The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 72!
Hot Fudge Sundae! Is it the Weekend Already?
So like the Burger van of your dreams let us prepare for you a tasty lunch time treat with a half pound of flame grilled movie awesomeness, garnished with freshly chopped crunchy cinematic greatness all held together in a tasty oven baked sesame seed bun of celluloid glory.
Have a happy retro weekend! :-)
SATURDAY 19th October
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)ITV London 3:00pm-5:35pm (2 hours 35 minutes)
Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn are instructed to protect Queen Amidala when her planet is invaded. Escorting her away from danger, they meet gifted youngster Anakin Skywalker, who seems ideally suited to join the pair's order - but is unaware of just how powerful he could become. Sci-fi prequel, starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Ray Park
Spy Hard (1996)Watch 6:10pm-7:50pm (1 hour 40 minutes)
Bungling secret agent Dick Steele - code-named WD-40 - is called out of retirement to thwart a megalomaniac general bent on destroying the world with a missile he is building at his secret island lair. Spoof spy adventure, starring Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick, and featuring a cameo appearance by Ray Charles
Die Hard (1988)Channel 4 9:00pm-11:40pm (2 hours 40 minutes)
New York cop John McClane visits Los Angeles to see his family over the Christmas holiday. Stopping off at his wife's place of work, he realises armed men have taken over the building and are holding the corporation's staff to ransom - and only he has the ability to fight back. Action thriller, starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)E4 11:10pm-12:55am (1 hour 45 minutes)
While investigating the shooting of a colleague, disaster-prone police lieutenant Frank Drebin uncovers a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Los Angeles. However, after he is sacked from the force by the mayor, the cop has to operate beneath the radar to get to the bottom of the conspiracy. Comedy, with Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley and Ricardo Montalban
SUNDAY 20th October
King Kong (1976)Film4 4:25pm-7:00pm (2 hours 35 minutes)
Oil prospectors travel to a recently discovered and remote Pacific island, where they encounter a gigantic gorilla. The men manage to capture the huge ape and bring it back to America - but the confused creature is terrified by events and escapes, wreaking havoc in New York. Remake of the classic 1933 fantasy adventure, with Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin.
The Rock (1996)Channel 5 9:00pm-11:40pm (2 hours 40 minutes)
A renegade general and his crack team of mercenaries take over the abandoned fortress prison of Alcatraz and threaten San Francisco with toxic nerve-gas rockets to extort a massive ransom. To break their stranglehold on the city, the FBI sends in a chemical weapons expert and a jailed SAS veteran, chosen because he is the only man to have ever escaped from the infamous penitentiary. Action thriller, with Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris.
Sneakers (1992)ITV4 11:20pm-1:45am (2 hours 25 minutes)
Security experts are blackmailed into stealing a sophisticated computer hacking device from its inventor. After the mission, they discover they have stolen something very dangerous and placed it in the wrong hands - so plot to steal it back. Comedy thriller, starring Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Mary McDonnell and David Strathairn.
Highlander (1986)Channel 5 11:40pm-1:55am (2 hours 15 minutes)
A 16th-century Scottish clansman discovers he is one of a race of immortal warriors who can only be killed by beheading, and who are destined to fight to the death until just one survives. Centuries later in modern-day New York, he prepares for a final showdown with his deadliest enemy. Fantasy action adventure, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown and Roxanne Hart. Featuring a soundtrack by Queen
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Whatever you get up to this weekend, remember one of these things is not like the others and always enjoy yourselves! ;-)
xoxo