so on the one hand, you ve got the court case, then you have the flashbacks to her life, her childhood abusive father, abandoned by her mother relationship with two boys, both of whom let her down. two young men, i should say. the book was a huge hit. the film s credentials are impeccable. and yet, and i hate to say this, it all felt very lukewarm. now, i haven t read the book, so i don t know how somebody who had read the book would feel about it. i know that whenever a book is this popular, it s always very difficult doing an adaptation. yes. there were moments in this in which i could almost hear the book behind it, thinking, ok, i can sort of see what the text would have been. the performances are good. i mean, it s a very good cast, it s very well done. the production design is really beautiful. but it all feels very safe. it deals with some dark subject matter, but it feels like a very polite treatment of that subject matter. and i kept thinking, somewhere in here t
good to have you on, really high. thank you both, always good to have you on, aubrey - really high. thank you both, always good to have you on, aubrey and i good to have you on, aubrey and jerry. thank you for watching. the film review is next. goodbye. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s releases is, as you see, mark kermode. hi, mark. hi. what have you been watching? well, as always, a very mixed bag. we have where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of a very popular novel. we have she will, which is the feature debut from charlotte colbert. and kurt vonnegut: unstuck in time, a documentary about the american writer. good old mixture there, yes. yes. so, where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of the deep south novel which became a publishing sensation millions and millions of copies sold. this is adapted by lucy alibar, who is best known for beasts of the southern wild. one of the producers is r
russia s invasion of ukraine only heightens the goals of fundamental principles of national order. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is tuesday, may 24th. and right now, u.s. president joe biden is wrapping up his diplomatic tour in asia. earlier mr. biden kicked off the second in-person quad summit alongside leaders of japan, india and australia. the controversy was over the summit after controversial subjects. he later clarified that the issue is unchanged. and biden also spoke one-on-one with narendra modi, one key topic, russia s war on ukraine which mr. modi has been reluctant to condemn. the war was a major topic, mr. biden addressing it in his opening remarks. have a listen. russia s assault of ukraine heightens the importance of fundamental principles of international order, international law, human rights must always be defended regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of work ahea
who joins us from washington. hello, welcome to the programme. the news emerging from the steel plant in mariupol is hard to verify, but it does seem tonight from the reporting of several news agencies, that the most severely wounded ukrainians have been taken out of the plant. 40 wounded ukrainians that need urgent treatment and we are told around a dozen buses have left the plant in the last few hours. the russian ministry of defence said those troops that do surrender would be taken to hospital in a nearby town, in separatist held ukraine, where they will then become prisoners of war. we will keep across that and bring you details as we get it. meanwhile there is some evidence emerging that vladimir putin is directly overseeing battle plans for ukraine. western intelligence sources believe the russian president, together with his military chief general garasimov, are intervening in day to day tactical operations and are making decisions that would normally be made by morej