In January, people like to go and see uplifting films that help them escape the wintry gloom that surrounds them. Or films about Jack Nicholson dying, one or the other.

Because that's what The Bucket List is about, and The Bucket List is currently the top movie at weekend box office. It's not difficult to see why The Bucket List did well at the US weekend box office - it's basically a remake of Cocoon, but one where all the old people die at the end instead of getting zapped up by aliens.

And, really, who can honestly say they they weren't a little disappointed when all the old people didn't die at the end of Cocoon.