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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 79!
Deck the halls! Tip-toeing its way up behind us like a reindeer through the snow, Friday is back which can only mean one thing....it's time for another retro movie rundown! Let us once again guide you through the busy streets this weekend, away from all the Christmas hustle and bustle and in search of retro cinematic greatness that will sooth your brow with it's heartwarming, breathtaking and stunning scenes and celluloid wonder.
Have a happy retro Weekend!
Saturday 7th December
Babe (1995) ITV London 1:45pm-3:25pm (1 hour 40 minutes)
A kindly farmer wins a cute piglet, which some greedy humans and jealous animals hope will end up as the Christmas roast. Undaunted, the young pig proves himself useful on the farm and enlists the aid of the resident dog in learning how to herd sheep. Family comedy, starring James Cromwell and Magda Szubanski, with Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes and Hugo Weaving among those providing the voices of the animal characters.
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 34!
Santa Claus is coming to town! It must be the bumper Christmas edition of the retro movie rundown - Ho ho ho!
So like a primary school nativity with little mites dressed like shepherds, their mothers tea towels wrapped around their heads, as a wee little Mary rocks back and forth a Tiny Tears baby Jesus and a cheeky Joseph sneakily lodges his index finger into his own nose - let us be your wise men three as we bring to you gifts of cinematic greatness, retro celluloid awesomeness and festive movie magic gold.
Have a very festive Retro Christmas! :-)
SATURDAY 22nd DECEMBER
Weekend at Bernie's (1989) ITV4 1:45pm-3:45pm (2 hours)
Two aspiring accountants are invited to their playboy boss's beach house, only to discover he has been murdered - setting the scene for all manner of comic complications as they try to convince everyone he is still alive. Slapstick comedy, starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Don Calfa and Terry Kiser.