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Capricorn One

May 30, 2017by The Thorn 5 Comments

Synopsis: Mankind’s greatest achievement… or mankind’s biggest hoax? It was suppose to be the crowning moment in the history of space travel. But when the first manned flight to Mars […]

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Swimming Pool

May 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling), a best-selling English mystery writer, travels to her publisher’s holiday home in Provence intending to work and rest. But the sudden arrival of Julie (Ludivine […]

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Nailbiter, vol. 4

May 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The critically-acclaimed hit thriller continues with more shocking horror! Is there a new serial killer from Buckaroo?! Can they unlock the town’s deep secrets? Will Finch and Crane have […]

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Così fan tutte (1992)

May 24, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Diana (Claudia Koll) is happily married to Paolo but due to her extrovert character she regularly winds up in short-lived adventures, which she doesn’t keep hidden from Paolo. On […]

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Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines, vol. 1

May 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Back to the Future creator/screenwriter Bob Gale returns with all-new tales from the twisting and turning timeline that made Back to the Future a, well… TIMELESS pop-culture phenomenon! Take […]

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Teorema

May 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Terence Stamp stars in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s award-winning and controversial film as a strange visitor who suddenly drops into the lives of an extremely bourgeois family. He plays both […]

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Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker

May 21, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker is completely revised, with an all-new comics adaptation of Dracula by Rich Rainey and Joe Ollmann. Returning from the first edition are “The Judge’s House” […]

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Literature

Saturday Morning Massacre

May 20, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A crew of young paranormal investigators and their dog struggle for cash until they land a job getting to the bottom of a series of gruesome deaths in an […]

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Film, Television

The Oblong Box

May 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Coffins, blood and live corpses! A gasping, gnawing heart stopping evil lies buried in The Oblong Box. Do you dare unearth its wrath? Vincent Price (Madhouse, Twice Told Tales) […]

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Apollo 13

May 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, produced by Academy Award winner Brian Grazer and directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard, Apollo 13 stars two-time Academy Award winner […]

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Le Déclin de l’empire américain

May 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The only subject worth talking about. From the award-winning director of The Barbarian Invasions, we are treated to a unique insight into the minds of the intellectual. And sex. […]

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Witchfinder General

May 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: As superstition and fear sweep the Middle Ages, an educated rogue named Hopkins (Vincent Price) wanders from town to town proclaiming to be an official witch finder. Town leaders […]

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The Brown Bunny

May 10, 2017by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Raw, Tender, Brutal. The Brown Bunny is both a love story and a haunting portrait of a lost soul unable to forget his past. After finishing a motorcycle race […]

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