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UK FILM TOP 10
1. Kong: Skull Island (12A)
Bill Randa (john Goodman) spearheads an exploratory geological survey to a Pacific island, with passengers including anti-war photojournalist Mason Weaver (Brie larson), rousing a giant ape. A film which angrily flexes its muscles, but punches below its weight.
2. Logan (15)
Time waits for no mutant in Hugh jackman’s grim and explosively violent swansong as one of the most famous characters in the X-men universe. logan strikes a contemplative tone, which sets it apart from the other standalone Wolverine films.
3. The LEGO Batman Movie (U)
Commissioner james Gordon (Hector Elizondo) hands over control to his daughter, Barbara, who questions the effectiveness of Batman when all of his nemeses remain at large.
4. Viceroy’s House (12)
In 1947, British statesman lord Mountbatten serves as India’s last Viceroy and is charged with handing India back to its people. Hugh Bonneville, Denzil Smith and Gillian Anderson star.
5. Moonlight (15)
One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year, Moonlight is the tale of young black man as he grows up gay in a rough Miami neighbourhood. A groundbreaking piece of cinema.
6. Sing (U)
Koala bear entrepreneur Buster Moon (Matthew Mcconaughey) inherits a theatre and organises a singing competition with a $1,000 prize.
7. Hidden Figures (PG)
Katherine johnson (Taraji P Henson) and fellow mathematicians Mary jackson (janelle Monae) and Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) work at West Computing Group in Virginia, part of NASA’S efforts to put a man into space before the Soviets.
8. Lion (PG)
A five-year-old boy gets lost in India on a train – and years later he tries to search for his lost family. Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman star in this majestic, heartfelt drama.
9. La Traviata – Met Opera 2017
Verdi’s much-loved opera shines anew with Sonya Yoncheva as the courtesan Violetta, considered a pinnacle of the soprano repertoire, opposite Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo.
10. Fifty Shades Darker (18)
Anastasia (Dakota johnson) has turned her back on Seattle’s youngest billionaire, Christian Grey (jamie Dornan), to clamber the career ladder until he returns wanting to “renegotiate terms”.