after a dreadful penalty miss from sergio aguero in their defeat to chelsea. good morning. after being so cold for what felt like so long, chilly days and overnight frosts, finally milder weather on the way for the weekend. look out, we are all going to be dodging the showers. more for you coming up. good morning to you. it sjust good morning to you. it s just gone at six o clock. it s sunday, the 9th of may. our top story: the prime minister will speak to the snp leader nicola sturgeon by phone today after her party won the scottish parliamentary election by a huge margin, which left them just one seat short of an outright majority at holyrood. ms sturgeon vowed to push ahead with her plans for a second independence referendum after the covid crisis is over and said the westminster government has no democraticjustification to block it. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. across scotland, victoria s snp candidates are celebrating increasing their vote and winning a rem
from the austin powers movies, ensuring that no one gets confused, although if truth be told, i did get confused a bit. kano wins! also along for the ride isjosh lawson s impressively obnoxious kano, a loudmouthed australian, as opposed to all those quiet australians, who accompanies cole and sonya to an otherworldly tournament encountering laser eyes, freezing stares, robotic arms, killer lizards, on demand fireballs and lethal frisbee hats. really. while previous mortal kombat films have felt rather toothless, this reboot is an impressively blood splattered affair, packed with much enjoyably squishy violence and moments of utterly gratuitous gore that left me feeling nostalgic for the good old days of the video nasties. gamers will doubtless argue over the presence of some favourite characters and the absence of others, but with a sequel in the pipeline, this hasn t finished the franchise. there s still time for any absentees to get a look in. on the downside, this reboot i
throughout history, different cultures all over the world reference a great tournament. enterjessica mcnamee s sonya blade, who spends a lot of time doing an impression of basil exposition from the austin powers movies, ensuring that no one gets confused, although if truth be told, i did get confused a bit. kano wins! also along for the ride isjosh lawson s impressively obnoxious kano, a loudmouthed australian, as opposed to all those quiet australians, who accompanies cole and sonya to an otherworldly tournament encountering laser eyes, freezing stares, robotic arms, killer lizards, on demand fireballs and lethal frisbee hats. really. while previous mortal kombat films have felt rather toothless, this reboot is an impressively blood splattered affair, packed with much enjoyably squishy violence and moments of utterly gratuitous gore that left me feeling nostalgic for the good old days of the video nasties. gamers will doubtless argue over the presence of some favourite chara
starring bob hoskins and the ill fated street fighter, which teamed jean claude van damme with kylie minogue for reasons no one could fully understand. by comparison with these stinkers, the original mortal kombat movie, directed by paul ws anderson and starring christopher lambert, wasn t bad. not great, but not terrible either. the same could not be said of the sequel annihilation, a flop which effectively killed the live action franchise. first learned about this seven years ago on a mission in brazil to capture a wanted fugitive. now, more than two decades later, we have a new mortal kombat movie. produced by saw and insidious co creatorjames wan and co written by greg russo, a devotee of the games who promised to stay true to the existing mythology and to give fellow fans a faithful screen adaptation. get over here! now, that s all well and good, but the film still needs to work for audiences unfamiliar with the games, so we get lewis tan as new character cole young, a c