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Category Archives: Film

La vie d’Adèle: Chapitres 1 et 2

September 26, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The colorful, electrifying romance that took the Cannes Film Festival by storm courageously dives into a young woman’s experiences of first love and sexual awakening. Blue Is the Warmest […]

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Dumb and Dumber To

September 25, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in […]

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The Number 23

September 23, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen star in the year’s most “mind-bending” (Pete Hammond, Maxim) psychological thriller directed by Joel Schumacher. The nightmare begins when Walter Sparrow (Carrey), a mild-mannered […]

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The Congress

September 19, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn’t consider. *********************************************************************** The Congress 8.0 eyelights: Robin Wright’s performance. […]

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I Love You Phillip Morris

September 18, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A story so incredible, it could only be true. Jim Carrey stars in the wildly outrageous tale of a spectacularly charismatic con man’s journey from small-town businessman to flamboyant […]

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The Majestic

September 16, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A new love. A new hometown. Peter Appleton is having the time of his life… by living someone else’s life. Directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green […]

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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

September 12, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Superstar illusionists and Las Vegas headliners Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have fallen on hard times. The longtime friends now loathe each other and they […]

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Yes Man

September 11, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything. Take a bungee plunge? Yes. […]

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Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

September 6, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Vince Lombardi High School has quite a reputation: it’s the wildest, most rockin’ high school around! That is, until a thug of a principle, Miss Togar, comes along and […]

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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

September 4, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Giving big business a run for its money. When Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) is terminated as Globodyne Corporation’s VP of Communications, he assures his wife, Jane (Téa Leoni), he’ll […]

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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

September 2, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: See Dick and Jane lose everything. See Dick and Jane steal it back! George Segal and Jane Fonda star in this hilarious send-up of upper middle class mores and […]

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Ricki and The Flash

August 30, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Meryl Streep takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in Ricki and the Flash. […]

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Monty Python Live (Mostly)

August 29, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The reunion of the Monty Python team on stage for the first time in over 30 years, and for the last time ever, was the most anticipated production of […]

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