'Volver' continues to dominate in town
'Little Miss Sunshine' narrowly misses out on the top spot at the London box office.
Sep 12 2006
There wasn't a whole lot of action in London cinemas over the weekend, so I'll keep it brief.
Enjoyable comedy drama 'Little Miss Sunshine' was narrowly pipped at the top spot post by Pedro Almodovar's wonderful 'Volver', but both films should continue to prosper in the forthcoming weeks thanks to great reviews and good word-of-mouth.
Paranoid thriller 'Right at Your Door' was the second highest new entry at four, meaning that a whole lot of you must be afraid to leave your houses right now.
The only other new entry was the enjoyably silly and derivative Jason Statham thriller 'Crank', which entered the fray at number nine and will doubtless disappear without a trace come the weekend.
Next week, 'The Queen' takes on 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby', with the smart money being on the daft driver defeating the daft monarch.
Most popular on this site
Features
To the letter
Forty years later, Costa-Gavras's Z still brims with fury.
Mind over matter
David Cronenberg reflects on a most bizarre body: his own corpus of work.
Fool's gold
Can an Oscar win lead to a cursed career? Here are five stories of postaward professional meltdowns.
We are the championed
Terrorists and teens abound in this year's "Film Comment Selects."
A history of violence
Matteo Garrone's kaleidoscopic Gomorrah wallops you with Italy's crime crisis.
True romantic
James Gray exchanges urban amorality for amour in Two Lovers.
Playing in the dark
MoMA salutes pianist Stuart Oderman's 50 years as the one-man sound of silents.
Junk bonds
Cast and crew recall the making of the classic NYC drug drama The Panic in Needle Park.



What do you think?
Post your comment now