An oldy but a goody

Much as I’m wowed by 3D, IMAX and all the incredible innovations in cinema, which allow us to get booted in the face by a toy cowboy or take flight with a bunch of aliens, there’s nothing quite like an old favourite.

And they don’t come better than that no frills completely gadget free 80s love story Dirty Dancing.

My sister and I can recite every scene word for word. We watched it so many times we wore out the video cassette and still call to warn each other every time it appears on the television schedule, despite the fact we both own the DVD.

How I longed to be able to learn to dance like Baby and get swept off my feet by handsome Johnny.

But I didn’t think I’d ever get the chance to see it on the big screen, having been just a tad too small to sneak in the last time around back in 1987.

But, as part of the fabulous Southampton Film Week, I can watch it in full glorious technicolour tonight after organisers have put the currently derelict West Quay phase three site to good use with an outdoor drive in movie theatre.

Incidentally the rest of the weekend also promises Forrest Gump, the heart-warming film I watched on my first date back in 1994, and a new one on me – Bollywood flick Mughal E Azam.

But it’s the moves of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey I'm most excited about seeing.

Apologies in advance if you are in the car next to ours tonight. I can’t promise the girls and I won't sing I’ve Had The Time of My Life at the top of our voices or whoop at the Nobody Puts Baby In a Corner line.

We might even shake our maracas as we’re reintroduced to a classic!

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