To take us through this weeks cinema releases as ever is mark kermode. This is a mixed bag this week. We have mindhorn, in which an 80s tv detective plays it for real. We have harmonium, a cannes prizewinner. And jamie foxx in the thriller sleepless. Mindhorn, im smiling before i start. I show my age but i loved bergerac back in the day. A tv detective onjersey, you see images from mindhorn and all the the memories come back. So mindhorn is a 1980s tv detective but is more like Alan Partridge or garth marenghi. In the 1980s he played mindhorn with a bionic eye to see the truth. The actorjulian barratt plays him. Hes now washed up, balding, doing adverts for orthopaedic socks. Hes desperate for a job. Then the isle of man police get in touch and say, we have a suspected Serial Killer who has been ringing us and will only speak to mindhorn, the fictional character who he believes is real. So the police say, will you please come and play mindhorn for us to help us catch him. Immediately,
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Population, more people likely to need care all year round, but particularly in the winter . Yes, no getting around the fact people get ill overwinter, but it does sound like this is worse than usual. Speaking about, as Melanie Wasjust saying, record numbers of people in ambulances turned away from hospital as they do not have resources to help them. In record breaking territory, that does not sound good. One of the interesting elements of the story in the telegraph is they are speaking about trying to encourage hospitals not to talk about this in overly alarming terms, not to speak about, what do they cold, black alerts . The guardian speaking about how the red cross is saying the nhs needs to take action to make sure we are taking better ca re of to make sure we are taking better care of people. Terms like red cross and black alert in relation to the nhs, nota and black alert in relation to the nhs, not a good look. In addition, some of the stories, looking at individual stories, lyi
Hours in melbourne. Heres our tennis correspondent, russell fuller. There is always an unknown factor when a player shares a chord with Serena Williams for the first time, Butjohanna Konta can point to the fa ct Butjohanna Konta can point to the fact that she has played and beaten on two occasions serenas sister, venus, once youre at the Australian Openin venus, once youre at the Australian Open in the first round last year and to win her first double title in the stanford last july. And to win her first double title in the stanford lastjuly. Konta has also played other former grand the stanford lastjuly. Konta has also played otherformer grand slam winners and former number ones. There is nothing like the aura of Serena Williams with a 22 grand slam titles. From the konta perspective, she says it is clear to play against a fellow human being rather than against a reputation. What she has achieved in the sport is extraordinary. It is not on other player. It is also important to keep in