all those used up clichĂ©s, well they’ve worn enough in the wind

As I haven’t done a GUY FRIDAY for ages, I present to you some of my favourite men you can find on Netflix!
Brendan Hines  – Lie To Me. Unfortunately there are only 3 series of this program which I became slightly obsessed with. Brendan plays a character called Eli Loker, who at the start never tells a lie, although he still has difficulties getting along with his boss. Its witty, pseudo intellectual and written by the same people that write the Mentalist. In my books that makes it a winner. Plus Brendan Hines looks a little like Adam Brody.
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Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl. Okay, so Penn’s character Dan Humphrey was never my favourite character, but then no one could really compete with Chuck Bass for me. However, when Penn is not being Dan, he is rather beautiful. Plus, I have been a huge Gossip Girl fan since the beginning.
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Hunter Parish – Weeds. Now, I am not usually one for blondes, but you can’t deny how pretty Hunter is. I am desperate for Netflix to add the newer series of Weeds. A) because that would mean seeing Hunter/Silas Botwin as a grown man rather than a teenager and B) more Guillermo Diaz!
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Zachary Quinto – Heroes. I have just started watching Heroes from the beginning again as it was so long ago since I last watched it and I didn’t get to see any after series 1 because our tv wouldn’t record it. But I am looking forward to watching them all, especially as I needed something the fill the void of Lie to Me/White Collar and Weeds. And who can deny that Zachary/Sylar isn’t lovely to look at (and Milo Ventimiglia).
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Ross McCall – White Collar. I have just finished all 3 series of White Collar that Netflix currently provide (although there are 2 more series) and oh boy was it a cliff hanger! Ross plays a con artist called Matthew Keller who is the main character, Neal Caffrey/Matt Bomer’s, arch rival. I didn’t realise that Ross was Scottish until I looked him up for this post, but it only makes me like him even more.
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Kristoffer Polaha – Life Unexpected. I liked this series when it was on e4 and was pleased to see that it was on Netflix, so I can rewatch it if I feel the need. Kristoffer plays a bartender/father called Baze. He is the comic relief of the show although he does have a deeper side too. If you like teen dramas and Britt Roberson its worth a watch.
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Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad. I mainly signed up to Netflix to watch Breaking Bad as everyone had been raving about it for so long! However, because my sister wanted to watch it too and she is never in, we haven’t even got through the first series yet. But I may just have to leave her to watch it on her own time and fully get into this series. Aaron plays Jesse Pinkman and although his jeans are ridiculous, he’s pretty hot.
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Tom Hughes – Silk. This legal drama originally aired on the BBC and I was hooked instantly. It is brilliantly written and as well as Tom it also stars the lovely Rupert Penry-Jones. They are currently making another series apparently, which I am very excited about. The only sad thing is that Tom Huges is only in the first series as Nick Slade, a trainee lawyer. Never fear though, he has been in many other things such as Cemetery Junction and the newest episode of Miss Marple.
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David Dawson – Secret Diary of a Call Girl. I never fancied this series when it was on the tv, but I needed something that was a light a fluffy to watch one day and though I would give it a go. I loved it and watched all 4 series in only a couple of days. David plays an affluent eccentric called Byron and I loved him in this. He has been in so many things but hasn’t yet been given a main role. I first noticed him as a dandy news paper reported in Ripper Street and fell in love with him and when I discovered he was in this series I was most pleased.
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Tim Roth – Lie to Me. As I said at the beginning of this post I became obsessed with this series and in no small part because of the amazing part of Cal Lightman that Tim Roth plays. An odd man with an incredible brain and interesting people skills. Please go and watch it, I absolutely loved it. Roth is a firm favourite with Quentin Tarantino and is in films such as Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs as well as so many other programs and films. I love him.
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So that is my list of noteworthy men on Netflix. Enjoy. x

 

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Don’t you, forget about me

This weeks Guy Friday is all about my love for the 80s. These guys are the reason I am still waiting for my John Hughes movie moment. Sigh.
Matthew Broderick. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is one of my favourite films (be prepared to hear that a lot). Classic coming of age 80s film. Oh, what I would give to be Sloane…
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River Pheonix. Firstly, what a name! Secondly, look at that gorgeous face! Stand By Me is such a beautiful film too, so go and watch it if you haven’t already.
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Michael Schoeffling. Heart throb Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, the popular guy who falls in love with the girl whos family forgot her 16th birthday! What more could you want?!
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar is better known as Zack Morris in Saved by the Bell. He was cute then and hot now in lawyer comedy Franklin and Bash.
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Emilio Estevez was the ‘athlete’ in The Breakfast Club and was also in St. Elmo’s Fire. Whilst he was no John Bender, you can’t deny he’s cute. Plus he was in The Mighty Ducks!
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Anthony Michael Hall. The 80s were his time to shine in cliche geek roles in movies such as The Breakfast Club, 16 Candles and Weird Science (all of which are some of my favourites, ever). Geek Chic at their best.
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Michael J Fox – The epitome of 80s cult films. Time travel, Hoverboards and high top trainers are just some of the things that make me love him more. And now he is in The Good Wife, which is one of my most favourite programmes.
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Jon Cryer. Duckie (Pretty in Pink) is one of my all time favourite characters, especially the scene in the record shop with his Otis Reading rendition of Try A Little Tenderness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNGIg8f-0Wc).
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Corey Feldman is who I imagine you would find a photo of under 1980s in the dictionary. My love for Corey Feldman has been long and unwavering with no signs it will end any time soon. The Goonies, Gremlins, The Lost Boys, The Burbs, Dream a Little Dream, License to Drive and so on.
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Judd Nelson plays John Bender in The Breakfast Club (which I have seen a BILLION times by now, it is definitely within my top 3 favourite films ever). ‘The Criminal’ and my favourite character in the film, so dark and poetic.
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John Cusack as Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything. OH MY GOODNESS. If my future husband is to ever read this, know one thing: If you do not propose to me by recreating the ‘boom box’ scene from this movie, we are over. Lloyd Dobler forever.
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Corey Haim, poor tragic Corey Haim. Another 80s icon who lost their lives too soon. Haim and Feldman were often a double act and are in some of my favourite films (Dream a Little Dream 1&2, License to Drive etc) and the cult Lost Boys (the original teen vampire movies). Corey Haim was one of the most beautiful 80s boys there ever was, especially in Prayer of the Roller Boys.
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12 reasons why I love 80s films so very much.

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