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Monthly Archives: June 2017

Complete Guide to Guys

June 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: And All The Brilliant Things We Do. Based on the best selling book by Dave Barry. Pulitzer Prize winning humorist Dave Barry guides us through the cultural and emotional […]

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Art House

June 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Ray McMichael is a part time coffee shop employee and part time filmmaker who teams up with film festival darling Weston Craig to make the greatest independent film ever. […]

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Strip-tease

June 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The rarely seen feature starring Velvet Underground singer, Nico. Here she plays Ariane, a young ballet dancer with dreams of stardom.  In order to pay the rent she accepts […]

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Film

Rogue One

June 27, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of […]

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Film

Le Mari de la coiffeuse

June 26, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this acclaimed masterpiece from Oscar nominated writer/director Patrice Leconte (Ridicule, The Perfume Of Yvonne), legendary French actor Jean Rochefort (Man On The Train) stars as an older man […]

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Film

Adulthood is a Myth

June 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Are you a special snowflake? Do you love networking to advance your career? Is adulthood an exciting new challenge for which you feel fully prepared? Ugh. Please go away. […]

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Literature

Comedy of Terrors

June 24, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Four Masters of the Macabre star in this sinister and screamingly funny scare-fest! Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) is running his father-in-law’s (Boris Karloff) funeral home business…straight into the ground! […]

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Sleeping with Other People

June 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay comes director Leslye Headland’s raunchy new comedy. Twelve years after their one-night stand, Jake (Jason Sudeikis) and Lainey (Alison Brie) cross paths […]

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Film

Harvey

June 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: James Stewart gives one of his finest performances in this lighthearted film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Stewart stars as the good-natured Elwood P. Dowd, whose constant companion […]

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Film

Sekkusu hantâ – sei kariudo

June 21, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Miki, a young and talented ballet dancer, is accepted into an exclusive, and very private, academy run by a mysterious woman named Kaibara Akiko.  Miki wants to further her […]

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Film

Star Wars: Shattered Empire

June 20, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: For the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi! Writer […]

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Literature

Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse

June 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Mathieu Amalric reprises the role of Paul Dédalus from My Sex Life…or How I Got Into an Argument. Paul prepares to leave Tajikistan and reflects on his life. He […]

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Film

Velvet, vol. 3

June 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The strands of the mystery finally bring Velvet back home to the US, and to Washington, D.C. no less, for an explosive finale. Collects VELVET #11-15 *********************************************************************** Velvet, vol. […]

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