:00:00. > :00:00.reserve based in London". Those are the detail. No names, but confirming
:00:00. > :00:09.the five British people died, saying it was a routine flight `` details.
:00:10. > :00:17.Coming up next, it's The Film Review.
:00:18. > :00:23.Hello, and welcome The Film Review on BBC News. To take us through this
:00:24. > :00:27.week's cinema releases is Mark Kermode. What do we have? A mixed
:00:28. > :00:30.bag, I'm sure you know. We have Transcendence, the new movie
:00:31. > :00:37.starring Johnny Depp, which is done, let us say, not so well in America.
:00:38. > :00:40.We have Tracks, a recreation of an epic journey across the Australian
:00:41. > :00:48.outback. One woman, four camels and a dog. We have The Other Woman, a
:00:49. > :00:53.story about women turning the tables on the man who wronged them. You
:00:54. > :00:58.said something about Transcendence there, not doing particularly well
:00:59. > :01:01.in the United States. It has been loathed, hated and dumped on as the
:01:02. > :01:08.worse non`blockbuster of the year? Comparisons have been made with John
:01:09. > :01:17.Carter. That is not something that one does casually! The film is the
:01:18. > :01:21.debut from Wally Pfister. It stars Johnny Depp. It was based on a
:01:22. > :01:30.script, referred to as the Black List, a very fated but as yet
:01:31. > :01:32.unproduced screenplays back in 2012. Johnny Depp is an artificial
:01:33. > :01:34.intelligence specialist, who is enthusiastic about reaching the
:01:35. > :01:37.point when computers basically overtake mankind and can know and
:01:38. > :01:40.understand the world in a more extraordinary way than mankind can.
:01:41. > :01:44.This of course causes many people to think, you know, aren't you playing
:01:45. > :01:47.God? Isn't this all about a bit dangerous? Here is a clip.
:01:48. > :01:52.These are state`of`the`art processors. You won't find faster
:01:53. > :02:01.power anywhere else in the world. Good evening, Dr Tagger. He has seen
:02:02. > :02:11.old pictures of you. Good evening, Donald Buchanan. It knows me? Of
:02:12. > :02:17.course it does. Social media. Tell the agent can an about yourself? I'm
:02:18. > :02:23.a physically independent neural network invented by Dr Will Caster.
:02:24. > :02:28.Can you prove that you are self`aware? That is a difficult
:02:29. > :02:35.question, doctor. Can you prove that you are?
:02:36. > :02:40.What happens very early on, he is attacked by terrorists. The only way
:02:41. > :02:43.of surviving is he has to upload his personality to a data bank and
:02:44. > :02:50.become an electronic presence. Become somewhere between man and
:02:51. > :02:53.machine. However, is the uploaded presence really him, or is the
:02:54. > :02:55.entity for which his wife is now in love, actually something completely
:02:56. > :02:58.different, something sinister something that really isn't the man
:02:59. > :03:01.she married? The interesting thing with the film is, it has gone down
:03:02. > :03:08.very badly in America. The box office has been poor. Bad reviews.
:03:09. > :03:11.That looks like it will be repeated over here. Someone who is a fan of
:03:12. > :03:15.Wally Pfister, as a cinematographer, he is really brilliant. I went into
:03:16. > :03:20.this with high expectations. Generally, I liked it. I thought it
:03:21. > :03:24.was... What it is. You are the only the man of the planet who liked it,
:03:25. > :03:31.as far as I can see? I found a couple of others. It's throw back
:03:32. > :03:43.1970s B picture. Wally Pfister pictures like Silent Running, Omega
:03:44. > :03:47.Man... Big idea films. The problem with the film, at $100 million, you
:03:48. > :03:58.make movies that have lots of explosions in it. Chris Nolan when
:03:59. > :04:01.he made Inception, which Wally Pfister shot, it was clever and
:04:02. > :04:04.intelligent. It's like an extended episode of the Twilight Zone. What
:04:05. > :04:07.would happen if you uploaded your personality to the computer and the
:04:08. > :04:10.computer had access to the internet. It's low on crowd pleasing
:04:11. > :04:13.explosions. Johnny Depp is billed at the star. Early on he is sidelined.
:04:14. > :04:17.He becomes a cyber presence. The heavy lifting done by Paul Bettany,
:04:18. > :04:22.a brilliant actor and Rebecca Hall. I like her very much. It is shot
:04:23. > :04:26.beautifully. As you saw from that clip. It is a film, which unlike the
:04:27. > :04:28.standard trend for scientific movies doesn't have an edit every
:04:29. > :04:35.millisecond. It wants to take its time. It is true. Some of the
:04:36. > :04:42.dialogue is clunky, in a sort of Star Trek way. I thought it was a
:04:43. > :04:45.film with big ambitions, dealing with an interesting idea in a
:04:46. > :04:48.populous manner, I thought. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed all two hours
:04:49. > :04:54.of it. I'm genuinely surprised by just how hostile the reviews have
:04:55. > :04:58.been. We are in favour of diversity in this programme, as you know. Here
:04:59. > :05:04.is what you need to do. Go and see it and find out... I will. Make up
:05:05. > :05:12.your own mind. I will. Don't let it put you off. I won't. Now, Tracks.
:05:13. > :05:15.This is a true story. Robin Davidson tracked from Alice Springs to the
:05:16. > :05:24.West Coast, armed with four camels, a dog, with a sponsorship deal with
:05:25. > :05:32.National Geographic. In order to do it she had to be met at regular
:05:33. > :05:35.intervals by a photographer. He would document her travels. For a
:05:36. > :05:39.lot of the journey she was alone. Certain parts of it she was joined
:05:40. > :05:43.by an elder. She is on her own. It is her, the animals, out in the
:05:44. > :05:46.desert facing her own demons. They do a back story about why she wants
:05:47. > :05:56.to be alone, her own personal issues. What is interesting about
:05:57. > :05:59.it, it doesn't over do it. It's a dangerous journey. There are moments
:06:00. > :06:07.of peril... Her survival is not quaranteed. The film doesn't feel
:06:08. > :06:10.the need to crank it up and do silly stuff. It's pretty much as it
:06:11. > :06:14.happens. It proceeds at a walking pace. Which is right. It looks
:06:15. > :06:21.beautiful. You believe Mia Wasikowska is that character. I
:06:22. > :06:28.thought it's not sentimental. It's not anything that tries to make this
:06:29. > :06:31.a jolly, sugary coated story. It's a very interesting story about a
:06:32. > :06:34.woman, who for reasons of her own, wants to be completely alone other
:06:35. > :06:37.than the company of these animals. The camels are extraordinarily
:06:38. > :06:44.expressive creatures. Talking about strong women, The Other Woman. If
:06:45. > :06:56.only we were Cameron Diaz and a revenge movie. Leslie Mann is
:06:57. > :06:59.married to a guy and she discovers he is having an affair with Cameron
:07:00. > :07:06.Diaz, they bond and get on and then they find out he is having an affair
:07:07. > :07:11.with another woman. I don't hate you at all. I got all of that out of my
:07:12. > :07:14.system with that woman. You can be friends with your husband's
:07:15. > :07:19.mistress. It's a dream come true. Ignore her. She is working through
:07:20. > :07:32.some stuff. You smell amazing. What is that? I think it's just sweat.
:07:33. > :07:43.That was remarkably funny. First Wife's Club meets 9`5? Yes. Absent
:07:44. > :07:47.of the wit and one liners. It's one of those films that says, what we
:07:48. > :07:53.are doing, sisters doing it for themselves. They don't appear to be
:07:54. > :07:59.doing it for themselves or each other or us. It's meant to be a
:08:00. > :08:02.comedy in which the nature of what is happening on screen, lots of
:08:03. > :08:07.hysteria. You are thinking ` I bet this was great fun to make. Why do I
:08:08. > :08:11.think that? It's boring to watch. The more fun it was to make, the
:08:12. > :08:15.less fun everyone has watching you do it. Comedy is a rigorous
:08:16. > :08:26.discipline. This misses everything. It doesn't... Challenge gender
:08:27. > :08:30.sterotypes. It repeats them, then says, it's OK, it's a story about
:08:31. > :08:33.women on top. Which it kind of isn't. It's something which trots
:08:34. > :08:36.out the old cliches. There is the brainy one, the ditzy one, the one
:08:37. > :08:39.who is the housewife. If those sterotypes appeared in any other
:08:40. > :08:43.movie you wouldn't give them the time of day. Underlying it all, it's
:08:44. > :08:46.not funny enough. The laughing you did to that clip, that is the most
:08:47. > :08:51.laughing that happened in the whole screening. I'm leaning towards going
:08:52. > :08:56.to see Transcendence. Exactly. Actually. Rebel Without a Cause,
:08:57. > :09:01.which I have seen on the telly, I have not seen on the big screen.
:09:02. > :09:05.There was a reissue. You have to seek them out. They are playing
:09:06. > :09:09.around the country, Google it. It's worth seeing on the big screen.
:09:10. > :09:21.Rebel Without a Cause stands the test of time. It is an extraordinary
:09:22. > :09:32.movie. I hadn't seen it it on the big screen. You have seen it on the
:09:33. > :09:35.telly. It works. It is powerful. A very different movie to the movie
:09:36. > :09:38.you imagine from the posters and the iconic imagery. James Dean really
:09:39. > :09:41.was a very, very talented, very promising actor. A lot of people
:09:42. > :09:44.dismiss him because there were three films. It's worth seeing. It reminds
:09:45. > :09:47.people, given it was in the 1950s, it reminds people that teenagers
:09:48. > :09:50.behaving badly, the problem with young people is not an entirely new
:09:51. > :09:54.phenomenon. No. It's about the story of a bad kid from a good home. I
:09:55. > :09:57.still think all those things still chime true. The performances arer
:09:58. > :10:03.terrific and it looks good. Your DVD choice That Sinking Feeling. It
:10:04. > :10:08.surprised me. It is directed by Greg Forsyth. It is his first feature.
:10:09. > :10:15.It's about a group of kids in Glasgow who solve their financial
:10:16. > :10:20.problems by stealing sinks. Hence the title. It's funny, really smart.
:10:21. > :10:22.It went into the Guinness Book of Records as officially the cheapest
:10:23. > :10:29.feature film ever theatrically released in the UK. It stands up to
:10:30. > :10:32.this day. All the things you love about Bill Forsyth are there in That
:10:33. > :10:36.Sinking Feeling. That is interesting. It bears out you talked
:10:37. > :10:39.about the theory about comedy. The cheaper the film, the more they have
:10:40. > :10:45.to work on the script. Therefore, actually the better it is. It may be
:10:46. > :10:52.the case that with Transcendence, that $100 million is too much money
:10:53. > :10:56.for that movie. Had they had the restrictions of Under the Skin it
:10:57. > :10:58.might have worked out in a more popular way. Cheap and cheerful.
:10:59. > :11:02.Thank you very much, Mark. A quick reminder before we go that you'll
:11:03. > :11:04.find more film news and reviews from Mark on his BBC blog Kermode Uncut.
:11:05. > :11:27.Thank you for watching. There have been showers around
:11:28. > :11:30.today, and some dry and sunny weather, at times too, despite the
:11:31. > :11:32.low pressure. South`west of us, and close to us, as we go through the
:11:33. > :11:33.day to