goes to doctor strange. at the beginning of it, please don't let there be any plot spoilers. so i won't. what i'll say is this — the movie essentially picks up the battle from into the spiderverse. i thought it was absolutely terrific. that idea of different realities colliding. and it builds upon that legacy, and i saw it in a packed screening at an imax cinema, and it was full of fans. there were six separate occasions in which the fans burst into whoops and cheers and applause. there was no question for fans, it is really playing well. part of it was like going to see a band who rather than playing their new album, play the greatest hits. right. interspersed with new songs. the other thing is without giving away any spoilers, there is a big comparison between this and a very famous 1970s doctor who. and that's not a bad thing. so do i. i think it manages to be funny and witty and have a condo sense of, you know, let's do call backs to all the things that you love, but in a way that is kind of inventive. and there is a section in which i was smiling all the way through, thinking this is really working, this is really having fun. it's for me slightly too long, but when we get into the end, it doesn't just descend into that thing about, let's have loads of people just randomly hitting each other. so i think it's actually pretty good, and as far as the fans are concerned, it hits all the right notes. i literally sat there with the audience, and there were six separate occasions in which they burst into whoops and cheers. and this is what this movie should be doing. i know someone who is married to, this will be a must see. when i say is it good, i guess i really mean, is itfun? yes. it is fun. the central section is particularly good fun. 0k, well i shall be watching that. i'm interested in the second choice. this is maggie gyllenhaal�*s and all�*s directorial debut. she is a comparative literature teacher on holiday in greece. she sees dakota johnson as a young mother who suddenly disappears on a beach. there's a moment of panic, where is the child? but what happens is she looks back into her own past and look at decisions she made in a former life when she's played by jesse buckley. two actors playing the same character in very different ways. maggie gyllenhaal always said as far as she was concerned, when she read the novella, she felt it was saying things about being a woman, being a mother, being a professional who had not been set out loud before. and she loved the idea of making it into a conversation. i think there's an awful lot of films in this, the idea that there is a surface, but beneath the surface, there are secrets waiting to be revealed. there's a real sense of dread in it. i also — i know a couple of people who've seen it who saw, as far as i can tell, completely different film to me. they read it in a completely different way. great performance by olivia coleman, really well directed by maggie gyllenhaal, who not only is a great writer and actor and director, but can also play the theramin. the what? the theramin. one of the most complicated instruments to play. i think this is really fascinating. i think it's terrific. it's into the enemas now and it's on netflix from the 31st of december. i think everyone will bring their own film to the film. really intrigued. i want to know what you think about it. and i love maggie gyllenhaal as an actress so i'm interested in what she does behind the camera. the tender bar. tells the story of him growing up with a mum who says he do anything. you can go to somewhere like yale, and he has an absent father, just a voice on the radio. his father is a dj. but instead, he has uncle charlie, played by ben affleck, who deals — he's a barman who dishes out life information in a very likeable way. here's a clip. ok, two rules. i'm never going to let you win, ever. if you beat me, you'll know you beat me, fair and square, but i never let you win. and i'll always tell you the truth. i saw you in the yard playing sports. you're not very good, and probably not going to get a whole lot better, so might be wise for you — in order to avoid tears and disappointment and, above all, delusion — to find some other activities that you like. you know, like... what do you like to do the most? i like to read. i also like to read. i'm good at sports, too. you see, i really liked — he's a really likeable character. i was reminded of hillbilly elegy. which i really didn't like. what's interesting is — similar story. hillbilly elegy was like a bunch of caricatures and a sanctimonious quality, and it really annoyed me. this was like, ok, i like these people. i like ben affleck�*s performance, and it felt, in that very george clooney way, it felt solid and reliable and good—hearted and coming from a good place. now, i confess that there's an awful lot of goodwill i have towards george clooney because he's a decent film—maker, but i thought this was warm and funny and yes, not earth—shattering, but there are some really lovely intimately observed particularly when uncle charlie is just explaining to the young boy how the world works. you kind of think, if i was in a bar with that guy, iwould never leave the bar. i'd stay listening to him. and you're best out this week? and you saw it, lamb. tell me you love it. you are right, it's not a horror film. it's not. i did sit and watch it with a knot in my stomach. i thought something bad was going to happen. it is bonkers. it is absolutely bonkers. it's completely bonkers, and i was surprised i enjoyed some bits of it given that it is nuts. but beautiful. there is a moment and it when you don't... there's a moment in which one of the characters goes, "what's going on? " you think that's what the audience is thinking. but some of it is deliberately funny. some of it is deliberately i'm sorry, i can't quite get my head around the fact that i'm watching this couple raising a lamb as a child, and then you start to see the lamb the way they see the lamb. but it's also about grief and separation and parenting anxieties, and bits of it are funny. it's definitely about grief and i spent a lot of the film thinking "is the lamb just in their imagination?" exactly. and you come to the end of the film... that's just nuts. there is a something so poetic. what's going on? happiness is going on. i won't give any plot spoilers. there is something much later on in the film where there was something that happens and i thought, ok, that's too far. not this much nonsense! you've stepped over. and you have to see the film to know what we're talking about. but do see it. it would look beautiful on a big screen. i'm so glad you saw it. i'm still not quite sure. i'm bemused, but interested. good. bemused but interested is a good review. that's a very good reviews rather than going, it was all right. and a first time film—maker. really, really well done. very quickly. coming to streaming is being the ricardos, this drama about lucille ball being accused of being a communist. a story i did not know anything about before. and i actually thought it was interesting. some of the reviews have been snippy, but it's in cinemas now. it will be available over the christmas season. i think most people will watch on video. it's about a television programme and a television star, so it kind of makes sense that i think its primary audience will be on television. i was confused by how sniffy some of the reviews were. and i think it's going to be a perfect thing to watch over christmas. actually. interesting enough, interesting tale. and i knew nothing about the story. i didn't know anything about the story. it turns out that most of it is factually true. some of its invented, but most of it is true. there's plenty... unlike lamb! my goodness! and lovely. and i'm meant to say happy christmas. happy christmas. we will meet again injanuary. have a lovely christmas. thanks very much for being with us, bye—bye. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching. goodbye. the weather is stuck in a rut, lots of dry weather around, low cloud trapped beneath it. there has been some sunshine around, i think sunday is looking more sunny across more northern parts of the uk, further south it was a rather grey and gloomy once again. an area of high pressure is sitting to the north of the uk, burying the isobars on the charting in the uk, that means winds will be lighter and fresher across southern england and through the channel. when we have the cloudy skies, lows of 407 degrees, but really cold under the clear skies, scotland and nottingham, these are and city temperatures, we could c—7 minus eight celsius, some freezing mist and fog around, from through the central belts of scotland, some sunshine as you can see stretching down to the north—western parts of england, wales doing really well with the sunshine, maybe northern ireland seeing some sunnier spells than what we have seen lately. not bad here. eastern, centraland eastern england, summoning and again, rather grey, grab and —— grey, drab and gloomy. a bit of drizzle here and there and a chilly day wherever you are. through sunday night, we hold onto a lot of cloud generally, clearer spells further north, here it will turn frosty again with some freezing mist and fog patches, but temperatures holding out around 307 where we have the cloud, it will be brazier along the cloud, it will be brazier along the north sea coast. in two monday, may be some subtle changes, many holding onto the cloud, but we could see some clear skies some sunnier breaks appearing across central and eastern england, parts of southern england have not seen the southern sunshine for a good week or so, that will be a welcome change, probably the best of the sunshine again across the north of the uk and again, whatever you are, it is going to be chilly whenever you heavy grey and gloomy skies are evenly sunshine. now, in the run—up to christmas, but has been giving us a headache. at the moment it looks like we could see this area of low pressure trying to push on from the atlantic, that will have some weather fronts in it, atlantic, that will have some weatherfronts in it, some rain bands and slightly mild air pushing to the south and west. cole durant will want to continue to dig down from the north—east, so we are a bit of a battleground between bees and buses around the christmas period. it looks like the upcoming week start with, certainly for the first few days, will be chilly and bright, and it will turn more unsettled around christmas period with some cold and we could see sleet and snow in places. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. lord frost, the man in charge of the uk's brexit negotiations, resigns citing concerns over the "direction" of borisjohnson's government. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown, as the latest coronavirus variant spreads. translation: the netherlands are going to lockdown _ again from tomorrow. the netherlands is again shutting down. that is unavoidable because of the fifth wave that is coming with the omicron variant. another 90,000 covid cases are reported across the uk, as the mayor of london declares a major incident in the capital. and british holidaymakers are forced to cancel trips, as france imposes tight travel restrictions on those arriving from the uk.

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