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Tag Archives: Drama

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 2

January 27, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 2, by Nadja 4.5 I don’t know what happened between the first volume and this one, but the author has now completely lost my interest. […]

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Back to the Future Part II

January 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “Roads? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads!” – Doc Brown Getting back was only the beginning as the most spectacular time-travel adventure ever continues in Back to the […]

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Frozen

January 25, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It remains perhaps the most intense and terrifying film of the year: As Sunday evening falls, three snowboarding friends decide to take one last run down the slope. Halfway […]

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Film

The Acme Novelty Library, Number 18

January 25, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

The Acme Novelty Library, Number 18, by Chris Ware 8.5 I discovered Chris Ware with ‘Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth’. It was recommended to me by the clerk […]

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Literature

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

January 24, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Directed with clinical precision by Robert Wise, this record of the earth’s first biological crisis is perhaps the most painstakingly authentic science fiction thriller ever made. When a satellite […]

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Film, Literature

Cry of the Banshee (Director’s cut)

January 23, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Vincent Price is diabolical, commanding and “as brutally horrific as ever” (Motion Picture Exhibitor) as a corrupt English magistrate who leads a crusade to rid the countryside of witches…but […]

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Film, Literature

Back to the Future

January 21, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: “You Built A Time Machine… Out Of A DeLorean?” – Marty McFly From Academy Award-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes Back to the Future – the original, […]

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Film

Cheers: Season 6

January 19, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Kirstie Alley’s Debut Season! It’s the cozy little Boston bar where everybody knows your name…welcome to Cheers – the Emmy® Award-winning, smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked […]

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Television

Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party

January 17, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party, by Mélanie Watt 8.0 I discovered Scaredy Squirrel in 2010, after being told that I was very much like the loveable, but highly-neurotic, rodent. […]

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Literature

Les femmes

January 14, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  When a womanizing novelist suffers from writer’s block, he hires Clara as his new secretary and erotic inspiration. As the writer reveals the most intimate details of the women […]

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Film

Avanti!

January 13, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Italy was full of surprises! In this hilarious, lighthearted comedy from acclaimed writer/director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond (The Apartment), a wealthy American discovers romance and the meaning […]

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Film

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 1

January 13, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La forêt de l’oubli, vol. 1, by Nadja 8.0 I stumbled upon this book while looking up CDs by a band named Nadja. Intrigued by what I was seeing on […]

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Literature

À cœur joie

January 12, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A wife is torn between two lovers – her older husband and a much younger man. *********************************************************************** À cœur joie 7.0 ‘À cœur joie’ is yet another drab, run-of-the-mill […]

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