Obscurity Files - The Heavenly Kid

A movie released in 1985 that concerns a cool kid from one time travelling to another to teach a nerd how to get the girl? No, not that movie, this one.

Back To The Footwear

I think I might be misquoting, but as Dr Emmett Brown once said...


"Trainers. Where we're going we'll probably need really cool Nike Air Mag instant lace-up trainers."

Back To The Future - Now In Cinemas

Back To The Future is now back in cinemas for a limited time only. I can't stress how much I still love this film so I went to see it today at the earliest opportunity. I'd happily count it amongst my favourite films, and one that I can watch over and over again, but I've never had the chance to see it on the big screen before. Of course, I've viewed it at home countless times on many different formats (the Blu-Ray gets released at the end of this month, at which point I'll watch all three films all over again), but there was a special joy in experiencing it cinematically.


I'm not going to give the film a full review as I'd hope that everyone on the planet has already seen it, and if you haven't... well I don't know what's wrong with you.


All I'll say is that it looks great with its new digital print, and the sound quality was amazing. I heard background noise that I'd never heard in the film before, cleaned up to pristine condition. I need to check on this, but I'm sure there were alternate takes included in the film too. There were some line readings and some shots that seemed completely different to me, but maybe that was a side effect of seeing it on the big screen for the first time.


Seeing Back To The Future cinematically is almost as much a joy as actually travelling back in time to see it during its original run. Don't hesitate and go and see it before its gone. Check out findanyfilm.com to see where it's showing locally.

BLU-RAY BOXSET OCTOBERFEST

This October might just be one of the best months for Blu-Ray releases yet, and almost certainly for Blu-Ray boxsets. Among the classics currently scheduled for release are...

Mercifully dropping the stupid Quadrilogy name and going for the much grander sounding Anthology, this bumper pack of Alien goodness should make its high-def debut on October 25th.


Amazon.co.uk and Play.com both have the price at £37.49, or there's a pretty cool (but expensive) special edition egg sculpture at Play.com for £89.99.

Also out on that day is probably the highlight of my year. Yes, on October 25th we finally get Back To The Future on Blu-Ray. Rumour has it that the new special features also includes some of the footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly. Words cannot express my excitement for this.


Amazon.co.uk have this at £27.97 and Play.com have it at the marginally more expensive £27.99. There's also a tin on Amazon.co.uk for £44.93 or on Play.com for £44.99. I ain't going to quibble over a few pennies, but I guarantee they would have sold more copies than the other if they'd ended the price in 88.

Depending on who you believe, this boxset is either out on the 25th as well (I hope not, that'd be a scheduling nightmare and murder on my bank balance), or more probably it's out on the 18th. I'll be honest, I'm not sure if I've ever seen Robocop 3, and I don't think it really matters. But I'm looking forward to seeing the first one again and the second one still has its charms. If only they included the first films' TV edit from the mid 90's, where they substituted all the fuck you's for forget you's and all the asshole's for airhead's, then for comedic value this would have been a must buy.


Amazon.co.uk have it for £17.99, which is loads better than Play.com's £26.99. Play have got the correct release date though, so I don't know. If ever there was a series of films that would be ideal for a special edition tin sleeve, it would be Robocop, but they've not bothered with that for some reason.


Oh, and these are all released after my birthday, but there's such a thing as a late present. I'll forgive you.

Back To The Cinemas

I'm starting to get really excited now. Hit the jump to see the new poster for the upcoming re-release of Back To The Future.

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Cruisin' For a Struzan

I think I've found a new personal goal in life. You can keep your Oscars... Put away your trips to the Moon... I want to own a piece of art by Drew Struzan.

If you're a child of the 80's you'll have definitely seen one of his illustrated film poster works, with Back To The Future and Indiana Jones being perhaps the most famous images, but now that I've visited his website at www.drewstruzan.com, I want a poster. In fact I want them all. Hit the jump for some more examples of his brilliance.

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