UK FILM

TOP 10

1. Peter Rabbit (PG) Beatrix Potter’s story Peter Rabbit becomes a brash and brazen battle between country and city, laden with pop culture references but young audiences will love it anyway. 2. Tomb Raider (12A) Swedish Oscar winner Alicia Vikander imbues acrobatic video game heroine Lara Croft with tortured melancholy in a big-budget origin story, directed by Roar Uthaug. Uthaug’s picture isn’t game over for further escapades with Lara, not does it emphatically kick ass. It’s more of a polite spanking. 3. Black Panther (12A) If Black Panther, directed with swagger by Ryan Coogler, is emblematic of things to come from the Marvel Comics pantheon then roll on 2018 because this frenetically edited odyssey of selfdoubt and redemption is the big cat’s whiskers. A predominantly black cast festooned with Oscar winners adds lustre to a lean script. 4. The Greatest Showman (PG) Razzle smooches dazzle in every choreographed frame of Michael Gracey’s rags-to-riches fairy tale based on the life of circus impresario Phineas Taylor Barnum (Hugh Jackman), with an infectious score. 5. Red Sparrow (15) Jennifer Lawrence gives all of herself - physically and emotionally - to the demanding title role of this white-knuckle espionage thriller torn from the pages of Jason Matthews’ novel, about an injured prima ballerina, conscripted into an elite Russian spy programme. Unravelling the mysteries of director Francis Lawrence’s puzzle picture is a nail-biting treat. 6. Game Night (15) Trivial pursuits escalate into life-or-death gambles in a rollicking comedy thriller, which is funnier than it initially lets on, deals us a winning handful of likeable characters, uproarious set-pieces and snappy dialogue laden with pop culture references. 7. Mary Magdalene (12A) A woman’s most cherished asset, her reputation, is at the mercy of jealous, controlling men in director Garth Davis’s revisionist religious drama, which attempts to wash away the stains of ill repute from Jesus’ devoted disciple (Rooney Mara).a handsomely crafted sermon about spiritual awakening and sacrifice. 8. Finding Your Feet (12A) A well-to-do wife learns that being a free woman is better than being a kept lady in Richard Loncraine’s frothy comedy drama, choreographed to appeal to mature audiences of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, starring Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie. 9. Raid Indian period crime thriller film featuring Ajay Devgn, Ileana D’cruz and Saurabh Shukla and is inspired by the real life I-T raids that were conducted by the officers of the Indian Revenue Service in the 1980s. 10. I, Tonya The film illuminates the 1994 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan, with US figure skating champion Tonya Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly. Margot Robbie inhabits the title role with fearlessness and ferocity.