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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 204
Pitch a tent and light a fire! Another retro movie weekend had arrived!
Finding juuuuust the right spot to set up base camp, we find ourselves thrown into the wilderness once again as we begin another weekend of outdoor adventure. Unfolding plastic sheets, thumping in (and inevitably bending) tent pegs, sourcing a water supply and of course....blowing up the air bed, we're all set for another adventure in the great British countryside. Will it rain? Will be blow away? Or perhaps will we just attract more bugs than a picnic in a busy swamp? Only time will tell.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 16th July
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Get Fully Kitty-ed Out With Our Fab New Pusheen Goodies!
We love cartoons, we love cats (oh boy do we love cats!), so.....naturally we're HUUUUGE fans of the super cute cult sensation Pusheen!
Created by Clare Belton and Andrew Duff as a character in their webcomic âEveryday Cuteâ back in May 2010 and based on Clareâs super cute childhood cat, Pusheen quickly became the star of the show which resulted in her landing her very own blog to host her amazing animations. As one of the Internet's favourite characters through the medium of memes (is it meeems or me-mes?), she can be found just about anywhere and never fails to raise a smile on her travels around the cyberwebs with her often lazy ways!
As suuuuuch big fans of the most quirky of accessories, we're purrrrring away with excitement thanks to our latest collection of Pusheen accessories including bags, purses, mugs, stationery and much more! Take a peep...
Carry your very own Pusheen with you wherever you are with our collection of Pusheen Bags...
The all new website is here!! YIPPEE...
We have had a bit of a makeover...
Actually, it's more than just a 'bit of a' makeover. For the last year, Team TruffleShuffle have been busy beavering away on a whole new look and feel to the site and we're so excited to finally be able to share it with you all.
As well as making sure we give you the simplest, slickest and smoothest shopping experience possible, we've also been working really hard to make it much easier to browse and navigate the site so that you don't miss a thing!
You'll find fresh new navigation which allows you to choose how you want to shop! You can now browse by Interest (Movies, Cartoons, Music etc....) or Category (T-Shirts and Clothing, Homewares, Gifts etc...) as well as by Gender, New In and Bestsellers.
On top of that, we've also developed a new hashtag system which allows you to navigate deeper through the site in lots of different ways. Keep your eyes peeled for the hashtag boxes on our product pages and simply click to find more products around that theme.
As well as a fresh new look and feel, we've also made a tonne of improvements to give you a smarter experience on any device from phones to tablets to desktops and beyond...
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 203
Cheese and crackers! It's only another retro movie weekend full of nostalgia, fun and plenty of dodgy effects! Yep....believe it.
In a world of ever increasing screen revolutions, gigidybits, brandywidths and not forgetting those RAMs.....whatever they are, we find ourselves looking back to the past to remember the simpler times where you simply knocked on a door, popped outside to see who was 'out' and perhaps...for the braver of people, rang the landline *shiver*. Back then life wasn't through a profile or being constantly captured for people to see (thankfully!) but instead we created our very own fun. Invented games in the street, hung out in the coolest parents house (who would let us) and of course....wreaked havoc! Good times.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 9th July
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Review
If there's ever been an excuse to pop open the bolly, the triumphant return of our favourite gruesome twosome in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is it!
What's it all about, darling?
When the star-studded fashion show intro against the thumping beat of Jason Derulo's Get Ugly began, we already knew we were in for a treat! The film has all the partying, booze, crazy fashion, naughtiness and 'sweetie darlings' galore we all know and love from the TV series but now there's the Gen Y additions of DIY Botox and a social media whirlwind, with selfies and Tweets aplenty, which Eddie struggles to understand. ("Do you feed my Twitter?" she asks at one point, mystified!)
The ladies are just as ludicrous yet somehow lovable as back in the 90s - the first crisis of the film is "Where is the champagne?!" (nothing's changed!). Patsy is a fashion editor and Eddie has become something of a washed up PR. A book deal flop prompts even more of a crisis than usual from flappy Edina leading to *SPOILER ALERT!* (though we feel you may have had to be living under a rock not to know this) accidentally knocking Kate Moss into the Thames - as you doâ¦
So what did TruffleShuffle think, sweeties?
We're pleased to report that the heavy-drinking dysfunctional duo are as amazing as ever, with most of the flick's laugh-out-loud moments coming from Eddie and Pats. Joanna Lumley is on top form as chain-smoking, incredibly selfish, platinum-doed bad influence Patsy. When the pair need to make a 'serious plan' to leave the country, it somehow results in drug and vodka-fuelled chaos with Patsy in the mix; she sells Saffy's daughter Lola as a cleaner in Cannes and poses as a man to inherit a rich woman's fortune courtesy of a dodgy looking stick-on moustache!
5 Reasons We Still Totally LOVE Labyrinth 30 Years On.
It's Labyrinth's 30th birthday and time to rejoice like the legendary David Bowie here!
Can you believe it? The fantasy cult classic that entranced us with its magical maze, wonderfully wacky puppets, ultra-80s soundtrack and the legendary David Bowie in *ahem* those tights (but more on him later) first graced the big screen all the way back in 1986 and it is still one of those precious films that stir up warm and fuzzy feelings of nostalgia. Here at TruffleTowers we may be a little older, a lot greyer and a whole heap wiser (ish), but we still love it â hey, maybe even more than back in the day! â so we felt it was only right to reflect on what makes this movie so magnificent.
So, without further ado, here are our 5 reasons why Labyrinth is still AH-mazing, 30 years onâ¦
David Bowie's majestic presence...
Need we say more? Probably not, but weâre going to anyway. The hair. Those tights. That juggling ability (okay, it wasnât actually him but we reckon he can pull it off with panache). Some SERIOUS swagger. Watching Labyrinth, we fear Bowie, but love him too (obvs) as he brings that unmistakable charisma to the role of Jareth the Goblin King. Who else could steal a baby, make a teenage girl tackle death defying traps (not to mention risk smelling hideous for all time!), attempt to possess her forever and STILL win us over? There were whispers that Prince, Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson were considered for the role in the early stages of production but we think itâs impossible to imagine anyone else doing it quite like Bowie.
