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Monthly Archives: October 2012

La cité de la peur

October 12, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This French comedy parodies horror movies and detective films. It is set at the Cannes Film Festival. There, Odile, a sincere publicist, tries to promote the horror movie “Red […]

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

October 11, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed […]

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X: The Erotic Treasury

October 11, 2012by The Thorn 6 Comments

X: The Erotic Treasury, by various authors 7.5 I was given this gorgeous anthology by my partner some three years ago, for Christmas. It’s such a beautiful, almost velvety, book and […]

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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

October 10, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: In a world ruled by pleasure, love is the ultimate seduction. Passion. Pleasure. Power. Kama Sutra brings the legends to life as it follows the fortunes of Maya (Indira […]

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Jism

October 9, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Never has a woman been so beautiful, so exotic, so dangerous to know…the dark side of desire. In a story of passion and betrayal, a chance meeting brings together […]

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Showgirls

October 8, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Shocking. Titillating. “Glittery (and) gleefully vulgar” (Dayton Daily News)! From the creators of Basic Instinct comes Showgirls, an “instant camp classic” (The New York Times) and a spectacularly lusty […]

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Basic Instinct

October 7, 2012by The Thorn 5 Comments

Synopsis: Michael Douglas stars as Nick Curran, a tough but vulnerable detective. Sharon Stone co-stars as Catherine Tramell, a cold, calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine […]

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Zwartboek

October 6, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the darkest days of World War II, Jewish fugitives attempt to escape occupied Holland – only to face a Nazi ambush. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) alone survives the […]

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Das Leben der Anderen

October 5, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This critically-acclaimed, Oscar-winning film (Best Foreign Language Film, 2006) is the erotic, emotionally charged experience Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly) calls “a nail-biter of a thriller!” Before the collapse of […]

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Elsker dig for evigt

October 4, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: What happens when fate suddenly snaps its fingers and turns life upside down at a stroke. This is the central question Danish director Susanne Bier poses ad attempts to […]

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Destricted

October 3, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Destricted is the first short film collection of its kind, bringing together sex and art in a series of films created by some of the world’s most visual and […]

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InSearchOf

October 2, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: InSearchOf is an unconventional drama where one hasty decision can force good people into severe circumstances. Desire will change everything. Zeke Zelker’s twisted tale of people searching for love, power, […]

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Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live

October 1, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Filmed in Modena, Italy over a span of two nights in November 1993 as part of Peter Gabriel’s acclaimed “Secret World Live” tour, this concert is elaborately presented and […]

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