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December 8th 2017

The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 271

Jingle all the way! Another festive retro movie rundown has just landed on our roof and is here to spread some cheer!

With our postage sacks bulging like a hamster's cheeks, we're busy whizzing around from shelf to shelf like the Elves we are grabbing and wrapping all the toys and games ready for the big day. With a skip and a song as we go, we'll send everyone's presents merrily on their way ready to be tucked under bright and bold trees as they glisten in the night.

SATURDAY 9th December

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Film4 11:00am-1:00pm (2 hours)

When a popular New York department store Santa Claus is placed in an asylum for claiming to be the genuine article, a crusading city lawyer takes on the case, determined to prove the man's sanity. Christmas drama, starring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, John Payne, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall and William Frawley.

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July 28th 2017

The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 252

Cor blimey governor! Another retro movie weekend so soon? We'd better hop to it!

Shouting it out loud and proud like an old timey Victorian street trader, we'll dig out, wash off and proudly display our fresh batch of retro movie goodies. Roll up, roll up... classic movies for all! Shouting louder than our market competition, we'll put only the best ones at the front and make sure they shine bright to any passers by.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 29th July

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January 20th 2017

The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 228

Well jump for joy and sing out a tune! It's only another retro movie weekend full of tales, adventure and a pinch of romance for good measure.

So! Like one of the worlds most skilled and experienced treasure hunters, we find ourselves in front of an ancient chest adorned with an oh-so intricate lock. Taking note of the mysterious shapes and signs that make up it's combination, we'll dig from our many year of learning to twist, click and push out way ever closer to the correct combination. Like this very retro movie weekend, we're aching to bust it open and reveal all the hidden retro movie treasures that could lay inside.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 21st JANUARY

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January 13th 2017

The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 227

Flurry and slush! Another retro movie weekend is before us and boy is it a beauty!

Waking up bright and early like the many days before, we slowly ease ourselves into the day with a hot cuppa and a cold milky bowl of something sweet. Stretching out the front door into the bitter cold and blistery winds, we are greeted with what we would describe as the worlds most iced up windscreen ever. Chipping and scraping away at the stubborn cold layer of doom, we'll begin to see our efforts pay off and just in time before all feeling from our hands is lost.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 14th JANUARY

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May 3rd 2013

The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 50!

Mr Cadbury’s Parrot! It must be a massively massive mighty morphing mayday bank holiday weekend!

So like a spring time garden adorned by happy little gnomes on toadstools. let us be your jolly fat frog sat a float on a lily pad in the middle of a murky pond as we try and catch juicy flies of retro cinematic awesomeness bathe in the sunshine of mega movie greatness and paddle in the waters celluloid wonder.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 4th MAY

Home Alone (1990) Film4 3:10pm-5:10pm (2 hours )

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February 15th 2013

The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 41!

Mumm-ra the Ever Living! Weekend Frolics for all!

So, like the roast dinner that dreams were made from with steaming fluffy on inside, crunchy on the outside roast potatoes, a stunning selection of carrots, broccoli and even the dreaded sprout let us be your knife wielding carvery chef as we slice up for you succulent prime cuts of retro movie greatness, pore on luscious, tasty, thick gushings of awesome cinematic moments and just for taste sprinkles of aromatic celluloid wonder.

Have a happy retro weekend :-)

SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY

A River Runs Through It (1992) Channel 5 2:50pm-5:05pm (2 hours 15 minutes)

Two brothers grow up in Montana under the stern guidance of their minister father in the 1920s. The older boy is studious and wants a successful career, while the younger one is quite happy with an easy-come, easy-go life. But a shared love of fly fishing unites the brothers as they adapt to the changing stream of life's experience. Robert Redford's drama, starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Emily Lloyd and Brenda Blethyn.

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