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Monthly Archives: July 2017

Darth Vader, vol. 2

July 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Bounty Hunters on the attack–against the Empire! Vader has a new mission to do for the Empire. Unfortunately, it’s completely at odds with his own mission. What’s a Dark […]

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Brownian Movement

July 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Charlotte is a young doctor living in Brussels with her husband, Max, and their son. She leads a normal, harmonious life – except for the fact that she secretly […]

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Über, vol. 3

July 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The horrors of enhanced soldier war have taken a dire turn for the Allies.  Their attempts to develop a counter to the German Battleship Ubers have led to a […]

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Cry of the Banshee (Theatrical version)

July 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Vincent Price is diabolical, commanding and “as brutally horrific as ever” (Motion Picture Exhibitor) as a corrupt English magistrate who leads a crusade to rid the countryside of witches…but […]

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Thirteen

July 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Anxiously trying to fit into the peer pressure cooker environment of junior high, thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) goes to shocking lengths in order to befriend Evie (co-writer Nikki […]

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Making Love

July 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Provocative Tale of Hidden Desire. Arthur Hiller masterfully directs this fascinating drama about the disintegration of an ideal marriage after the husband discovers he is gay. Kate Jackson […]

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Das Haus der schlafenden Schönen

July 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, […]

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Super 8

July 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg join in this extraordinary tale of youth, mystery and adventure. Super 8 tells the story of six friends who witness a train wreck while […]

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Film

Passion

July 10, 2017by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: No backstabbing. Just business. Brian De Palma returns to the sleek, sly, seductive territory of Dressed To Kill with an erotic corporate thriller fueled by sex, ambition, image, envy […]

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Über, vol. 2

July 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Kieron Gillen redefined the alternate history comic by radically revitalizing the super soldier in the pages of Uber. This sweeping war epic shows all the grime, and fear, and […]

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Master of the World

July 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In 1848, a fanatical inventor seeks to fly around the world and stop war from his flying airship (the “Albatross”)…a cross between a zeppelin and a helicopter. Adapted from […]

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The Babysitters

July 7, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When Shirley Lyner (Katherine Waterston) starts babysitting for Gail and Michael Beltran (Cynthia Nixon, John Lequizamo), her life becomes wilder than she could ever imagine. Shirley and Michael begin […]

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Film

Dressed to Kill

July 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Fashionable Manhattan therapist Dr. Robert Elliott (Caine) faces the most terrifying moment of his life, when a psychotic killer begins attacking the women (Dickinson & Allen) in his life […]

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