Jan 2nd  
The Force Awakens*** (12A)
(Century Clacton)

(US 2015)

A renegade stormtrooper deserts the First Order to help Republic forces and an enterprising desert scavenger to search for the missing Luke Skywalker.
Spirited follow-up to the Star Wars saga away from George Lucas, lacking a smooth story flow in a plot that scatters characters and situations around various planets in a stretched-out narrative, but some improvement aesthetically on the recent prequel trilogy.

Written by: Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt.
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk.
Director: J.J. Abrams.
Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Max Von Sydow, Mark Hamill.
Photography: Don Mindel.
Music: John Williams.
Production Design: Rick Carter, Darren Gilford.