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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Pillow Talk

January 23, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s the delightful romantic comedy that started it all! Rock Hudson and Doris Day, two of the screen’s most popular and enduring stars, are together for the very first […]

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Up in the Air

January 23, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Ryan Bingham (Academy Award winner George Clooney) is truly living the high life. Flying all over the world on business, he never stops moving…until he meets Alex, a fellow […]

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Laws Of Attraction

January 20, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Love Always Has The Last Word Romance has never been funnier in this battle of wits and will! For Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore) and Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan), competition […]

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Married Life

January 19, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Harry (Academy Award winner Chris Cooper, 2002, Best Supporting Actor, Adaptation) and Pat (Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson, 2003, Best Supporting Actress, Pieces of April) have a nice, respectable […]

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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

January 18, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Anything is possible with a little laughter and a lot of heart in this incredible true story of an extraordinary woman who raised 10 kids on 25 words or […]

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Brain Candy

January 8, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Shove this up your mind! The country hits cloud nine when obsessed scientist Chris Cooper (Kevin McDonald) invents Gleemonex, a happiness drug. Soon everybody is taking the little orange […]

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Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey

January 8, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Film That Takes You Into The Heart Of The Beast. Sam Dunn, a 30-year-old headbanger-turned-anthropologist, sets out on a quest to explore heavy metal’s origins and cultural impact. […]

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Something’s Gotta Give

January 3, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a perennial playboy with a libido much younger than his years. During a romantic weekend with his latest infatuation, Marin (Amanda Peet), at her […]

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The First Wives Club

January 3, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Don’t get mad. Get everything. Join the club – The First Wives Club, the good-time-battle-of-the-sexes satire sparked by snappy one-liners, great physical-comedy gags and three unforgettable stars in top […]

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Baby Boom

January 3, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An Unexpected Comedy. Academy Award winner Diane Keaton “is smashing” (Pauline Kael) as a high-powered career woman who inherits a baby — and discovers a side of herself she […]

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End Of The Century

January 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In 1974 the New York City music scene was shocked into consciousness by a band of misfits from Queens called the Ramones. Playing in a seedy Bowery bar to […]

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Manhattan Murder Mystery

January 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Diane Keaton stars as Carol Lipton, a bored Manhattan housewife who becomes convinced that her next-door neighbor has committed a murder. When her skeptical husband Larry (Woody Allen) rejects […]

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September

January 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Woody Allen delivers a haunting, “superbly constructed” (The Hollywood Reporter) film that examines the intricate world of human emotions and the delicate threads that hold them together. Beautifully acted […]

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