:00:00. > :00:08.for Murray who has notched up another win at the ATP world tour
:00:09. > :00:18.finals. Now on BBC News it is time for The Film Review.
:00:19. > :00:21.Hello and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News.
:00:22. > :00:24.To take us through this week's cinema releases is Mark Kermode.
:00:25. > :00:36.The man with the magic touch. I take it that is a reference to the fact
:00:37. > :00:41.that we have Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them coming out. We
:00:42. > :00:55.also have a fantastic animation from Japan, Your Name, and Indignation, a
:00:56. > :00:59.film based on a book by Philip Roth. Let's start with Fantastic Beasts
:01:00. > :01:06.and Where To Find Them. Based on the book by JK Rowling. It comes from
:01:07. > :01:11.the Harry Potter stories to start with. The protagonists in this are
:01:12. > :01:16.older. They are no longer at school. It is in this steampunk 1920s New
:01:17. > :01:20.York. Eddie Redmayne's character is a magic zoologist. He brings with
:01:21. > :01:27.him a suitcase when he arrives in New York which has beast in it. Due
:01:28. > :01:30.to a mix-up the Beast get out. He then needs to help round them up
:01:31. > :01:39.because this is happening at exactly the same time a group of people are
:01:40. > :01:42.making lots of conversations about witchcraft in New York. So he has to
:01:43. > :01:48.go to the magical underworld of New York. This is a clip. You are the
:01:49. > :01:56.guy with the case full of monsters? You tell him, Fudge. I was hoping
:01:57. > :02:03.you could tell me if there had been any sightings, that sort of thing.
:02:04. > :02:09.You have a pretty big price on your head. Why should I help you instead
:02:10. > :02:20.of turning you in? I take it I will have to make it worth your while.
:02:21. > :02:33.Let's consider it a cover charge. Most offer more than that. Wait a
:02:34. > :02:42.minute... That's a boat truckle, right? No. Come on, they pick locks,
:02:43. > :02:46.don't they? You are not having him. Well, good luck getting back alive,
:02:47. > :02:55.Mr scavenger. It sounds totally endangering. -- engaging. Certain
:02:56. > :03:00.elements are flimsy. Sometimes we get into big, spectacular set pieces
:03:01. > :03:07.which really feel like set pieces. However, when we are in that New
:03:08. > :03:11.York which is on a set, I think it is a really engaging world. I like
:03:12. > :03:14.the design of it. Some of the special effects are extraordinary.
:03:15. > :03:18.Some of the visual effects at the beginning where we see the beast
:03:19. > :03:23.scampering around, it is really effective. And because it is Harry
:03:24. > :03:30.Potter you can get the pick of the crop as far as actors are concerned.
:03:31. > :03:34.You have Samantha Morton, Colin Farrell, Ezra Miller, it is a
:03:35. > :03:38.really, really great cast with good performances. What I like about it
:03:39. > :03:42.is it's not quite in the same world is Harry Potter although it feels
:03:43. > :03:46.like it is part of that universe. Its characters are engaging. It is
:03:47. > :03:50.the small details, the design details, that is the stuff that
:03:51. > :03:53.appeals. The stuff that works less well is the more spectacular stuff,
:03:54. > :03:58.the stuff which feels like set pieces. But when we get to a period
:03:59. > :04:03.where we want families to see movies together, come Christmas time, I
:04:04. > :04:07.think it'll be a big success. It certainly leaves you with a smile on
:04:08. > :04:12.your face. Look out for the guy with the pointy ears, he could run for
:04:13. > :04:17.the presidency, who knows what might happen.
:04:18. > :04:24.Your Name? I loved this. Huge hit in Japan already. It is an animation by
:04:25. > :04:27.Makoto Shinkai. It is about a boy who lives in Tokyo and a girl who
:04:28. > :04:31.lives in a remote mountaintop town. She longs to be a boy in Tokyo and
:04:32. > :04:36.one day she wakes up and finds out her dream has come true. They body
:04:37. > :04:39.swap. They swapped backwards and forwards, learning about each
:04:40. > :04:42.other's lives, learning about each other, but never meeting or
:04:43. > :04:51.connecting. Not knowing each other's names. This is much more of the
:04:52. > :04:55.young adult story. But it is brilliantly done. The animation is
:04:56. > :04:59.extraordinary, the photorealism, the stuff in Tokyo, which contrasts with
:05:00. > :05:07.the mountaintop setting views. It has this fantastic JPop soundtrack.
:05:08. > :05:10.It has depth. It is about men and women and town and country and
:05:11. > :05:16.ancient and modern and magic and science. But it never feels like it
:05:17. > :05:20.is doing anything that is hard work. It is enjoyable. It rips along.
:05:21. > :05:25.Ravishing to look at. Terrifically good fun. I would advise anybody to
:05:26. > :05:30.go and check it out. It is an old Aesop fable, isn't it? Town and the
:05:31. > :05:36.country mouse. There is a 12th century Japanese story, the body
:05:37. > :05:39.swap story, the gender swap story is something which happens to rout
:05:40. > :05:46.cinema. But I think this is doing something new. It looked beautiful.
:05:47. > :06:03.Indignation? Another Philip Roth. Last week we hand American Pastoral.
:06:04. > :06:07.Logan Lerman is the Jewish New Jersey kid who goes to a university
:06:08. > :06:12.in Ohio where he feels like a fish out of water. He is put into a dorm
:06:13. > :06:15.with two the Jewish people and he feels he has been identified as
:06:16. > :06:20.something but he doesn't want to be part of the Jewish fraternity. --
:06:21. > :06:32.two other Jewish people. He is called to the dean 's office to ask
:06:33. > :06:46.what he in. Dates. Dates? Yes, I have. A feud, some, many? -- few.
:06:47. > :06:52.One. Just one? I object to being interrogated like this. These are my
:06:53. > :06:56.private affairs. As is my religious life, my social life and how I
:06:57. > :07:01.conduct it. I've broken no laws. Of course nobody injury or harm. And
:07:02. > :07:05.have no way my actions impinged on anybody's rights. If anybody's
:07:06. > :07:10.rights have been impinged on, they are mine. Sit down and explain
:07:11. > :07:14.yourself. I also object having to attend chapel 40 times before I
:07:15. > :07:18.graduate. I don't see how the college has the right to force me to
:07:19. > :07:26.listen to a clergyman, of whatever faith, even once. That is a great
:07:27. > :07:33.scene. Quite long. However, the rest of the movie struggles to keep up.
:07:34. > :07:38.The movie feels inert. Philip Roth returns to the same themes of
:07:39. > :07:45.anxiety, anxiety about sex, anxiety about women, about identity, about
:07:46. > :07:50.religion. You get a sense of, OK, we have gone over this. Although the
:07:51. > :07:56.performances are very good it never feels particularly cinematic.
:07:57. > :08:00.Although I think it is a solid adaptation. It is clearly made with
:08:01. > :08:06.great affection. It isn't something which leaps off the screen at you.
:08:07. > :08:09.Did you feel the same way? I liked some of the performances. I thought
:08:10. > :08:16.that particular scene was great. His mother and girlfriend were great.
:08:17. > :08:19.And the script is also in bits interesting. But the title
:08:20. > :08:25.Indignation sums it up, slightly grumpy but not really angry. That's
:08:26. > :08:33.right. Slightly put out. Uncomfortable. Miffed. Solid but
:08:34. > :08:40.nothing to write home about. Arrival? Amy Adams stars in the
:08:41. > :08:43.science-fiction film. The story by Ted Chiang. Whatever one thinks
:08:44. > :08:48.about the events happening in the world a film like Arrival will
:08:49. > :08:52.suggest that perhaps we can take a positive look at everything.
:08:53. > :08:58.Honestly, it is one of those films you will feel better after seeing,
:08:59. > :09:07.Arrival. Your DVD choice is Napoleon. Fresh out of 1927. This is
:09:08. > :09:11.the BFI Blu-ray release. It is five and a bit hours. It is a restoration
:09:12. > :09:17.overseen by Kevin Brownlow. They've taken elements from a number of
:09:18. > :09:21.different sources. It is a cleaned up digital copy which they have
:09:22. > :09:27.tinted digitally. It is pretty much the definitive version. It is an
:09:28. > :09:32.extraordinary piece of work. This is the way to see it. I think the BFI
:09:33. > :09:37.have worked on this for decades, something like five decades. Kevin
:09:38. > :09:41.Brown has been in love with this movie for as long as anyone can
:09:42. > :09:45.remember. It is lovely to see a film given such care and attention,
:09:46. > :09:49.presented to the public, and all these years later it is as urgent
:09:50. > :09:56.and as fresh and as vibrant as it always was. And it is the complete
:09:57. > :10:01.works. And if you have not been to the BFI before, it is near Waterloo.
:10:02. > :10:05.Very good. I am working on it. People will want to watch this at
:10:06. > :10:11.home, if they don't have five hours to go out for it. I'm fascinated by
:10:12. > :10:17.this labour of love. Entire organisations have spent decades
:10:18. > :10:21.doing it. It has been genuinely put together with the kind of care and
:10:22. > :10:26.attention you want by enthusiast who wants you to see this film in the
:10:27. > :10:30.best possible condition. That's what organisations like the BFI are for.
:10:31. > :10:33.I would agree with you wholeheartedly. Absolutely. On that
:10:34. > :10:34.happy note. A quick reminder before we go that
:10:35. > :10:42.you'll find more film news and reviews from across the BBC
:10:43. > :10:44.online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode, plus catch up with our latest
:10:45. > :10:47.programmes on the BBC iplayer. That is it for this week. Enjoy the
:10:48. > :11:05.movies. Goodbye. It has been another cold day with
:11:06. > :11:10.blustery showers coming into the North and west in particular. Some
:11:11. > :11:11.showers have been falling as sleet and snow. Here