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The Last Starfighter is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan, a teenager who, after winning the high score in an arcade game that's secretly a simulation test, is recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. It also features Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Robert Preston in his final role in a theatrical film. The…
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Many films earn important pages in cinema history simply for being first to feature certain important technical innovation. It never hurts to be good films at the same time, but it doesn’t happen that often. One of such rare examples is *The Last Starfighter*, 1984 science fiction film directed by Nick Castle, best known as the first film with visual effects almost completely made with the help of CGI technology. Th…More
We all have a film that we have really fond memories of from when we were a kid. If you are like me you have several. Perhaps it will come up in a conversation with friends and then you get the bright idea to located the film and re-watch it 30 years later. Sometimes, this is a bad idea This movie is from 1984 when sci-fi was all the rage. We have Star Wars to thank for this. It seems like everyone was trying to get…More
