the missing british boy who was found after six years is expected to travel back to the uk over the weekend. the grandmother of the now 17 year old said she can t begin to express her relief and happiness. now on bbc news: talking movies: review of 2023. hello from new york. i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies review of 2023. in today s programme, highlights from the world of cinema in the past 12 months. hi, barbie. hi, ken. we ll be revisiting barbenheimer one of the more memorable movie events of 2023. he s going to now. pull me off the train. also, during the year, tom cruise did it again, bringing us a new mission: impossible film, but it didn t perform as well as expected. and 2023 was defined by industrial strife in hollywood, with both writers and actors going on strike. we hear from an actor who spent time on the picket lines. i m the king of rock and roll! and year s end brought forth a wealth of documentaries poised for awards all kinds of stories,
I mean, i d love to get a bit of that. what was it, 800,000? yeah. i ve never been in a billion dollarfilm. but then, with tom and with top gun, amazingly, of course you want everyone to see this. i feel like this film is everything a cinematic blockbuster should be. and it should be seen, and there s so many films i mean, we speak about mission but it also becomes a ripple effect, doesn t it, where we show that we can do it, other films will do it. what has made a billion dollar movie almost mission impossible, despite cruise s ability to pull off breathtaking stunts, was the release of barbie and oppenheimer, just after dead reckoning. after a strong start, the film s hype was quickly stolen and its worldwide box office of $500 million so far is almost a direct result of audiences seeing so called barbenheimer instead including tom cruise, who posted on social media with his tickets. ethan? this mission of yours.
Wouldn t you? i mean, i d love to get a bit of that. what was it, 800,000? yeah. i ve never been in a billion dollarfilm. but then, with tom and with top gun, amazingly, of course you want everyone to see this. i feel like this film is everything a cinematic blockbuster should be. and it should be seen, and there s so many films i mean, we speak about mission but it also becomes a ripple effect, doesn t it, where we show that we can do it, other films will do it. what is made a billion dollar movie almost mission: impossible, despite cruise s ability to pull off breathtaking stunts, was the release of barbie and oppenheimer, just after dead reckoning. after a strong start, the film s hype was quickly stolen and its worldwide box office of $500 million so far is almost a direct result of audiences seeing so called barbenheimer instead including tom cruise, who posted on social media with his ticket. ethan? this mission of yours.
Of course. i d love crack a bill wouldn t you? i mean, i d love to get a bit of that. what was it, 800,000? yeah. i ve never been in a billion dollarfilm. but then, with tom and with top gun, amazingly, of course you want everyone to see this. i feel like this film is everything a cinematic blockbuster should be. and it should be seen, and there s so many films i mean, we speak about mission but it also becomes a ripple effect, doesn t it, where we show that we can do it, other films will do it? what has made a billion dollar movie almost mission: impossible, despite cruise s ability to pull off breathtaking stunts, was the release of barbie and oppenheimer, just after dead reckoning. after a strong start, the film s hype was quickly stolen and its worldwide box office of $500 million so far is almost a direct result of audiences seeing so called barbenheimer instead including tom cruise, who posted on social media with his ticket. ethan?