Simon Mayo

Jonathan Smith, Geography, Grade B. Thank you very much indeed.

Anyway, I think we know.

There's more Top Gun in a moment.

But anyway, at number 10, it's Athiradi.

Yes, and it's number 11 in America, so it's doing very well all over again.

Number eight here, six over there, the Super Mario Galaxy movie.

Number seven is The Christophers.

This from Time Travel Prof. Award season is earlier and earlier these days, but it won't be this movie that finally gets Ian his Oscar and BAFTA.

The lone lady watching with me on a Friday afternoon struck up a brief conversation immediately afterwards.

as to what I thought.

I thought it was okay, but freely admitted that I didn't quite get it.

A fairly linear enough story, but I didn't quite get the last 20 minutes as to why certain things happened.

She was hooting at numerous lines that Ian was spouting.

She thought that this was his best performance on film.

That's some praise for someone who told me they'd seen him in Hamlet at the Cambridge Theatre.

Okay, well, obviously Time Travel Prof wasn't that excited.

I think awards season will remember the performances.

And user, you, bunch of numbers.

I love this.

Ian McKellen is an acting god, and Michaela Cole plays off him so beautifully.