Or his direct heir. You felt it, didnt you . The power. Its what pulled you out. You just dont know how to control it. So what happens now . You know what happens now. Youre quickly becoming a legend. Theres a surprise from guy ritchie that the baddy is well spoken and posh and jude law. Here is the weird thing. Arthurian legend is rich and magical, i have rarely seen a film so lacking in magic. Stuff happens, big snakes, swords, huge cgi beasties and you think this is dull. There are times it looks like outtakes from a ramstein video. Its just reminding me of other franchises i would much rather be watching. Iquite like. I think he did a terrificjob with sherlock holmes, he took a small element of the text about fighting and turned it into something that made the movie action packed. The problem with this is itjust looks like a bunch of cgi effects thrown together around the ropiest of scripts with the broadest of performances, the whole film, nudging and winking at the audience all the way through. I really ended up thinking, where Isjohn Boorman when you need him . Its so heavy on its feet. Its the fault of the script and the execution of the story. Its a Thudding Sword and sorcery film which i spent large portions thinking, why am i not excited by this, and not laughing at the jokes . Why am i not thrilled by the set pieces and why are there so many mythical beasts that look like someone knocked them up on a Home Computer . Its really not good. There is nothing more to say. There isnt we will move along. Actually a change of gear. Total change. Inversion, a story about everyday life in tehran about the issues facing a young woman. Absolutely. This has a fantastic performance, a young woman in polluted tehran. Her mother is suffering respiratory failure. You have to move with her out of the city, what have you to lose . However, she has a full life. She works in a shop she runs. And employs a number of women. She has ambitions of a life for herself. The film is about the way in which a character is caught between what society decides and family demands of them and what they want for themselves. Its a very, very low key film. To the point that i read reviews that said its a film that never catches fire, it never takes off. I disagree. I was really moved by it. The reason i was is because i believed in these characters. Its a sort of neo realist, handheld style, long lens so we see her through traffic and the constant hubbub of society. There is no music other than the sound of phones ringing. You really believe in her life and you come to absolutely side with her and her dreams of independence and i found it very, very moving. Some people have said too low key for them. I just found it convincing. I thought it was a film about people i believed in and cared about with a fantastic central performance and very well moderated. A country we still know relativelily little about, did we learn more . Its producing extraordinary cinema. And more and more we are seeing that this demonstration that films made with some limited resources to some extent can be much greater canvases than a film like king arthur, in which there is endless cgi and nothing going on. We have done that in that case, shall we move to. Colossal. Its Anne Hathaway, a lot of people love her, and a monster, godzilla like creature and they re linked. This has been described as Rachel Getting Married versus godzilla. Anne hathaway has fallen into alcoholism and her life has fallen apart. Her boyfriend kicks her out, she goes back to her home town and takes up in her parents empty house and meets up with Jason Sudeikis who runs the local bar. That means more drinking. One morning she turns on the television and realises a monster has attacked seoul. She thinks there is a connection between that and her. Meanwhile, her life continues normally. Here is a clip. When they started downsizing i was the first to go. Oh, you jerk, you already knew. Yes, im sorry. Ah, what . Why didnt you tell me . Why are you letting me like. My past. I didnt want you to think i was creepy, like im some sort of stalker. Well, its too late for that. Yeah. So have you been following me all these years . Of course i have. Somebody actually made it out of here and did Something Special for once. Hell, look what had to happen for things to get interesting around here. Giants attacking south korea. No, i mean you. And that relationship is important. Yeah, thats a lovely indication of the way in which the movie is juggling two different things. This us indie picture rom com thats shaping up. On the other hand this Monster Movie playing out far away. Yet, she comes to believe somehow she is controlling the monster or there is a link between them. The film becomes a metaphor for the way in which addiction and Self Destruction causes harm that we are totally oblivious to. Its a really, really strange concept that works surprisingly well. I came out and somebody said that fell apart, didnt it . I said, yes, but isnt it fascinating how long it didnt fall apart . For how long it managed to keep this idea that a story about somebodys small scale personal problems may be playing out in some horrible grand style somewhere far, and it becomes a film about addiction and about alcoholism and about abusive relationships, about spectatorship and the way in which we watch things on rolling news. This is a great bit. This is where they realise something is up. Shes Dancing In The Park and there is the monster doing exactly the same. Expect all the way through the film is holding this idea that maybe this isjust a paranoid delusion. What a strange idea. I think what the writer and director manages to do is, he wrote this originally as a low budget Spanish Language film to which Anne Hathaway became attached and it opened it up to a wider audience. The problem people got baffled and walked out. However, if you want something thats strange and adventurous and isnt not scared to fail this is really interesting. Its far from perfect, there are places it starts to fall apart, but for a good two thirds it is smart, intelligent, funny, and somehow that thing about massive monsters and tiny small scale problems, there is a connection and the metaphor works surprisingly well. On the Positive Side Anne Hathaway fans may like monster fans and monster fans may fall in love with Anne Hathaway. To be honest, i am not sure its going to change attitudes. Its an adventurous and hard to market film but i liked it. 0k. Lets move on. Yeah. The levelling. This is. Wonderful. Somerset levels after the floods and an emotional story. It is, its about Family Secrets, fantastic performances. Brilliantly directed by hope dickson leach. Its her first feature film. It is weirdly Something Like ten years ago she was named as a rising star by screen international, like a decade ago. I think shes really made good on the promise of short films. Its a rich emotionally powerful film, superb sound design. Great score. And again very, very low key but very powerful. I really liked it. David troughton to plays her father. He does and between them they investigate Family Secrets that have been buried but refuse to stay buried. Best dvd. Mulholland drive. Yeah, its coming to blu ray overseen by david lynch. I flagged this up as you probably know, twin peaks is coming back. I always found david lynch a fascinating director. This was voted, there was a bbc poll of Something Like best films of the 21st century. This came out on top. It started life as a tv pilot and didnt start as a film. It is a david lynch classic. Its lovely to have it in a beautiful transfer and to revisit it. I dont think its lynchs best film but all of lynchs Back Catalogue is best having in the best possible format. We have had a mixed bag. We have, yes. The only thing i take away is see whatever you want, but king arthur. We are there. We got the message. Did i make that clear . Always good to see you. And you. Thanks, mark. A quick reminder before we go that youll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc. Co. Uk markkermode. And you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. Thats it for this week, though. Thanks for watching, goodbye. We had heavy downpours, thundery showers and persistent rain. This is a scene from buckinghamshire. You can see the dark cloud and heavy rain. We had hailstones and thunderstorms, which have been more persistent in the east thanks to this low pressure. That is Tracking North as we had over saturday. Sitting across the north east of scotla nd sitting across the north east of scotland and with more persistent rain here. Throughout the course of the weekend, saturday is a day of heavy showers and a bit of sunshine in between those. Sunday, second half of the weakened, looks drier, as the showers fade away for most and things turn warmer, too. Some detail on the forecast. On saturday, still cloud and outbreaks of rain across North Eastern scotla nd of rain across North Eastern scotland in particular. Elsewhere across the country, sunshine and showers, showers bubbling up in the afternoon. They will be hit and miss everywhere. Heavy across parts of wales and Southern England and thunderstorms likely. 18 degrees in the sunshine between any showers. Dont write the day off completely. We will see heavy downpours at times. On sunday, this area of High Pressure around the near constant pushing its way in across the uk. That High Pressure will squeeze away most of the showers. Could still catch some rain across the far north west of the uk. For much of the country be a dry day. Fairly light winds, too, so in the sunshine itll feel pleasantly warm with tonbridge is up to around 20 degrees at best towards the south east. Temperatures up to around 20 degrees at best towards the south east. For monday, this area of low pressure is sitting towards the north west, it is trying to push in but it is bumping into the High Pressure sitting towards the uk. That means on monday there will be showery rain, particularly in the west as the low pressure moves in. Showers, blustering at times here. Towards the south east, youre more likely to stay dry and bright on monday and warmer with highs up to around about 22 degrees. To stay, an area of low pressure 22 degrees. To stay, an area of low pressure city to the north of uk. For many places, not a bad day. A westerly breeze and temperatures average for this time of year, around 15 to 20 degrees with sunshine. Not a around 15 to 20 degrees with sunshine. Nota bad around 15 to 20 degrees with sunshine. Not a bad day. Temperatures building from the south in the middle of the week. You can see this area of High Pressure on thursday, which becomes the Driving Force of the weather through the middle part of the week. Low pressure middle part of the week. Low pressure toppling around at times, too. It wont be dry everywhere next week. We are seeing this High Pressure, initially towards the south west, starting to push into the uk. Low pressure affecting northern areas. As we head towards the latter half of next week, High Pressure looks like itll be established across much of the country. This area of low pressure is likely to be trying to move in. They could be a breakdown in that High Pressure late next week and into next weekend. In general, the most likely scenario is that the High Pressure holds. A lot of dry, settled weather. Could be warmer times. Cooler conditions with showers across the east coast as we draw in the breeze here are coming in from the north sea. No answers on his future, but Scotland Yard says he still faces arrest for skipping bail if he leaves the embassy. Today, his alleged victim expressed her shock at the decision to drop the Rape Investigation and said she stood by her allegation. Also on the programme,
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