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Category Archives: Film

The Kid Stays in the Picture

April 11, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Success Scandal Sex Tragedy Infamy…And that’s just the first reel… Rules are made to be broken. And Robert Evans has broken them all. he was the first actor to […]

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Don’t Drink the Water (1994)

April 10, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: They couldn’t wait to get in. Now it’s hilarious trying to get out! Ever-popular favorites Michael J. Fox (Mars Attacks!, The American President) and Woody Allen (Small Time Crooks, […]

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The Last Mogul

April 9, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: “If Hollywood was Mount Olympus,” says movie industry lobbyist Jack Valenti in Barry Avrich’s The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman “then Lew Wasserman was Zeus.” […]

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The Brothers Warner

April 7, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Of All The Major Studios, One Was Family. Of the major studios, one was family. Harry, Albert, Sam, Jack- the Warner brothers- turned a storefront that used a sheet […]

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Duran Duran: Sing Blue Silver

April 6, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Packed with witty and spontaneous incidents, this behind the scenes documentary of Duran Duran’s 1984 American tour dispels the myth that they were mainly a video band. This film […]

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Paris-Manhattan

April 5, 2014by The Thorn 8 Comments

Synopsis: Idealistic pharmacist Alice (the adorable Alice Taglioni – The Valet; Sky Fighters) is totally obsessed with the movies of Woody Allen. She continually quotes lines from his films, engages […]

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Film

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

April 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From Columbia Pictures to Warner Brothers, the studios that gave rise to the Hollywood empire were all founded by innovative Eastern European immigrants and first-generation American Jews. Called “a […]

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Film, Television

Les ennemis du cinéma

April 2, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Documentary about the conflicts that, for nearly sixty years, pitted the Catholic Church and the government of Québec against cinephiles and defenders of artistic freedom. With the participation of […]

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Film, Television

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

April 1, 2014by The Thorn 6 Comments

Synopsis: Yoiks! Here be the Python’s tale of good King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his knights as they quest for the Holy Grail. Watch as they face great odds and […]

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Film

This Film is Not Yet Rated

March 31, 2014by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Uncover the Movie Hollywood Doesn’t Want You to See. IFC brings you This Film Is Not Yet Rated, a raucous and riveting expose of the inner workings of the […]

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Film

The Dresden Dolls: Live in Paradise

March 30, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Live at Paradise June 5th 2005 At 11:58 PM on Sunday June 5th, after a five hour delay that had all hands on deck scrambling to try to restore […]

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Film, Music

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

March 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The most entertaining gay history lesson you’ve ever had. The superstars of gay and lesbian cinema shine in this amazing overview of LGBT film history. Fabulous! The Story Of […]

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The Name of the Rose

March 27, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They Believed In God But Traded With The Devil. It’s the work of the Devil. That’s what some say when a bizarre series of deaths strikes a 14th-century monastery. […]

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