For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office   
for the weekend of January 23-25, 2015: 
   
1 (2) American Sniper (15) ***
2 (1) Taken 3 (12A)
3 (3) The Theory of Everything (12A) ***
4 (4) Into the Woods (12A) **
5 (new) Ex Machina (15) **
6 (5) Paddington (PG) ****
7 (new) Mortdecai (12A) *
8 (new) The Gambler (15)
9 (8) Birdman (15) **
10 (7) Whiplash (15) ****

(source: theguardian.com)
 
My top five:   
1. Duck Soup
2. The Last of the Unjust 
3. Au Revoir les Enfants
4. Whiplash
5. Testament of Youth


Top Ten DVD rentals:  
   
1 (new) What We Did on Our Holiday (12)
2 (3) A Walk Among the Tombstones (15) **
3 (4) Before I Go to Sleep (15) **
4 (re) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (12) *** 
5 (2) The Inbetweeners 2 (15) ***
6 (6) Edge of Tomorrow (12) ***
7 (5) X-Men: Days of Future Past (12) ***
8 (7) How to Train Your Dragon 2 (U) *** 
9 (re) The Fault in Our Stars (12) **    
10 (9) A Most Wanted Man (15) **** 

(source: lovefilm.com)
                                   
My top five:  
1. Maps to the Stars
2. A Most Wanted Man
3. Leviathan
4. Night Moves
5. The Rover


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:   
1. The Shawshank Redemption (Saturday, ITV1, 10.35pm)
2. Parenthood (Friday, ITV1, 10.40pm)
3. Ginger and Rosa (Saturday, BBC2, 10.30pm)
4. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Sunday, five, 6.50pm)
5. True Grit (Sunday, BBC2, 10pm)