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Tag Archives: Crime

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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Synopsis: When free-spirited petty crook Randy P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. He’s on one side of a […]

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Mixed Nuts

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Synopsis: ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the only creatures stirring were a transvestite, a homicidal Santa, a serial killer, the staff of a suicide hot […]

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Film

3615 code Père Noël

December 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Thomas (Alain Musy) is living with his mom and granddad in a huge country house. He makes a teltext phone call requesting that Santa Claus visit his house for […]

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Film

The Night Before

December 24, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night […]

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Film

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

December 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this modern update of the beloved 1947 classic, six-year-old Susan has doubts bout childhood’s most enduring miracle – Santa Claus. But after meeting a special department store Santa […]

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Film

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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Film

Borb

December 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Borb by Jason Little (Shutterbug Follies,Motel Art Improvement Service) is the story of Borb, a severely alcoholic homeless man. Borb is a downtrodden urban Candide whose misfortunes pile up […]

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Literature

The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 3

December 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: After the detonation of FANDEMONIUM the gods-as-pop-stars of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE try living in the long dark shadow. Team WicDiv are joined by a stellar cast of […]

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Literature

The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town

December 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: For five groundbreaking seasons, Canadian-bred comic prodigies THE KIDS IN THE HALL stretched sketch comedy to its ultimate limits with hilariously off-the-wall results. Now they’ve returned with THE KIDS […]

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La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc

December 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: With its stunning camerawork and striking compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc convinced the world that movies could be art. Renée Falconetti gives one of […]

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Film, Music

Papurika

December 12, 2017by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination – where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a […]

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Film

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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The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 2

December 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The critically-lauded best-selling hyphen-abusing series of stardom, divinity, and death returns with a second volume that’s even grander than the first, because it contains six issues instead of five. […]

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