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The Ref

December 22, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He’s taken them hostage. They’re driving him nuts. MTV’s Dennis Leary stars in one of the year’s most outrageous and highly acclaimed comedy hits. Leary plays an unfortunate cat […]

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Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland

December 21, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Joe Hill’s New York Times bestselling novel, NOS4A2, introduced readers to the terrifying funhouse world of Christmasland and the mad man who rules there: Charlie Talent Manx III. Now, […]

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101 Reykjavík

December 20, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He finally met the perfect woman…Unfortunately, so did his mother. A young man’s sexual impulses go haywire when he discovers that the woman he has just been to bed […]

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Film, Literature

Krampus

December 19, 2016by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed […]

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Film

Animal House

December 17, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: One of the most popular movie comedies of all time is also the film that made food fights an art form and John Belushi a star. This raunchy, screwball […]

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Film

Porky’s Revenge

December 16, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this laugh-out-loud final installment of the ‘Porky’s’ adventures, the sexually frustrated boys and girls of Angel Beach High struggle with the school administration and their own raging hormones. […]

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Pink

December 11, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Yumiko moonlights as a call girl because her day job doesn’t pay enough to feed her pet, Croc. Haru, an aspiring writer who has nothing to say, sleeps with […]

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Cooley High

December 10, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Often called ‘the black American Graffiti’, Cooley High takes a nostalgic, poignant – and hilariously funny – look at black teen life in 1960’s Chicago. It’s 1964. JFK has […]

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Vanishing on 7th Street

December 8, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Stay in the light… Vanishing On 7th Street taps into one of humankind’s most primal anxieties: fear of the dark. An unexplained blackout plunges the city of Detroit into […]

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The People vs Larry Flynt

December 5, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: You may not like what he does, but are you prepared to give up his right to do it? Based on a true story of the notorious Hustler publisher […]

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Film

More American Graffiti

December 4, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: More laughs, more music! Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith and Paul Le Mat return in this laugh-filled follow-up look into the lives of the gang from George […]

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American Graffiti

December 3, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From director George Lucas (Star Wars) and producer Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather), American Graffiti is a classic coming-of-age story set against the 1960s backdrop of hot rods, drive-ins […]

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Torture Garden

December 1, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and […]

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