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Tag Archives: Fantasy

Fantasia

January 13, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Fantasia created the mold for blending music and movie magic into an exhilarating moviegoing experience. Unforgettable images are brought to life by some of the world’s best music – […]

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Film, Music

Saga, vol. 2

January 10, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The smash-hit ongoing epic continues! Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and alien monstrosities, but in the […]

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Literature

Saga, vol. 1

December 27, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Winner of the 2013 Hugo award for Best Graphic Story! When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring […]

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Literature

The Muppet Christmas Carol

December 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story sparkles with humor and whimsy in the hands of the always hilarious Muppets! Michael Caine stars as penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge in a performance that’s […]

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Nightwish: Showtime, Storytime

December 21, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: 2013 live release from the Finnish Symphonic Metal band. Recorded during their live performance at the Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2013. Showtime, Storytime is […]

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Film, Music

Locke and Key, vol. 6

October 31, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The shadows have never been darker and the end has never been closer. Turn the key and open the last door; it’s time to say goodbye. The final arc […]

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Literature

Army of Darkness

October 24, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Trapped In Time. Surrounded By Evil. Low On Gas. Bound in human flesh, inked in blood – and amazingly hard to pronounce – the ancient “Necronomicon” (Book of the […]

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The Other

October 7, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Other (1972), directed by Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) and adapted by Tom Tryon from his own best-selling novel, is a psychological horror film set in Depression-era […]

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Film, Literature

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

September 16, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls start your engines. You’re about to take an incredible ride with one of the most wonderful family films of all time! Dick Van […]

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Film, Literature

Santa sangre

July 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Forget everything you have ever seen… In the 1970s, his legendary films El Topo and The Holy Mountain redefined movies as both art and entertainment while changing the face […]

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Film

The Holy Mountain

July 1, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism is a spiritual quest for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth. The […]

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Film

El topo

June 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It was the landmark cult film that began the whole Midnight Movie phenomena of the counterculture crazy 1970s. El Topo was the most talked about, most controversial quasi-Western head […]

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Film

Fando y Lis

June 26, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Banned in Mexico, a permanent cause celebre, surrealist “fabulador” Alejandro Jodorowsky unique career began with this bizarre tale of corrupted innocence, sadomasochistic love and unattainable paradise. Created from hazy […]

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