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Tag Archives: Drama

Bitter Moon

August 17, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski explores the sexy side of obsession and the wild side of romance in this outrageous look at the dark side of love. Starring Hugh […]

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Paganini (1989)

August 15, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Witness the life and times of madman and genius violinist Niccolo Paganini. Haunted by the demons of lust and beauty, Paganini pursues his ideal of artistic creation while challenging […]

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Film, Music

Seconds

August 14, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The highly anticipated new standalone full-color graphic novel from Bryan Lee O’Malley, author and artist of the hugely bestselling Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series Katie’s got it pretty good. […]

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Sans queue ni tête

August 12, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When neurotic becomes erotic. . . In this darkly erotic drama from cult filmmaker Jeanne Labrune, Isabelle Huppert stars as a high-class prostitute named Alice who serves up sexual […]

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

August 11, 2016by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Admiral Kirk’s defeat of Khan and the creation of the Genesis planet are empty victories. Spock is dead and McCoy is inexplicably being driven insane. Then a surprise visit […]

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Film, Television

Temptation of Eve: Good Wife

August 10, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this sexy and provocative drama based partially on Roman Polanski’s Bitter Moon, film director Jin Young meets an attractive woman and spends the night with her. When he […]

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Film, Television

Caligula

August 8, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Caligula may very well be the most controversial film in history. Only one movie dares to show the perversion behind Imperial Rome, and that movie is Caligula, the epic […]

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Ryôshoku

August 3, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The sexy Ryoko Watanabe stars as Ami, a jaded housewife who pitches herself, body and soul, into the Tokyo decadence of the decade in an attempt to pep up […]

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition

August 2, 2016by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Enterprise proudly soars again in this new, beautifully restored Director’s Edition of the original Star Trek movie classic. This new Director’s Cut features enhanced visual effects and […]

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Film, Television

Paradies: Liebe

August 1, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Teresa, a 50-year-old woman, travels to the beaches of Kenya as a sex tourist or “Sugar Mama”. There, she moves from one Beach Boy to the next, buying their […]

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Tune, vol. 1

July 31, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Andy’s life is going nowhere, fast. He left art school with his career all worked out ahead of time, but …to say it didn’t work out is the understatement […]

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Literature

Nightcrawler

July 30, 2016by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Nightcrawler is a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers […]

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Gloria

July 29, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A story about a middle aged woman who gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, whom she meets at a dance club for […]

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