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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 99
Maple bacon muffins! is it the weekend again?!
So on a slightly breezy summers afternoon, road tripping along country roads, as the slightest tinge of manure hits the back of your nostrils. Let us be your exceptionally happy family dog, as we hang our floppy-eared dribble tongued head out of the car window for retro movie mayhem, we'll run in circles searching green fields and pastures for cinematic awesomeness before tiring ourselves out from digging holes looking for celluloid wonder. Phew!
Have a happy retro Weekend!
SATURDAY 17th MAY
The Princess Bride (1987) 5* 3:10pm-5:10pm (2 hours )
Time Flies! Top Gun First Premiered Today 28 Years Ago!
Okay okay, NOW we're starting to feel old :( But hey! There's still plenty of reasons to be both happy and proud about growing up at the time we did, we live that fact every single day with our huge collection retro inspired tshirts and gifts that just have us re-living the best childhood years ever....sooooo we're not too worried now.
Alas! As spine-tingling, mind blowing, heart pounding as it is to believe, 80s icon and total movie masterpiece Top Gun is turning a whopping 28 years old today. Eeeep!
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Since hitting the silver screen for the first time back on the 12th of May 1986 at it's premiere in New York, it's had a home in all of our movie collections and has inspired some of or bestselling t-shirts EVER and many a stag weekend too. :)
To celebrate in style, we thought we would put together some of our top reasons that Top Gun is just so cool including some of our favourite scenes, quotes and pictures to have your nostalgia taste buds tinging.
So let's try and answer one simple question...Why is Top Gun just so cool? Well!!
Go Go Power Rangers....Film!
Big news retro fans! Movie powerhouse Lionsgate and LA based private investment firm Saban Brands who launched "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV series more than 20 years ago will be partnering up as they do battle, donning the spandex and creating an all new live-action Power Rangers movie!
Pretty much a dream for any 90s kid!
Like so many retro icons in recent years such as Transformers, TMNT and Spider-man, they're looking to re-launch and revitalize the brand and characters into the modern age in spectacular big screen feature film fashion!
The dynamic teenage crime-fighting team was first launched in way back in 1993 (21 years ago! eeeep) as a live action TV series and has since kept a strong global fan base.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 98
Hot pot of coffee! Looks like it's the Weekend!
So as we venture fourth into the unknown, choppy, shark infested waters off the Florida keys, let us be your hard nosed, chiseled featured, big game fisherman as we prepare our tackle box for the might of mega movie mayhem. We'll cast of our lines into an ocean of cinematic awesomeness to catch the almost mythical sea beast that is celluloid wonder!
Have a happy retro Weekend!
SATURDAY 10th MAY
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 5* 4:55pm-7:00pm (2 hours 5 minutes)
Star Wars Competition Now Closed - Are YOU Our Lucky Winner?
Boba Fett's helmet! Can you believe it's all over?!
With another amazing May the 4th day behind us, we've had a real blast and have loved running yet another wicked competition with our friends at Fabric Flavours, huge thanks to those guys!
As you may have spotted, we've been giving you guys the chance to win a huge haul of fab Star Wars goodies to celebrate this years Star Wars day and it's now officially CLOSED!
As sad as that is, it does mean that we can now find out who our lucky winner is!
The Prizes
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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 97
Smokey bacon sandwiches! It has to be the Weekend!
So, inside a white laboratory, found in the depths of a government run research facility. Let us be your highly intelligent, super smart micro biologist, as we stare into our microscope looking for the secrets of retro movie magic, we'll splice together neutrons and electrons to create cinematic greatness before we discover the breakthrough that is celluloid wonder.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 3rd MARCH
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