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Tag Archives: Crime

The Name of the Rose

March 27, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They Believed In God But Traded With The Devil. It’s the work of the Devil. That’s what some say when a bizarre series of deaths strikes a 14th-century monastery. […]

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Film, Literature

Muppets Most Wanted

March 25, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. […]

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Film, Television

Books of Doom

March 22, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Five-time Eisner-nominated Best Writer Ed Brubaker turns his shadowy vision to Marvel’s greatest villain, Victor Von Doom. With the phenomenal art team of Pablo Raimondi and Mark Farmer, you […]

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Literature

Suburban Shootout

March 20, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Ah, suburbia. The smell of newly mown grass, the colorful blooms in flowerbeds, the clatter of automatic gunfire at least, that’s how it goes in Little Stempington, a posh […]

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Sleeper: Season Two

March 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: It’s the final SLEEPER collection from the team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Criminal). While spymaster John Lynch slept in a coma, his protégé Holden Carver was trapped […]

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Literature

Tomorrow Never Dies

March 15, 2014by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan returns as the fearless, cunning and devastatingly cool Secret Agent 007 in this thrilling adventure! When a ruthless media tycoon (Jonathan Pryce) tries to destabilize the world […]

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Film

Muppet Treasure Island

March 14, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate tale takes on new life of its own in the hands of the hilarious Muppets! Muppet Treasure Island – the Muppet’s very first action-adventure […]

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Film, Literature

Fatale, Book 3

March 13, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The third arc of the hit series hits stands the same day as the next one begins! From the dark days of the depression, to the middle ages and […]

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Literature

Follow that Bird

March 12, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The First Sesame Street Movie Ever! Follow that bird – Big Bird, of course – for an imaginative, magical, for-kids-of-all ages treat starring the cast of TV’s Sesame Street […]

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Film, Television

The Great Muppet Caper

March 5, 2014by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: The Great Muppet Caper will steal your heart as Jim Henson’s incredible cast travels to Great Britain to solve the crime of the century! When famous fashion designer Lady […]

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Film, Television

Irréversible

March 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Date of viewing: February 1, 2013 ‘Irréversible’ is a movie that is designed to pummel its audience, but one soon finds out that there more beneath the surface. A velvet […]

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Film

The Muppet Movie

March 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: You’ll be seeing stars (Orson Welles, Steve Martin, Bob Hope and more!) as The Muppet Movie tells the rags-to-riches tale of Kermit the Frog’s leap to fame and fortune. […]

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Film, Television

Serial Experiments: Lain

February 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Close the World. Open the Next. Decades before the internet was something people carried around in their pockets, these words introduced anime fans to a surreal existence where computer […]

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Television

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