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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 350
Rain, rain, go away... come again another day! With Summer feeling like a far long and distant past (boohoo), we're fully embraced with the wet and wild of a British Autumn which can only mean one thing... it's time to bust out the classic films and wait it out until Christmas!
SATURDAY 5th October
Free Willy (1993) ITV 2:15pm-4:25pm
A troubled youngster befriends a captive killer whale while working at a marine park. However, their friendship looks set to be short-lived when he learns the park's greedy owners plan to kill the animal, forcing the boy into a race against time to release the creature back into the ocean. Family drama, starring Jason James Richter, Lori Petty and Michael Madsen.
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May The Force Friday Be With You - Exclusive New Star Wars Clothing!
Happy Force Friday everyone!
Like a hungry dog gazing eagerly at their owner for the food bowl to be finally lowered to the floor, we always find ourselves almost shaking with excitement when Force Friday finally arrives!
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With the promise of fresh and exciting new Star Wars merchandise and clothing coming our way, it's hard not to be buzzing with excitement and that excitement had truly peaked with the launch of our very own and exclusive collection of Star Wars clothing! Oh yes!
We're going BIG with a whole new collection of T-shirts, hoodies and sweaters including this super-special Star Wars Logo Tie Dye T-Shirt!
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The Joker Is Back!
We have been waiting for this day for a looong time! Since it was first announced back in August 2017, we have been searching, scanning and hunting for as many details of this exciting new instalment to the DC Universe as we can and now the wait is over!
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Starring Joaquin Phoenix who you might have always seen in Walk The Line, Signs, Inherent vice among many others, The Joker follows failed stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck who feels disregarded by society encounters a group of eccentric criminals who disguise themselves as clowns. Through his experiences with the new gang, Arthur reinvents himself as The Joker, becoming a criminal mastermind who must be stopped.
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Hitting our screens from TODAY (October 4th), we are total suckers for the complete havoc and chaos the Joker is known to create and getting to see another live-action take on one of the most iconic villains ever, it's safe to say we're more excited than a kid at Christmas!
So will YOU be heading out to watch this? If so, let us know what you think either below or via Twitter or Instagram.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 349
Weâre back peeps! Time to take another rummage in the attic that is this weekend retro movies! Will we find hidden gold amongst the dusty Christmas decorations? Or will there be a few skeletons popping out form Halloween? Letâs take a look and see what we picked out!
SATURDAY 28th September
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Film4 11:00am-1:15pm
The inept Inspector Clouseau sets out to unmask a notorious international jewel thief believed to be behind the theft of a priceless diamond - but anarchy, as ever, follows wherever he goes. Blake Edwards' comedy sequel, starring Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk and Graham Stark.
Bicentennial Man (1999) 11:25am-2:00pm
A family purchases a robot servant to perform menial tasks but quickly realises this is no ordinary droid when he begins to develop human emotions and the capacity to think for himself, a quality encouraged by his owner's children. He asks for his freedom and spends the next 200 years struggling to come to terms with its humanity. Chris Columbus's sci-fi drama inspired by the books of Isaac Asimov, starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz and Oliver Platt.
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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 348
Tis that time again readers! We're swinging from branch to branch through the thick jungle of movies this weekend to grab onto and highlight the very best retro classics out there. Will you be swinging by and of these?
SATURDAY 21st September
Big Daddy (1999) 5STAR 12:35pm-2:25pm
An immature 32-year-old is heartbroken when his girlfriend walks out on him. In a plan to win her back, he volunteers to look after his flatmate's five-year-old son, thus demonstrating he is finally ready to grow up. However, his ideas of childcare prove unconventional and chaos quickly ensues. Comedy, with Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Josh Mostel, Leslie Mann, Rob Schneider and Kristy Swanson, alongside Steve Buscemi in a cameo role.
The Witches (1990) ITV 1:15pm-3:00pm
A boy goes on holiday with his grandmother to a seaside hotel hosting a convention of witches, who have come together to hear their leader's plan to turn all the children in England into mice. When the chief hag discovers the young lad eavesdropping at their meeting, she decides to make him one of her first victims. Children's fantasy directed by Nicolas Roeg, based on the book by Roald Dahl, and starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Jane Horrocks, Rowan Atkinson and Brenda Blethyn.
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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 347
Well lookie here! Rolling its way over the hill, another classic filled retro movie weekend is with us and ready to add a whole heap of fun to our day!
Packing some serious punch this weekend, here are a few of our favourite movies hitting your screens. But which will you pick?
SATURDAY 14th September
A League of Their Own (1992) Sony Movies 11:10am-1:45pm
An alcoholic former professional player reluctantly agrees to train an all-female baseball team during the Second World War. With star player Dottie Hinson and her sister Kit on board, they look set to dominate the league - until sibling rivalry rears its head. Comedy-drama, starring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks and Madonna.
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Vertical Limit (2000) Sony Movies 1:45pm-4:00pm
A wildlife photographer is forced to master his fears and the elements as he leads an expedition to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain, on a desperate mission to rescue his estranged sister and her fellow mountaineers, who have fallen into a crevasse. Action-adventure, starring Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn and Robin Tunney.












