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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Donnie Darko

July 31, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Jake Gyllenhaal leads a star-filled cast – with Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell – as a delusional high school student visited by a […]

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Treed Murray

July 30, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Smart, savvy advertising executive Murray Roberts (Hewlett) is in control of his urban world. But a run-in with a would-be mugger and his gang in a large metropolitan park […]

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Män som hatar kvinnor

July 29, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved […]

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The Wicker Man (1973)

July 28, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward of The Equalizer) travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the […]

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Tokyo!

July 22, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Three of world cinema’s great visionaries: Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind), Leos Carax (The Lovers On The Bridge), and Bong Joon-ho (The Host) […]

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The Jewel of the Nile

July 22, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the blockbuster Romancing The Stone, novelist Joan Wilder and wanderer Jack Colton went sailing off into the sunset together. In this thrill-packed sequel, Ralph is back on their […]

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Romancing The Stone

July 21, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Romance novelist Joan Wilder (Turner) lives for – and in – a fantasy world. But when her sister is kidnapped in Colombia and the only chance to save her […]

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Death at a Funeral (2007)

July 20, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From acclaimed director Frank Oz (In & Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) comes “a fast, furious and riotously funny farce” (Maxim) that’ll have you dying with laughter! As the mourners […]

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Peggy Sue Got Married

July 20, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: If you could live your life over again would you change anything? Kathleen Turner, portraying Peggy Sue, gets the chance to answer this tantalizing question in Francis Ford Coppola’s […]

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Nezu no ban

July 19, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Wakeful Nights a.k.a A Hardest Night!! (Nezu No Ban) is a classy and refined Japanese comedy set in the world of Rakugo (Traditional Japanese Comic Storytelling) – or at […]

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The Bat

July 16, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When it flies, someone DIES! Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead) has rented a remote mansion for the summer. One night, a prowler tagged “The Bat” invades the […]

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The Dark

July 15, 2010by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: You Don’t have To Be Scared Of The Dark. Just Of What’s In It…! Well-acted, wild, cross-genre mix of sci-fi and horror starring William Devane as a writer who […]

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Zombieland

July 14, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) […]

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