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Category Archives: Film

Mad Max 2

March 11, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Ruthless… Savage… Spectacular In the annals of action movies few can compare with The Road Warrior, a full-throttle epic of speed and carnage that rockets you into a dreamlike […]

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Mad Max

March 9, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police […]

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Pokazatelnyy protsess: Istoriya Pussy Riot

March 8, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Filmed over the course of six months, this film tells the incredible story of three young women: Nadia, Masha and Katia. As members of the feminist art collective Pussy […]

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Dredd

March 6, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Judgment is coming The America of the post-apocalyptic future is an irradiated wasteland, a vast, ultraviolent world where criminals control the mean city streets. Ultimate law enforcers like Dredd […]

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Escape from L.A.

March 5, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Snake is Back The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what […]

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Judge Dredd

March 4, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In The Future…One Man Is Judge, Jury and Executioner! In a time when all-powerful and coldly efficient “Judges” act with the supreme authority of both the police force and […]

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Film, Literature

Escape From New York

March 2, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Kurt Russell (Stargate) stars in a high-velocity sci-fi action-thriller from director John Carpenter (co-written by Nick Castle) that sets the screen ablaze with heart-stopping suspense, outrageous stunts and imaginative […]

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From the Back of the Room

March 1, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Many people have the impression that the Riot Grrrl movement in the mid-90s was the end-all, be-all of female involvement in DIY punk. This is definitely not the case! […]

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Film, Music

The Thing (2011)

February 27, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s not human. Yet. From the producers of Dawn of the Dead comes the chilling prelude to John Carpenter’s cult classic film. When paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) […]

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The Last Starfighter

February 26, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He Didn’t Find His Dreams. . .His Dreams Found Him. Millions of light-years ago, a great frontier was constructed in the universe to protect the star League of Planets […]

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The Thing (1982)

February 25, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter […]

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The Thing From Another World

February 23, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Arctic researchers discover a huge, frozen spaceling inside a crash-landed UFO, then fight for their lives after the murderous being (a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness) emerges from icy captivity. Will […]

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Film, Literature

Betty Blowtorch: And Her Amazing True Life Adventures

February 22, 2015by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: For two years a filmmaker follows the all girl rock band Betty Blowtorch documenting the bands ferocious sound and dangerously low-tech pyrotechnic show, unaware of the turmoil and tragedy […]

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