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Montgomery Burns! It's the Weekend!

So at the back of a bustling busy restaurant amongst stacks of dirty dishes and cutlery let us be your eager to please Kitchen hand, as we hold aloft our scrubbing brush of retro movie awesomeness, let us hose down mounds of crud covered pots with a jettison of cinematic greatness before we stand in awe at a glistening mountain of celluloid wonder.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER

Cocoon (1985) Film4  2:50pm-5:05pm (2 hours 15 minutes)

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Calling all Doctor Who fans, today is the 50th anniversary of the BBC's longest running sci-fi extravaganza and there's going to be a mammoth feature length episode of the show to celebrate!

The 50th anniversary episode will air at 7.50pm on BBC One and is going to be broadcast as part of a worldwide simulcast in over 75 countries, which is testament to just how popular Doctor Who has become!  An official statement has been revealed outlining what you can expect from the Doctors greatest adventure yet...

"In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion.  All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him."

The episode will pay homage to the show's history with appearances from Tenth Doctor David Tennant and his companion Billie Piper as well as a few other special guests that are being kept under wraps, who else could be returning?  It's all very exciting as the show's boss Steven Moffat has promised that this episode will change the narrative of the show in a big way, we can't wait!

If all of these celebrations have got you in the mood for some goodies, we have got a great selection of Doctor Who T-Shirts and Doctor Who gifts that any self confessed fan will fall in love with.  With Christmas fast approaching this is also the perfect opportunity to browse our selection of Gifts for Geeks, we're bound to have a present that your friends and family will fall in love with!

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Just like the peeps at TruffleShuffle, we are all still mourning the end of Breaking Bad. And Walter, and Mike, and Hank…poor, poor Hank. So we have been reminiscing, and we would like to share with you a few things that Breaking Bad taught us over it's amazing, thrilling and heart-stopping time with us.

That switch plates are a valid storage choice. Hey, they are not just for hiding poison in, consider using your electrical outlet to store tiny pieces of chewing gum or a rolled up piece of paper with your iPhone passcode written on.

That you can do awesome things with magnets. Who can forget the scene with the truck and the evidence room? That old magnet picking up paperclips trick from Primary School doesn’t seem quite so impressive now, does it? Jesse Pinkman, we salute you!

That WALT IS THE ONE WHO KNOCKS. Delivery guy? Dominos delivery? No – it’s Walter White.

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What do you get if you combine one of our favourite retro brands with some of the most iconic Star Wars characters AND the most band on trend all-over print style going? Our amazing new Star Wars Chunk Clothing of course!

Yep it's not a dream, the amazing people from Chunk have been busy creating some of the most out there cool designs featuring the biggest and best-loved characters from the Star Wars collection. Featuring some camo Wookies, bandit Vaders and a stylish stormtrooper or two, these latest designs are just the ticket for all you fans out there with their amazing style prints. They really are out of this world!

Now as animal prints go, this is certainly one of the most wild featuring our fury friend and totally wicked Wookie, Chewbacca. How you will find a much cooler Wookie tee we 'camo'nly imagine!

Who doesn't love a good ol' Rebel vs Empire standoff huh! Now you can bring that experience wherever you go with this cool new all over print tee featuring a dastardly Stormtrooper with heroes Chewie and Hans.

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You could say I'm a bit of an eighties nerd. I run the world's largest retro websites doyouremember.co.uk, I've written a book all about the 80s and I spend way too much time listening to 80s music and watching 80s movies. So you can probably imagine my excitement when I got the opportunity to jet off to L.A. on a mission to track down the filming locations of some of the very best movies of the eighties.

A business meeting in California gave me the opportunity to stay with some friends in San Diego for the weekend and these good and very patient friends of mine kindly agreed to spend a long day driving me hundreds of miles around L.A. hunting down cool photo opportunities.

When the good people at retro t-shirt store TruffleShuffle.co.uk heard about my forthcoming mission, they kindly agreed to give me the matching movie t-shirts to wear in each location.  They have the coolest t-shirts in the world - seriously!

So at the weekend, after all the business meetings were concluded, I threw on my first 80s t-shirt and headed off in search of the first stop on our circular tour - Doc Emmet Brown's house from Back to the Future.

Next up was Elliott's house from E.T. (the Extra-Terrestrial)

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Knowing how difficult it is to shop for guys around Christmas time, we thought we’d lend a helping hand by introducing you to some of the cool gifts we have on the website...hopefully ‘gifts for him’ will be scored off your Christmas list once you’ve checked out our gift finder. As always – we’ve got a whole range of retro t-shirts and retro sweaters, but we also have a wholllle range of awesomeness – fit for the king in your life. Whether you’re looking for gifts for dad, stocking fillers, secret Santa’s – or you’re looking to spoil the super hero in your life, we have something for everyone. From i-pad cases, to Camper Van toasters, to retro socks, cool mugs and even cooler cufflinks – you’re sure to find something they’re going to love.

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