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Tag Archives: Crime

Shaft’s Big Score

August 15, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He’s back big time! The bash-‘n’-smash follow-upito Shaft! You can’t say the mob wasn’t warned about John Shaft. “He’s a bad dude,” a numbers racketeer cautions them. Now Shaft […]

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Shaft (2000)

August 14, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Who delivers ten times out of ten? Samuel L. Jackson is Shaft, the man and the movie. John Singleton (Boyz ‘N’ The Hood), directs this gritty action packed thriller. […]

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Shaft (1971)

August 13, 2010by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: The Hard-Hitting Original That Started It All. “Hotter than Bond. Cooler than Bullitt,” movie posters proclaimed. John Shaft was indeed a shut-your-mouth detective to reckon with, a fact emphasized […]

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Psycho III

August 11, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Most Shocking Of Them All Anthony Perkins stars in and directs the most shocking Psycho film of all: Psycho III. After years in prison, Norman Bates returns home […]

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Il rosso segno della follia

August 10, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Just Murdered… John Harrington and his wife, Mildred, run an exclusive Paris fashion salon devoted to wedding apparel for women. John has secretly embarked on a spree of homicides, […]

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Following

August 10, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Following is a wickedly clever story of how a young man’s obsession with following people leads him into a dark underworld. Bill, the unlikely hero, is a marginalized but […]

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Inception

August 6, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the […]

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Donnie Darko

July 31, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Jake Gyllenhaal leads a star-filled cast – with Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell – as a delusional high school student visited by a […]

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Treed Murray

July 30, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Smart, savvy advertising executive Murray Roberts (Hewlett) is in control of his urban world. But a run-in with a would-be mugger and his gang in a large metropolitan park […]

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Män som hatar kvinnor

July 29, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved […]

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The Wicker Man (1973)

July 28, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward of The Equalizer) travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the […]

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Tokyo!

July 22, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Three of world cinema’s great visionaries: Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind), Leos Carax (The Lovers On The Bridge), and Bong Joon-ho (The Host) […]

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The Bat

July 16, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When it flies, someone DIES! Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead) has rented a remote mansion for the summer. One night, a prowler tagged “The Bat” invades the […]

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