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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 105
Hermanâs Hermits! It must be the weekend!
So under a rung of gently flickering fluorescent lights, inside a heaving family packed restaurant, at the back of a cue for an all you can eat buffet. Let us be your medically obese, adolescent male, adorned in button up stripy shirt and stretchy sweatpants as we prepare to load our plate with a heap of steaming retro movie magic. We'll pile on gallons of cinematic awesomeness before we wedge ourselves ever so uncomfortably into our seat and devour the celluloid wonder....Burp!!
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 28th JUNE
The 'Burbs (1989) ITV4 12:25pm-2:25pm (2 hours)
80s Classic Flick Labryinth Turns 28 Years Old Today! + Facebook Comp!
Can you believe it! Henson meets Bowie (Jareth) classic Labyrinth was first released in the US today back in 1986! Scary to think!
This cult icon well known for those trousers it's quirky story line and of course classic characters has been a firm favourite for many 80s kids and of course generations after and it's not hard to see why!
Although initially this flick was seen as a commercial hiccup, not even grossing half of it's $25million budget in the cinemas, Labyrinth gained a strong cult following and has been widely known as one of the best films from the 80s ever since.
A staggering 28 tears on (oh how old do we feel!) this film is still going strong in the eyes of many and is certainly still in all of our top lists.
The classic story follows 15 years old Sarah accidentally wishes her baby half-brother, Toby, away to the Goblin King Jareth (David Bowie). Jareth tells Sarah that he will give back her brother if she can solve his super high-tech and oh-so 80s Labyrinth within just thirteen hours. He then whisks them both off to the Labyrinth, leaving Sarah there to start her quest.
She quickly meets Hoggle, a grumpy and obstinate dwarf who initially refuses to help her. Soon after Sarah has trapped herself in an oubliette. Jareth sends Hoggle into the oubliette to free Sarah and sneakily misdirect her back to the beginning of the labyrinth. However, Sarah makes a trade with Hoggle while in the oubliette, and convinces him to take her as far as he can through the Labyrinth instead.
Flash Competition!! WIN Our Huge Bundle of Retro Transformers Goodies!
To celebrate the impending launch of the brand new Transformers flick, Transformers: Age of Extinction and the release of our exclusive Transformers Are Dangerous tribute tees, we've teamed up with the folk at Hasbro and put together a huge bundle of Transformers goodies to give away to one lucky winner!
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The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history... while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.
Directed by the god of explosive entertainment Michael Bay, this is the fourth film in the global blockbuster franchise and as huge Transformers fans, we figured it was only right that we put together something special to celebrate?!.
The Prizes
Be The Hero of the Story With Hero & Cape
New brand alert! If you're looking for that perfect 90s retro inspired look this Summer then we've just made your life a whooole lot easier!
Introducing and amazing new brand Hero&Cape to the TruffleShuffle family!
Taking their inspiration from 90s pop graphics and adding their own element of fun into the mix, their hand printed designs using organic cotton t-shirts are just about as close is it's possible to get to wearing art in your everyday style, doing their best to make each and every print as unique as possible while giving you a great selection of designs.
Jazzy 90âs inspired clobber, perfect for your
Summer hols & festival season!
In-Vest in Your Summer Style!
Firstly...apologies for the title. We have a certain type of taste for puns here at TruffleTowers :)
With Summer getting into full swing, there's never been a better time (this year anyways) to bag yourself something with a taste of the outdoors than now. All year we've been gearing up and getting ready to rock with our huuuge collection of retro vests featuring designs from classic films, top bands, hit TV shows, brands and so much more giving you more way to show your arms and love for your favourite things.
With so much to pick from, we thought we would pick out a few of our favourite designs for you to gaze across to let us know what you think and snap up something special for your holidays, festivals or even just lazy days in the Sun.
Top Bands
Tis the season of music! With festival season getting into the swing of things, what better way to show the love for your favourite bands than with an outfit that is centred around their iconic logos and titles! Pick up one of these classic designs or one of our many other band vests and get ready to rock this Summer!
Happy T-Shirt Day Everyone! #WIN £50 Spending Money Over On Twitter!
Exciting news folks! Today is the 7th International T-Shirt Day! Pretty much the perfect day for us and all other avid t-shirt fans and collectors out there huh.
To celebrate this special event, we thought we would help spread the love in style and offer our lovely fans a chance to bag themselves £50 to spend on anything their hearts desire on our site. Cool eh!
To be in for a chance to WIN this fab prize, simply head on over to the social media hub that is Twitter, follow us on there (@truffleshuffle_) and retweet the competition tweet (see below) making extra special care that you use the #tags provided so we can see your entry.
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Simply tweet this to enter....