Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of October 17-19, 2014:
1 (new) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (12A) **
2 (1) Gone Girl (18) **
3 (3) Annabelle (15) **
4 (2) The Maze Runner (12A)
5 (new) The Best of Me (12A)
6 (7) The Boxtrolls (PG) ***
7 (5) Dracula Untold (15) **
8 (6) The Equalizer (15)
9 (new) The Judge (15)
10 (new) Northern Soul (15) ***
(source: theguardian.com)
My top five:
1. Ghost Busters
2. The Babadook [above]
3. Zabriskie Point
4. Serena
5. Nas: Time is Illmatic
Top Ten DVD rentals:
1 (new) Maleficent (PG) ***
2 (1) The Lego Movie (U) ****
3 (new) Seve (PG)
4 (3) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (12)
5 (new) Road (PG) ***
6 (new) Walking on Sunshine (12)
7 (new) 20,000 Days on Earth (15) ****
8 (new) 3 Days to Kill (12) *
9 (7) Rio 2 (U) **
10 (5) The Book Thief (12) **
(source: lovefilm.com)
My top five:
1. Two Days, One Night
2. 20,000 Days on Earth
3. Moebius
4. The Dirties
5. Omar
Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. That's Entertainment (Saturday, BBC2, 12.30pm)
2. The Beguiled (Saturday, ITV1, 11.30pm)
3. Witchfinder General (Friday, BBC2, 12.05am)
4. Changing Lanes (Friday, C4, 12.50am)
5. Friends with Benefits (Saturday, C4, 11pm)
I can't recommend Gone Girl enough - just a wonderful film, and so much better than I ever expected. Also loved The Boxtrolls, and again, better than I expected. The most surprising for me though was The Judge - it looked a little sappy and not something I'd enjoy but I was dragged there by a friend. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteHi Leo,
DeleteGlad we agree on "Boxtrolls", if not perhaps "Gone Girl" - halfway tempted to catch up with "The Judge", not least as it looks like the kind of earnestly watchable studio potboiler I grew up with in the 1990s (see also: "The Client", "The Firm", "The Rainmaker") and retain nothing but affection for. Maybe one for DVD, perhaps. Thanks for nudging me in that direction!
Mike.