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Turkish Star Wars On Blu-Ray: What A Time To Be Alive

The most shameless example of copyright violation and delirious cinematic insanity has been restored to its former glory.

Trailer Trash

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The release of the trailer for the revival of an exhausted franchise is not a major cultural event.

The Unremitting Awfulness Of The Full Supporting Programme

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The sheer, unrelenting misery of the British cinema experience in the early 1980s.

The Simple Pleasures Of The Poster Magazine

Remembering the glory days of the most ephemeral publications on the market.

Starblazer – The Lost World Of Comic Book Science Fiction

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The oddly old-fashioned and pulpy science fiction comic book series from the people who brought you Commando.

Time Out Of Mind: Science Fiction Authors Explored

The TV series covering the major names from the final days of serious science fiction literature.

Hot Gossip’s Naughty Bits

The rise and fall of British TV’s most notoriously raunchy dance troupe and brief pop music sensations.

Ephemeral Pleasures: Your Comic Book Collection Is Worthless

You are probably not going to retire on the proceeds of selling a comic book collection.

The Flash Gordon Novels Of The 1970s

The series of novels based around the legendary comic strip sci-fi hero Flash Gordon that appeared – with very different covers – in the US and UK during the Seventies.

The Alien Action Figure From 1979

The controversial action figure from an adults-only horror movie that was pitched at kids during the Star Wars toy boom.

Star Ballz And Sex Wars: The Empire Of The X-Rated Star Wars Parody

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The ill-judged legal case that opened the floodgates to X-rated space opera parodies.

Praise The Titanic – Reassessing A Notorious Cinematic Bomb

1980 film Raise the Titanic sunk without trace on release, but it far from the unmitigated disaster that many claim.