Gift Ideas

Moving on with time doesn’t mean you have to abandon what you loved in the past.

Those of us who grew up during the 80s, know and remember many great movies that were made during that time. Sometimes it seems that they don’t make them as wonderful as they used to. Here are some great eighties movies that stayed great, and are certainly worth watching even today.

Great Movies from the 80s

Footloose

Kevin Bacon was and still is amazing. The songs still take, and the story is a classic one – the young rebel against the old conventions, the new guy is having a hard time being accepted, and the priest’s daughter is always the most naughty one on the block.

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Jumpin’ Jack Flash

A great movie for computers-nostalgia lovers, general geeks and anyone who loves to hear Whoopy Goldberg curse like there’s no tomorrow. The cold war was never funnier.

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Dirty Dancing

One of the most romantic movies ever, with the wonderful Patrick Swayze, may he rest in peace. The songs are still thrilling, and the dancing is still amazing. Almost makes you wanna go and spend your summer at Kellerman’s.

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The Karate Kid

Who didn’t want to learn Karate after watching this movie? Wax on, wax off, people. Karate for defense only!!!

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Amadeus

A crazy movie with a crazy actor, about one of the greatest geniuses ever – Mozart. An ageless, funny and tragic story, that can still remind you how short life is.

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Poltergeist

The movie that still gives people the chills, even from 30 years away. Ever wander what’s lurking under YOUR house? And are you still scared of static on your TV set?

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Ghostbusters

This one hardly needs an introduction. Who you gonna call?!

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Time flies by, and the year 2012 is already upon us. Time to get yourself a cool calendar to mark the passing of time. Here are some great 2012 calendars – great gift ideas for a dear one or for yourself.

2012 Calendars

Zen Cat 2012 Wall Calendar

The Zen Cat 2012 Wall Calendar is a meditation in art and words on the sacredness and interconnectedness of all life. Artist and author Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin uses painting and poetry to communicate a message from the pure heart of the universe.

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Space: Views from the Hubble Telescope 2012 Calendar

Maybe this year you’ll reach the stars!

Accompanying each of this calendar’s twelve amazing Hubble images is a concise description of the celestial phenomenon depicted. Important dates in the history of space exploration, as well as current astronomical events, are noted throughout.

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Dilbert: 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar

Because every day is a Dilbert day! More info on this 2012 calendar – here.

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Thomas Kinkade Painter of Light: 2012 Wall Calendar

Thomas Kinkade acknowledges life’s simple pleasures and special moments through his paintings. Each full-color monthly spread in the Thomas Kinkade Painter of Light 2012 Wall Calendar features a life-affirming painting, including one of the artist’s newest and most poignant paintings, Homecoming Hero, a tribute to our brave soldiers around the world. This lovely calendar is packaged in a matching full-color envelope.

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Disney 2012 Daily Calendar: A Year of Animation

A lovely calendar for kids or nostalgic people. More info on the Disney 2012 calendar – here.

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Planet Earth 2012 Wall Calendar

An event five years in the making, Planet Earth is one of the most breathtaking nature documentaries ever made, and the first to be filmed in high definition. Here, weekly facts combine with gorgeous photography to offer a year filled with wildlife and their habitats.

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Talking Fortune Teller 2012 Wall Calendar

So, what does 2012 have in store for you?

Go ahead, ask. Ask anything at all! The Talking Fortune Teller Calendar brings the old-fashioned mechanical fortune teller booths of the carnival and boardwalk to any room of the house. Every month features a different clairvoyant who promises to peer into your future and, at the press of a button, answer whatever questions you have.

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The Twilight Saga “Breaking Dawn” 16 Month Calendar 2012

This is The Twilight Sage “Breaking Dawn” 16 month calendar going from September 2011 – December 2012, and features many of the main characters from the New Twilight movie.

More Twilight accessories.

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Dr. Who Calendar 2012

More info on the Dr. Who Calendar.

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Harry Potter fans – this is the gift for you!

The dramatic soundtrack of the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in a unique collector’s set. This amazing gift includes:

• Certificate of Authenticity
• Presentation of high quality film photography on heavy card stock featuring two 35MM film cells cut from the movie reel.
• 7 inch double sided picture Vinyl Disc with score from the movie – for old-school people…
• DVD with 5.1 audio mix of Alexandre Desplat’s score.
• Movie poster

And much more! Complete details here.

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Burlesque [Blu-ray] – Cher and Christina Aquilera

There is, according to Burlesque, a nightclub on the Sunset Strip that looks like a blend of Cabaret and Moulin Rouge andemploys a full contingent of dancers and musicians in the service of a neo-retro-burlesque-blues program.

Presiding over the craziness within is Tess, a grande dame who also performs occasionally and who could only, under these circumstances, be played by Cher. Entering the scene is a young leather-lunged hopeful from Iowa named Ali, played by Christina Aguilera in her movie-acting debut.

The vibe of this glitzy concoction is more Flashdance than Showgirls, despite prerelease predictions that the film would be a campfest of epic proportions. In fact, it’s more cornball than trashy. Ali hits most of the clichés of the genre: defying Tess’s skepticism by proving her mettle during an impromptu stage number; flirting with the nice-guy bartender (Cam Gigandet, of Twilight) whose home she shares for a while, in a purely platonic way, of course, just until she gets her feet on the ground; and keeping a wary eye on the high roller (Eric Dane, of Grey’s Anatomy) who wants to possess her, because, you see, he takes whatever he likes.

And did we mention that Tess is facing foreclosure on the club in a month’s time? Seriously, you didn’t see that coming? Writer-director Steve Antin has no embarrassment about putting any of this across, which may be why it all feels weirdly innocent, if relentlessly silly.

Stanley Tucci revives his gay assistant from The Devil Wears Prada, Alan Cumming lurks about in an undefined role that might well have been filmed months after everybody else, and Kristen Bell enjoys a few wicked-witch moments as Ali’s main rival. Aguilera, needless to say, belts out her songs as only someone with a very large voice can, and Cher stops the show with an old-fashioned torch song (“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me”) that is clearly designed as a roof-raiser. (And, by gum, it works.) This is a ridiculous movie, but it gets points for never claiming to be anything else.