Posts Tagged ‘Empire Strikes Back’

My Golden Age of Movie Posters

My Golden Age of Movie Posters

Note: Click on all the images to see them full size. If you love movies as much as I do, there’s a good chance that you love movie posters too. You probably have them on your walls, use one as your desktop wallpaper, and perhaps even collect movie posters like some people collect Picassos. I have a few myself, and why not? Some movie posters trul...

April 26, 2012 in Feature Articles, Featured Posts, Nostalgia. 2 comments

Thank You, Ralph McQuarrie

Thank You, Ralph McQuarrie

1977, and a seven-year-old me, like a multitude of seven-year-old other people, falls under the spell of Sir George of Lucas. Star Wars has arrived and life will never be quite the same again. Suddenly there are spaceships and wookies and lightsabers and Jedi and strange figures called Darth Vader who dress all in black and breathe funny. Suddenly...

March 5, 2012 in Art, Featured Posts. 8 comments

A Long Time Ago, In a Cinema Not Too Far Away…

A Long Time Ago, In a Cinema Not Too Far Away…

Note: I wanted to post something to celebrate International Star Wars Day, but I’ve been way too busy. So I’m cheating a bit. This is something I wrote a year ago, which some of you may have missed. Enjoy.   A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… And so it began, a generation lost in space. Our eyes were wide in wonder, our...

May 4, 2011 in Feature Articles, Featured Posts, Nostalgia. 10 comments

That Difficult Second Movie. Or Third. And Fourth.

That Difficult Second Movie. Or Third. And Fourth.

As a confirmed movie fanatic, I naturally like to keep up with cinema’s upcoming features. Man, there’s nothing like having a movie to look forward to. So, last night, I went to some of my favourite movie sites to see what will be hitting the screens in 2010. A few treasures and a lot of shit, as it happened. Same old, same old, to be sure. But...

May 8, 2010 in Feature Articles, Top Lists. 15 comments