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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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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...

I mean, maybe not in all cinemas, but they seem to have cut through in a way that maybe other foreign language films havent. i think they have a wonderful sense of humour that perhaps the british enjoy sometimes, and this is definitely one of those cases. it almost feels if it was a british film or, rather, a hollywood film, it could be directed by the coen brothers. it has that kind of mass appeal, sending up the film industry, very affectionate humour. and of course, over here we tend to only ...

I mean, its quite funny seeing these actors sending up acting, thinking, i wonder if theyve actually ever said that in real life or done that in real life? theres a hilarious, absurd scene where she makes them bring their awards in and then destroys them in front of them while theyre completely immobilized. and you think, gosh, i wonder if that actually ever happened? the power. our producer this week of the film review is paloma and shes from madrid. so im sure she approves of this choice. next...

I think they have a wonderful sense of humour that perhaps the british enjoy sometimes, and this is definitely one of those cases. it almost feels if it was a british film or, rather, a hollywood film, it could be directed by the coen brothers. it has that kind of mass appeal, sending up the film industry, very affectionate humour. and of course, over here we tend to only get the very best spanish films, and this is one of those. yes, we are treated to that. and theres always something meta abou...

Our producer this week of the film review is paloma and shes from madrid. so im sure she approves of this choice. next, anotherforeign language film, french again, and anais in love, which is the best out. is it deliberate that youve chosen all of these? accidental? so well, actually at the moment, as has been widely publicised recently, theres not a lot of popcorn blockbusters in cinemas because its the summer and also pandemic related. but also, i like to choose some of the best films and, qui...