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Desert Hearts

March 23, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A blockbuster debut feature from director Donna Deitch (Criminal Passion), this “refreshingly lively and poignant” (The Hollywood Reporter) drama, written for the screen by Natalie Cooper, is based on […]

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Police Academy 3: Back in Training

March 19, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Law Enfarcement Saga Continues! The raw, inept, blunderhead civilians who graduated to become raw, inept, blunderhead cops “carry on with a lot of good, low humor” (Vincent Canby, […]

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If These Walls Could Talk 2

March 16, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Women. Love. Women. Three couples over three different decades, are bonded by the depth of their passions, their unconventional love, and a house that might offer up their stories […]

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Good as Lily

March 13, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Grace Kwon is about to find out the hard way after she breaks a haunted pinata on her 19th birthday and her “other selves” appear. But it just may […]

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Literature

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

March 12, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: To protect, serve… and entertain. The comic crimebusters are back! An anti-social nut job and his leathered band of pranksters are on the prowl, spray-painting the town red and […]

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La mala ordina

March 10, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The second film in Fernando Di Leo’s Milieu Trilogy focuses on Luca Carnali, a small-time mobster and pimp who has been set up by his gangland boss. When a […]

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She Likes Girls, vol. 1

March 9, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: These six exceptionally well-produced lesbian movies tell the stories of lesbian lives: from sweet love to poignant coming out. Highlights include the magical modern lesbian fairy tale, The Piper; […]

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Film

Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117

March 8, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: OSS 117, a French secret agent, sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during […]

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Film, Literature

Police Academy

March 5, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Name in Law Enfarcement! The call went out. The recruits came in. No longer would police cadets have to meet standards of height, weight and other requirements. Brains […]

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Page by Paige

February 28, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Paige Turner has just moved to New York with her family, and she’s having some trouble adjusting to the big city. In the pages of her sketchbook, she tries […]

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Literature

Garujigi

February 26, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Garujigi is a raunchy American Pie-esque sex comedy done in feudal Korea! Constantly ridiculed by women in his village, Byun one day discovers the mystical power of never-ending erection […]

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Johnny Dangerously

February 25, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Organized crime has never been this disorganized! In Amy Heckerling’s hilarious send-up of 1930s gangster films, Michael Keaton stars as Johnny Dangerously, a devoted son who turns to a […]

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Le Libertin

February 19, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: France, late 18th Century. The State and the Church have forbidden the publication of Diderot’s encyclopaedia. As he struggles with the “Morality” chapter of the illicit book, Diderot juggles […]

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