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Monthly Archives: November 2017

The Fade Out, Act Three

November 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The final act of the bestselling Hollywood noir comic from the award-winning team of Brubaker and Phillips! *********************************************************************** The Fade Out, Act Three, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips […]

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Cheers: Season 3

November 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s the cozy little Boston bar where everybody knows your name … welcome to Cheers – the Emmy® Award-winning, smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 […]

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Television

Quai d’Orsay

November 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Doors slam and papers fly in this off-the-wall comedy lampooning French politics from master filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (The Princess of Montpensier). Based on the award-winner graphic novel by former […]

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Film, Literature

Justice League of America

November 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An evil Weather Man intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps? Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? […]

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Literature, Television

Mylène Farmer: Music Videos III

November 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: n/a *********************************************************************** Mylène Farmer: Music Videos III 7.0 eyelights: the quality of the video productions. eyesores: the songs. After ‘Anamorphosée’, I couldn’t get enough of Mylène Farmer; for me, […]

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Music, Television

House of the Long Shadows

November 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Horror legends Vincent Price (The Oblong Box), Christopher Lee (The Crimson Cult), Peter Cushing (Madhouse) and John Carradine (The Sentinel) star as the screen’s greatest gruesome foursome! When a […]

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Film, Literature

Ecologia del delitto

November 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: What begins as a simple giallo about greed and murder at a secluded bayside estate soon explodes into an odyssey of carnage that would single-handedly trigger the entire ‘body […]

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Film

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 1

November 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There’s one hero that’s beaten them all-and now she’s got her own ongoing series! (Not that she’s bragging.) That’s right, you asked for it, […]

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Literature

The Fade Out, Act Two

November 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ newest hit series, THE FADE OUT is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end […]

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Literature

Cheers: Season 2

November 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s a cozy little Boston bar where everybody knows your name…welcome to Cheers, the Emmy Award-winning, smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 years. In Cheers: […]

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Television

Quai d’Orsay, vol. 2

November 10, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Following 9/11, President Bush’s “War on Terror” with plans to invade Iraq erupted into a cultural clash between French reluctance and American assurance over the case for “Weapons of […]

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Literature

Dear White People

November 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Dear Movie Lover: If you’re looking for a comedy that’s fresh, smart, and “non-stop fun” (Rolling Stone), you’re found it! A hilarious and thought-provoking satire about race relations, Dear […]

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Film

Boyz n the Hood

November 9, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: BOYZ N THE HOOD is the critically acclaimed story of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood. It is a place where harmony co-exists with […]

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