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Calling all you Sci-Fi movie lovers in the land! Yep as we're sure you've heard, the 1987 cult classic RoboCop has had a full metal-faced remake and is ready for duty as he hits the Detroit streets once again in full cinematic special effects glory today!

So what did we love about the classic? Well aside from some all our action sequences, one of the charms of the RoboCop story is its ability to work on a few different levels. Bare with us.... At the surface it works as a science fiction film, however it also gives us plenty to love as an action thriller, as a social satire flick, and as a poignant human tragedy story.

So what's the story? The film takes place like all good sci-fi flicks in the future, more precisely in Detroit USA, a city full of gangs and crime. In an attempt to stamp out crime, robots have been put into play with pretty low success. After a hero cop is killed in the line of duty, okay not totally killed then, scientists discover a way to combine him with a robot to create a super-being made of half-man, half-machine that operates with perfect logic except for the shreds of human spontaneity and intuition that may be lurking somewhere in the background of its memory.

Pretty typical stuff right? :)

If you like the sounds of this 80s classic combined with some bang up-to-date special effects and crafty camera work, this is the film for you. Take a peep at the trailer for even more robot goodness....

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This weekend we've offered everyone the chance to save 20% on all our TruffleShuffle branded retro t-shirts, hoodies, jumpers & jackets. All you need to do to claim your 20% discount is simply enter the voucher code GETEXCLUSIVE at the checkout.

Be quick though... This offer ends TONIGHT! (Midnight 02/02/14 GMT).

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This weekend you can save 20% on all TruffleShuffle t-shirts, hoodies, jumpers & jackets. All you need to do to claim your 20% discount is simply enter the voucher code GETEXCLUSIVE at the checkout.

This offer ends midnight 02/02/14 (GMT) so be quick!

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Cowabunga! It’s the weekend

So like the humble fuzzy tailed Squirrel, let us go foraging for you as we jump from tree to tree looking for retro movie madness, we’ll collect mouth falls of cinematic magic before we store them away in an old hollowed out tree while we sit back and enjoy the celluloid wonder.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 1st FEBRUARY

Happy Gilmore (1996) Sky Movies Comedy 6:20pm-8:00pm (1 hour 40 minutes)

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That's right Roald Dahl fans! The amazing childhood classic Charlie And The Chocolate Factory turns and amazing 50 years old this year!

A bedtime staple since its first publication back in 1964, this story has been a part of almost everyone's childhood and has become hits as films (1971 & 2005), operas and as a hit West End musical!

To celebrate this Whipple-Scrumptious occasion, the wonderful people at Roald Dahl have put together an amazing change for you to share YOUR Wonka memories.

To get involved, simply upload a picture or video of yourself with your favourite copy of Charlie – maybe even the one you read as a child – as well as your name, age and location and they will share their favourites on their amazing new RoaldDahl.com website blog as well as on their social media pages and profiles. Just like some of the celebrity fans...

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Transformer fans unite! To celebrate the release of our amazing new and exclusive Transformers clothing, we've been searching the interwebs high and low for some amazing nuggets of retro information about the coolest Alien robots around. We just love to keep you clued up huh! :)

For over three decades, our lives have been influenced, impacted, transformed by giant robots from the far away planet Cybertron.  For them, it has been millennia of civil war, fights and trouble, but for us, it has been decades (scary!) of watching, playing and loving these iconic Autobots and Decepticons.

However you came to love these guys, sit back and enjoy our perhaps slightly hidden treasures of some of the most iconic retro characters ever!

1. According to Bob Budiansky, the writer for the Marvel Comics series, Hasbro originally thought the name Megatron sounded too villainous. Budiansky pointed out that was the point and Hasbro went along with the suggestion. Thank you Bob. The evil Decepticon could be known as nothing else!2. Fans of the cartoon Robotech found an odd similarity between the Valkyrie jet-transforming-robot suits and the action figure of Autobot Skyfire. In Japan, they used the same model to produce both toys. In the cartoon, the Decepticon-turned Autobot giant jet didn’t look like the alien-killing Robotech vehicles. But when kids received Skyfire the toy, many little heads were scratched.

3. The Transformers began with the 1980s Japanese toy lines Microman and Diaclone.

4. Optimus Prime's original name before he became Autobot leader was Orion Pax in the television series. Orion is the mythological Greek hunter while Pax is Latin for peace. In Latin, Optimus means "best"; "Prime" comes from primus, meaning "first".

5. The first Transformer to appear on the series was Wheeljack.

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