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What's this? As the deep and distant rumbling begins to slowly intensify, so does the excitement. Before long, with our hands shaking as much as the earth around us in anticipation, we catch our first glimpse of the cause of the drama. From over the brow, we begin to see it. 'Would what it be?' people cry! Revealing itself in all its glory, we're presented with another retro movie filled weekend!

SATURDAY 2nd August

Cocoon (1985) Film4 11:00am-1:20pm

The elderly residents of a retirement home treat themselves to an occasional dip in the pool at an abandoned house. It turns out that friendly aliens in human form are using the place to restore dormant members of their species - and energy from their cocoons is giving the old-timers a new lease of life. Ron Howard's sci-fi drama, with Wilford Brimley, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Don Ameche and Steve Guttenberg.

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Helllooooo Spring time! with the weather FINALLY looking like it's going to start pleying nice, we find ourselves at the foot of another weekend. So many possibilities, so much opportunity! Let's take the first step into the weekend of joy with some of our top retro movies hitting the screen over the next few days. Enjoy!

SATURDAY 23rd March

Bugsy Malone (1976) ITV3 8:45am-10:35am

Alan Parker's slapstick musical comedy, featuring a cast composed entirely of children and following a war between rival gangsters in 1920s New York - fought with custard pies and cream-firing Tommy guns. When a slick mobster acquires devastating new weapons, his arch-rival enlists the aid of a small-time chancer to steal them. Starring Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger and John Cassisi, with Jodie Foster in an early appearance.

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It's that time again peeps! Just when you thought you had exhausted all your gifting ideas, inspiration and energy, Valentine's Day is back to get your thinking juices flowing!

The perfect excuse to really spoil your better half and show them just what they mean to you, Vday complete your big day plans with a table somewhere they love booked, a card with plenty of cringe in and something from our huge collection of Valentine's Gifts for Him!

Dive in an pick out something that's just for them and help their day go with a bang. Check out some of our top picks from our ace collection.

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Great towering heights! Another retro movie weekend had landed and is here to guide us through the weekend like a trusty friend who just always seems to make life more fun.

Swipe, pinch and stroke, we find ourselves facing what seems like a never ending wall of soft but sturdy carpet. Running our hands along each piece as if we're walking a field of tall grass, we eventually stumble upon the most perfect of them all. The right feel, the right colour and at just the right price, we quickly size up and order our fabric of choice before another shade steals our hearts again.

SATURDAY 30th September

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Babe (1995) ITV2 1:55pm-3:45pm

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Transformers fans rejoice!  This week sees the release of the long awaited new film Transformers: The Last Knight and expectations are suitably high!

Humans are at war with the Transformers, and Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving the future lies buried in the secrets of the past and the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Now, it's up to the unlikely alliance of Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), Bumblebee, an English lord (Anthony Hopkins) and an Oxford professor (Laura Haddock) to save the world.

Any other plot details are being kept under lock and key but trailers of Optimus Prime fighting Bumblebee has got everyone talking, why are they at war with each other? Could the leader of the Autobots have turned to the dark side?  There have been multiple tag lines used on various promotional material for this new film such as 'Rethink your heroes', 'Every legend hides a secret' and 'For One World To Live, The Other Must Die'.  These cryptic clues have got us very excited and we can't wait to find out the true story!

It's been reported that this is the last Transformers film that Michael Bay will direct and also rumoured to be following him out the door is Mark Wahlberg, so will the next film follow a new direction?  Either way, Transformers and Michael Bay go hand in hand so enjoy his last film in the franchise while you can!  He recently said in an interview "I’ve done it enough, and I’ve had a great time doing it. I’m going out with a bang on this one, and I feel like you gotta go out while you’re ahead, you know." which all sounds positive for an action packed film!

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Crisps and dips! It's Retro Movie Rundown O'Clock!

So with an entire weekend of classic movie goodness topped with some more modern releases icing, we find ourselves once again stashing up on all the essentials needed to complete our movie mission; milk in the fridge (for cereal and tea making abilities), big soft duvet, chocolate for obvious reasons and of course a whoooooole bunch of time and quiet....which is usually where things fall apart. With all these things in place, it's time to draw the curtains, unplug the phone (is that still a thing?) and dive into the weekends movies! See you there.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 20th August

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