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Tag Archives: Drama

The Big Lebowski

January 28, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: From the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers (Fargo, True Grit), The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling a severed toe, White Russians and a guy named . . . […]

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Monkey Warfare

January 25, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Dan (Don McKellar) and Linda (Tracy Wright) are two ex-revolutionaries from Vancouver who live underground in Toronto and survive by cruising garage sales for buried treasures they sell on […]

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Futureworld

January 24, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Where you can’t tell theimortals from theimachines. . .even when you lookiin theimirror! An amusement park of the future caters to any adult fantasy. Lifelike androids carry out your […]

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The Way We Were

January 20, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Some memories last forever. Screen legends Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford make movie magic as the captivating star-crossed lovers Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner. Theirs is a classic love […]

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2010

January 12, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A new time, a new odyssey, a new chance to confront the enigmas arising from the daring Jupiter mission of the year 2001. Crew members aboard the Leonov are […]

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2001: A Space Odyssey

January 11, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick’s dazzling, Academy Award-winning achievement, a compelling drama of man vs. machine, a stunning meld of music and motion. Kubrick (who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke) […]

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Batman: Private Casebook

January 5, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Collecting DETECTIVE COMICS #840-845, plus a story from the INFINITE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, this hard-hitting new BATMAN volume pits The Dark Knight and guest-star Zatanna against the new Ventriloquist and […]

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Antonia

January 1, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and many of the most prestigious international film honors, Antonia’s Line is an inspiring and uplifting masterpiece, as […]

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About a Boy

December 31, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Hugh Grant (Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary) is simply brilliant in this comedy hit the critics are hailing as “Hilarious!” (Premiere). Will Lightman (Grant) is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor […]

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Love Actually

December 29, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Love Actually is the ultimate romantic comedy from the makers of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Notting Hill. Funny, irresistible and heartwarming, an all-star cast (Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin […]

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The War of the Roses

December 28, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Once inia lifetime comesia motion picture that makes you feel like fallingiin love again. This isinot that movie. In this blackest of comedies, a perfect 18-year marriage suddenly becomes […]

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The Ice Harvest

December 27, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton lead an all-star cast in this hilarious and unpredictable thriller that critics are calling “very funny stuff” (Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper). When […]

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Film, Literature

American Psycho

December 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, […]

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