Paddington 2, The Florida Project, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women The Film Review

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time for the Film Review.

Hello and welcome to

The Film Review on BBC News.

To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

So Mark, what do we have this week?

A very interesting week. We have

Paddington 2 which you cannot have

missed the adverts for. We have the

Florida project, a new film by Sean

Baker. And Professor Marston and the

wonder women -- Professor Marston

And The Wonder Women.

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Paddington 2, what a great British

cast.

The first Paddington was

really lovely and charming. It

really surprised everybody. I went

into Paddington 2 thinking it cannot

live up to it. It does. The story is

Paddington wants to buy a present

for his aunt Lucy's birthday. There

is a pop-up book of London but it is

really expensive and he cannot

afford it. The book business in and

the finger or poor of suspicion

points at Paddington. Next thing is

he is wrongly behind bars. Here is a

clip.

In the past month these three

shadowy individuals have all been

seen snooping around London

landmarks. Green map the >>

de do you think they are using the

pop-up book?

Maybe I should have a

look.

This is my friend Knuckle. The

professor, squeaky Pete, mad jog the

memory dog, Jeffrey Wilcox and

Charlie Rumble.

It is so wonderful

to meet you all. It is a relief that

Paddington has made such sweet

friends.

Would you excuse us for a

moment. What are you doing?

Talking

to the nice men.

We cannot trust

these men. Look at them, talk about

a rogues gallery, hideous. As for

that bearded baboon, he has not got

two brain cells to rub together.

We

can still hear you, Mr Brown. That

was the light you turned off. The

microphone has the sign microphone

next to it.

You laughed four times in that clip!

Before we went on a you said is it

just a family film to sort of

implied that... The thing is making

a family film is real hard. It made

me laugh and I am 54. It will make

kids laugh. Ben Whishaw's voice is

perfect. There is a mixture of

childish and old beyond the years.

There are lots of slapstick

sequences. Paddington is trying to

raise money for the book. There is a

scene in the barbers were it all

goes hideously wrong. Their action

sequences where Paddington is in

peril. You don't notice the

interaction between the CGI and the

physical world. It was not until the

end of the film where I thought they

blended it really well. I think

making a really good family film is

Rulli hard and I thought this was

really charming. The fact it was the

second one I expected the law of

diminishing returns to kick him, it

didn't. The bit where you see the

different characters coming in... I

think it is really, really funny. I

think you would really like it.

I

suppose what I meant was it is a

film you would take the kids to but

if you are not taking the kids?

Go

on your own. After the first film so

many people said I don't have kids

but I want to see Paddington, is it

fine? Yes, believe me, the cinema

will be full. It is for all ages and

I think anyone with a heart and soul

can enjoy it.

Looking forward to it. The Florida

project, rather different. Tipped

for Oscars?

I love this. The name

comes from the name that Walt Disney

developed his community of tomorrow

in Florida which then became what

Disney World. It is a community of

people living in more rundown motels

beyond the boundary of the theme

park. It is essentially people

living on the poverty line. All the

purple paint in the world cannot

hide the fact they are living in the

red. The central character is moony

he runs riot while her mother has a

struggles to make ends meet. The

manager is played by Willem Dafoe.

This film portrays a harsh world of

economic reality is that you see it

from the kids eyes. It was shot on a

combination of digital and 35 mil.

It looks beautiful because you see

the wonder that the kids see. You

see the strange buildings, the

orange Orange world, the strange

wizard of souvenir shop. Also the

weird grass and trees and cows which

you don't expect right next to the

concrete jungle. You get right into

the lives of these people. It is the

idea that the kids are living in

poverty in hard circumstances but

you are seeing the world through

their eyes. There is hardship. There

are real tears in this but as a

portrayal of an innocent view of the

world, it is also very streetwise

and sassy, it is terrific. He never

feels like a tourist in this

environment. I thought it was

touching and moving. It will make

you laugh. Starts with Celebration

by Kool and the gang. This is a team

unity of today and it has its feet

in the ground but its head in the

air.

Film three is really intriguing,

Professor Marston And The Wonder

Women. It is all about the creator

of the comic book character Wonder

Woman.

Now writer and director

Angela Robbins goes back to the

creation of the character. We have

the Professor of the title played by

Luke Evans. We have his smarter,

sharper wife brilliantly played by

Rebecca Hall and Belle Heathcote's

all of Berne. They invent the lie

detector, they start a nonconformist

family unit and they come up with

the strange, book character who will

go on to make millions. Here is a

look -- Olive Byrne.

This is perfect. I will inject my

ideas right into the thumping heart

of America. I will get a real artist

to draw it properly.

She is an

Amazon princess who lives on an

island of all women.

Paradise

Island.

And a man crashes onto the

island.

And she wears a burlesque

outfit.

It is athletic.

And she

wears a silver bracelet.

It deflect

bullets.

We love you so much but

nobody, and I say this with all the

compassionate truth in my heart,

nobody will ever publish this.

The story flips backwards and

forwards. It starts with the

investigation of the comic strip and

they saved is all full of spanking

and perversion and bondage, explain

yourself. The rest of the film looks

back at where this character came

from, about the alternative family

unit, about the way these people

become involved in role-playing and

S&M. He is a psychologist who thinks

everything comes down to dominance,

submission and compliance. The women

take him with a pinch of salt. But

it becomes a portrait of tolerance

in intolerant times. At one point

Rebecca Hall says we cannot be in

love because the world would let us.

He says we have to be what we want

to be. It is a film about

alternative lifestyles. It is a film

about tolerance, it is funny and

charming. I did not know any of this

stuff at all. It makes a very

interesting double bill with Wonder

Woman who has become such a huge box

office success. I thought it was

really good and I really enjoyed it.

It has

been a really good week, you can

tell.

It is, you love everything.

Best out at the moment?

Killing of

the sacred dear. It starts out as a

comedy and then turns really

sinister. -- Killing Of A Sacred

Deer. It starts being strange and

off-kilter and then it moves into

horror film territory. I have to

say, it is not for everyone. It is a

Marmite film. I really liked it. I

felt really uncomfortable all the

way through. I could not quite the

measure of it. And like Mother, I

thought it was really well done. It

has haunted me and stayed with me.

OK! I do think you have convinced

anyone with that! Best DVD?

Sorcerer. 40 years ago this film

tanked. This is a remake of Wages of

Kay fear. It came back to cinemas

and is still playing in some

cinemas. It is gruelling, muscular,

visceral, really tense. It is a

story about trucks filled with very

volatile nitroglycerin being driven

across treacherous terrain. It has a

celebrated rope bridge sequence. It

has a score by Tangerine Dream. 40

years ago it opened head-to-head

with Star Wars and Star Wars one.

People wanted to see light sabres

and rocket ships and all that stuff.

This was a really tough movie. 40

years later it is recognised as the

masterpiece it always was. It is a

work of art. I guarantee you you

will be gripped from beginning to

end.

You had me at a score by

Tangerine Dream! Mark, thank you

very much.

A quick reminder before we go that

you'll find more film news

and reviews from across the BBC

online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode.

And you can find all our previous

programmes on the BBC iPlayer.

That is it for this week. Thank you

for watching. Goodbye from us.