The Last Starfighter

Scene of the Week: The Last Starfighter

1984’s The Last Starfighter really had everything a kid in the 80s would want in a movie. It was an out of this world adventure, filling a void left after the release of Return of the...

Bullet Points: The Last Starfighter

The 1980’s did not have a shortage of action packed space adventures. After Star Wars exploded at the box office in 1977, you can’t blame any studio for trying to get a piece of that lucrative...

Brainwaves: Showdown in Manila

Back in October of last year I wrote the following… “Hollywood has never been accused of being original. And when a concept gets hot everybody wants a piece of the pie. Whether it is space adventures,...