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Monthly Archives: May 2017

Nackt

May 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Naked is more than just taking your clothes off… The good old days seem gone, and six old friends are breaking up. Emilia and Felix have recently broken up […]

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The Oblong Box

May 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Coffins, blood and live corpses! A gasping, gnawing heart stopping evil lies buried in The Oblong Box. Do you dare unearth its wrath? Vincent Price (Madhouse, Twice Told Tales) […]

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Monamour

May 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tinto Brass’ latest Monamour is the love-story of a Venetian girl and a Frenchman in the beautiful city of Mantua. Dario, her husband is too busy to notice his […]

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Apollo 13

May 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, produced by Academy Award winner Brian Grazer and directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard, Apollo 13 stars two-time Academy Award winner […]

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Love and Human Remains

May 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Set in a dreary urban landscape of an anonymous Canadian city, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning […]

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Graphic Classics: H. G. Wells

May 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Graphic Classics: H.G. Wells is a completely revised second edition of the third volume in the Graphic Classics series. It features three new comics adaptations: “The Time Machine” by […]

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No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas

May 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Don’t Die Without Telling Me Where You Are Going is a magical, time-shifting romance about the power of love and the movies from Argentine director Eliseo Subiela (Dark Side […]

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Le Déclin de l’empire américain

May 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The only subject worth talking about. From the award-winning director of The Barbarian Invasions, we are treated to a unique insight into the minds of the intellectual. And sex. […]

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Witchfinder General

May 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: As superstition and fear sweep the Middle Ages, an educated rogue named Hopkins (Vincent Price) wanders from town to town proclaiming to be an official witch finder. Town leaders […]

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The Brown Bunny

May 10, 2017by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Raw, Tender, Brutal. The Brown Bunny is both a love story and a haunting portrait of a lost soul unable to forget his past. After finishing a motorcycle race […]

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The Midas Flesh, vol. 2

May 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: We’ve all heard of the Midas Touch. You know, the Greek myth about the man who did a number on himself by wishing everything he touched to turn to […]

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Venus in Furs

May 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The story of Severin and Wanda, young lovers who entangle in a passionate and strangely violent love affair, in which masochism plays the lead role. Severin contracts himself as […]

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Graphic Classics: Arthur Conan Doyle

May 7, 2017by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Contains adaptations of nine works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including two Sherlock Holmes stories. *********************************************************************** Graphic Classics: Arthur Conan Doyle, by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by various authors […]

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