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Tag Archives: Adventure

Santa Claus: The Movie

December 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This dazzling, heartwarming Christmas classic is the story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves at the North Pole and becomes Santa Claus. But when […]

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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

December 21, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tim Allen is back in the big red suit for more adventure and laughs in Disney’s hilarious family comedy. Get ready for a thrilling sleigh ride as the reluctant […]

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The Santa Clause 2

December 20, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Tim Allen reappears in Santa Clause 2, the hilarious sequel to everybody’s holiday favorite. Scott Calvin (Allen) has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal […]

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The Santa Clause

December 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Superstar comedian and Golden Globe® winner Tim Allen shines bright in Disney’s magical, larger-than-life hit comedy that People Magazine dubbed “the most playfully amusing, inventive cinematic…fable in several decades!” […]

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Jingle All the Way

December 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  In this hilarious holiday comedy, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a frantic father trying to buy a Turbo Man action figure for his son on Christmas Eve – unaware that […]

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Kidnapped

December 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It was to be the most startling film of Bava’s entire career: After a botched payroll heist, a trio of vicious criminals take hostages in a desperate getaway that […]

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Cani arrabbiati

December 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Imagine Quentin Tarantino remaking LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT inside a speeding car…That’s Mario Bava’s RABID DOGS (Cani Arrabbiati), a brutal and ironic kidnapping story whose unflinching realism makes […]

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La guerre du feu

December 7, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Set 80,000 years ago, this accomplished “cinematic spectacle” (‘New York Magazine’) follows the lives of four tribes of early man – each with their own customs and stages of […]

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Babe: Pig in the City

November 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Babe: Pig in the City takes the three musketeers Babe, Ferdy and Mrs. Hoggett on a crusade into the midst of a large city where despite incredible obstacles, they […]

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The Inspector, vol. 1

November 24, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: With a nose for clues, and eye for intrigue and a mind like a steel trap that’s jammed shut, ‘The Inspector’ sets out to solve Paris’ most puzzling crime […]

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Knightriders

November 23, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Knightriders is the story of a troupe of motorcyclists who are members of a traveling Renaissance Faire. They move from town to town staging full medieval jousting tournaments with […]

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Roy Colt & Winchester Jack

November 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In perhaps the most atypical film of his career, director Mario Bava combines elements of THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY and BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID […]

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Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

October 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He Puts the Teeth In Terror A pair of college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and on to a deserted Texas road. Here […]

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