UK FILM TOP 10

1. Murder On The Orient Express (12A)

The little grey cells of moustachioed sleuth Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) – and cinema audiences unfamiliar with Agatha Christie’s fiendish 1934 novel – are rigorously tested in a handsome reimagining of the snowbound murder mystery. The beautifully tailored Murder On The Orient Express welcomes a first-class passenger list of Oscar winners and nominees from both sides of the Atlantic.

2. Thor: Ragnarok (12A)

Chris Hemsworth with flowing golden locks, gym-sculpted abs and laid-back Antipodean charm, returns in a third outing of Marvel Comics’ dreamy incarnation of the hammer-wielding norse god of thunder. Go watch.

3. A Bad Moms Christmas (15)

Under-appreciated and overburdened moms Amy, Kiki and Carla rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas.

As if creating the perfect holiday for their families isn’t hard enough, they’ll have to do it while hosting and entertaining their own respective mothers.

4. Jigsaw (18)

The eighth instalment in the Saw franchise. After a series of murders bearing all the markings of the Jigsaw killer, police find themselves chasing the ghost of a man who has been dead for over a decade.

5. The Death Of Stalin (15)

Ghoulish black comedy deftly melds historical fact and biledrenched fiction as over-inflated male egos collide head-on following the inglorious demise of the Soviet Union’s tyrannical General Secretary. A film to savour.

6. The Lego Ninjago Movie (U)

This computeranimated adventure lacks the riotous comedy of the first two in the franchise.

7. My Little Pony (U)

Simplistic animated musical fantasy that follows plucky Princess Twilight Sparkle as she tries to save the kingdom of Equestria from the diabolical Storm King.

8. Blade Runner 2049 (15)

Androids dream of wooden horses and possessing the one thing that cannot be coded into their meticulously crafted bodies: a soul. Motifs from Ridley Scott’s 1982 film reverberate tantalisingly throughout this pristine follow-up, directed by Denis Villeneuve, deftly stitching together two timelines without completely excluding audiences who are blissfully ignorant of the original.

9. Pokemon The Movie: I Choose You (PG)

Twenty years after Ash and Pikachu first met, comes Pokemon The Movie: I Choose You, which has smashed box office records in Japan. Ash turns 10 years old and becomes a trainer when Professor Oak gives him his first Pokemon.

10. Geostorm (12A)

A big budget action thriller that hoards every disaster movie cliche and regurgitates them in a blizzard of special effects wizardry that blows itself out in a mindnumbingly predictable finale.