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Tag Archives: Drama

Sex Traffic

September 18, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: A powerful two-part drama about two young Moldovan sisters kidnapped and trafficked through Europe to the dark side of London, betrayed by pimps and police, and fighting for their […]

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Television

Sushi Girl

September 17, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Revenge is a dish best served raw Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other […]

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X

September 14, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Holly Rowe`s retiring, kissing her call girl life goodbye. She just has to get through her last night on the job. Shay Ryan`s a teenage runaway, broke and alone. […]

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Elles

September 12, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The world’s oldest profession still has its secrets A provocative and raw exploration of female sexuality, director Malgoska Szumowska’s Elles paints an unromantic picture of upper-crust domesticity refracted through the vibrant […]

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Film

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

September 11, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: A mysterious maniac is murdering prominent citizens of Gotham City, each time leaving a ghastly grin on the victims’ faces. Batman soon tracks down the killer: the Joker!This volume […]

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Literature

Fanny Hill (2007)

September 10, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Screenwriter Andrew Davies (Bridget Jone’s Diary, Bleak House) brings all of his sly, stylish wit to this adaptation of 18th-century Britian’s most notorious novel. With a mischievous glint in […]

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Literature, Television

Fanny Hill (1983)

September 8, 2013by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: Fanny Hill (Lisa Raines), a young country girl, arrives in the big city and is unwittingly forced into prostitution. Throwing herself, body and soul, into her work, Fanny derives […]

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Film, Literature

The Missionary

September 6, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Comedy legend Michael Palin (Monty Python’s Flying Circus) heads an all-star cast in this irresistible British comedy treat! In the early 20th Century, devout Reverend Charles Fortesque returns to […]

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Film

Wat zien ik

September 2, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An Outrageous Look Inside The World Of Prostitution Welcome to Amsterdam’s notorious Red Light district, a wide-open sin zone of pimps, prostitutes and the kinky customers who keep them […]

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Film, Literature

The Happy Hooker

August 27, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling book which had sold millions of copies by the time the film was made, The Happy Hooker tells the funny and feisty tale of Xaviera […]

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Film, Literature

Fay Grim

August 26, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is afraid her son Ned (Liam Aiken) will turn out like his father, Henry, who has been a fugitive for seven years. Fay’s brother, Simon, […]

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Henry Fool

August 24, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Acclaimed writer/director Hal Hartley’s (Amateur, Flirt) Henry Fool is a Faustian black comedy that will leave you screaming with laughter at its wild mix of vulgarity, antic humor and […]

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The Sessions

August 23, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Academy Award winner Helen Hunt joins John Hawkes and William H. Macy in this triumphant true story about love, sex, desire… and making every breath count. Paralyzed and confined […]

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