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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Ten Little Indians (1965)

November 30, 2011by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: One Of Agatha Christie’s Best-Loved Mysteries Ten people – eight strangers and two married domestics-attend a posh weekend at a remote castle. What’s the occasion? Each has unwittingly been […]

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J. Edgar

November 29, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: As seen through the eyes of Hoover himself, “J. Edgar” explores the personal and public life and relationships of a man who could distort the truth as easily as […]

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Home for the Holidays

November 28, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “A thoroughly entertaining slice of life!” -The Hollywood Reporter Director Jodie Foster dishes up a “heaping helping of holiday hilarity” (NBC-TV) with this laugh-out-loud comedy from screenwriter W.D. Richter […]

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Space Mounties, vol. 1: Les mondes stochastiques

November 27, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Space Mounties, vol. 1: Les mondes stochastiques, by Guilhem and Veys 5.5 Oof… what can I say about this book? It was given to me by a friend who didn’t […]

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Literature

Le crime est notre affaire

November 27, 2011by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Prudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course! *********************************************************************** Le crime […]

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 2

November 26, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 2, by Philip K. Dick  and Tony Parker 7.5 Still very good, but I’m disappointed to discover that my assumption that there were […]

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Literature

Le goût des autres

November 25, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Sexy Comedy About Good Taste… And Bad Manners! Fun, sexy and richly rewarding, The Taste of Others earned an Academy Award® nomination as Best Foreign Language Film (2000)! […]

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Toi et moi

November 24, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Using her sister Lena’s (Marion Cotillard) love life as well as her own for inspiration, Ariane (Julie Depardieu) writes romantic stories for a popular magazine. But for these love-struck […]

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Odette Toulemonde

November 23, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Objectively, Odette Toulemonde has nothing to be happy about, but is. Balthazar Balsan has everything to be happy about, but isn’t. Odette, awkwardly forty, with a delightful hairdresser son […]

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 1

November 22, 2011by The Thorn 2 Comments

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 1 by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 8.0 When I took this on, I didn’t realize that I’d be reading the full, […]

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Notre univers impitoyable

November 21, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Victor and Margot are both lawyers in a major consulting firm and form a solid couple in private. Yet one day they find themselves competing for the same job […]

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Désaccord parfait

November 21, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In their youth, Alice and Louis were lovers. Their romance fascinated a nation; he was a director and she was his muse, until Alice abruptly left France for England […]

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Confidences trop intimes

November 20, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis (slight spoilers): From The Acclaimed Director Of Girl On The Bridge And Man On The Train. William Faber became a tax accountant like his father and resolved himself to […]

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