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Happy Birthday Pulp Fiction! Here's Some Cool Facts....
That's right peeps! One of our all-time favourite retro flicks Pulp Fiction was released today back in 1994! A cool 19 years ago, some of the coolest cats ever to hit the silver screen first wowed us with it's amazing action, dark comedy moments and possibly one of the best all-star cast ever!
Directed and written by one of our heroes Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction connects the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a super mysterious briefcase. A lot of the screen time is devoted to conversations and monologues that reveal the characters' senses of humor and perspectives on life. Known for its slightly different film style which became slightly fragmented story telling style of the different characters, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s you know.
Well, anywho we're sure you guys have certainly seen it once or twice in your time and could tell us even more reasons to love it, so we've decided to search the web and pick out some cool lesser-known facts about this movie masterpiece that might shock, amaze or simply have you wanting to go back and watch it once more. Check out some of our Pulp Fiction Did You Know Facts!
So why was is called Pulp Fiction? Well the film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Pulp Fiction is self-referential from its opening moments, beginning with a title card that gives two dictionary definitions of "pulp." The plot, as in many of Tarantino's other works, is presented out of chronological sequence.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 63!
Jeepers Peepers! It's weekend time once more.
So on a tropical beach beneath the bright yellow sun, gently shaded by a plume of palm trees, lent against a ramshackle Tiki bar made from bamboo, decorated with Mayan figurines and coconuts let us be your Sunkist Hawaiian shirted bar keep as we mix for you a brightly coloured fruity cocktail of mega cinematic greatness, with a zesty after taste of retro movie awesomeness and a tiny squeeze of celluloid wonder.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 27th July
The Goonies (1985) GOLD 12:00pm-2:20pm (2 hours 20 minutes)
Happy Birthday to the Italian Stallion
And in the blue Corner, the birthday boy, weighing in at 202 lbs, from the great city of New York, The Italian Stallion, Sylvester Stallooooone!
Yes if you haven't already heard, it's Rambo himselfâs birthday! To honour one of our favourite action stars on his b-day, I decided to put together my Top Five Stallone movie moments for all you guys (and gals!) to remember and enjoy all over again!
Let's take peep...
1 Over the Top
2 Cliffhanger opening scene
3 Rambo final scene
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 54!
Bears in jumpers! Is it the weekend?
So, as the sun descends over the dusty planes of old wild west, where herds of cattle graze freely on the lush vegetation, let us be your band of sun-kissed, dirt covered cowboys as we attempt to drive this cattle train over fields of retro movie greatness, across rivers of mega cinematic awesomeness and through valleys of celluloid amazement. Yeeehaw!
Have a happy retro weekend :-)
SATURDAY 20th APRIL
Kindergarten Cop (1990)ITV London 3:30pm-5:30pm (2 hours)
A tough detective is forced to pose as a pre-school teacher in a bid to capture a drug dealer whose son is one of the pupils. However, his biggest challenge turns out to be controlling a class full of five-year-olds. Comedy, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Linda Hunt, Pamela Reed and Richard Tyson.
Rocky IV (1985)Channel 5 7:40pm-9:30pm (1 hour 50 minutes)
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 43!
Mrs Pillsburyâs doughboy! Behold, weekend joy for all!
So like the ever hairy, very scary, bug eyed, big toothed monster lurking in the shadows beneath your bed, waiting for you to drift off just so it can mess with your bed linens. Let us be your always vigilant, brave and bold monster seeker, armed with the torch of mega movie greatness, we will pull back the sheets of awesome cinematic joy and search through the closet of infinite celluloid wonder. So you can rest your little head.
SATURDAY 2nd MARCH
Field of Dreams (1989) Sky Movies Modern Greats 3:45pm-5:35pm (1 hour 50 minutes)
A farmer hears a mysterious voice inspiring him to mark out a baseball pitch in a cornfield - which, to his surprise, is visited by the ghost of the star player of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team, whose career was cut short by scandal. It later dawns on him the pitch has a greater purpose - to give people who have sacrificed important parts of their lives a second chance. Fantasy, starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster and James Earl Jones.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) Film4 5:05pm-6:55pm (1 hour 50 minutes)
A professor invents a ray with the power to reduce objects in size. Unfortunately, his kids and their meddling friends trigger it off and are shrunk to microscopic proportions. When they are accidentally thrown out with the rubbish, the children have to contend with all kinds of animals and insects on their journey home across the backyard. Disney comedy, with Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman and Amy O'Neill.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 24!
Abraham Lincoln's stove pipe hat! Is it that time again?
Like a big old block of yellow Swiss cheese sat on top an old rusty trap, let us be your sneaky super cute little mouse and risk our precious mousy noses as we steal you sweet smelling retro pieces of golden nostalgic cinematic loveliness mmmm cheesy.
Have a happy retro weekend :-)
SATURDAY 20th OCTOBER
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) ITV1 1:25pm-3:00pm (1 hour 35 minutes)
A tough Los Angeles cop receives a visit from his overprotective mother. Not content with tidying his home and meddling in his love life, she joins him on duty to rid the streets of crime after witnessing a murder. Comedy, starring Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees and Martin Ferrero.