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Friends With Boys

March 14, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: A coming-of-age tale with a spooky twist! Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself. After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her […]

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Mad Max

March 9, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police […]

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Snarked!, vol. 1

March 7, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Roger Langridge, the Harvey Award winner behind THE MUPPET SHOW and THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER, returns for an all-new, side-splitting adventure that can only be explained as…SNARKED! Journey with […]

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Escape from L.A.

March 5, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Snake is Back The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what […]

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Level Up

March 3, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: How do you decide what to do with your life? This question took up much of my head space when I was in my late teens, and it’s also […]

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The Last Starfighter

February 26, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He Didn’t Find His Dreams. . .His Dreams Found Him. Millions of light-years ago, a great frontier was constructed in the universe to protect the star League of Planets […]

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Bad Island

February 24, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Something on this island is up to no good . . . When Reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he […]

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Turist

February 19, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A critical favorite at the Cannes Film Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of […]

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Chaos and Cadavers

February 18, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Hilarious Undertaking. Plans for a quiet romantic getaway for geeky Edward (Nick Moran, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and his alluring bride, Samantha (Keeley Hawes) die a […]

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RiffTrax Live: Sharknado

February 17, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Considered by many critics to be one of the greatest movies ever made in the “Tornado full of sharks” genre, Sharknado debuted in 2013 to unprecedented buzz. Not since […]

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

February 16, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will every find true love and marry. Charles thinks he’s found “Miss Right” in […]

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

February 13, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Jason Vorhees, the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for another fierce fling. Tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, everyone now assumes […]

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The Strain, vol. 2

February 7, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: A vast conspiracy has made it nearly impossible for the CDC’s Dr. Ephraim Goodweather to convince the world that there’s a vampiric epidemic spreading across Manhattan. His only hope […]

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