Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 6th October 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace The Creator from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Exorcist: Believer
• Golda
• The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan
• BlackBerry
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
• The Great Escaper

The Exorcist: Believer

• The movie is directed by David Gordon Green, it is the directors 16th movie.
• David Gordon Green also directed Snow Angels in 2007.
• It stars Ellen Burstyn who also starred in Walking Across Egypt (1999).
• The film also stars Jennifer Nettles who was last seen in Harriet (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Golda

• The movie is directed by Guy Nattiv, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Guy Nattiv also directed Skin in 2019 which grossed £638 in the UK.
• It stars Helen Mirren who also starred in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018).
• The film also stars Zed Josef who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan

• The movie is directed by Yusheng Tian, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Yusheng Tian also directed No Turning Back in 2020.
• It stars Geng Han who also starred in Ever Since We Love (2015).
• The film also stars Ryan Zheng who was last seen in The Battle At Lake Changjin (2021).
• Geng Han and Ryan Zheng have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Ex-Files in 2014, The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes in 2017 and So Young in 2013.
• Yusheng Tian directed Geng Han in Ex-Files
• Yusheng Tian directed Ryan Zheng in Ex-Files 2: The Back Up Strikes Back
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

BlackBerry

• The movie is directed by Matt Johnson, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Matt Johnson also directed The Dirties in 2014 which grossed £2.3K in the UK.
• It stars Jay Baruchel who also starred in This Is the End (2013).
• The film also stars Glenn Howerton who was last seen in Fool's Paradise (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time

• The movie is directed by Mahiro Maeda and Katsuichi Nakayama, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Mahiro Maeda and Katsuichi Nakayama also directed Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2012.
• It stars Megumi Ogata who also starred in Evangelion 2.0 You Can Not Advance (2009).
• The film also stars Megumi Hayashibara who was last seen in Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023).
• Megumi Ogata and Megumi Hayashibara have starred in 8 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2012, Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street in 2002, Evangelion Evangelion Death True 2 in 2002, Evangelion 2.0 You Can Not Advance in 2009, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion in 1997, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth in 1997, Revival of Evangelion in 1998 and Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone in 2007.
• Mahiro Maeda directed Megumi Ogata in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• Mahiro Maeda directed Megumi Hayashibara in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Great Escaper

• The movie is directed by Oliver Parker, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Oliver Parker also directed Swimming With Men in 2018 which grossed £466.2K in the UK.
• It stars Michael Caine who also starred in Harry Brown (2009).
• The film also stars Glenda Jackson who was last seen in Mothering Sunday (2021).
• They also appeared together in The Romantic Englishwoman in 1975.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 4 new movies released

• Sumotherhood - Friday, 13th October
• Daliland - Friday, 13th October
• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - Friday, 13th October
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - Friday, 13th October

There is a bit of controversy circulating around the internet that early adopters of blu-ray disks will lack features of future Blu-ray disks, and although this is true some claims are being made that the early players will not play future disks.

Although the former statement is true, feature on some future disks will not be accessible on certain players, the latter is simply not true.

Lets put this into context, Blu-ray players have a profile, 1.0, 1.1 and in the near future 2.0. Features are categorised in these profiles so for example picture in picture on future disks are part of profile 1.1. If you have an early player that is only capable of 1.0 you will be able to play a 1.1 disk and get the full experience but you wont be able to access the picture in picture feature.

What impact does this have on the current blu-ray player owners? It seems for a majority it will have little impact. One of the reasons why early players are not future proof is that they cannot connect to the internet and so cant be upgraded, this is where the most popular Blu-ray player sold to date has the advantage.

By quite a large margin the best selling player with the largest install base is the Playstation 3 and this is a wireless device which connects to the internet no problem and has already been upgraded to profile 1.1 and the upgrade to 2.0 is just around the corner.

Good news in all this is that one of the standards being introduced for profile 2.0 is the ability to connect to the internet which means that any future upgrades wont be a problem.

If you have been a little bit of an early adopter and you bought a player after November last year then you are probably already set and any player bought then or after that date had to be at least profile 1.1. If you bought one before then just remember you can still watch the film without any loss of picture.

Early adopter generally know that by being the first person on the street to have the latest technology they will probably have an out dated device quicker than the guy next door who waited 2 years before taking the plunge.