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Leaving Las Vegas

March 15, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Best Actor Oscar winner Nicholas Cage and best Actress nominee Elisabeth Shue set the screen ablaze in this profoundly moving love story. Nominated for two additional Academy Awards- Best […]

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Call Girl

March 12, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Maria, a high-class call girl, is hired to seduce a local politician in an attempt to obtain his permission to build a luxury resort on protected land. Meanwhile, two […]

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Powder Blue

March 11, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide. Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and Eddie Redmayne […]

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Serveuses demandées

March 11, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Brazilian native Priscilla Paredes is intent on staying in Montreal, despite the expiration of her student visa. Out of desperation, she takes a job as an exotic dancer at […]

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Straw Dogs (1971)

March 10, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A film by Sam Peckinpah A young American mathematician, David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman), and his English wife, Amy (Susan George), move to a Cornish village, seeking the quiet life. […]

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A Simple Plan

February 26, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sometimes Good People Do Evil Things. The American Dream. In a gym bag. That’s how three men size up what they’ve found in the snowy Minnesota woods. They’ve come […]

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Burn After Reading

February 21, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical […]

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Higher Learning

December 3, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Question The Knowledge Kristy Swanson, Omar Epps and Michael Rapaport star as first-term freshmen who get a crash course in diversity, identity and sexuality in writer/ director John Singleton’s […]

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Cooking With Stella

December 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When Canadian diplomat Maya (Lisa Ray) and her stay-at-home husband, Michael (Don McKellar), are relocated to exotic New Delhi, they inherit a household of Indian servants ruled by the […]

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Wall Street

November 26, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tired of the view from his one-bedroom apartment, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) dreams of the luxury and power at the pinnacle of Wall Street investment banking. Charming his way […]

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Rip! A Remix Manifesto

November 17, 2010by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: The feature documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto explores the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer file sharing. Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor interviews key figures […]

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The Psycho Legacy

November 5, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In 1960 Anthony Perkins scare the world with his chilling portrayal of a murderous madman obsessed with his dead mother, catapulting the horror genre into a new realm of […]

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Halloween (2007)

October 30, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects) reinvents the ultimate slasher classic, unleashing Michael Myers for a bloody rollercoaster of a rampage like fans have never seen. Including a retelling of […]

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