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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 431
Pop the bottle and fill the glass! It's another action-packed retro movie weekend right here and we're topping you up with all the right levels of action, comedy, romance and of course... nostalgia! Tuen in to catch some of our top movie picks heading your way.
SATURDAY 12th June
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) GREAT! movies classic 9:40am-11:40am
A widowed scientist's space research draws him into a romance with a shapely alien who has come to Earth on a vitally important mission. However, the boffin's daughter suspects there is something not quite right with their relationship. Sci-fi comedy, starring Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger and Jon Lovitz and featuring early appearances by Alyson Hannigan, Juliette Lewis and Seth Green.
Edward Scissorhands (1990) Film4 12:45pm-2:50pm
A reclusive genius creates a boy but dies before completing him, leaving his brainchild with scissor-like blades in place of hands. A kindly woman from a nearby suburb takes pity on the lonely figure and welcomes him into her home. He quickly becomes a hit in the neighbourhood - but then his new friends start to turn against him. Tim Burton's fantasy, starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest and Vincent Price.
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The Karate Kid (1984) GREAT! movies 2:00pm-4:25pm
A teenager at a new school befriends a pretty girl, but her ex-boyfriend is jealous and attacks him. During one particularly bad fight, a wise old caretaker intervenes and defeats the youngster's assailants using his martial art skills. He goes on to mentor the boy and teaches him karate so he can face his enemies in a tournament. Drama, with Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 413
Smashing through the days and week like Sonic on a super-speedy adventure while collecting gold rings, we're back at another retro movie weekend flag as we catch our breath and work out where the heck how we picked up so many already!
SATURDAY 23rd January
Thunderbirds Are Go! (1966) Film4 2:55pm-4:50pm
International Rescue is called in to save the first manned space mission to Mars from sinister hijacker The Hood, and ensure a second attempt goes to plan. Puppet adventure based on Gerry Anderson's TV series, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, Ray Barrett, Alexander Davion, Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson and Cliff Richard, voicing a puppet version of himself.
Bicentennial Man (1999) Sony Movies 4:30pm-7:05pm
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.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown – 362
Well, it's official... we have set sail into the new year so far that... actually can we even still mention it's a new year? Hmm... however you're Jan is treating you so far, we know one thing that will make it just that extra easy/cool/relaxing/enjoyable (take you pick), another retro movie rundown! Enjoy
SATURDAY 18th January
You've Got Mail (1998) 5STAR 2:05pm-4:30pm
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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Cocoon (1985) Film4 2:50pm-5:05pm
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.
Bring in the New Year In Style With Our Funky Fancy Dress Outfits!
We know, it happens, it's almost like a tradition now, but every year we find ourselves rushing about with what seems like just a few hours left of the entire year trying to get our New Year's Eve Fancy Dress outfit sorted. We've had a year to plan and nothing has been done.
The party has been in the calendar since November, but with all the Christmas buzz and rushing around we've just plum forgotten to get out outfit sorted!
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Well not this year! To help us and of course you guys avoid this annual dilemma, we thought we would pop together a little short list of some of our personal favourites and bestselling costumes to help your NYE go with a bang! Enjoy...
Get A Tight New Look With Our New Superhero Morphsuits!
Heads up party goers! Over the past few years, the weird and wonderful world of fancy dress has been totally revolutionised by the phenomenon that is....the Morphsuit!
No doubt you've seen these anonymous characters going the whole nine yards and hitting it up in the bars festivals and house parties, totally becoming their chosen persona.Well now you can get stuck into some action of your very own here at TruffleShuffle!
Available from £25.99, take a peep at our latest Superhero Morphsuits and become your favourite hero today....
Spider-Man Marvel Comics Morphsuit
Those buildings aren't going to climb themselves! Fancy yourself as a bit of a super hero? Why not pay homage to the coolest one of them all with this great Spider-Man morphsuit!
Classic Movies Made 8-Bit More Retro!
As huge lovers of everything retro, our eyes widened and our mouths dropped when we spotted these amazing movie GIF images!
That's right folks! Some of our favourite films and characters ever have been given some retro 8-Bit treatment and have been brought to life in old school style with these fantastic images and we just had to show you guys.
Check out some of our GIF-tastic piccys below....
