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Tag Archives: Crime

Blacksad: L’Enfer, le silence

February 19, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Detective John Blacksad returns, with a new case that takes him to a 1950s New Orleans filled with hot jazz and cold-blooded murder! Hired to discover the fate of a celebrated […]

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Literature, Music

Blacksad: Âme Rouge

February 15, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Summary: At the height of the “Red Scare”, John Blacksad finds himself tangled in a web of communist sympathizers and the powers that wish them dead. While the future peace […]

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Literature

Dr. No

February 13, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: His name is Bond, James Bond, and here, in his explosive film debut, Ian Fleming’s immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. Sean Connery embodies […]

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Film, Literature

Blacksad: Arctic Nation

February 12, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Summary: His name is John Blacksad. He’s a private detective who’s seen much evil in the past, but never in his long life has he encountered a case as bizarre, as […]

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Literature

Diabolik

February 9, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Out For All He Can Take, Seduce, Or Get Away With… The suave, psychedelic-era thief called Diabolik (John Phillip Law) can’t get enough of life’s good-or glittery things. Not […]

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Film, Literature

Il gatto a nove code

February 8, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: When a simple robbery at a research institute leads to a series of brutal murders, a blind puzzle maker (Karl Malden) and a tenacious reporter (James Franciscus) begin their […]

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Film

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score

February 3, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Summary: Fresh from his Eisner Award-winning efforts on The Hunter and The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke now sets his steely sights on The Score, the classic Richard Stark Parker novel from 1964. […]

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Literature

The Ladykillers (1955)

January 31, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sir Alec Guinness gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Professor Marcus, the mastermind of a gang of vicious bank robbers who rent a room from elderly widow […]

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Film

The Ladykillers (2004)

January 29, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: The Greatest Criminal Minds Of All Time Have Finally Met Their Match. Academy Award-winning Tom Hanks turns in a hilariously original performance in The Ladykillers, the laugh-out-loud comedy that […]

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Film

The Big Lebowski

January 28, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: From the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers (Fargo, True Grit), The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling a severed toe, White Russians and a guy named . . . […]

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Film

Tank Girl: Visions of Booga

January 26, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: In Visions of Booga, we join Tank Girl and her marsupial hubby Booga as they find themselves the victims of the worst run of bad luck ever. Their tank […]

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Literature

Monkey Warfare

January 25, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Dan (Don McKellar) and Linda (Tracy Wright) are two ex-revolutionaries from Vancouver who live underground in Toronto and survive by cruising garage sales for buried treasures they sell on […]

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Film

Futureworld

January 24, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Where you can’t tell theimortals from theimachines. . .even when you lookiin theimirror! An amusement park of the future caters to any adult fantasy. Lifelike androids carry out your […]

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