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Category Archives: Film

Airplane II: The Sequel

June 7, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: There’s a mad bomber on board, the first lunar shuttle is about to self-destruct, the engines are not working and – worst of all – the flight crew discovers […]

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Tsubaki Sanjûrô

June 6, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece to Yojimbo, the jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group […]

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Stella Street

June 5, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A comedy about celebrity lifestyles gone mad! Jury Award winners for best actor of the U.S., Comedy Arts Festival 2004, Phil Cornwell and John Sessions play multiple roles as […]

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Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie

June 3, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Quick answer: the same, and worse. ************************************************************************* Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie 7.0 […]

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Mad Mission, Part 2: Aces Go Places

June 2, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: The Mad Mission Team Is Back In Their Wildest Caper Ever! In this second Mad Mission adventure, the unlikely partnership of master thief ‘King’ Kong (Sam Hui), bumbling detective […]

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Kinsey

June 1, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Let’s Talk About Sex Liam Neeson stars as Alfred Kinsey, a man driven by scientific passion and personal demons to investigate the elusive mystery of human sexuality. Laura Linney garnered a […]

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Melancholia

May 31, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It will change everything. Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of Justine’s sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law […]

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Airplane!

May 29, 2013by The Thorn 5 Comments

Synopsis: Voted “one of the 10 funniest movies ever made” by the American Film Institute, Airplane! is a masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy. Featuring Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced […]

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Les Bronzés font du ski

May 28, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: One year on from their eventful meeting at a holiday club on the Ivory Coast, six disparate characters find themselves reunited in the French Alps. The nouvelle-riche couple Bernard […]

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Yôjinbô

May 27, 2013by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war […]

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Dhobi Ghat

May 25, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the teeming metropolis of Mumbai, four people separated by class and language are drawn together in compelling relationships. Shai, an affluent investment banker on a sabbatical, strikes up […]

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The Grub-Stake Revisited

May 24, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Pre-dating Chaplin’s classic film The Gold Rush by two years, The Grub-Stake is a riveting silent film, created in 1923 by Canadian pioneer filmmaker Nell Shipman. It tells the tale […]

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Beyond Therapy

May 23, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Neurotic New Yorker Bruce (Jeff Goldblum) is a manic bisexual who enjoys a good cry. Equally insecure Prudence (Julie Hagerty of Airplane!) is the uptight writer he meets through the […]

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