I t was autumn of 1997. Unknown to me this was 20 years after one of the most  spectacular achievements in modern cinematic history had been released, and taken the world by mind blowing visuals and sounds. Set in a galaxy far, far away, the film would becomes universally known as Star Wars . Some call it A New Hope , but let's keep it traditional - Star Wars . At this stage of my life movies were more a time filler, than the escapism and fascination it would become (and still is). The sports field was more my calling or playing with action figures in my room. Yes, I had seen my dinosaur obsession taken to new heights after seeing Jurassic Park in 1993, my intrigue with martial arts had begun with The Karate Kid (1984, which I first saw in 1994) and started digging into the world of comedy through Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis' Mr. Bean , and the overtop physical comedies of Ace Ventura (1994/5), the start of the animation CGI innovation through toys with a life of their...

B eing an introvert by nature, one of the biggest anxiety triggers is being in a social situation, having to break character and push ahead to interact with people you don't know. Where do you begin? Do you ramble on about the weather, which most people have a strange reason to default to? The weather is that universal a theme we all share, but it's the small talk safe haven. I hate it. Or do you dig into the obvious and discuss the reason you're in that very space with the other person? Since entering the working world many years ago now, I found two themes I could almost effortlessly find someway  to tap into the world of another person I needed to engage with. Those two themes if the situation permits? Music and movies. Popular culture - or pop culture, every decade there's a history of it. Living through my fourth one of cognitive recall has allowed me to expand on the ability to chat to someone older, or younger than me about music and movies. History itself allows...