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Monthly Archives: July 2016

Tune, vol. 1

July 31, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Andy’s life is going nowhere, fast. He left art school with his career all worked out ahead of time, but …to say it didn’t work out is the understatement […]

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Nightcrawler

July 30, 2016by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Nightcrawler is a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers […]

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Gloria

July 29, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A story about a middle aged woman who gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, whom she meets at a dance club for […]

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

July 28, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A massive alien presence of enormous power enters Federation space, destroying three powerful Klingon cruisers and neutralizing everything in its path. As it heads toward Earth, Admiral James T. […]

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Film, Television

Gradiva (C’est Gradiva qui vous appelle)

July 27, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A highly erotic, gothic mystery, in the style of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, from Alain Robbe-Grillet, writer of the Oscar nominated Last Year in Marienbad and director of the notorious Trans […]

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Film, Literature

Star Trek: Stardate Collection, vol. 2

July 26, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Star Trek: The Stardate Collection continues to collect the many comic-book iterations of Trek “as they happened”… by stardate! Helmed by Trek experts Scott and David Tipton, and featuring […]

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Literature, Television

Didn’t Do It for Love

July 25, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE is a documentary portrait of Eva Norvind, a.k.a. Mistress Ava Taurel, born Eva Johanne Chegodaieva Sakonskaya in Trondheim, Norway. The film follows Eva’s many […]

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Film

My Dead Girlfriend, vol. 1

July 24, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: When Finney falls in love with a girl who also happens to be a ghost, he decides to stop at nothing to win her heart, even if that means […]

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Literature

Black Rock

July 23, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Not every island is a paradise. Three young women – Sarah (Kate Bosworth), Abby (Katie Aselton) and Lou (Lake Bell) – get together for a private campout at one […]

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Film

Tatt av kvinnen

July 22, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Gone with the Woman is the story of He, a male who hasn’t even got a name. And, without him fully grasping how it comes about, his life is […]

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Star Trek Into Darkness

July 21, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness is the best-reviewed blockbuster of the year. When a ruthless mastermind known as Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) declares a one-man war on the Federation, […]

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Film, Television

La Bête

July 20, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Once upon a time in the 18th century a beast lived in the woods of an aristocratic estate. And this beast, possessed of a giant phallus and an insatiable […]

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Film

Star Trek: Stardate Collection, vol. 1

July 19, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The comic book tales of Star Trek have roamed the universe and spanned publishers, but now Star Trek: The Stardate Collection collects the many iterations of Trek in order… […]

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