war movie with a difference? interesting. it is an anime based on a manga of the same name. it goes from the 30s to the mid—40s, a young girl when she gets to the age of 18 marry someone she girl when she gets to the age of 18 marry someone she has barely met before. she goes to live in a different home and start a new life of which she makes the most, but meanwhile the spectre of war is looming in the background. but normal life carries on. here is a clip. they speak japanese thunder rumbles what is impressive about this is that like a film like grave of the fireflies it talks about dark subject matter, with an innocent and universality that a live—action movie could not do. we saw from that clip the cloud moving towards hiroshima. and our heroine is an artist, and at certain moments in the movie she looks up and sees explosion in the sky as explosions of paint. there are moments when the narrative deals with very dark stuff you would get in a war movie, but does so by the animation unravelling and becoming drawings and becoming fragments of animation, and by looking at global events and tragedies through the eyes of a particular character, it manages to watch as if from a distance or slightly sculptured, without ever looking away from harsh realities. this opens on wednesday, and if you would like a film like your name, which was a big hit, and returning to cinemas soon, this is well worth checking out. it has won numerous awards and it is easy to see why it has. a real integrity to it. the triumph is it approaches difficult subject matter in a way that, to me, seems universal. and it does that thing that animation can do that a live—action film can't do, to look at the world in a different way, to make us see at the world in a different way, to make us see events at the world in a different way, to make us see events in a different and personal way. i liked it very much and you will too. thank you. and "transformers: the last knight", i suspect you don't like it as much and i suspect i won't either. let's talk about it. it is one of the least offensive of the transformers movies, i michael bay, it looks back to the past two arthurian legend and rebels around in stonehenge. mysticism and outer space and interplanetary conspirator in. it is transformers meets monty python and spinal tap, but without thejokes. python and spinal tap, but without the jokes. anthony python and spinal tap, but without thejokes. anthony hopkins is in it and laughing all the way to the bank. this kind of eccentric aristocrat who has a butler who is like see—through deal from star wars. he believes the only way to save the planet is to bring together a historian and mark wahlberg's junkyard king to save the world, and frankly on the evidence of the world it is not that worth saving. on the plus side, there are less leering shots with the camera looking up the skirt of its performers than we have had in previous michael bay movies. the pornographic sensibility is toned down slightly. the plot makes no sense whatsoever despite endless scenes of people explain the plot to each other, and indeed pointing at things happening on screen and telling us what we are looking at. it is massively incoherent and staggeringly dull. and it is a whopping li overlong, but in terms of the rest of the transformers movies it is on the less offensive. i was not offended, i was just bored. it was like being shouted to sleep. did you fall asleep? no, myjob is to stay awake. believe me, there were many moments in which, i was going, you me, there were many moments in which, iwas going, you have me, there were many moments in which, i was going, you have to stay awake. something interesting might happen. no, it's ok on it is not going to. got it. now, hampstead, a wrong convert the older audience? you saw the poster. that tells you everything you need to know. as does the title. thinking about hampstead, expensive properties and a heath and artisan residents. highgate cemetery and a pond... at the centre of it, brendan gleeson is a purely wild man living in a shack on the heat under the radar. he is under threat of eviction from property developers, and diane keaton is the recently widowed hampstead resident who tries to help him save his shack and gets very little thanks for her work. here is a clip. may i ask you something? sure. it's about what happened the other day, and those people — they really wanted to help you and i do too. i don't need any help. of course you do. we all need help. i didn't ask for any. well, what do you mean? look, i'm no—one's charity case, ok? i'm a man who lives as he chooses to, and i'm not going to any court or any hearing either. no—one is taking my home from me! ok, all right, mr angry. ok, listen, there's no reason to wake the dead here — none. the dead make more sense to me. oh, my god. ok, that's enough. i don't know... how can you expect anyone to put up with all this nonsense? all right, i'm sorry, i'm sorry... i was wrong. well, i don't know... no, i'm sorry. i really am. it won't happen again. here is the thing with this film, i like both of those performers and you would have to be pretty hard—hearted you would have to be pretty ha rd—hea rted to get you would have to be pretty hard—hearted to get annoyed with the movie, although i have read some reviews that took up against it. it is basically... you know the movie you think it is? it is exactly that movie. in the back of it there is a true story, isn't there are? there really was a guy who had a shack and had to fight a legal battle, although i have to say this film's relationship with reality is inspired by that true story, but passing at the very best. compared to this, notting hill, the richer dirt is movie, looks like a hard—hitting and tough and gritty film about urban grime. —— the film by richard curtis. or truly madly deeply looks like a scary gothic horror movie in comparison. it is very twee. it does the things you expect this kind of movie to do. i did not dislike it because i like those two performers. i like the characters. i like... those two performers. i like the characters. ilike... despite those two performers. i like the characters. i like... despite the fa ct i characters. i like... despite the fact i don't believe in any of it at all, it is a film which is best summed up as perfect wednesday afternoon viewing, which will go down well with a cup of tea and a biscuit, and that is the kind of movie it is. and it is supposed to be a wrong, —— it is what they are romantic comedy, is it romantic and funny? it is romantic and i laughed a couple of times. a lot of the scenes, you could not afford to get a cup of tea there or a parking space. there is no way that would happen in hampstead. now, best out at the moment. by by the time it gets dark, you will have two search this movie out because it is limited release and an extraordinary movie from thailand by anocha suwichakornpong. extraordinary movie from thailand by anocha suwicha kornpong. it extraordinary movie from thailand by anocha suwichakornpong. it starts off as anocha suwichakornpong. it starts offasa anocha suwichakornpong. it starts off as a film about an atrocity in the mid—19 70s when somebody tried to make a film about this. and what happens as it becomes a much more immoral this study of the relationship between memory and history, amorphous study, and the inability of cinema to capture history perfectly. it is a film which takes in the whole history of cinema right back to george melly ‘s and digital technology. it is witty and digital technology. it is witty and moving and it is strange. it keeps looking back on itself and is clearly a film which cannot be described in terms of plot, but if you like the films of, say, other examples, which i know you do, it is well worth seeking out. but it is a very small release and you will need to seek it out, but i was knocked out by it. i went in with no knowledge of it at all and, although idid not knowledge of it at all and, although i did not understand a little bit, it was really fascinating. i really enjoyed it. it is called by the time it gets dark. and best dvd is a movie you have talked a lot about. you and you will talked a lot about. you and you will talk again, so that is fine. touristy thing with moonlight, you cannot say too many times how good it is. -- cannot say too many times how good it is. —— here is the thing with it. it was a major award winner when it was bursting. it was considered to be an arthouse movie with limited appeal, but i think it is beautifully directed and fa ntastically beautifully directed and fantastically played, story of a life in three separate chapters, and it does everything that you want cinema to do. it tells a story that makes you feel involved in the characters, even if your life is nothing like there are subtle, it is compassionate and humane and thrilling in terms of its cinematic construction. and i confess i have seen construction. and i confess i have seen it four times now, and i will probably go back and watch it again. wow. i have seen it once. that you liked it? idid that you liked it? i did love it. see it again, you will love it even more. a quick reminder before we go that you'll 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. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello there. after the hit earlier this week it feels like things have gone back to something more like normal to take us into the weekend. —— after the heat. into the weekend. best of sunshine was in southern parts of the country and also northern part of the country. in between it has been cloudier through the day, courtesy of this wriggling weather front, not the day, courtesy of this wriggling weatherfront, not moving quickly the day, courtesy of this wriggling weather front, not moving quickly at all, a band of cloud bringing some outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain. the next day really, and a mixed story into the weekend as well. sunshine and showers, quite breezy and windy at times across the north, and generally a fairly cool feel. during this evening tonight, where the fund will be very, very slowly moving its way southwards and these words, with cloud and patchy rain taken across england and wales, and patchy rain into northern ireland later. clear spells across scotla nd ireland later. clear spells across scotland with the odd shower and generally a fairly cool and fresh night. into tomorrow in the morning, start—up of sunshine and showers across much of scotland. turning increasingly windy across the north, and wind a big feature of the weather for scotland during tomorrow. northern ireland has a decent start with some sunshine, but down into northern england and north wales, likely to be a bit more cloud than some patchy rain. another area of cloud and rain across part of east anglia, south—east england stretching back across the south coast. this could make for a pretty damp started the day at glastonbury. nothing too significant in the way of rain, and gradually as we go on through the day, things should brighten up and we may even see some sunshine to the afternoon. some areas of the country will start to brighten up and it might stay cloudy and damp with the good part of the day, and wells in north—west england could be plagued by some patchy rain. meanwhile across scotland it turns increasingly windy with the chance for gales in places, pretty unusualfor chance for gales in places, pretty unusual for the chance for gales in places, pretty unusualfor the time chance for gales in places, pretty unusual for the time of year, in extra sunshine and showers across this northern half of the country. temperatures around 15 to 23 celsius. when the north comes courtesy of this fairly deep area of low pressure, gripping his words as we go on into sunday. winds easy little bit and blustery up towards the north—east and seeing showers and shall remain in to the south—west later on, but generally not a bad day on sunday. it looks like dry weather and some spells of sunshine, but we stick with that cooler, fresher feel, at sunshine, but we stick with that cooler, fresherfeel, at 16 celsius in glasgow, at high of 23 celsius in london. grenfell tower — police say the cladding and insulation has failed safety tests. they're reviewing every organisation involved in building and refurbishing the tower. charges may follow. we are looking at every criminal offence, from manslaughter onwards. potentially flammable cladding on other buildings is taken down as nationwide checks continue. the police reveal the forensic search to establish who died in the tower block may take until the end of the year. also tonight... theresa may in brussels, where she's told her offer for eu citizens in the uk falls "below expectations". a former loyalist paramilitary turned supergrass admits 200 offences — including five murders. plans to build a new nuclear power station are risky and expensive, says the public spending watchdog.