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For the Love of Spock

January 10, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: ‘For the Love of Spock’ celebrates the 50th Anniversary of “Star Trek” through the life of Leonard Nimoy and his most famous role of Mr. Spock. Starring: Leonard Nimoy, […]

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Film, Television

Gia

January 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Too Beautiful To Die. Too Wild To Live. It’s late ’70s New York. Studio 54, designer jeans, drugs and disco. One girl is living life in the fast lane. […]

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Film, Television

Sex Criminals, vol. 1

January 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Suzie’s just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same […]

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Literature

Band Camp

January 7, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This One Time At Band Camp… Get ready for the wildest, most hilarious slice of American Pie ever! This time around, the bad-boy antics of Stifler’s younger brother Matt […]

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Film

Coupling: Series 1

January 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The naughty new comedy about nothing but…SEX! Most people think about sex every six seconds. Shorten that to EVERY second and you’ve got Coupling. These people think about sex, […]

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Television

Live Free or Die Hard

January 5, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “The best of the best is back and better than ever” (WNYW-TV) in the latest installment of the pulse-pounding, thrill-a-minute Die Hard action films. New York City detective John […]

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Film

L’initiation

January 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A young woman falls for a married French professor in romantic Montreal. The two spend days together in a hotel and tour the city before he returns to his […]

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Film

Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles

January 3, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Summary: The Earthmen came by the handful, then the hundreds, then the millions. They swept aside the majestic, dying Martian civilization to build their homes, shopping malls, and cities. Mars […]

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Literature

The Notorious Bettie Page

January 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In an incandescent performance, Gretchen Mol (The Shape of Things) stars as Bettie Page, who grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model […]

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Film

Phonogram, vol. 1: Rue Britannia

January 1, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Britannia is ten years dead. Phonomancer David Kohl hadn’t spared his old patron a thought for almost as long… at which point his mind starts to unravel. Can he […]

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Literature, Music

Ocean’s 11 (1960)

December 31, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin, cards snap, slots chime, champagne fizzes, the shows go on…and the lights go out. It’s the perfect time to steal […]

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Film

Die Hard with a Vengeance

December 31, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the third non-stop action adventure in the popular “Die Hard” series, New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) is targeted by the mysterious Simon (Jeremy Irons), a terrorist […]

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Film

Die Hard 2

December 30, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Bruce Willis returns as heroic New York cop John McClane, who once again finds himself singlehandedly battling a gang of terrorists. This time, he struggles to outwit a deadly […]

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