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Kicking It Old School - Our Top Netflix Picks Right Now!
As much as we love getting to flick on the TV and tune into some of our favourite films (there's nothing quite like watching it live, right?), there's no denying our serious addiction to Netflix!
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When we're not hooked watching Friends (again!), or catching up on some Queer Eye, we're streaming some of our favourite classic films while thinking back to simpler times.
To help spread some love for a good old-fashioned trip down memory lane, we thought we would hand-pick some of our favourite retro films currently available on Netflix. Grab the popcorn and enjoy!
Rain Man
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 306
Sky at night! Another retro movie weekend has crash-landed from outer space and is hear to bring a whole wealth of top classic films for you to feast on! Packed with more stars than the milky way (okay, maybe not really), sit back and enjoy some of our top picks hitting the small screen. Enjoy!
SATURDAY 20th October
Big Daddy (1999) Channel 5 2:55pm-4:50pm
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.
Dr Dolittle (1998) Film4 3:00pm-4:45pm
A doctor is stunned to discover he can talk to animals, and it is not long before his home and surgery are taken over by an assortment of ailing creatures in need of help. However, when the medic's odd behaviour attracts his colleagues' attention, he is forced to rely on his new-found furry friends to save him from the asylum. Comedy, starring Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis and Oliver Platt.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 305
Great winds of the west! Another retro movie weekend has just planted it's foot right into our week leaving us with a oversized dose of movie greatness!
Featuring some of the greatest names and faces ever to hit the screen, sit back and enjoy some of our top movie picks heading your way this weekend!
SATURDAY 13th October
The Winslow Boy (1999) BBC2 1:50pm-3:30pm
The unravelling of an Edwardian couple's cosy and conventional life begins with the expulsion of their youngest son from the Royal Naval Academy. The boy is accused of stealing - prompting his enraged father to take the matter to the highest court in the land. Drama based on the play by Terence Rattigan, starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Guy Edwards and Rebecca Pidgeon.
Phenomenon (1996) Sony Movie Channel 4:05pm-6:40pm
All The Treats With None Of The Tricks! Our Top Halloween Picks
As spooky as it seems, Halloween is nearly here which means one thing... it's time to get stuck into some Trick or Treating!
Now, we're not the biggest experts on the tricks, but we are on the treats which is why we've been collating some of our most spooky and ghoulish designs on the site.
For those who like to get dressed up, without getting 'dressed up', take a look at our top range of Halloween TShirts...
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All hail the Pumpkin King! Such a classic and sure to be a hit, our The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington TShirt is ideal for anyone going for a more casual look this year.
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Another retro movie weekend is here! Flying through the weeks like a space ship rushing into space, we're here with another little look at some of the top classic films hitting the small screen. Strap in and get ready for blast off as we begin our final countdown and take off into a whole new world of romance, action and adventure. Enjoy!
SATURDAY 6th October
You've Got Mail (1998) ITV 2 1:20pm-3:40pm
Two rivals in the bookshop business fall in love over the internet, unaware they know and dislike each other in the real world. While things remain frosty in person, the pair's anonymous online relationship continues to blossom. Romantic comedy, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey and Dabney Coleman.
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Cracking New Wallace & Gromit Range Now In! +Free Gift
They're here! We're soooo excited to finally reveal our very latest exclusive new designs which have just landed!
A few months back, we launched our very own exclusive range of Wallace & Gromit TShirts, gifts and accessories featuring some of most iconic W&G moments and characters.
Since then we've been truely bitten by the Aardman bug as we couldn't wait to start working on some more and get them onto the site, and well... here they are and by 'eck, do we love em!
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It's the wrong trousers, Gromit, and they've gone wrong! Celebrating one of the most iconic titles to come out of the Aardman Studios, our ace new The Wrong Trousers TShirts are some of our favourite designs yet!
