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THE LAST STARFIGHTER – Midnights This Weekend at The Tivoli

By Tom Stockman | June 7, 2015

“Teriffic. I’m about to get killed a million miles from nowhere with a gung-ho iguana who tells me to relax!”

THE LAST STARFIGHTER screens midnights this weekend (June 12th and 13th) at The Tivoli Theater as part of their ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli’ Midnight Series.There will also be a 10am screening Saturday the 13th.

THE LAST STARFIGHTER, the 1984 sci-fi film about a video-gaming teen (Lance Guest – remember him?…me neither) who finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force, will probably be best remembered as one of the first science-fiction films to feature fully computer-generated images instead of model shots, and that’s unfortunate. Slick, fun, and full of energy, THE LAST STARFIGHTER is one of the better “forgotten” science fiction films of the ‘80s – a movie with fun characters, an involving story, and enough action and adventure to keep both kids and adults entertained. Granted, BLADE RUNNER it’s not…and it’s no STAR WARS either…but THE LAST STARFIGHTER packs enough punch in it’s proton-torpedoes to sink the worst naysayer who thought this film stank in it’s initial release (it was a box-office bomb). A compelling story of friendship and adventure, with the final screen appearance of ‘The Music Man’ himself Robert Preston, THE LAST STARFIGHTER is a fun movie in the Saturday Morning kidvid vein – mostly for kids, but fun for adults who are in the mood for it. And adults who saw when they were kids have the chance to relive it on the big screen again. THE LAST STARFIGHTER plays midnights this weekend (June 12^th and 13^th) at midnight as well as a 10am show Saturday morning (the 13^th).