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The Acme Novelty Library, Number 17

February 28, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

The Acme Novelty Library, Number 17, by Chris Ware 7.0 “IT IS A SECOND HALF of an already lengthy and interminable introduction to our recent ongoing “graphic novel” Rusty Brown […]

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Seeing Other People

February 27, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Get it out of your system Ed and Alice are in love. They are getting married. But as their wedding approaches, Alice worries that she hasn’t slept with enough […]

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Sleep With Me

February 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: What happens when a man and his best friend both love his wife? Plenty of wildly funny, intense and shocking party conversation! Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz and Meg Tilly […]

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The Acme Novelty Library, Number 16

February 25, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

The Acme Novelty Library, Number 16, by Chris Ware 8.5 “Like the growing rings of a tiny hexagonal tree, billions of water molecules spin around and around, each finding the […]

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Literature

Easy

February 22, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sex is. Love isn’t. Jamie Harris (Marguerite Moreau) is a 25-year-old self-proclaimed “jerk magnet.” After determining not to spend the rest of her life as “the easy chick,” she […]

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Finding Bliss

February 21, 2012by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: Aspiring filmmaker Jody Balaban (Leelee Sobieski) takes a job at a porn studio, planning to use the company’s lush facilities to secretly film her own movie after hours. When […]

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My Bloody Valentine (2009)

February 20, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The town of Harmony would like to forget its horrific past. Ten years ago, after a tragic mining accident, Harry Warden awoke from his coma on Valentine’s Day – […]

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My Bloody Valentine (1981)

February 19, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Twenty years ago, a tragic accident in a mine on St. Valentine’s Day took the lives of five miners. The disaster occurred while supervisors left their posts to attend […]

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Going the Distance

February 18, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He may have only just graduated, but Nick (Christopher Jacot) has it all figured out – marriage, a lucrative career and a totally different lifestyle from that of his […]

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February 17, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Very few comedies have grossed over one hundred million dollars at the box office, but those which have are absolute classics: Animal House, Porky’s, There’s Something About Mary, American […]

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Un fil à la patte

February 16, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Georges Feydeau’s door-slamming 1894 farce, ‘Un fil a la patte’ (usually translated as ‘A Fly in the Ointment’), receives fleet screen treatment from veteran director Michel Deville. The star-laden […]

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Cheers: Season 8

February 15, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s the cozy Boston bar where everybody knows your name…welcome to Cheers – the Emmy® Award-winning, smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 years. Sam (Ted […]

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Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22

February 14, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22, by MariNaomi 8.0 I don’t even remember how I found this book. I suspect that it was suggested by a […]

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