:00:00. > :00:05.also genic —— Jessica Ennis—Hill talking about injury and avoiding
:00:05. > :00:26.surgery. And now, it is time for the film review.
:00:26. > :00:29.Welcome. To take us through the cinema releases his Mark Kermode.
:00:29. > :00:36.It is a diverse week with Formula 1 It is a diverse week with Formula 1
:00:36. > :00:40.race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt in the Rush. We have Jackie
:00:40. > :00:45.Robinson breaking the colour bar in Robinson breaking the colour bar in
:00:45. > :00:54.42. And Olympus Has Fallen again in 42. And Olympus Has Fallen again in
:00:54. > :01:01.White House Down. Rush. I have seen it. I thought it was amazing,
:01:01. > :01:06.wonderful. In case people do not know, although frankly, there has
:01:06. > :01:10.been so much publicity, it is a drama directed by Ron Howard,
:01:10. > :01:14.personality clash and rivalry personality clash and
:01:14. > :01:23.cheese. One is cold, the other hot, between James
:01:23. > :01:30.cheese. One is cold, the other hot, totally different personalities and
:01:30. > :01:35.different on and off the track. I never understood what that means. I
:01:35. > :01:39.love my job and competing. Maybe you should ask Niki Lauda, the
:01:39. > :01:47.world champion has everything to lose. Are you feeling pressure? Do
:01:47. > :01:51.I look like I am feeling pressure? I am world champion on the verge to
:01:51. > :01:56.become champion again. It is not easy to become a champion, you have
:01:56. > :02:04.to really believe it to make it possible. If Nicky is being tricky
:02:04. > :02:08.mind games, I am flattered. mind games, I am flattered.
:02:08. > :02:19.Momentum is with me. I have never felt better. I expect to be world
:02:19. > :02:23.champion. When you start to talk about Formula 1 movies and chalk
:02:23. > :02:29.and cheese characters, you think about Ayrton Senna. The brilliant
:02:29. > :02:33.documentary I loved. I know very little about Formula 1. What has
:02:33. > :02:34.happened is they have happened is they have taken a
:02:34. > :02:40.similar story, with competing similar story, with competing
:02:40. > :02:44.personalities and played it broadly, specifically to what people who do
:02:44. > :02:50.not understand Formula 1... Here, people have a knowledge but in
:02:50. > :02:54.country. This is a British country. This is a British
:02:54. > :03:04.production but Ron Howard is a Hollywood director. It is played in
:03:04. > :03:04.broad brush strokes. The actor playing James Hunt, he is like
:03:04. > :03:13.stewards. Niki Lauda wanting to go Austin
:03:14. > :03:17.to bed early, he is the most interesting character will stop you
:03:18. > :03:20.have the stuff on the track. I thought it was gripping, partly
:03:20. > :03:26.amazing. Also, I knew what happened. because of the sound. The it was
:03:26. > :03:30.amazing. Also, I knew what happened. I remember
:03:30. > :03:36.That is unusual, when you know the even though I knew
:03:36. > :03:41.That is unusual, when you know the ending. Ron Howard did something
:03:41. > :03:46.similar with Apollo 13. That is a talent of his. If I have a
:03:46. > :03:50.criticism, it is the need to spell out everything as if it is speaking
:03:50. > :03:56.to an audience who have no idea about the sport. The characters are
:03:56. > :04:00.played with broad straight but I think it will play to a mainstream
:04:00. > :04:05.audience, an audience that would not go to see a Formula 1 film. I
:04:05. > :04:10.know people who know nothing about the sport really like it. Ron
:04:11. > :04:18.criticism. If you can do it, it is criticism. If you can do it, it is
:04:18. > :04:21.a talent. 42. Jackie Robinson. The problem for British viewers is
:04:21. > :04:25.understanding the iconic status of understanding the iconic status of
:04:25. > :04:34.a black man playing in the major leagues in American baseball. It is
:04:34. > :04:39.good the story is being told. What you have is the story playing out
:04:39. > :04:45.with Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford. It is about how radical it
:04:45. > :04:49.was to bring an African American into the major league. It is played
:04:49. > :04:54.very straight. Brian Helgeland directed it. He does not want to
:04:54. > :05:02.mess around with the story. It is moving. Chadwick Boseman is very
:05:02. > :05:07.very like a growl. My only very like a growl. My
:05:07. > :05:09.criticism is it is such an criticism is it is such an
:05:09. > :05:12.extraordinary story I would have liked the movie to be less ordinary.
:05:12. > :05:19.remarkable story. It is quite It is firm be
:05:19. > :05:25.remarkable story. It is quite difficult to get your head around
:05:26. > :05:27.this time when this happened. If you were an African—American you
:05:27. > :05:32.could not play a major league could not play a major league
:05:32. > :05:34.baseball. The really terrifying stuff is the institutional thing
:05:34. > :05:37.where they come to a coach stop and where they come to a coach stop and
:05:37. > :05:44.he is not allowed to use the same bathroom, and this is in the recent
:05:44. > :05:50.up the White House? As the up
:05:50. > :05:56.beginning, there is a joke that that is the building they blew
:05:56. > :06:04.is a cut price Bruce Willis. is a cut price Bruce Willis.
:06:04. > :06:09.Channing Tatum is a aspiring secret service agent. He is saving the
:06:09. > :06:16.President who has got a rocket launcher.
:06:16. > :06:21.We have to punch a hole in the fence. The weapon is in the back.
:06:21. > :06:31.What have you got? That is what I What have you got? That is what I
:06:31. > :06:48.am talking about. You have to stick that out there and go to work. Here
:06:48. > :06:50.it comes. This is a buddy movie where one of the bodies is the
:06:50. > :07:03.President! —— buddies. It President! —— buddies. It is
:07:03. > :07:09.something that you see in a Roland Emmerich film. It flopped in
:07:09. > :07:13.America. I started laughing, not at the movie, I think I was laughing
:07:13. > :07:18.with it. I think Roland Emmerich was finding it far me. It is a lot
:07:18. > :07:23.of money to spend if you are making an extended joke. But if you want
:07:23. > :07:38.this is not a criticism. It is not an extended joke. But if you want
:07:38. > :07:42.this is not a criticism. It is not good, but it is a fun movie. We can
:07:42. > :07:50.move on to your pick of the week. The
:07:50. > :07:54.the best thing out, it is a small movie and the reason I really like
:07:54. > :08:02.sound, for example, in films where fascinating. If you like the use
:08:02. > :08:10.sound, for example, in films where profound effect.
:08:10. > :08:11.terrific. The title is a misheard song lyric. I have a slight
:08:12. > :08:16.criticism. Casey Affleck, the criticism. Casey Affleck, the
:08:16. > :08:23.delivery would put a fossil to sleep. It is set in the early
:08:23. > :08:27.seventies and it is a very seventies and it is a very
:08:27. > :08:33.Seventies movie. If you look at them that is exactly... Dancing
:08:34. > :08:39.with walls! That was much later. Our I am thinking in terms of a
:08:40. > :08:44.very slow voice over. This is edited in the way people used to
:08:44. > :08:51.edit movies where you hold the shot and I like that, but I am 50. It is
:08:51. > :08:58.interesting. It does something more than just quote Terence Malik.
:08:58. > :09:07.Ironman three. This is now the single biggest Super Hero franchise.
:09:07. > :09:12.More of the same. I like it. Robert Downey Junior is very funny. He
:09:12. > :09:17.does a good job balancing action and comedy sequences. It has a
:09:17. > :09:22.comic—book sensibility, but it is very knowing. I went into these
:09:22. > :09:29.movies not expecting much, but I think the trilogy works well. With
:09:29. > :09:34.these movies, how would you know about this whole thing with nobody
:09:34. > :09:39.it is the biggest. You would not it is the biggest. You would not
:09:39. > :09:43.think that the numbers would add up. When Robert Downey Jnr was cast,
:09:43. > :09:52.you thought about it, he is not that kind of actor, but he does a
:09:52. > :09:58.very good job. Thanks. That is it. A reminder before we go is that you
:09:58. > :10:00.will find more film news and reviews on the website and that
:10:00. > :10:04.includes previous shows.