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Category Archives: Film

Witness for the Prosecution

March 20, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton star in this “brilliantly made courtroom drama” (Film Daily) that left audiences reeling from its surprise twists and shocking climax. Directed by […]

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Theatre of Blood

March 19, 2012by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: It’s Curtains For His Critics! Vincent Price delivers a thrilling “tour-de-force” performance (Variety) as a small-time actor plotting big-time revenge! Boasting a top notch supporting cast, this dramatically “delicious […]

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Stalag 17

March 18, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: During World War II, a group of G.I.’s are thrown together in the notorious German prison camp Stalag 17. For the most part, they spend their time scheming ways […]

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Fredericks Goldman Jones: Tour et détours

March 16, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  1995 documentary concert video featuring the songs Serre-moi, Envole-moi, Des vôtres, Que disent les chansons du monde?, Être le premier, Je commence demain, Frères, À nos actes manqués, Un, […]

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Pearl Jam: Twenty

March 15, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the years leading up to the band’s formation, the chaos that ensued soon after their rise to megastardom, their step back from center stage, and […]

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Dr. Phibes Rises Again

March 13, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They Haven’t Built The Coffin That Can Hold Him! That bizarre evil genius, the abominable Dr. Phibes, is back with all his old diabolical deviltry” (Variety). This sequel to […]

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Ace in the Hole

March 12, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Academy Award-winner Billy Wilder’s Ace In The Hole is legendary for both its cutting social […]

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Double Indemnity (1973)

March 11, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A TV remake of Billy Wilder’s film classic (1944) about a scheming wife who inveigles an insurance agent into helping her bump off her husband and of the dogged […]

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Film, Literature, Television

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

March 10, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Revenge Is The Best Medicine. Meet Doctor Phibes: a one-time concert musician who’s now an all-time crazed murderer. In this clever, crypt-kicking classic, horrormeister Vincent Price plays a diabolical […]

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Double Indemnity (1944)

March 9, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in this gripping film noir from Academy Award-winning director Billy Wilder. A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity […]

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Film, Literature

Twice-Told Tales

March 7, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Terrifying Trilogy of Passion, Poison and Possession! It’s spine-tingling terror – in triplicate! “Virtuoso of horror” (Los Angeles Times) Vincent Price dials up the depravity in this spellbinding […]

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Film, Literature

Sunset Boulevard

March 6, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, an aging silent film queen, and William Holden as the struggling writer who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the […]

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Film

Tales of Terror

March 5, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This triple treat of terror is a three-episode “blood-dripping package that includes murder, necrophilia, dementia, live burials, open tombs, exhumation, resurrection, zombies and feline vengeance,” resulting in nothing less […]

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