So I continued my movie thick weekend with a bit of pop fun from 1984, and one of the first films to attempt photo-realistic CGI, The Last Starfighter.

The story is about a young man, Alex Rogan ,on the edge of college age, who lives with his mother and brother in a trailer park in the boonies of California.  The location is so isolated and so very little happens that even an event so minor such as Alex breaking the record on an arcade video game will draw a crowd.

Alex dreams of bigger and brighter things than living life in a place filled with senior citizens and endless chores. However being poor and unable to secure a loan for college his dreams seems as barren as the trailer park’s nights. Continue reading →