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Tag Archives: Documentary

Garbage: One Mile High… Live

February 15, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: After a five year break, 2012 saw Garbage back in the spotlight with a new studio album Not Your Kind Of People followed by their first world tour for […]

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Music, Television

Blondie: Live at CBGB 1977

February 8, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This 47-minute piece of video vérité captures an iconic band and front woman on the rise playing in their natural habitat: New York’s legendary CBGB. Director Rod Swenson was […]

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Literature, Music

Duran Duran: Extraordinary World

February 1, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An examination of the career of Duran Duran which features archive footage alongside videos taken from the band’s last album ‘The Wedding Album’. *********************************************************************** Duran Duran: Extraordinary World 6.75 […]

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Music, Television

Ramones: Raw

January 25, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Hey, Ho, Let’s Go! Climb in the van, buckle your seat belt and hang out tight because you’re about to experience life on the road with the founding fathers […]

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Film, Music, Television

Duran Duran: Big Milano Thing

January 4, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Amazing 2008 Italian fan club only DVD featuring footage and capturing the magic, excitement, and pure adrenaline of the band’s Milano Palatrussardi’s concert on December 12, 1988; including most […]

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Music, Television

The Girl

January 2, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Starring Toby Jones as Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as Hedren, The Girl tells the story of the director’s obsessive relationship with his leading lady during the making of The […]

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Film, Television

Hitchcock

December 31, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Oscar Winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren are spellbinding in this provocative story about the making of one of cinema’s most iconic films. Plagued by both a reckless ego […]

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Film

Tarja Turunen and Harus: In Concert – Live at Sibelius Hall

December 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 2011 release from the Finnish Metal vocalist and former member of Nightwish. It’s widely known that Tarja’s musical background is classical music and her voice classically trained. After the […]

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Film, Music

My Amityville Horror

December 23, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: For the first time in 35 years, child eyewitness Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975. His parents story of […]

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Film

Nightwish: Showtime, Storytime

December 21, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: 2013 live release from the Finnish Symphonic Metal band. Recorded during their live performance at the Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2013. Showtime, Storytime is […]

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Film, Music

Ulver: The Norwegian National Opera

December 7, 2014by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Ulver returned in 2012 with their latest album Childhood’s End. Early pioneers of Norwegian black metal, the band have continually evolved throughout their career and now stand as living […]

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Film, Music

Rammstein: Völkerball

November 30, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 2006 concert film from German Metal merchants Rammstein, featuring ‘Reise Reise’, ‘Du Hast’, ‘Ich Will’ and ‘Keine Lust’. Rammstein’s fan base know that although their studio albums are powerful, […]

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Film, Music

The Haunting in Connecticut

November 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based on a chilling true story, The Haunting In Connecticut charts one family’s terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to […]

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