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To anyone on the fence, I'd recommend to go. I might have held back due to the long runtime and finding other space movies to be just ok or meh, but was swayed by seeing a lot of positive reactions and this is EASILY the most I've enjoyed a movie with a space setting (thinking back to The Martian, Gravity, Interstellar). There were one or two points during some of the 'space action' where I zoned out a little, but on the whole there's just so much humour and emotion that made it a joy to watch. I'm glad that it has a non-linear narrative, rather than all the scenes on Earth and then all the scenes in space to follow, because I was fully locked in whenever Sandra Huller was on screen. I loved how deadpan she (mostly) was and that provided a lot of the humour for me, as well as Grace and Rocky bouncing off each other. I think that helped it to not feel like it dragged, despite being two and a half hours. I know we're only a third of the way through the year, but I don't think 2026 will find a character better than Rocky.

Brilliant to see two Brits into the quarters! (both former champions ofc) I feel like that win will have taken so much out of Jack, that he'll stand little chance over Medvedev who has had three straight forward wins, but a very respectable defence either way.

Yeah, I saw the trailer for Peaky Blinders today and it made me realise that it's Netflix, so I'd expect the cinema release to be really quite limited? (like how I don't think the big 3 chains had 'The Thursday Murder Club'). And they won't release the figures either? I hope Hoppers can do well for Pixar, with it being an original story. It looks really promising from the trailer.

Impressed with that opening for 'Wuthering Heights' as there was some online backlash from the trailer alone, and I'm happy for Emerald as hopefully she'll come up with another 'Saltburn' in the future (have heard great things about 'Promising Young Woman' too but haven't seen it), but it didn't live up to my expectations. Will be interested to see what the holds are like because I don't think word of mouth is going to be great... This coming weekend is SO packed with new releases that I view as essential (I hope you've already caught some at Unlimited screenings @Josh! ) - 'The Moment', 'The Secret Agent', 'Wasteman' and 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' all interest me, and there are a couple more releases that haven't caught my attention personally. Maybe a crowded week is why 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' doesn't seem to be showing at any Cineworld in London, nor is it playing at my local Vue, which really I think is a travesty considering it picked up a Golden Globe win, is up for an Oscar in a major category etc. These cinemas have all shown the trailer too which is the frustrating thing. ( @LewisGT do you have any intel on whether it's planned to expand more widely the week after, or are the locations this weekend going to be the best of what we're getting? )

I think heat 1 is still the weakest for me so far, the three songs that didn't progress aren't anything that I feel the need to go back and listen to again, then you had Greczula and Jacqline which for me, whilst both decent enough, both suffer from not being as good as their debut entries. A*Teens were by far and away the best. Heat 2, "My System" is obviously brilliant and what I think I'm going to be rooting for to win the contest (though I've recently had a horrible thought that we might get a 2014 situation, where Felicia ends up as the Ace Wilder of this year), and I'm happy to go back to both "Oxygen" and "Glitter" (which is such a step up on Arwin's entry from last year, very annoyed it couldn't get an AC spot). Brandsta City Slackers deliver a fun performance, but I don't think I'll be seeking out the studio version often. As for the latest heat, I think Korslagda were the worst so far, but I liked everything else. I've had "Selfish" on repeat, so glad that got to AC despite zero budget being put into the staging, would love if it somehow got through to the final. Medina's song is my least favourite from them so far, but still a bop. Out of the repeat entrants, Saga feels the most consistent so far in that it's hard to pick a preference out of her entries. Patrik Jean was much better than his 2021 entry and it was just funny to watch the early reviewers compare it to "The Code" and "Wasted Love", then it got released and those of us with better judgement realised it was more....."Dizzy"

Excited to see how high "Wuthering Heights" can go over Valentine's weekend! Hopefully big enough to overcome the previews-inflated 'Goat'. It feels like the hype is there, but I don't know if that's just my circle and it being one of my personal most anticipated movies of the year.

I found the first one to be extremely overrated (in terms of how much of a box office smash it was at least), and was disappointed not to enjoy it more as I've been a fan of the games for a couple of decades. But I'm hopeful that the presence of Yoshi will mean this one is better (Yoshi and the many colour variations is always one of my top choices during Mario Kart)

-- I'm pleased to see 'Hamnet' get a week at #1 - not seeing it until this weekend and I'm unsure which side I'll fall on as it seems quite divisive with people split on whether it's stunning or a complete bore, but I always like to see an Awards movie doing well. Surprised it's turned into a bigger hit than 'Marty Supreme' which I thought might have more general appeal as well as starring the biggest movie star of the moment. I've booked to see 'Twinless' tomorrow, which I see isn't on the list of openings, possibly too small of a release, not sure if it will expand in a week or two? Only one Cineworld in London appears to have screenings, and I couldn't find mention of it on the websites for Vue, Odeon, Picturehouse, Curzon, Everyman - I did a lot of searching But I've managed to find an independent with screenings. Feel like I've been anticipating it for about a year (since a certain picture of Dylan O'Brien in the movie surfaced)

1. Marty Supreme (1st January) 2. Sentimental Value (3rd January) 3. No Other Choice (19th January) 4. Rental Family (20th January) 5. The Voice of Hind Rajab (20th January) 6. The History of Sound (26th January) 7. Twinless (6th February) 8. Hamnet (8th February) 9. Is This Thing On? (9th February) 10. 100 Nights of Hero (9th February) 11. Send Help (10th February) 12. Wuthering Heights (13th February) 13. Little Amelie (17th February) 14. The Moment (20th February) 15. Wasteman (23rd February) 16. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (24th February) 17. The Secret Agent (25th February) 18. Train Dreams (26th February) 19. Hoppers (1st March) 20. Sirat (3rd March) 21. Frankenstein (5th March) 22. The Testament of Ann Lee (9th March) 23. How To Make a Killing (11th March) 24. Sinners (12th March) 25. Reminders of Him (15th March)

Very impressed with the 'Hamnet' opening, I think the highest limit of my expectations would've been around the £2m mark. Slightly related to the secret screenings, but does anyone have any idea how Cineworld's "Unlimited" card and Odeon's "Limitless" card count towards the box office, if at all? Do they count as much as a standard adult admission, or for a lower amount (say £5 for every Unlimited or Limitless member who attends), or not at all? Because I think these secret screenings are mostly exclusives for Unlimited and Limitless members, aren't they? Or maybe I'm a bit confused and both things exist, with secret screenings being separate to 'Unlimited screenings' that Cineworld run but you still know what movie you're booking for. I wouldn't expect 'Rental Family' to make the top 5 regardless, based on the top 5 last week all doing at least £1m+. I don't think it's had enough promotion and it's not ended up being an awards buzz movie.

Some delightful results over the past couple of weekends. Firstly, The Housemaid being a big fat HIT. I bet Sydney is going to be pushing hard for The Housemaid 2 to be made asap (I understand that there are two follow-up books for source material, that I think her character is in) Secondly, Marty Supreme beating Anaconda even during the initial limited release weekend, and then how much it's smashed when expanding. Word of mouth is extremely strong and I think Timothee is going to sweep awards season so it should keep ticking along nicely.

I've been following along earlier and more closely this year. Great to see 'Wicked: For Good' make the shortlists in technical categories, might not be as dead as thought from it missing a couple of major categories at precursors (Cynthia not in at Critics Choice, not in at Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at the Globes) What I'm hearing is that the supporting categories are pretty open this year, but Timothee looks like a safe bet for his first Oscar in Best Actor, and Jessie Buckley has had Best Actress sewn up for a while for 'Hamnet' ( @Tafty to confirm)

Not 'Ella McCay' missing the top 15 - a bad time for movies where the title is a woman's name (I guess that can also apply to 'Eleanor the Great', but that one isn't a surprise to me as it seems to be a very small movie/release considering it's directed by Scarlett Johansson) Based on the showing I went to, the answer is underage kids! It's rated 15 but when I went on Sunday evening, there were two separate family groups that included kids/teens that were clearly under 15. At first I wondered if they'd wandered into the wrong screen by mistake (not sure about anyone else, but from my experience that seems surprisingly common)

I thought it was normally a December show, though having just checked, I see that it was a split-season affair last year and slightly earlier in the year. This is one of my favourite Netflix shows, excited to have it back.

I think this is the worst opening I've ever seen for a movie that I saw the trailer for SO much. I swear I saw it before everything I went to see for about 3 months. I know I'm just one person and maybe trailers vary across the country/cinema chains, and I don't go and see everything, but compare it to say 'Eternity' this week, I didn't see a trailer for that once yet the opening weekend is 7x better. Hope that Sydney Sweeney doesn't cause 'The Housemaid' to bomb at the end of this month too.