Pizza Movie Night #3 - Easter

Easter-time is family time in the Oregano household, and we know it’s traditional to have a big ol’ roast, but this year we’re suggesting you give the chef of the household the day off and hunker down for some fuss-free family bonding.

The Pizza we have chosen this week is the simply egg-cellent Fiorentina. Trick your kids into eating healthily. Yes it’s a pizza – but it’s got a protein-rich egg, antioxidant-stuffed olives, and iron-filled spinach. Just tell them the Easter Bunny left an egg especially for them on top of their pizza then sit back to watch them enjoy spinach. Mu ha ha.

As for the films, we’ve gone for some festive favourites which the whole family can enjoy...

• Easter Parade – 1948
• “A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.” A film which ought genuinely to appeal to adults as much as it does to children. (As long as those adults like good old-timey musicals, Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. Which you should.)

• It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown – 1974
• “With Easter coming up, the gang is hard at work for get ready for the holiday. While Snoopy is shopping for a new home for Woodstock, Peppermint Patty is having a difficult time making Easter eggs with Marcie who hasn't the slightest idea of how to do that.” The Peanuts Crew at their finest. Fun for the kids, nostalgia for the adults – what’s not to love?

• Bugs Bunny’s Easter Funnies – 2010
• “Bugs Bunny refuses to deliver Easter Eggs, forcing his cartoon friends to go and hunt them out themselves.” Revamp of the 1977 hit “Bugs Bunny’s Easter Special”. Loony Toons for the win. 

• Hop! – 2011
•  “E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In LA, he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.” How’s this for a rollicking romp? Russell Brand in Rabbit form wants to throw off the shackles of an inherited role (Easter Bunny) to be a drummer in a band, but changes his mind when some Easter Chicks stage a coup d'état. No. Really.

• Rise of the Guardians – 2012
• “When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.” The Easter Bunny teams up with Jack Frost, the Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, and Santa in this action-packed animation which celebrates the innocent wonders of childhood. Aww.

•  The Passion of the Christ – 2004
• “Animated compilation for Easter. Bugs Bunny refuses to deliver Easter Eggs, forcing his cartoon friends to go and hunt them out themselves.” If you fancied teaching the kids what Easter is really about. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A RECCOMMENDATION. YOU WILL MOST LIKELY DISTRESS YOUR CHILDREN. Maybe one to watch once they’ve gone to bed.

Note = this is NOT the poster for The Passion of the Christ, but we felt the real poster would be too upsetting for this family-friendly blog. So you got some pretty Easter eggs instead.

So get on the blower, order yourself some Family-sized Fiorentini and cuddle up with kids in your life for an evening of embarrassment-free watching of all the films you’ve been wanting to see, but have definitely out-grown... Happy Easter!