At Anorak: Their Golden Years? Five Films about Your Greatest Heroes Growing Old."

My latest article is now up at Anorak. 

"Their Golden Years? Five Films About Your Greatest Heroes Growing Old"  gazes at a handful of films and the subject of aging.  The films covered include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Never Say Never Again (1983), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

Here's a snippet: 

"WITH J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII in the pipeline comes the news that Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher will reprise their iconic roles in the George Lucas franchise for the first time in over thirty years, since 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

What impacts have time and ageing had upon courageous Empire-busting rebels Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia?

None of us will know the answer for certain until late 2015, but in the meantime we can reflect on the following five feature films which also focus, in large part, on the graying of their larger-than-life heroes, or – what some critics have termed over the years – the adventures of the “over-the-hill” gang."

Please read the whole piece, and let me know what you think!