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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 47!
Days of thunder! Hooray for the weekend!
So like the prehistoric Ice Age set on a snowy landscape amongst a herd of great woolly mammoths, let us be your group of storm hardened cave men dressed in the fur of the sabre toothed tiger as we go hunting for mega movie awesomeness, gather retro cinematic greatness and set a light to classic celluloid wonder.
SATURDAY 6th APRIL
Short Circuit (1986) Syfy 3:00pm-5:00pm (2 hours)
A military robot is struck by lightning and develops a mind of its own. The machine embarks on a series of comic misadventures, but the company that made him want him back. He realises his only hope is to convince the scientist who invented him that he really is alive. Sci-fi comedy adventure, starring Steve Guttenberg, Ally Sheedy and Fisher Stevens.
Mannequin (1987) 5* 5:15pm-7:00pm (1 hour 45 minutes)
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 46!
Mad dogs dirty beard! It's not only the weekend, it's an Easter special bumper four day weekend Whoop whoop!
So, from the Valleys of Beverly Hills like an 80's rock and roll party let us be your spandex clad rocker complete with studded leather jacket and feathered hair, as we stand astride a make shift stage holding aloft our trusty Gibson flying V guitar. As the crowd wait in anticipation for us to shred out retro movie awesomeness, rock out with cinematic mega amptitude and power slide to celluloid glory.
Have a happy retro Easter weekend everyone!
Friday 29th March
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 44!
Cat stuck up a tree! it's like the week never happened.
So like a concrete playground adorned with grinding rails, half pipes and bowls let us be your ever versatile semi-pro street surfer as we agonisingly gaze across our asphalt ocean, ready to kick flip into retro movie awesomeness, pop shove-it through celluloid wonder and nollie our way into cinematic greatness. Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 23rd MARCH
Any Which Way You Can (1980) ITV London 12:55pm-3:00pm (2 hours 5 minutes)
Street-fighting trucker Philo Beddoe and his faithful orang-utan Clyde are targeted by the Mafia, who want to cash in on Philo's potential as a money-making brawler. However, they first have to kidnap him before they can persuade him to climb inside the ring. Comedy sequel, starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Harry Guardino and Ruth Gordon
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 45!
Alfonso Bonzo! it's only gone and become the Weekend!
As sure as the Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti, let us proudly be a parade of dignified Elephants Gallantly marching trunk to tail over the African planes as we search out for you nostalgic cinematic fun, retro movie awesomeness and cinematic celluloid greatness.
Have a happy retro weekend :-)
SATURDAY 16th MARCH
Private Benjamin (1980)Channel 5 4:05pm-6:10pm (2 hours 5 minutes)
A scatterbrained society woman looks for a change of pace after her husband dies on their wedding night, and is tricked by a duplicitous recruiter into enlisting in the army. In spite of the initial culture shock and conflict with her tough commanding officer, she gradually finds direction and self-esteem for the first time in her life. Comedy, starring Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante, Eileen Brennan, Harry Dean Stanton and Sam Wanamaker.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 43
Cor Blimey O'Rielly it's only the weekend again!
As if travelling through deep dark space light-years beyond our galaxy let us be your intrepid interstellar explorer aboard a gigantic shining space craft as we search the stars for interplanetary movie greatness, intellectual alien retro cinematic awesomeness and penetrate the unknown depths for intergalactic celluloid wonder.
SATURDAY 9th MARCH
Stand By Me (1986)5* 4:30pm-6:20pm (1 hour 50 minutes)
Four 12-year-old best friends embark on a life-changing adventure in the Oregon wilderness in search of a missing teenager's body, unaware of the trials and triumphs that await them. Rob Reiner's 1950s-set coming-of-age drama, based on a novella by Stephen King, starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland and Richard Dreyfuss.
Godzilla (1998)5* 6:20pm-9:00pm (2 hours 40 minutes)