The middle of the 80's and everyone was so ready for this. We were already playing with the figures, the early ones which came packaged under the title "Revenge of the Jedi" and even without the internet the hype was real!
Return of the Jedi came out in 1983. After Empire Strikes Back, Harrison Ford made a little film called Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. After that he made Blade Runner, then he comes back for this ensemble…
3 years after Star Wars and I was old enough to go to the cinema by myself! Well, it may have been about a year behind in release on the island I grew up on, but I can say that this and Gremlins are my earliest cinema memories and this came out waaaay before Gremlins. When we watched this in the cinema, the film froze and melted right at the point where Luke crashes into Dagobah, I'll never forget it.…
This BFI short has some fascinating shots of a London before it got the shit bombed out of it by Nazis a few years later. Interesting, short, and comes with an audio description and score.
I feel like I'm going to be in the minority of people who don't outright hate this film. Don't get me wrong - I'm annoyed at the run-time, embarrassed by the mis-use of great some talent (plus Chris Pratt), and angry at the constant attempts at nostalgia bait. I'm staggered at the cost - how much more could we have got out of this as a series? The script has been spread wafer thin and the dialogue is a shambles.…
This really surprised me.
This might be a bit of a "marmite" film for many people, in that they either love it or hate it. I've not looked yet but I suspect there aren't a huge number of 2.5 star reviews. And I have to say I loved it - here's why;
For a three hour film this never had me fidgeting or thinking it was too long. It felt like two hours. I'd happily watch it again in the…
Today was my first visit back to a cinema since Covid hit us.
I rode there alone on my motorbike, middle of the day for a one o'clock showing at the Odeon. I had to use a 6ft tall booking machine with a touchscreen system and contactless payment to get my ticket which cost £8 - I added a hotdog, a bag of Munchies and a "medium" coke zero (it was huge). Only half the seats were available for booking…
