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Tag Archives: Mystery

Sun taam

July 31, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 2007’s largest grossing film at the Hong Kong box office – the smash-hit Mad Detective – is one of the freshest and most satisfying films from that country in […]

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Fatale, Book 1

July 25, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Summary: Secrets, lies, horror, lust, and monsters from the time before time all collide in Fatale: Death Chases Me. In present day, a man meets a woman who he becomes […]

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Sliver

June 16, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: You like to watch….don’t you? In the too-hot-for-theaters Unrated Cut of Silver, Sharon Stone steams up the screen… and someone is secretly watching her! When Carly (Stone) moves into […]

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El secreto de sus ojos

June 15, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamin (Ricardo Darin), decides to write a novel based on a twenty-five year old unresolved rape and murder case, which still haunts him. Sharing […]

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Film, Literature

Rebecca

May 11, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: For his first American film, Alfred Hitchcock teamed up with producer David O. Selznick (Gone With the Wind) to create a “spine-tingling” (LA Weekly) romantic thriller that won the […]

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Film, Literature

Spoorloos

May 10, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A young man begins an obsessive search for his girlfriend after she mysteriously disappears during their sunny vacation getaway. The Vanishing unfolds with intense precision, culminating in a genuinely […]

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Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

April 22, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He taught him the finer points…of murder! Outside of the refined halls of Edinburgh University, a young Arthur Conan Doyle is learning his first lessons… in murder. In 1878, […]

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Film, Literature, Television

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

April 20, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “Peter Cushing is a splendid Holmes” (Daily Mirror) and “Andre Morell is the perfect Dr. Watson” (Daily Herald) in this terror filled mystery classic co-starring horror legend Christopher Lee. […]

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Film, Literature

Pushing Daisies: Season 1

April 12, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Every not-so-often, along comes a show that’s different. Wonderfully different. Pushing Daisies, TV Guide’s Matt Roush writes, “restores my faith in TV’s ability to amuse, enchant and entertain.” It’s the […]

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Television

Den brysomme mannen

April 5, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment – even a wife. But before long, […]

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Film

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

Opera

March 21, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When a young opera singer takes over the leading role in an avant-garde presentation of Verdi’s Macbeth, she triggers the madness of a crazed fan who repeatedly forces the […]

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Literature

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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