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Tag Archives: Drama

Capricorn One

May 30, 2017by The Thorn 5 Comments

Synopsis: Mankind’s greatest achievement… or mankind’s biggest hoax? It was suppose to be the crowning moment in the history of space travel. But when the first manned flight to Mars […]

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Swimming Pool

May 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling), a best-selling English mystery writer, travels to her publisher’s holiday home in Provence intending to work and rest. But the sudden arrival of Julie (Ludivine […]

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An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe

May 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Brace yourself for a fearsome fright fest… times four! Maestro of Mayhem Vincent Price narrates this quivering quartet of Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-tingling classics, including: “The Tell Tale […]

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Literature, Television

Teorema

May 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Terence Stamp stars in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s award-winning and controversial film as a strange visitor who suddenly drops into the lives of an extremely bourgeois family. He plays both […]

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Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker

May 21, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker is completely revised, with an all-new comics adaptation of Dracula by Rich Rainey and Joe Ollmann. Returning from the first edition are “The Judge’s House” […]

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Nackt

May 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Naked is more than just taking your clothes off… The good old days seem gone, and six old friends are breaking up. Emilia and Felix have recently broken up […]

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Film

The Oblong Box

May 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Coffins, blood and live corpses! A gasping, gnawing heart stopping evil lies buried in The Oblong Box. Do you dare unearth its wrath? Vincent Price (Madhouse, Twice Told Tales) […]

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Film, Literature

Monamour

May 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tinto Brass’ latest Monamour is the love-story of a Venetian girl and a Frenchman in the beautiful city of Mantua. Dario, her husband is too busy to notice his […]

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Apollo 13

May 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, produced by Academy Award winner Brian Grazer and directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard, Apollo 13 stars two-time Academy Award winner […]

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Film, Literature

Love and Human Remains

May 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Set in a dreary urban landscape of an anonymous Canadian city, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning […]

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Graphic Classics: H. G. Wells

May 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Graphic Classics: H.G. Wells is a completely revised second edition of the third volume in the Graphic Classics series. It features three new comics adaptations: “The Time Machine” by […]

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Literature

No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas

May 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Don’t Die Without Telling Me Where You Are Going is a magical, time-shifting romance about the power of love and the movies from Argentine director Eliseo Subiela (Dark Side […]

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Le Déclin de l’empire américain

May 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The only subject worth talking about. From the award-winning director of The Barbarian Invasions, we are treated to a unique insight into the minds of the intellectual. And sex. […]

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