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Monthly Archives: August 2012

Easy Rider

August 18, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Experience the real, uncensored ’60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Academy Award – winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s […]

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Lost in America

August 17, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Stalled in his company’s pecking order, ad man David Howard (Albert Brooks) failed to land the Senior VP slot he wanted. He quits, convinces wife Linda (Julie Hagerty) to […]

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Vegas Vacation

August 16, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This Time the Griswolds Are on a Roll. When Clark Griswold puts his mind to something, we soon realize he hasn’t got one. Still, nothing stops him when the […]

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15 août

August 15, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Max, Raoul and Vincent go on holiday to the beach without their wives and after 15 days of rain and dealing with their kids, they decide they need a […]

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Shadow of the Thin Man

August 14, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A jockey who threw a race is murdered in the locker room. “My, they’re strict at this track!” Nora Charles exclaims. With that, she (Myrna Loy) and hubby Nick […]

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George Carlin: You Are All Diseased

August 13, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Growing up in New York City, George Carlin was always the class clown. He went on to become one of the great comedians of our time, with appeal that […]

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To Rome With Love

August 12, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: TO ROME WITH LOVE is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world’s most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect […]

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Passenger Side

August 11, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: On the morning of his thirty-seventh birthday Michael Brown (Adam Scott) receives a telephone call from his estranged brother Tobey (Joel Bissonnette), which sends the two off on a […]

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Dazed and Confused

August 10, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused eavesdrops […]

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Stand by Me

August 9, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In a small woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends — sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough-guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O’Connell) — […]

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Across the Universe

August 8, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Across The Universe from director Julie Taymor, is a revolutionary rock musical that re-imagines American in the turbulent late 1960s, a time when battle lines were being drawn at […]

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Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan

August 7, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan, by Zeb Wells and Seth Fisher 8.25 ‘Big in Japan!’ is a book that I picked up from my local library’s bookstore as a […]

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Smokey and the Bandit

August 6, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana–the closest place it can be legally sold–and […]

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