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Tag Archives: Adventure

Tôkyô zonbi

October 17, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tadanobu Asano and Show Aikawa star as fulltime slackers and wannabe ju-jitsu champions who bring the body of their murdered boss to Tokyo’s towering toxic waste dump known as […]

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

October 11, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed […]

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X: The Erotic Treasury

October 11, 2012by The Thorn 6 Comments

X: The Erotic Treasury, by various authors 7.5 I was given this gorgeous anthology by my partner some three years ago, for Christmas. It’s such a beautiful, almost velvety, book and […]

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Zwartboek

October 6, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the darkest days of World War II, Jewish fugitives attempt to escape occupied Holland – only to face a Nazi ambush. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) alone survives the […]

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Baise-moi

September 27, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Featuring two veterans of the French adult film industry, Baise Moi tells the story of Manu and Nadine. Manu is violently raped by a group of savage young thugs. […]

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Detroit Rock City

September 9, 2012by The Thorn 6 Comments

Synopsis: Kiss The Rules Goodbye! It’s 1978: bell-bottoms, day-glo, lava lamps and rock-n-roll define the generation. What’s a high-school rock band from Cleveland got on their mind? Getting out and […]

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The Dark Knight Rises

September 8, 2012by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, […]

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Film, Literature

Thunderstruck

September 7, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Break every rule but never break a promise. After a near death experience at a 1991 AC/DC concert, teenage best friends Sonny, Ben, Lloyd, Sam and Ronnie swear a […]

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Open Water

September 4, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based On True Events In search of much needed relaxation, Susan and Daniel take a tropical island vacation. While scuba diving miles off the coast, the tour guide miscounts […]

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Duel

September 3, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Fear Is The Driving Force. Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about a motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg’s first full-length movie, Duel, helped jumpstart the director’s big-screen […]

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Smokey and the Bandit 3

September 2, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this plotless, mindless chase movie, papa Big Enos and son Little Enos (Pat McCormick and Paul Williams) hire Cletus (Jerry Reed) to haul a Jaws-replica shark from Miami […]

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Lucille

August 29, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Lucille, by Ludovic Debeurme 7.0 ‘Lucille’ is the story of an anorexic girl and a malcontent boy, both from dysfunctional families, how they meet and how they affect each other’s life. […]

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Walkabout

August 28, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece […]

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