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Hello and welcome to the Film Review. To take us through this

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week's cinema releases, Mark commode. We have got a very mixed

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bag. We have I And So Excited. We have Dead Man Down. That is a

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version of the Deal with the Dragon Tattoo. -- the Goal. Something camp

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to start with. Have you seen the trailers? The fact the original

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title has two meanings has been discussed. This is basically a sex

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comedy set largely on an aeroplane and largely set in an airport. At

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the beginning, the aeroplane takes off. They have a problem with the

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landing gear. They tried to take off. That is as far as it goes for

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the narrative. Essentially, it has been described as being a sort of

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socio-political satire. The passengers of the aeroplane are

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people who are all treated badly by the authorities in Spain. That is

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portrayed by the cabin staff and the stewards and stewardesses who

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

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I am a confident passenger already. You get the general gist. What then

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happens is as they realise they are in trouble, they decide that as far

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as economy class passengers are concerned, they will drag them. The

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interesting thing about the film is that if you understand the

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references, there are some strong political underpinnings. The

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airport is a famous one. You meet - - immediately understand this is to

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do with political and financial corruption. You see the newspaper

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about financial scandals. When the plane lands, one of them may be

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arrested. There are all of the secret lives. There is a socio-

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political underpinning. But if that does not strike a chord with you,

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as it may not outside of Spain, what you are left with is the

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question of whether this is funny or not. I have to say it isn't

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anything like as funny as it should be. It's a shame. Is he the clips

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and you think it will be funny. There is that musical clip in which

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they are all lip-synching. And the director has an extraordinary

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reputation, going back to his earlier career, for outrageous

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comedies, sexy, subversive, doing things that are shocking.

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Intriguing and interesting. But the film itself is very much a bit drab,

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washed out. What you really want is for it to be a really great, bawdy,

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eg, sexy comedy. But he has made something that is strangely Telopea

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-- televisual. If the political satire stuff does not hit home, you

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are just left unfortunately with a rather live comedy. The whole gag

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is the Kate has -- the plane has nowhere to land. But I love him as

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a producer. He is an extraordinary film-maker. It's a real shame that

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it is as disappointing as it is. Not funny enough?

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No. And I wanted to laugh. The claim of insufficient laughter is a

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real shame. If what left?

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For -- what next. This is essentially a mixture of

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things. On one hand it's a gangland thriller, Colin Farrell working for

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a mob boss, it is also a woman who wants revenge on the man who'd

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drunk drove her. She was involved in a collision. Since then she has

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been dealing with the scars and that changed her life. She wants

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Colin Farrell to get revenge for her. She also has a strange

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relationship with her mother, who is very into baking and cooking.

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You are looking at me strangely. We do not mention Tupperware very

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often. In the middle of this, there is an

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interesting character film. However, the film company wants to sell it

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as an action thriller. Chasing, guns and day -- and explosions.

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That is the least interesting part of the film. The most interesting

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is the character stuff. Well- observed details in the mother-

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daughter of relationship. The mother is desperate for the

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daughter to get back out there. That is the stuff, it appears to me,

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the directive is interested in. But the film does it has to be an

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explosive action thriller. It ends up being a mixed bag. If you are

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looking for interesting character the trail, with some great

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performances, and the actress does a great job, with what is really a

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messy script, she is great. But if you want a straight out action

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thriller, you will wonder why the woman playing the mother talks

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about cookies and Tupperware. That is the film not -- that I am

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interested in, not the one sold by the poster.

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I would happily spend one hour were looking at them talking about

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Tupperware and cakes. All-Stars?

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This is a home-grown street dance film for the younger viewers. A

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junior school musical. Done in the very broad and colourful strokes

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of... Do you remember the double- deckers? Films that were bright,

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brash and breezy. The story is that kids have a place where they beat,

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it is called the garage, council is going to knock it down unless they

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saved the day by putting on a show that will involve them all pulling

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together. I feel like I have been there

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before. Why are we call that? Because we

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all have completely different talents but we are All-Stars.

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is the dumbest vain for anything I have ever heard. -- dumbest name.

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am allergic to those. Also lactose intolerant. I just threw up in my

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mouth a little bit. The battle is the main event. People will pay to

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watch. It will save the garage. don't know why you are here. Look,

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we are used to putting it hours of training. This dancing thing will

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be no problem. Show us. But who will dance? U -- you will.

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It is very easy to sneer at this kind of film. Actually, I thought

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it was kind of charming. There are some big names, as far as the

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grown-ups go. But the young cast really make it good. It's a very

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sweet-natured film. We have seen it before. But it has some great

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dancing and also has these interesting dream sequences, which

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are nostalgic of older films. There is a ballroom dancing sequence. A

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man imagines himself find -- fight against Warriors made entirely of

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paper. It has more ambition than perhaps one would expect from

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something which appears from the outside to be so generic. It will

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not change the world. You are seeing the black and white dancing

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now. It is quite charming. I sat in a room full of critics, who were

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kind of sniffy about it because it is playing to a young audience, but

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I have nothing against that. It was done with a smile on its faced, it

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will not set the world alight but there isn't that much great kids'

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entertainment round, outside of animation. I thought this was a

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refreshing change. And did the young characters are

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likeable and that matters in a film like this. -- and the young.

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And you do like them. This is not a narrative twists film...

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Off no. But you want them to succeed. -- no.

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And he won't leave disappointed. What is the best out there?

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In the Fog is a very harrowing war film. It is basically a story about

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loyalty and betrayal, about the way in which appearing to have their --

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the trade your combat can be worst thing. It has very few cuts in the

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film. 72 in the whole length. It takes its time, is moody and

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atmospheric. A little bit like Come and See. It is poetic and courting

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and not depressing but very challenging. -- haunting. It did

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that thing war movies should do, which is ask questions about

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conflict, rather than just dramatising them. It's a very fine

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piece of work. Finally, what is the best DVD at

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the moment? Life of Pi is out on DVD and Blu-

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ray. On Blu-ray, it is the 3D version. You saw it in the cinema.

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I saw it in 3D. I thought it worked. And I am not

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necessarily a convert but it work. I am dead sceptical about 3D. I

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have seen it in both and I prefer the two D version because it is

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bright and clear. But of all 3D films, I thought it was at the top

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end. -- 2D. But it's a brilliant piece of storytelling. It's a story

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about storytelling in the first place. Which story do you want it

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to be about? A guide cast adrift in the ocean with a tiger? It is about

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religion, politics, all of these things. But it never seems to be.

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It just seems to be an interesting and fantastic story that asks you

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what you want to believe. I thought it was beautifully rendered. The

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special effects are amazing. You don't notice they are special

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effects. You don't say, wow, look at those pixels! You just believe

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you are cast adrift with a kid and a tiger.

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And because it's a great story, it has been transferred to DVD, it

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does not take a great deal away from it.

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It is definitely something you can watch as a family film. It has some

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challenging things in it. But it's a film that everybody can watch and

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then afterwards talk about and discuss. Lot of people said it is

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not a film that transfer as well from the book but that is not true.

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Ang Lee did a fantastic role. It a great performance as well.

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