of the release. it is the story of dunkirk told by christopher nolan and it is the story of the evacuation told through three intertwining strands that loosely follow land, sea and air. but all of the story itself is fairly straightforward, it is told over three different timescales, one of the stories lasts one day, and one last one hour and these strands... if you know anything about christopher nolan, you would know that he likes to play with time. the brilliant thing about this is that he does in a way that is very clear, you understand what is happening even though it is a complex structure. it is shot on large format film and you have seen from the images, they are astonishing, great big cameras, plaudits to the cinematographer, carrying around these bulky cameras and doing really extraordinary work with them. the film is available in numerous different formats and depending on where you go to see it, you can see it in digital, 70... the picture will be different and look different. the advice i would give is that make sure you see it in the cinema that you know does the best possible presentation and sound. sound is very important, it plays a huge part in this. it has an extraordinary score. christopher nolan talked about this being a movie about tension, it is not to do with explicitly what you see, it is about the build—up and the score is like a rising tide and it thrills all the way through the film. i think the most impressive thing, you know i am huge fan of christopher nolan, the most impressive thing is that for a film on this scale, it is actually, the thing you take away from it, the smaller images, the image of a man walking hopelessly into the sea, the image of kenneth branagh's face looking over a lost horizon, those are very impressive pieces of work and it is great to see someone making a blockbuster movie that imagines that the audience are smart enough to keep up with this complex structure. christopher nolan's whole thing has been that the audience are clever than anyone imagines. that is really refreshing. look how well he does. why be michael bay when you can be christopher nolan? it is what everyone will be watching. stories of the terror of dunkirk and stories of heroism and there are stories as well in your next choice of some very brave individuals and i have to be honest, the more i read about this, another one i am not sure i quite have the stomach for, but it is important work. it is a documentary and it is the harrowing account of isis‘ brutality as seen through the eyes of a citizens‘ journalist collective in syria. they formed a collective and they decided that what they would do was document what was going on, to let the world know and they did that at great personal cost. here is a clip. the thing that i think the film does really well is that it pays greater tribute to the bravery of these people in doing this citizen journalism reporting and it contains horrifying images. there are several occasions while i was watching where i had to look away. the bravery of it is that the people who were doing this, they did not look away, they saw it as their responsibility to document this. as you quite rightly say, it is a documentary that takes an very, very difficult subject matter and i think is really important, but it is absolutely necessary to say that there are things in this documentary, quite rightly, that are very harrowing, but it is a real tribute to the bravery, that they were trying to get the message out all the time, even though their own lives are under threat. many of them now live in germany. even there of course, there is the sense that they are never completely safe. we approach the summer holidays and we move to entirely different matters and perhaps a very younger age group. is there something for adults? i'm 5a and i love captain underpants. this is based on the much—loved books. if you're familiar with the books, and i am, i was worried that someone would make a movie but now they have. kids accidentally turn their headmaster into captain underpants with the help of hypnotising ring from the cereal packet. here is a clip. what's this? it's the paperwork to separate the two! it's really incredible. i can actually see the end of your friendship. george, do something. put the pen down or we will hypnotise you! what's happening? when i snap my fingers you will obey our every command! you're now be amazing captain underpants! we've got to stop them. why? you laughed all the way through that. you're still laughing. i started laughing at the beginning of this movie and i did not stop. the more it went on, the funnier it became. i was sitting with critics who were enjoying it but they tend to be well—behaved, but i was laughing like a hyena. it is really funny and how great that we have a family movie out that you can take young kids to see and you will enjoy it every bit as as them. captain underpants is a real standout delight. that's one day at least that's sorted. it is lovely, when there are not the best kids films around to see. it is very hard to find something that you think will work both for the young audience and also for an older audience. i would quite happily go and see this again tomorrow. i laughed all the way through it and you know what a fan i am of the minions. this made me laugh more. funnier than the minions and that is really saying something. that is all we need to hear. what is best out? i have gone back to baby driver, it is still in cinemas and i love it. edgar wright has managed to cross a car chase movie with a romantic musical and make this film which is funny and sharp and smart and as a piece of cinema, i think it is really great and i want people to see it in the cinema. it will come out on home video, but it is one of those things. you've been to see it? i am going to see it. ok, you have to go. i am going to see this. you need to see it in a cinema. that's your summer homework. i did not do well on homework last week. what is the dvd? as i said last week, you need to see the levelling. get out is out, it is a great horror thriller. jordan peel is one of the voices in captain underpants and he wrote and directed this movie. he comes from a comedy background. what this does is, it is kind of inspired by the books of ira levin, who wrote the stepford wives, and tells a about white middle—class liberal america and it is more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie, although there are moments of horror in it. it is sharp and satirical and really well played and what i loved about it, it was one of those films, you couldn't quite see where it was going. it has great performances, it is very bright and i didn't know much about it when i went in and i was really surprised and i love the books anyway, it is not directly adapted from the books, but it is a really fine piece of work, but try not to read too much about it before you see the film. thank you very much. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching. goodbye. i have made a list of my homework. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode — including mark's top ten films of the year so far. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. enjoyed your sin and viewing. it is a very good week. goodbye. how low, a few of us avoided the hefty shower today but this afternoon we fared well in northern england, good sunny spells. along the south coast, this was a water spout photograph, a tornado over water. some fierce downpours around today, gradually fading over the next few hours. we will keep some few showers in north—eastern england. elsewhere, clearer and cooler. they could be fog patches in the morning. tomorrow, low resch is close by and that means there may be a fine start for many of us but the showers will get going once again. the cooler, fresher feel to the morning, any early fog patches clearing away. a lot of try and sunny weather around england and wales. northern ireland, mainly dry. the western side of scotland. this area of rain and cool breeze affecting eastern scotland to the north of the central belt. that will push further south, boarding the file north—west. —— avoiding the far north—west. england and wales, the showers become more widespread through the early evening. a rumble of thunder perhaps. it feels warm in the sunny spells around the showers, but it cools down quickly. looking promising for the final round of the open. a slim chance of shower but it will be easier than today. we've got a women's world cup final at lord's and there is the chance of the odd shower but there will be lengthy sunny spells. this is sunday evening, showers fading but the area of rain are mentioned in scotland pushing down in parts of north—east england and gradually edging south and east on monday, becoming lighter as it does so. elsewhere on monday, try picture, warm sunny spells away from the breeze. tuesday is a fine day for many of us at wednesday, it turns unsettled again. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: great 0rmond street hospital says staff have received death threats and abuse in relation to the case of the terminally ill baby charlie gard. as the us congress prepares to question donald trump's family over alleged collusion with russia, the president insists he has the authority to issue pardons for wrongdoing. airline pilots welcome plans to tighten the rules for owners of drones due to concerns over near—misses with passenger planes. also in the next hour — cashing in a cool two million. an amateur player from east yorkshire has wowed the world of poker by finishing fourth in the game's most prestigious tournament. chris froome is on the verge of taking his fourth tour de france title after increasing his lead in today's time trial.