Your weekend cinema guide at a glance
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(8) ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY: From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. (Boardwalk, Walmer Park, Hemingways, Bridge, Baywest, Baywest IMAX)
(6) OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY: Seasonal comedy with Jason Bateman as a newly single tech executive just trying to get through holidays, while Jennifer Aniston strides about in dark suits as his ball-busting chief executive, looking to fire everyone and cancel Christmas. TR (Boardwalk, Walmer Park, Hemingways, Baywest)
(NO RATING YET) ASSASSIN’S CREED: Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th-century Spain, in this sci-fi fantasy starring Michael Fassbender. (Boardwalk, Walmer Park)
(7) SING: Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey), a dapper Koala who presides over a once-grand theatre that has fallen on hard times. Buster loves his theatre above all and will do anything to preserve it. (Bridge, Baywest)
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(7) A UNITED KINGDOM: See review on this page.
(5) ROBINSON CRUSOE: THE WILD LIFE: Animated holiday film about an outgoing parrot and his quirky animal companions who befriend a marooned Robinson Crusoe on their tiny island. (Boardwalk, Walmer Park, Baywest)
(7) INFERNO: Ron Howard returns to direct the latest bestseller in Dan Brown’s billion-dollar Robert Langdon series. This time the famous symbologist (Tom Hanks) is on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. He must race across Europe to foil a deadly global plot. RC (Walmer Park, Hemingways, Baywest)
(7) FALLEN: Luce Price is a strong-willed 17-year-old accused of a crime she didn’t commit. At reform school, she finds herself courted by two mysterious students to whom she feels oddly connected. (Walmer Park)
(8) MOANA: Moana is the distant descendant of Oceanic navigators who feels wanderlust washing over her as she hits her mid-teens. An ecological disaster forces her to set off for far-flung shores. RC (Boardwalk, Walmer Park, Hemingways, Bridge, Baywest)
(NO RATING AVAILABLE) JONATHAN: DIE MOVIE:
Jonathan, a wannabe stand-up comedian in his late 20s, still lives with his parents. After another failed open mic performance, he gets drunk and crashes his father’s dream car. His fed-up parents kick him out and Jonathan decides to become a car guard until he hears of a stand-up comedy competition. (Walmer Park)
(7) UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS: In this fifth instalment of the Underworld franchise, a new generation of vampires and werewolves are embroiled in a supernatural race war. (Baywest)
(6) ALMOST CHRISTMAS: Comedy-drama about a beloved patriarch who asks his family for one gift this holiday – just to get along. (Hemingways, Bridge)
(8) FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND
THEM: Eddie Redmayne is writer Newt Scamander on a series of adventures in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards 70 years before Harry Potter read his book at school. (Boardwalk, Walmer Park, Hemingways, Bridge)
(8) VIR DIE VOËLS: Irma Humpel, a stubborn tomboy, finds herself in a wedding dress at the altar, but isn’t sure how she ended up next to Sampie de Klerk, a rugby player with a heart of gold. (Walmer Park, Bridge)
(4) WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS: John and Laura are desperate for a baby. After exhausting all other options, they hire Anna to be their surrogate – but as she gets further along in her pregnancy, so too does her dangerous fixation on John. (Boardwalk )
(7) TROLLS: Princess Poppy and Branch live in a wondrous world where infectiously upbeat trolls always feel a song coming on . . . only to find their optimistic way of life under threat. TR (Bridge) (Ratings are out of 10) Reviewers: RC – Robbie Collin; TR – Tim Robey