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Tag Archives: Espionage

The Addams Family (1964-66): Season 1

October 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky! The Addams Family, America’s first family of ghastly giddiness, are here in all of their ghoulish glory in the original TV […]

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Literature, Television

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

July 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Horror legend Mario Bava (Black Sabbath) directs this hilarious sequel to Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine featuring international superstar duo of Ciccio and Franco (Franco Franchi and Ciccio […]

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Film

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

July 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Beware – this band of bikini-clad cuties is licensed to kill… with comedy! Featuring Vincent Price in “the most unusual and amusing role of his career” (Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) […]

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Film

Velvet, vol. 3

June 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The strands of the mystery finally bring Velvet back home to the US, and to Washington, D.C. no less, for an explosive finale. Collects VELVET #11-15 *********************************************************************** Velvet, vol. […]

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Literature

Velvet, vol. 2

June 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The white-hot spy series from the creators of Captain America: The Winter Soldier is back! Everything Velvet Templeton ever believed about the worst night of her life has turned […]

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Literature

Velvet, vol. 1

June 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: From the bestselling creators of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” comes this smash-hit spy thriller with a unique new twist! When the world’s greatest secret agent is killed, all […]

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Literature

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

April 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Two years before The Girl From Rio, Shirley Eaton (Goldfinger) also starred as Sumuru, a beautiful but deadly woman with plans for world domination. When a couple of wise-cracking, […]

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Film, Literature

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

March 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Everything Is Under Control Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in […]

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Film, Literature

Right State

November 6, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Just in time for the fall presidential election, Mat Johnson, acclaimed writer of INCOGNEGRO, delivers a race-against-time political thriller about a militia group that’s plotting to assassinate the second […]

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Literature

OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus

November 5, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: When outrageously chauvinistic French secret agent OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin) journeys to Cold War-era Rio de Janeiro to recover a top-secret microfilm, gorgeous Israeli Nazi-hunter Dolorès Koulechov (Louise Monot) […]

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Film, Literature

Pas de roses pour OSS 117

March 29, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In Rome, OSS 117 is instructed to dismantle an international assassins guild. He assumes the identity of William Chandler, an extremely dangerous individual, in order to infiltrate the organisation, […]

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Film, Literature

Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117

March 22, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Agent OSS 117 tries to stop a group of terrorists who plan to bomb an unnamed Far East country in this routine spy story. The villains demand money from […]

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Film, Literature

Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117

March 15, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A wave of political crimes is washing over South America. Secret agent OSS 117 in charge of cleaning up the affair, is ambushed several times but manages to get […]

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Film, Literature

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