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Steve Martin’s Best Show Ever

September 7, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Steve Martin’s fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produced by Lorne Michaels and […]

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Scenes from a Mall

July 9, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A hilarious adventure in marriage, infidelity and bargain shopping! In the zany, outrageous tradition of Down and Out In Beverly Hills and Ruthless People, Scenes From a Mall teams […]

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The Meaning of Life

June 20, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin have returned to explain The […]

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Mon père, ce héros

June 17, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Andre (Depardieu) is a long-suffering divorcee on holiday in Mauritius where he is forced to pose as his teenage daughter’s (Gillain) older lover so that she can pique the […]

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The Adventures of Superhero Girl

April 4, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: What if you can leap tall buildings and defeat alien monsters with your bare hands, but you buy your capes at secondhand stores and have a weakness for kittens? […]

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Literature

Prometheus

January 23, 2015by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Legendary director Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) return to his sci-fi origins in this groundbreaking epic adventure bursting with spectacular action and mind-blowing visual effects! Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender […]

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Tarja Turunen and Harus: In Concert – Live at Sibelius Hall

December 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 2011 release from the Finnish Metal vocalist and former member of Nightwish. It’s widely known that Tarja’s musical background is classical music and her voice classically trained. After the […]

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Film, Music

RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza!

December 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: What do ice-skating reindeer, pipe-smoking santas and a parade of aquatic champions have in common? You’ll see them all in the RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza, now available as Download […]

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Sykt lykkelig

June 30, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Any reason not to be? Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who […]

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Film

8 femmes

June 6, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Academy Award nominee Catherine Deneuve (The Musketeer) Isabelle Huppert (The Swindle) and Fanny Ardant (Elizabeth) star in this outrageous mystery about a wealthy industrialist who has been found murdered […]

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Criminal, vol. 2

April 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Twenty years ago, Tracy Lawless traded the crime-ridden streets of the city for a life in the military, and it’s a decision he’s rarely regretted. But now he’s walking […]

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While You Were Sleeping

December 28, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: A story about love at second sight. Sandra Bullock is Lucy, a lonely subway worker, she becomes smitten with a handsome stranger. But when she saves his life after […]

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Film

Home Alone

December 27, 2013by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: A Family Comedy Without The Family When Kevin’s family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin! Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the […]

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