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That’s Entertainment! III

May 9, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Lena Horne luxuriates in a bath during Cabin in the Sky. Cyd Charisse vamps through The Band Wagon’s Two-Faced Woman. Judy garland leads a street-swelling March of the Doagies […]

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Spaced: Series 1

May 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The complete first series of the groundbreaking Channel 4 sitcom. Spaced is the story of enthusiastic but directionless Daisy Steiner (Jessica Stephenson) and wired urban surfer Tim Bisley (Simon […]

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That’s Entertainment, Part II

May 7, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Legends Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire host this all-singing, all-dancing follow-up to That’s Entertainment!, serving up more of what made the Golden Era of MGM moviemaking great. More – […]

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Film

Criminal, vol. 5

May 6, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Criminal’s most popular character, Tracy Lawless, returns in The Sinners! It’s been a year since Tracy was forced into working for the bad guys, and now made men are […]

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Literature

That’s Entertainment!

May 5, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The movies, the magic, the memories. The greatest moments, the brightest stars. The incomparable Golden Era of MGM Musicals shines forever in a timeless production that wowed critics and […]

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Film

Duran Duran: Arena (An Absurd Notion)

May 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Arena (An Absurd Notion) is a concept concert video filmed during the course of Duran Duran’s 1984 Sing Blue Silver North American concert tour in support of the album […]

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Film, Music, Television

Paul

May 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite as sci-fi geeks taking a pilgrimage to America’s UFO heartland. There they meet a smart-ass alien, Paul […]

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Film

Cinerama Adventure

May 2, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: CINERAMA ADVENTURE is a feature length documentary chronicling the amazing history of the long lost three-camera, three-projector cinematic process which thrilled millions around the world in the 1950s and […]

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Film

Wet Moon, vol. 1

May 1, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: An unusually usual day-to-day story in the Deep South, set in the gothic, swampy southern town of Wet Moon, a place fraught with lousy love lives, teen angst, and […]

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Literature

Drive-in Memories

April 30, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This one-hour documentary special is a film celebration of America’s greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner’s business venture to make […]

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Film

The World is Not Enough

April 29, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The World Is Not Enough is an exhilarating but sophisticated, action-packed adventure. Pierce Brosnan returns as Bond, charged to protect a gorgeous billionaire heiress (Sophie Marceau) from the ruthless […]

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Film, Literature

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

April 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Between 1970 and 1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch movies. The allegorical freak-out El Topo, the graphic horror of Night […]

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Film

New Order: Story

April 27, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  New Order Story is a 1993 documentary on the English indie rock band New Order, featuring the majority of their music videos, as well as interviews with the band […]

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Film, Music, Television

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