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Category Archives: Film

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

February 16, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: I love me…I love me not. HBO Films presents The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, a kaleidoscopic look inside the unquiet mind of Peter Sellers (Geoffrey Rush, Pirates […]

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Film, Television

2 Days in New York

February 14, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Hip talk-radio host and journalist Mingus (Chris Rock) and his French photographer girlfriend, Marion (Julie Delpy), live cozily in a New York apartment with their cat and two young children […]

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Dr. No

February 13, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: His name is Bond, James Bond, and here, in his explosive film debut, Ian Fleming’s immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. Sean Connery embodies […]

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Film, Literature

The Smallest Show on Earth

February 11, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: When their long-lost great uncle dies, newlyweds Matt and Jean Spencer (Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna of Born Free fame) inherit a small-town fleapit cinema along with the theater’s […]

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Diabolik

February 9, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Out For All He Can Take, Seduce, Or Get Away With… The suave, psychedelic-era thief called Diabolik (John Phillip Law) can’t get enough of life’s good-or glittery things. Not […]

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Film, Literature

Il gatto a nove code

February 8, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: When a simple robbery at a research institute leads to a series of brutal murders, a blind puzzle maker (Karl Malden) and a tenacious reporter (James Franciscus) begin their […]

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Gwoemul

February 7, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A creature plunges from the Han River Bridge into the river emerging on its shores for a feeding frenzy upon onlookers. When a young girl is snatched in the […]

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Film

Mutant

February 6, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: On the planet Xarbia, an experimental life-form known as “Subject 20” has been created by an elite group of scientists in hopes of preventing a major galactic food crisis. However, instead […]

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Aliens: The Director’s Cut

February 4, 2013by The Thorn 8 Comments

Synopsis: This time it’s war. The only survivor of the Nostromo’s deadly encounter with the alien, Ripley’s escape pod floats in space for 57 years. After being rescued, Ripley’s stunned […]

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Le Retour du grand blond

February 2, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Once more, innocent violinist Pierre Richard is up to his neck in espionage. Enemy spy boss Jean Rochefort, sore at how Richard inadvertently bollixed up his last caper, demands […]

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Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire

February 1, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: In this wacky French spy comedy, the chief of the French secret service wants very much to keep his job and stoops to chicanery to prevent rivals from closing […]

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The Ladykillers (1955)

January 31, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sir Alec Guinness gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Professor Marcus, the mastermind of a gang of vicious bank robbers who rent a room from elderly widow […]

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Film

The Man With One Red Shoe

January 30, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: In this hilarious undercover comedy, violinist Richard Drew (Tom Hanks) is mistaken for a spy after wearing one red shoe, triggering a game of rivalry between feuding C.I.A. bosses […]

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Film

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