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Les Schtroumpfs noirs

May 29, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Les Schtroumpfs noirs, by Peyo 7.75 Whoah… it’s been sooooooooooo long since I’ve read this book. Perhaps as long as 30 years, even. I’m surprised by how well it holds […]

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La Guerre des 7 fontaines

May 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La Guerre des 7 fontaines, by Peyo 7.0 This Johan et Pirlouit adventure features the second appearance by the Smurfs. The tale was published in segments in Spirou magazine and […]

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Literature

Neko no ongaeshi

May 24, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Journey To A Magical World From the creators of the Academy Award winning SPIRITED AWAY (Best Animated Feature Film, 2002) comes the visually stunning THE CAT RETURNS. Haru, a […]

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Film, Literature

La Flûte à six schtroumpfs

May 22, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La Flûte à six schtroumpfs, by Peyo 7.75 After watching the dreadful Smurfs movie, I decided that I would cleanse my palate by revisiting the original Smurfs, or Schtroumpfs, books […]

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Literature

Magnum Force

May 21, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Underworld figures are being murdered all over San Francisco. One by one, criminals who have eluded prosecution are getting the justice they deserve, justice you’d think Detective Harry Callahan […]

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Film

Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People

May 19, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People, by Douglas Coupland and Graham Roumieu 6.75 This book was dropped into my hands by my gf the other day, while we were dawdling […]

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Literature

Dirty Harry

May 17, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: In one of his signature roles, Clint Eastwood plays a streetwise San Francisco police detective who gets the job done. A rooftop sniper (Andy Robinson) calling himself Scorpio has […]

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Film

Daybreak

May 16, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Daybreak, by Brian Ralph 8.0 ‘Daybreak’ is a book that I probably wouldn’t have been reeled in by at first glance, but it was recommended by a friend of mine. […]

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Literature

Les Dalton

May 2, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history, whose criminal failures are such that their own mother […]

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Film, Literature, Television

Lucky Luke (2009)

May 1, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: James Huth helms this live-action adaptation of the long-running Belgian comic book series — first published in the 1940s — that is equal parts homage to and a parody […]

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Film, Literature, Television

The Smurfs

April 30, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours — in fact, smack dab in […]

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Film, Literature, Television

The Fugitive

April 27, 2012by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through this breathless manhunt movie inspired by one classic TV […]

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Film, Television

Three Fugitives

April 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Funnyman Martin Short plays an inept, klutzy bank robber who, on his first heist, grabs Nick Nolte as a hostage. Nolte plays a notorious ex-con who is trying to […]

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