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Our end of year reviews in reverse date order.

Review of the Year 2022: Slarek

Review of the Year 2021: Slarek

Review of the Year 2020: Slarek

Review of the Year 2019: Slarek

Review of the Year 2018: Slarek

Review of the Year 2017: Lord Summerisle

Review of the Year 2017 – The Discs: Slarek

Review of the Year 2017 – The Films: Slarek

Review of the Year 2016 – The Discs: Slarek

Review of the Year 2016 – The Films: Slarek

Review of the Year 2015 – The Discs: Slarek

Review of the Year 2015 – The Films: Slarek

Review of the Year 2014: Slarek

Review of the Year 2013: Slarek

Review of the Year 2012: Timothy E. RAW

Review of the Year 2012: Slarek

Review of the Year 2011: Slarek

Review of the Year 2011: L.K. Weston

Review of the Year 2010: Slarek

Review of the Year 2010: L.K. Weston

Review of the Year 2009: L.K. Weston

Review of the Year 2009: Slarek

Review of the Year 2008: Slarek

Review of the Year 2007: Slarek

Review of the Year 2007: Camus

Review of the Year 2007: Lord Summerisle

Review of the Year 2006: Camus

Review of the Year 2006: CNash

Review of the Year 2006: Slarek

Review of the Year 2005, Part 1: The Films

Review of the Year 2005, Part 2: The DVDs

Review of the Year 2004, Part 1: The Documentaries

Review of the Year 2004, Part 2: The Movies

Review of the Year 2004, Part 3: The DVDs

Review of the Year 2003

ARTICLES ARCHIVE

The articles are listed in reverse date order, with the most recent first. Click on the title to read the story.
8 January 2023 Slarek	Shingle wiped male: Slarek's review of 2022 Late again, Slarek looks back at another year in which luck was not really on his side, muses briefly on the incompetence and corruption that is destroying the country, and shares some of his picks for favourite films and discs from 2022.
21 June 2022 Camus	Hearing Things You People Wouldn’t Believe… A giant in film music, while not hugely prolific in this area, and one of the most unorthodox talents in that discipline, Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (aka Vangelis) has died, aged 78. A Vangelis score was unmistakably recognisable and his work, more often than not, held Camus in thrall. He looks back on his own experiences of the great man’s work.
30 May 2022 Camus	Start wrecking – cross at the universe Modern iterations of a once beloved franchise have not been well received by audiences despite critical acclaim but many fans of the original Star Trek series and The Next Generation are more frustrated than entertained. Camus tries to explain why he and modern Trek have fallen out…
14 February 2022 Camus	There were special effects artists, and there was Doug Trumbull… Following the sad news that special visual effects maestro and director Douglas Tumbull has died at the age of 79, Camus pays tribute to a man whose visionary work both as an effects artist and a director had a huge impact on at least two of the writers for this site.
7 January 2022 Slarek	Sixteen going on seventeen: life, movies and politics in 2021 A few days late after taking some much needed time out from reviewing and work in general, Slarek looks back at one of the shittiest years in living memory, wishes he'd seen more movies than he did, has his usual political moan, and picks some of his favourite films and discs from his 2021.
5 January 2021 Slarek	The end of the f***ing world: Slarek looks back at 2020 In our first posting of the first lockdown of 2021, Slarek picks some of his favourite films and Blu-ray releases from 2020, reflects on how the pandemic has impacted him and goes off on one about governmental corruption and incompetence.
17 October 2020 Slarek	BFI London Film Festival 2020 review roundup In a quartet of capsule reviews from this year's BFI London Film Festival, Slarek looks at Koreeda's A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura, Ekwa Msangi's Farewell Amor, Farnoosh Samadi's 180º Rule and the Ross Brothers' Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets.
23 March 2020 Camus	Here's to you, Mr. Robinson So what now, imprisoned as we are with ‘social distancing’ having denied the warmth of human interaction? Many of us have realised that this enforced lifestyle is a little too familiar. So, home entertainment! Camus has a recommendation that has kept him laughing for a good few hours…
2 April 2019 Camus	"The tyres were exploding!" – a tribute to Shane Rimmer Actor Shane Rimmer died on Friday, a man whose distinctive voice impacted on the childhoods of at least two of us here. Camus offers a brief but heartfelt remembrance and appreciation of a busy and talented performer.
2 January 2019 Slarek	Well at least that’s over. What now? At the end of what has been a personally difficult year in which circumstances have massively restricted his film viewing, Slarek sifts through the list of film, TV and Blu-ray releases that he did manage to catch in 2018 and picks a few favourites, and also has a seasonal moan about Trump and Brexit.
25 November 2018 Camus	Who was Nic Roeg? A tribute to a cinema visionary After losing William Goldman last week, this week came to sad conclusion with the news that visionary director and cinematographer Nicolas Roeg had also passed away. In brief but heartfelt article, Camus and Slarek pay tribute to one of their favourite filmmakers.
21 November 2018 Camus	"It's over, don't you get that?" – William Goldman R.I.P. Last week week lost one of modern cinema's greatest writers when William Goldman passed away at 87. Camus pays tribute to the author of some of the sharpest screenplays to hit Hollywood in the second half of the twentieth century.
21 May 2018 Camus	I don’t believe in gravity but I still fall off the roof Inherit the Wind should not be a timeless reminder of the importance of free speech. We should have grown up by now. But free speech was kicked in the crotch a few weeks ago. Camus wonders have we reached peak sensitivity? Rude words warning…
13 January 2018 Lord Summerisle	Superheroes and the Marvel DC battle for supremacy Lord Summerisle looks back at the efforts of both the Marvel and the DC Universe to dominate the popular TV and film adaptations of successful comic book franchises in 2017, highlighting a few favourites and outlining why he feels that some of them fell flat.
12 January 2018 Slarek	Rhapsody in Blu: Slarek's pick of the discs for 2017 Following on from his selection of favourite film and TV, Slarek picks 20 Blu-ray titles from a slew of great releases from the likes of Arrow, Indicator, Eureka, Second Run and the BFI that he particularly enjoyed in 2017.
4 January 2018 Slarek	Film as an emotional lifeboat As is traditional at this time, Slarek looks back the year that has just closed, has his usual political rant, explains why he missed so many key movies, and picks twenty of the film and TV titles that he enjoyed the most in 2017.
18 July 2017 Slarek	Tobe (or not Tobe) – a tribute to Tobe Hooper Last weekend we lost one of the true masters of horror when The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper passed away at the unripe age of 74. Slarek pays tribute to a man who genuinely changed the face of horror cinema.
18 July 2017 Slarek	By George – a tribute to George Romero Following the sad news that George A. Romero, one of the founding fathers of modern horror and the originator of zombie movie as we know it today, Slarek pays tribute to one of his very favourite filmmakers and a man whose work helped shape his moviegoing youth.
13 January 2017 Slarek	The guardians of physical media – Slarek's Blu-ray & DVD picks of 2016 In a year when great disc releases were just raining down, Slarek picks 25 of his favourite UK Blu-ray and DVD releases of 2016 and reflects on the number of titles he didn't get around to seeing or reviewing.
9 January 2017 Slarek	Oh, the horror – Slarek's film & TV picks of 2016 Just over a week into 2017, Slarek looks back at what was a seriously crappy year for just about everything except film and picks 21 film and TV titles that he really enjoyed over the past 12 months.
4 May 2016 Camus	Marvel less: a reflection on the indefatigable ‘comic book movie’ Buoyed by the wave of positive press generated by Marvel's latest tent-pole pic, Captain America: Civil War, Camus leaves the cinema wondering what every one else is getting that he's not. Just what is the 'Comic Book Movie' doing to cinema?
20 April 2016 Slarek	Essence of Wonder A long time ago when the word 'web' was only associated with spiders, a young film aficionado had to search high and low for quality film coverage that wasn't generated by PR companies... Camus mourns the late, great Cinefantastique...
16 January 2016 Slarek	A narrowed but richly flowered field: favourite discs of 2015 A little later than intended due to family illness, Slarek takes a trip through 20 of his favourite Blu-ray and DVD releases of 2015, and looks at why so many are from the same three highly respected distributors.
11 January 2016 Camus/Slarek	Just for one day: a tribute to David Bowie On the day that we lost one of the great musical talents of the modern ages, Slarek and Camus pay tribute to his film work and pick a few personal favourite performances and musical moments.
4 January 2016 Slarek	Art vs. autocracy: Slarek's film and TV picks of 2015 As he slowly gets back up to full speed whilst managing an ongoing family crisis, Slarek picks 21 of his favourite films and TV shows from the past 12 months, with his picks for 20 Blu-ray and DVD titles soon to follow.
31 December 2015 Camus	Believe it or not... Either something on screen convinces you of its reality or it doesn't. Many filmmakers are now embracing the more time honoured special effect techniques and using CG to clean up afterwards. Camus charts a welcome trend…
17 September 2015 Camus	Man without a van A personal recollection by Camus on the frustrations of being deprived of the sublime original motion picture soundtrack of Vangelis' Blade Runner... and how, in 2015, that frustration is all but over.
31 August 2015 Slarek	Scream and scream again: a tribute to Wes Craven Today came the sad news that the world had lost one of its smartest and most imaginative horror practitioners. Slarek takes a trip down memory lane to explore the impact the cinema of Wes Craven had on his youth and beyond.
27 August 2015 Camus	Overlooked Reading movies is fun. It can also lurch into astounding silliness. Few modern films have been pored over as much as The Shining and with two specific reference tomes in one hand, Camus knocks on the door of Room 237 with the other.
25 June 2015 Camus	Emotion pictures: A tribute to compose James Horner Woven throughout the early 80s right up to today are scores from composer James Horner that graced some of Hollywood's most celebrated movies. He defined cinematic decades as much as giants John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Camus mourns a sad loss.
6 January 2015 Camus	Hours in the day: 2014 in review A few days late and as long-winded as ever, Slarek muses on the future of this very web site and looks back at the a few of his personal favourite film, TV, DVD and Blu-ray experiences of 2014.
1 January 2015 Camus	Perfect! Let's do one more We all know roughly what they do, how dependent on others their work is and any cineaste worth their salt will know the greats from the not-so-greats. But what makes a ‘great’ director? Camus ponders the ineffable.
25 August 2014 Camus/Slarek	Darlings, All – A Tribute to Richard Attenborough There are very few consummate filmmakers out there with a CV to rival the late Richard Attenborough. From teen actor to national treasure, he always stood up for the little guy. Camus and Slarek acknowledge his passing.
25 July 2014 Camus	Waving and Drowning Who decides what's cool, what's 'in', what's fundamentally good? There used to be a select stratum of people who greenlit a film's production or a book's publishing. Camus asks "Do we still need so-called 'tastemakers'?"
13 May 2014 Camus/Slarek	The profundity of the primal An acknowledgement of the death of H. R. Giger by Camus and Slarek
2 May 2014 Camus/Slarek	"'Ere, 'old up, where's Victoria?": A tribute to Bob Hoskins From On The Move’s adult literacy TV shows in the 70s via a huge diversity of roles to the twinkle-in-his-eye, shop steward of Made In Dagenham, we’ve always had a soft spot for the sadly late Bob Hoskins.
16 January 2014 Camus	The year according to Trevor It's late, it's long, and it kicks of with the usual extended political moan, but Slarek has finally turned in his very personal pick of the audio-visual pleasures of 2013.
15 December 2013 Camus	Touched by Light Has life-changing cinema been irrevocably diluted by the ubiquity and immediacy of media? Content, and indeed the means by which it's consumed, are everywhere. Camus asks "Can a movie still profoundly affect you?"
15 August 2013 Camus	Wheels of Fortune The Mouse House practically owns Hollywood. It already possesses Lucasfilm, Marvel and the Muppets. In the week of the release of Planes, Camus highlights a defining moment for the jewel in Mickey's crown, Pixar...
7 July 2013 Michael Ewins	Take a Trip Michael Ewins tunes in to Film4 for their multiplatform release of Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England and finds points of comparison with Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath Of God and Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff.
28 January 2013 Slarek	That was the year that was Posted even later than last year's hopelessly delayed list, Slarek reflects on the films and discs that lightened his corner of a rather glum world in 2012.
18 January 2013 Timothy E. RAW	The 10 Best Films of 2012 Over three hundred films later and after a couple of weeks' reflection, Timothy E. RAW questions the timetabling of annual lists, celebrates an incredible year for women in film and selects the top ten films of the last twelve months.
31 December 2012 Camus / Slarek	Sixties Super Mario Nation Both Slarek and Camus mourn the passing of the great Gerry Anderson, the creator of some of the most fondly remembered TV shows from the 60s and 70s. His work is embedded in our imaginations like no other's.
28 November 2012 Jerry Whyte	That's Entertainment With paedophile scandals still headline news and Barack Obama back in the White House, Jerry Whyte reviews two topical US documentaries screened at the London Film Festival, Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa and Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, and wonders what they say about documentary today and yesterday.
19 June 2012 L.K. Weston	Living in a Material World: HBO's Girls and the Culture of Critique L.K. Weston returns to the fold with a detailed look at HBO current hot property Girls and the critical and audience reaction to it.
28 May 2012 Camus	Only one poetry – five questions to Jan Švankmajer Offered the chance to ask the great Jan Švankmajer just five questions, we found ourselves unable to narrow our oversized list down so asked you to choose instead.
17 April 2012 Camus	Persistence of vision Camus looks back at the time and work involved in making his micro-budget first feature film, and invites you to attend its first public screening at this year's London Independent Film Festival.
17 February 2012 Timothy E. RAW	Oscar gets it wrong Another year, another farcical, forgone conclusion. Timothy E. RAW talks up five films more deserving of Oscar than the likes of The Help and The Iron Lady and gives ot his own awards.
12 February 2012 Timothy E. RAW	Toeing the line with a rebel squeal Thanks to the BBC not making the BAFTAs a live event, Timothy E. RAW ignores Twitter and offers his thoughts on tonight's nominations as he sits down to watch the behind-the-times telecast.
27 January 2012 Slarek	Review of the Year 2011: Slarek Slarek finally selects 20 titles from the world of film, disc and television that made 2011 a little more tolerable. Yes, it's insanely late, and yes, half of it is a heartfelt political moan, but we're posting it anyway.
8 January 2012 Timothy E. RAW	The Girl That Got Away Timothy E. RAW's end of year list is still to come, though brimming with films in the hundreds, Margaret, the film he was looking forward to most all year won't be on it. It turns out not even 20th Century Fox wanted him – or anyone else – to see it.
3 January 2012 Slarek	DVD Outsider Becomes Cine Outsider DVD Outsider has changed its name and location. The new site is already up (you're looking at it), and our editor explains why the change has been made.
30 December 2011 Jerry Whyte	Review of the Year 2011: L.K. Weston In the first of our looks back at the films and discs that caught our collective eyes in 2011, L.K. Weston picks her personal favourites and laments the move from celluloid to digital.
11 December 2011 Jerry Whyte	Free Radicals Jerry Whyte considers political movements and moments, past and present, with the aid of the odd book and several films screened at the London Film Festival, focusing on Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey and The Black Power Mixtape.
23 October 2011 Camus	New Waves, Old Friends In a companion piece to his Voice Over review, Camus recalls his first encounter with Chris Monger's earlier avante garde feature, Repeater, and finds himself still unable to unravel what he saw.
11 October 2011 Jerry Whyte	Ken Loach – Politics and Cinema Jerry Whyte reports from two BFI organised events focussing on the work of Ken Loach, and looks at the politics and films of one of Britain's most enduring and committed filmmakers.
26 July 2011 Camus	Hallows Be Thy Name Has the end of the cinematic Harry Potter franchise sounded the death knell of hollywood authorship? Camus muses on the final chapter of this hugely successful series.
2 January 2011 Slarek	Raging against the machine – review of the year 2010 In the second of our annual round-ups, Slarek bemoans the state of the nation and selects his favourite films, DVDs and Blu-rays of the year.
30 December 2010 L.K. Weston	Necessity breeds invention – review of the year 2010 In the first of our yearly round-ups, L.K. Weston takes a positive look back at her favourite film and DVD releases of the past 12 months.
17 November 2010 Timothy E. RAW	The Spy Who Misunderstood Me – an interview with Heather Graham In the long delayed final article of our coverage of the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest Timothy E. Raw interviews Heather Graham and discovers her largely unseen life in film after Roller Girl.
26 September 2010 Timothy E. RAW/Slarek	Blood in Paradise – an interview with Fisher Stevens Slarek takes a personal look at the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, and Timothy E. RAW interviews its producer Fisher Stevens.
15 August 2010 Timothy E. RAW	Going for gold (again) - an Interview with John Madden Timothy E. RAW conducts an in-depth interview with Shakespeare in Love director, John Madden. They discuss his upcoming political Thriller, The Debt, staring Helen Mirren and look back over a career spanning film, TV, theater and radio.
7 August 2010 Timothy E. RAW	Ischia Time Timothy E. RAW reviews the best film of the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival and maybe even the year. We celebrate Cairo Time's US theatrical and Canadian Blu-Ray & DVD release with exclusive interviews with the director and star of the film.
11 April 2010 Camus	Being Mindful of Numbers With it's 17th April UK air date rapidly approaching, Camus previews ITV's 2009 remake of one of the most groundbreaking and imaginative TV series ever to grace our screens.
27 December 2009 L.K. Weston	Review of the Year 2009: L.K. Weston L.K. Weston selects her favourite film and DVD releases from the past 12 months, identifies a few horrors, and looks forward to 2010.
2 January 2010 Slarek	Review of the Year 2009: Slarek Slarek takes a personal look back a year of films, DVDs, Blu-rays and personal loss, as well as the films and discs that slipped through the review net.
August 2009 Camus	The Behaviour of Mush in Zero-G Camus celebrates those small moments in films, happy accidents of chance that smart directors have included rather than consigning to the cutting room floor or cleaned up with CGI.
5 May 2009 Slarek/Camus	A Conversation with Ken Russell To coincide with the UK DVD release of Lisztomania, Slarek and Camus spoke all too briefly to its maverick director about his memories of the film, the lack of DVD releases of his work, about cult favourite Altered States, and about his most recent project, Boudica Bites Back.
3 January 2009 Slarek	Review of the Year 2008: Slarek Slarek looks back at a few favourites from the past year, mourns the loss to two young industry figures and a key British distributor and groans at leangth about Hollywood remakes.
9 September 2008 Slarek	Lo-def in Hi-def Slarek ponders on his own move to hi-def, an expensive and inevitably incomplete process that he's been dragged into but is starting to enjoy, and looks forward to DVD Outsider's own Blu-ray coverage.
16 October 2008 Camus	Joker's Wild Camus celebrates and explores Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight, a screen character that has exerted an almost unprecedented hold on his psyche, and wonders what this obsession says about him.
January 2008 Camus	Brutes in the Chapel As a companion piece to his review of If...., Camus talks to the film's camera operator and now acclaimed director and cinematographer Chris Menges to put the record straight on the colour/black and white issue.
5 January 2008 Lord Summerisle	Review of the Year 2007: Lord Summerisle Lord Summerisle selects his favourite films and TV programmes from 2007, and has a couple of moans for good measure.
4 January 2008 Camus	Review of the Year 2007: Camus Camus reflects on a year when even his kindly tolerance was tested by Hollywood and picks the 10 high and low points of his viewing year.
3 January 2008 Slarek	Review of the Year 2007: Slarek Slarek looks back at 2007, waves goodbye to Hollywood and selects his favourite films and DVDs of 2007, at least of the ones he's actually found time to see.
27 May 2007 Camus	Intelligence is Mandatory Camus celebrates Aaron Sorkin's new series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which has yet to reach these shores, and muses on the state of today's TV.
5 August 2007 Camus	Goodbye, Richard Camus pays tribute to his close friend, the filmmaker Richard Franklin, who tragically passed away last month.
27 March 2007 Camus	Power playing and the art of achieving the impossible Following a viewing of The Devil Wears Prada, Camus muses on power and the movie mindset.
4 January 2007 CNash	Review of the Year 2006: Slarek Slarek selects his favourite films and DVDs of 2006 and finds there are a LOT in the 'Also Ran' column.
3 January 2007 CNash	Review of the Year 2006: CNash CNash chooses his 2006 favourites from film and TV in 2007.
3 January 2007 Camus	Review of the Year 2006: Camus Camus has an end of year appreciation and rant.
1 November 2006 Camus/Slarek	Memories of Blade Runner To co-incide with the release fo a remastered DVD of Blade Runner - The Director's Cut in advance of the much anticipated 'Final Edition', camus and Slarek look back to their first encounter with a science fiction masterpiece, and ponder on the so-called 'director's cut' and the critical turnaround in the years following the film's release.
27 May 2006 CNash	London MCM Conference 2006 CNash reports from the 2006 MCM Expo in London, a meeting place for animé, manga and science fiction fans, and finds a Dalek in need of a hug.
8 September 2006 Camus	Ah summer...what power you have to make us suffer and like it Selected capsule-reviews from a lacklustre Hollywood Summer (including a slightly more detailed look at M. Night Shyamalan's coming down to earth) by Camus
4 April 2006 Slarek	Hollywood Plunders 2: From Eastern Horror to Western Dollar Slarek ponders on genre remakes and the decline of the American horror film.
28 January 2006 Slarek	Hard Right and Clooney left A preview of Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck via the political leanings of a Mr. George Clooney, by Camus.
3 January 2006 Slarek	Review of the Year 2005, Part 2: The DVDs Slarek chooses selects his choice DVDs for 2005.
1 January 2006 Slarek	Review of the Year 2005, Part 1: The Films Slarek chooses his favourite trips to the cinema of the past year.
7 December 2005 Camus	The Lion, The Pitch and the Boardroom A satirical speculation on the thinking behind another big budget Hollywood venture.
18 September 2005 Camus	Nuns Climbing Every Mountain to Infinity and Beyond A short but very appreciative obituary of one of cinema's aged greats and, at half his age, one of cinema's potential greats.
27 August 2005 Lord Summerisle	William Burroughs in Film A detailed look at the film work made and inspired by the writer William Burroughs.
Slarek 27 May 2005	A Spanner in the Works Slarek looks at the work of the independent documentary film-makers that are Spanner films, and talks to McLibel and Drowned Out director Franny Armstrong.
15 March 2005 Camus	In Wondrous Anticipation - In Anxious Dread Camus gets nervous about the upcoming Hollywood remake of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
11 March 2005 Camus	John Drake's Progress A detailed look at the greatest TV series of all time - The Prisoner.
2 March 2005 Slarek	Oscar Bollocks An overdue moan at the shallow irrelevance of Hollywood's annual back-slapping party.
February 2005 Slarek	Building an Extension Do extended versions and director's cuts really represent the director's original vision?
16 January 2005 Slarek	Imax, 3D and the Movie Experience A companion piece to Richard Franklin's review of The Polar Express that looks at Imax and its lower tech predecessors.
3 January 2005 Slarek	Review of the Year 2004, Part 3: The DVDs In the final part of his annual review, Slarek selects his favourite DVD releases of 2004.
3 January 2005 Slarek	Review of the Year 2004, Part 2: The Movies In part 2 of his review of the year, Slarek looks back at his time at the cinema.
31 December 2004 Slarek	Review of the Year 2004, Part 1: The Documentaries In a great year for documentaries, Slarek selects his favourites.
19 March 2004 Camus	Fare well and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies... A personal view on one a modern movie great.
11 July 2004 Camus	Jerry Goldsmith - A Personal Obituary Camus pays personal tribute to a great film composer and a very fine man.
12 March 2004 Slarek	Hollywood Plunders 1: Shall We Dansu? to Shall We Dance! Slarek ponders on some of the changes a foreign language film can undergo when adapted by Hollywood for a mainstream audience.
14 January 2004 Camus	The Shaggy Dogs, the Fridge and the Vase
1 January 2004 Camus/Slarek	Review of the Year 2003 Camus and Slarek select their favourite movies and DVDs of 2003.
30 December 2003 Tonsofun	Switching Teams: Straight Actors Playing it Gay Tonsofun looks at the trend in recent Hollywood films for straight actors to camp it up in gay roles
24 December 2003 Camus	'Classic' Disney and Me A personal view of the changing face of Disney.
8 Dec 2003 Slarek	A Personal Journey Through Star Wars With the original Star Wars trilogy heading for DVD, Slarek details his long history with the series, from initial delight to fuming anger.