0:00:04 > 0:00:04this weekend's Premier League action and hear from the Ashes squad before
0:00:04 > 0:00:06they go to Australia tomorrow. That's at 6:30pm but now it's time
0:00:06 > 0:00:17for The Film Review.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Hello, and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News. To take us
0:00:28 > 0:00:32through the cinema releases this week is James King. Good to see you.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37You too. What have you been watching?There is romance among the
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Romans in the Italian love story Call Me By Your Name, and awards
0:00:40 > 0:00:46contender that one. The God of Thunder goes down under. There is a
0:00:46 > 0:00:54distinctly Antipodean field to marvel's film, Thor: Ragnarok.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield battled the odds is in Brief, there
0:00:59 > 0:01:09will be tears...-- Breathe. Call Me By Your Name, I feel like I've seen
0:01:09 > 0:01:13the trailer for this ten times, do the producers think it is an awards
0:01:13 > 0:01:17contender?We are heading to award season, you will hear the same
0:01:17 > 0:01:23titles over and over again over the next few months. I do think this is
0:01:23 > 0:01:27one of those. The director is Luca Guadagnino, arguably the most
0:01:27 > 0:01:34stylish and chic correct at the moment. -- director. Written by
0:01:34 > 0:01:41James Ivory, formerly of Merchant Ivory fame. It was set in northern
0:01:41 > 0:01:51Italy in one summer. Elio's father is an academic and he invites and in
0:01:51 > 0:02:00turn over for the summer. Elio falls in love with the intern. We have
0:02:00 > 0:02:09Timothee Chalamet as Elio and Armie Hammer as the intern. Here we go.
0:02:09 > 0:02:18Thank you so much.It's bigger -- you are bigger than your photo!I
0:02:18 > 0:02:24couldn't get all of me in the picture! It's very nice to meet you.
0:02:27 > 0:02:35Elio!You must be exhausted...
0:02:41 > 0:02:43LAUGHTER
0:02:48 > 0:02:56Every single one of these will! Elio, Oliver, Oliver, Elio.You must
0:02:56 > 0:03:03be exhausted!Come, come. Should I take this to your room?My room...
0:03:03 > 0:03:10If I were him... It is set in the 1980s...In Italy come his mother
0:03:10 > 0:03:14was French which is why he also spoke French. Language is an
0:03:14 > 0:03:19important part of the film. It's about this young boy finding out who
0:03:19 > 0:03:23he is, and his own personality and finding his own language. That's why
0:03:23 > 0:03:27there are a lot of different languages going on in the film. I
0:03:27 > 0:03:32loved it. It looks gorgeous, it's mainly set in Lombardi and Lake
0:03:32 > 0:03:39Garda year, and it looks fantastic. It's a young love story, a
0:03:39 > 0:03:43coming-of-age story. It's about the grey areas. It is into cliche movie
0:03:43 > 0:03:51Love story where everything seems neat, but it's about the
0:03:51 > 0:03:56complexities of it and growing up. That's what resonated with me.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Perhaps it meanders a little but it's about a teenager on their
0:03:59 > 0:04:04summer holidays which is when you meander. I certainly remember
0:04:04 > 0:04:09meandering a lot!Got a lot of time on your hands...There's a big sense
0:04:09 > 0:04:14of waiting for things to happen from it. It was set in the 1980s before
0:04:14 > 0:04:18the Internet and mobile phones. You are in the dark as to what is
0:04:18 > 0:04:22happening. You really get that sense. I thought it was beautiful.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29Wonderful, it looks beautiful. Does Thor look beautiful?It does.It
0:04:29 > 0:04:38looks very stylish. It is the third Chris Hemsworth Thor form. It is
0:04:38 > 0:04:44stand alone. There is more comedy in this one, even though the subtitle,
0:04:44 > 0:04:51Ragnarok, relates to the destruction of Thor's homeland.The success of
0:04:51 > 0:04:57the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, another Marvel comic book
0:04:57 > 0:05:02franchise is cheeky and funny, it seems that Thor has been given a
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Guardians of the Galaxy makeover. Secondly, I mentioned at the top
0:05:05 > 0:05:12about the down under thing. The director is a guy called Taika
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Waititi who has had a lot of success in New Zealand with his comic
0:05:15 > 0:05:23dramas. We did the hunt for the world people and In the Shadows. He
0:05:23 > 0:05:28brings a lovely, deadpan, Antipodean sensibility to the whole thing, as
0:05:28 > 0:05:31well as casting Cate Blanchett and Carl Levin in there, and Chris
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Hemsworth. I love the comedy. It's really funny and marks it as
0:05:36 > 0:05:40different from the others. There isn't much depth to it or threat to
0:05:40 > 0:05:44it, but you will laugh a lot. That's what people are really picking up
0:05:44 > 0:05:50on.And there's a lot to be said on that. The final selection for this
0:05:50 > 0:05:55week is Breathe.Based on the true story of Robin Cavendish. He was
0:05:55 > 0:05:58disabled by polio and this is the story of how he chose to live as
0:05:58 > 0:06:03full a life as possible, often using unconventional methods, and how he
0:06:03 > 0:06:09was supported by his wife, Diana, throughout. Directed by Andy Serkis,
0:06:09 > 0:06:14a directing debut for him, and Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield star
0:06:14 > 0:06:27in this.How do you feel?Much better.Diana, what happens if there
0:06:27 > 0:06:37is a power cut? You are working with this nifty bit of kit...Look who's
0:06:37 > 0:06:57here! Oh, look. There you go.Ooh. Look, Jonathan. It's daddy.Hello,
0:06:57 > 0:07:12Jonathan. Hello, dear boy.A proper tear-jerker?Absolutely, not so much
0:07:12 > 0:07:17tugging on the heartstrings as yanking on them! You will blub.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21There are some funny moments but for me, mainly in the second half of the
0:07:21 > 0:07:27film. It was the funny moments, or the more peculiar moments that
0:07:27 > 0:07:32really resonated. Sometimes it is a little by the book and predictable,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36but inevitably, it will be compared to The Theory of Everything, the
0:07:36 > 0:07:40movie about Steven Hawking from a few years ago. Maybe it doesn't have
0:07:40 > 0:07:44the charisma but behind the camera we know Andy Serkis is a great actor
0:07:44 > 0:07:47and clearly he's a very good director. From now on after this we
0:07:47 > 0:07:51will see him directing as much as acting. He has a very confident
0:07:51 > 0:07:56style.That's an interesting development. He is a fantastically
0:07:56 > 0:08:01versatile actor. It is striking that he has chosen something that's a
0:08:01 > 0:08:09real tear-jerker as his first film? He said he read the script. It's the
0:08:09 > 0:08:11story of his parents. His production partner is Jonathan Cavendish, but
0:08:11 > 0:08:14when Andy Serkis read the script he said it was the most emotional thing
0:08:14 > 0:08:19he had ever read, he had to make it and it is an emotional watch.Lets
0:08:19 > 0:08:24go onto our film of the week. My goodness, I loved Death of Stalin.
0:08:24 > 0:08:31Isn't it clever satire?I loved it, I watched it and I laughed, a couple
0:08:31 > 0:08:35of weeks ago when I saw it and in the fortnight since, what has really
0:08:35 > 0:08:41stayed with me is how chilling the whole thing is.I absolutely agree.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Of course it is an absurd situation these people find themselves in
0:08:44 > 0:08:50after the Death of Stalin in 1953 but then you see the backstabbing
0:08:50 > 0:08:55and the desperate clamouring around to hold onto some sort of power. And
0:08:55 > 0:08:57the things people will do which affect millions of their citizens in
0:08:57 > 0:09:04Russia.And he never lets you forget that people were taken out of their
0:09:04 > 0:09:09bedss in the middle of the night and thrown into prison, or worse. It's
0:09:09 > 0:09:13important to be in the film but it needs to be done cleverly.You laugh
0:09:13 > 0:09:17at the ridiculousness of it but you go, hang on, there's a dark side to
0:09:17 > 0:09:24this which is classic satire. You can see there are five great people
0:09:24 > 0:09:29in the poster behind you but it's an ensemble cast. They are all
0:09:29 > 0:09:32fantastic but Simon Russell Beale really stood out for me. He plays
0:09:32 > 0:09:36the head of security in the secret police. A chilling performance. He
0:09:36 > 0:09:42is great but they all are in it.And a quick thought on the DVD, for
0:09:42 > 0:09:49anyone who doesn't want to head out? My Cousin Rachel, the thriller set
0:09:49 > 0:09:59in Victorian error, all. He suspects -- Sam Claflin, suspects his cousin
0:09:59 > 0:10:05Rachel has killed a mutual relative. But as well as suspecting her, he is
0:10:05 > 0:10:09also seduced by her. He's in an odd position. We never really know
0:10:09 > 0:10:13whether she did it or not. You are kept guessing by the film. The
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Rachel of the title is played by Rachel Weisz and keeps her cards
0:10:17 > 0:10:21close to her chest throughout. It's a subtle performance and you are
0:10:21 > 0:10:25kept guessing.James, it's good to see you. Thank you for being with
0:10:25 > 0:10:29us. That's all from us for this week. Enjoy your cinema going.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35Goodbye!