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so, first then, beast in which idris elba fights a lion. is there much more to it than that? that is basically it. but ill set up the story for you. there is a bit of an attempt to sort of set up the characters in this thriller. he plays a widower who goes off to south africa with his two daughters for a holiday to see their friend whos working on a reserve there, trying to protect the lions, but some very evil poachers have been doing quite the opposite. and one lion becomes very angr...

and he plays a kind of everyman hero. this isnt the kind of heroic kind of story about a man whos going to save his family by turning into a total action hero. hes he looks visibly scared, which seems a bit more realistic in a way. and, yes, it does. it looks very beautiful as well as these films do when theyre shot somewhere like that. next, the french film her way. now, its a cert 18. so that might give us a bit of a clue. yeah, ill tell you why in a second. it starts off, its more l...

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of a lose—lose situation. whoever wins in this scenario because you feel very sorry for the lion whose pride has been killed. so its quite a sad story in a way. so its not a popcorn thriller in the old—fashioned sense, but idris elbas very good and he plays a kind of everyman hero. this isnt the kind of heroic kind of story about a man whos going to save his family by turning into a total action hero. hes he looks visibly scared, which seems a bit more realistic in a way. and, yes,...

huh? get in the car now! i was just about to say, do we actually see the lion? and then, yeah, you do. you do. obviously, theres some superb visual effects involved here, but it feels very convincing. it is a bit of a nail biter, i would say. probably not as much action as i was expecting. theres a lot of sort of pauses while they build the characters and talk to each other. and theres the whole storyline about the family having lots of tension. but i think in the action scenes it is q...

Has it been sort of independent cinemas more than anywhere? well, yeah, its a curzon film, so youre mostly finding it in curzon cinemas, but also now on digital as well. and home cinema, the best dvd. all my friends hate me. a psychological drama about what your mind can do to itself. it is a lot about mental health, about paranoia, about anxiety, but on the face of it, it starts off like it could be a richard curtis movie. its a sort of country house, university reunion, lots of quite posh frie...

Well, yeah, its a curzon film, so youre mostly finding it in curzon cinemas, but also now on digital as well. and home cinema, the best dvd. all my friends hate me. a psychological drama about what your mind can do to itself. it is a lot about mental health, about paranoia, about anxiety, but on the face of it, it starts off like it could be a richard curtis movie. its a sort of country house, university reunion, lots of quite posh friends getting together. and then one guy suddenly starts to th...

Really interesting because youre starting to question, you know, is he imagining this and youre feeling his paranoia with him? so its almost edging on psychological horror. but i thought it was very clever and it kept me awake at night in a good way, thinking about it. yeah, and how did — did it do well in the cinema? i think it did well, again, its on the arthouse level, but i think if youre a fan of the likes of ben wheatley, then this is a film that if you missed it in cinema, you should ca...

At night in a good way thinking about it. yeah, and how did — did it do well in the cinema? i think its it, well, again, its on the arthouse level, but i think if youre a fan of the likes of ben wheatley, then this is a film that if you missed it in cinema, you should catch it on dvd from monday. anna, lovely to see you as always. thank you, anna smith. thats it for this week. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello. we ended the week with some fairly quiet weather, and thats how its going to cont...

On psychological horror. but i thought it was very clever and it kept me awake at night in a good way thinking about it. yeah, and how did — did it do well in the cinema? i think its it, well, again, its on the arthouse level, but i think if youre a fan of the likes of ben wheatley, then this is a film that if you missed it in cinema, you should catch it on dvd from monday. anna, lovely to see you as always. thank you, anna smith. thats it for this week. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello, th...