For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office      
for the weekend of August 9-11, 2013: 
                              
1 (new) Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15) [above] ***
2 (new) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) ***
3 (new) Grown Ups 2 (12A)
4 (3) The Conjuring (15) **
5 (new) The Lone Ranger (12A) **
6 (5) Monsters University (U) **
7 (1) The Smurfs 2 (U) **
8 (2) The Heat (15) ***
9 (4) The Wolverine (12A) 
10 (new) Chennai Express (12A) *** 
 
(source: Guardian.co.uk)

My top five:                                
1. Heaven's Gate   
2. Foxfire  
3. Blackfish     
4. Elysium
5. The Big City/Mahanagar

 

Top Ten DVD rentals: 
            
1 (new) Lincoln (12) ****
2 (new) A Good Day to Die Hard (15)
3 (1) Side Effects (15) ***
4 (2) Gangster Squad (15) **
5 (new) Zero Dark Thirty (15) ***
6 (3) Life of Pi (12) ***
7 (new) The Place Beyond the Pines (15) **
8 (new) Stolen (12)
9 (new) Dark Skies (15)
10 (4) Les Miserables (12) * 
 
(source: lovefilm.com)
     
My top five:                                
1. The Gatekeepers  
2. Blancanieves    
3. Bernie
4. Evil Dead  
5. Good Vibrations     
   

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:                           
1. Mission: Impossible (Saturday, C4, 7pm)
2. The Lavender Hill Mob (Tuesday, C4, 1.35pm)
3. The Imposter (Thursday, C4, 9pm)
4. 2 Days in Paris (Saturday, BBC2, 12.25am)
5. The Queen (Sunday, ITV1, 4.30pm)