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Jiro Dreams of Sushi

April 3, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Jiro Dreams Of Sushi is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant […]

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Superman: Grounded, vol. 1

April 1, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Top comics writer J. Michael Straczynski takes Superman on a journey across the U.S., originally presented in SUPERMAN #700-706.After the devastating events of WAR OF THE SUPERMEN, Superman looks […]

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Literature

Superman: Earth One, vol. 1

March 28, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Summary: Forget everything you know about The Man of Steel and brace yourself for a staggering new take on the world’s most popular Super Hero.Best-selling, Hugo Award-winning writer J. Michael […]

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Literature

The Prisoner (2009)

March 27, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Enter the mysterious world of The Prisoner. Nobody resigns from Summakor. Once he had a name, a job with the mysterious spy-ops outfit Summakor and a life in New […]

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Television

Silver Linings Playbook

March 26, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Life doesn’t always go according to plan. Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything — his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with […]

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Film, Literature

Spaceman

March 24, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso – the Eisner Award-winning creators of 100 BULLETS – return to Vertigo with their new interstellar mystery SPACEMAN, collected here in DC’s Deluxe format. […]

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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

March 23, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Isolated, cut off. Inside an abandoned police station, a handful of cops and some convicts on their way to Death Row must join forces and defend themselves against the […]

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Film

La Cage aux Folles

March 20, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: One of “the most successful foreign films ever shown in the U.S.” (The Wall Street Journal), this “wildly hilarious” (Independent Film Journal) French farce is giddy, unpretentious and an […]

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Film

The Hours

March 19, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: THE HOURS tells the story of three very different individuals who share the feeling that they have been living their lives for someone else. Virginia Woolf (Kidman) lives in […]

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Film, Literature

Dark Shadows: Fan Favorites

March 16, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: From 1966 to 1971, the spooky ABC-TV suspense series Dark Shadows thrilled an audience of 20 million viewers with a unique blend of Gothic romance and supernatural horror.  Dark […]

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Television

Police Squad!

March 14, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: There are 8 Million Storiesiin theiNaked City. Here are Six. Join Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they solve the toughest cases – […]

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Kingdom Hospital

March 12, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Where Malevolence Meets Malpractice. Stephen King Presents Kingdom Hospital is the haunting new 15-hour drama series developed directly for television by the award-winning, bets-selling master of horror. Using Lars […]

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Strictly Confidential

March 10, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Love and fetish. Sex and murder. Linda (Suranne Jones), an ex-cop turned sex therapist, is pulled into a world of fetish and S&M when her ex-lover, Angie (Eva Pope), […]

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