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Slowly pulling over us like a thick blanket, another retro movie weekend is here to comfort us and to see us through to the end of the week in total style. Plenty of classics to pick from. Enjoy!

SATURDAY 13th June

Vice Versa (1988) Sony Movies 12:35pm-2:35pm

A department store executive returns from a trip to Thailand in possession of a mysterious artefact that causes him to change places with his 11-year-old son. While the horrified father struggles to cope with a world of teachers and school bullies, the youngster is revelling in the perks of being a grown-up. Fantasy comedy, starring Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Swoosie Kurtz and Corinne Bohrer.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 5STAR 1:50pm-5:20pm

An unassuming hobbit is plunged into a battle against the forces of darkness when his uncle bequeaths him a magical ring of immense power. He joins a fellowship of heroes to embark on a perilous quest to destroy the ring before it falls into the hands of its creator - a dark lord who needs it to regain his power and conquer the world. The first part of Peter Jackson's epic fantasy trilogy based on JRR Tolkien's novel, starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom.

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Well lookie here! Rolling its way over the hill, another classic filled retro movie weekend is with us and ready to add a whole heap of fun to our day!

Packing some serious punch this weekend, here are a few of our favourite movies hitting your screens. But which will you pick?

SATURDAY 14th September

A League of Their Own (1992) Sony Movies 11:10am-1:45pm

An alcoholic former professional player reluctantly agrees to train an all-female baseball team during the Second World War. With star player Dottie Hinson and her sister Kit on board, they look set to dominate the league - until sibling rivalry rears its head. Comedy-drama, starring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks and Madonna.

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Vertical Limit (2000) Sony Movies 1:45pm-4:00pm

A wildlife photographer is forced to master his fears and the elements as he leads an expedition to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain, on a desperate mission to rescue his estranged sister and her fellow mountaineers, who have fallen into a crevasse. Action-adventure, starring Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn and Robin Tunney.

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The weekend? So soon? Boy did that go fast! Coming your way thicker and faster than a fully loaded train on the hill, we find ourselves awash with more classic retro films that we know what to do with! Sadly, we can't watch them all, but we can sure give a whole heap of them a good go! Enjoy.

SATURDAY 26th January

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Director's Cut (1977) Channel 5 11:45am-2:30pm

An electrical repairman sees a fleet of UFOs flying overhead and afterwards becomes obsessed with images of a mountain, driving his wife to despair. Meanwhile, a woman develops a similar fixation after her son vanishes, and a team of scientists investigates a series of strange events around the world - until they are all drawn to Devil's Tower in Wyoming, where the aliens are about to make contact. An alternate cut of Steven Spielberg's sci-fi drama, with Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut and Teri Garr.

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Eye of Thundera! The weekend is here so deep inside a massive concrete fortified correctional facility, locked behind iron bars clad in an orange jump suit let us be your shifty but cunning prisoner as we try to dig through a wall of retro movie greatness armed with only a rusty spoon of cinematic awesomeness as we strive forward to the freedom that is celluloid wonder.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 17th August

The Addams Family (1991) Film4 1:00pm-2:55pm (1 hour 55 minutes)

Creepy couple Morticia and Gomez find their unconventional life threatened by a man claiming to be a long-lost relative. When they welcome him with open arms, they fall prey to a plot that could cost them their ancestral home and the family fortune. Black comedy based on the 1960s TV series, starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman and Carel Struycken

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