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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Genesis: The Gabriel Era

January 31, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Gabriel Era DVD is an independent critical guide to the music of Genesis in the crucial progressive rock years when the legendary Peter Gabriel was the frontman of […]

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Music, Television

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 3

January 31, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 3, by Nadja 6.5 This is the final chapter in the ‘La forêt de l’oubli’ series. It brings Linda’s adventures to a close, with a […]

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Literature

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

January 30, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Combine the swinging ’60s, spy movies, talented Mike Myers in dual roles and one hilariously well-paced champagne bottle and you get Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. Say “Yeah, […]

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Film

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 4

January 29, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 4, by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 7.75 This book mostly follows the remaining androids, instead of carrying on with Rick Deckard. […]

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Literature

Cheers: Season 7

January 28, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s the cozy little Boston bar where everybody knows your name… welcome to Cheers – the Emmy® Award-winning, smash-hot television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 years. […]

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Television

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 2

January 27, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 2, by Nadja 4.5 I don’t know what happened between the first volume and this one, but the author has now completely lost my interest. […]

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Literature

Back to the Future Part II

January 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “Roads? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads!” – Doc Brown Getting back was only the beginning as the most spectacular time-travel adventure ever continues in Back to the […]

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Film

Frozen

January 25, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It remains perhaps the most intense and terrifying film of the year: As Sunday evening falls, three snowboarding friends decide to take one last run down the slope. Halfway […]

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Film

The Acme Novelty Library, Number 18

January 25, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

The Acme Novelty Library, Number 18, by Chris Ware 8.5 I discovered Chris Ware with ‘Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth’. It was recommended to me by the clerk […]

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Literature

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

January 24, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Directed with clinical precision by Robert Wise, this record of the earth’s first biological crisis is perhaps the most painstakingly authentic science fiction thriller ever made. When a satellite […]

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Film, Literature

Cry of the Banshee (Director’s cut)

January 23, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Vincent Price is diabolical, commanding and “as brutally horrific as ever” (Motion Picture Exhibitor) as a corrupt English magistrate who leads a crusade to rid the countryside of witches…but […]

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Film, Literature

The Hangover

January 22, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: They planned a Vegas bachelor party that they would never forget. Now they really need to remember what exactly went down! Whose baby is in the closet of their […]

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Film

Spoogue, vol. 1

January 22, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Spoogue, vol. 1, by Olivier Milhiet 7.75 I’ve had this comic book for what seems to me to be a looong time. Heck, I don’t even remember when and how […]

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