As you can tell by the kind of big beasts that are coming into the cinema. So, we have belfast, which is the new film by Kenneth Branagh. We have nightmare alley, which is the new film by Guillermo Del Toro. And we have ajournal forjordan, which is the new film by denzel washington. So, belfast. Yeah. Kenneth branagh grew up in belfast. He did. Some people might not realise. And this is very much inspired by his childhood. It is the story of a nine year old boy in 60s belfast whose main worry is hes fallen in love with somebody at school and he doesnt know how to talk to her and he needs to take advice on the subject, and he takes advice largely from his grandmother and grandfather, played by ciaran hinds and damejudi dench. Heres a beautiful clip from belfast. The wee girl is still showing some interest, yeah . She looks at me sometimes, but were not allowed to talki in the class, so i. Cant say anything. And then, when we goi out to the playground, she always goes off| with the othe
But also because black and white enables you to do infinite Shades Of Grey in terms of the political turmoil. I also think its important to acknowledge that there is a lot of Terence Davis in this particularly in the fact that when he the kid goes to the cinema and the cinema is suddenly in colour, Chitty Chitty bang bang is suddenly in colour, and that thing about the rapture of going to the cinema when youre young is something that, really, Terence Davis kind of pioneered and i think that branagh has taken a leaf out of his book. I think this is a very charming, engaging to some extent slightly schmaltzy, but, hey i think it hits that sweet spot between the film that pleases the critics and the film that absolutely pleases the crowds. I think its got a really strong shot at being i told you this before i think its the best picture contender. I mean, i it would not surprise me at all if this walked off with the top prize at the oscars because its kind of got that written all over it.
More news coming up. Cheerio. Hello, and a very warm welcome again to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, mark kermode again. Hi, mark. Hello. We are fully into award season. Yes . As you can tell by the kind of big beasts that are coming into the cinema. So, we have belfast, which is the new film by Kenneth Branagh. We have nightmare alley, which is the new film by Guillermo Del Toro. And we have ajournal forjordan, which is the new film by denzel washington. So, belfast. Yeah. Kenneth branagh grew up in belfast. He did. Some people might not realise. And this is very much inspired by his childhood. It is the story of a nine year old boy in 60s belfast whose main worry is hes fallen in love with somebody at school and he doesnt know how to talk to her and he needs to take advice on the subject, and he takes advice largely from his grandmother and grandfather, played by ciaran hinds and damejudi dench. Heres a beautiful clip from belfast. The we
And the Attempted Murder of her husband. The Port Of Dover admits new Customs Checks have contributed to big queues on the roads. Sportsday will be coming up shortly before that, though, its the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. Hello, and a very warm welcome again to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, mark kermode again. Hi, mark. Hello. We are fully into award season. Yes . As you can tell by the kind of big beasts that are coming into the cinema. So we have belfast, which is the new film by Kenneth Branagh. We have nightmare alley, which is the new film by Guillermo Del Toro. And we have ajournal forjordan, which is the new film by denzel washington. So, belfast. Yeah. Kenneth branagh grew up in belfast. He did. Some people might not realise. And this is very much inspired by his childhood. It is the story of a nine year old boy in 60s belfast whose main worry is hes fallen in love with somebody at school and he doesnt know how to