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Tag Archives: Mystery

Gosford Park

December 1, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tea At Four. Dinner At Eight. Murder At Midnight. The Academy Award® winner for Best Original Screenplay, Gosford Park is a whodunit as only director Robert Altman could do […]

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Le crime est notre affaire

November 27, 2011by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Prudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course! *********************************************************************** Le crime […]

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Confidences trop intimes

November 20, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis (slight spoilers): From The Acclaimed Director Of Girl On The Bridge And Man On The Train. William Faber became a tax accountant like his father and resolved himself to […]

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Innocence

November 11, 2011by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Gushing water. Subterranean rumbling. Sun-dappled green vistas behind huge stone walls. So begins Innocence, a fascinating fable about a mysterious school for girls, where one arrives by coffin to […]

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Franklyn

November 7, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Four souls bound by fate, romance and tragedy collide in the parallel worlds of London and the futuristic Meanwhile City, where a single bullet will alter the course of […]

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Les voleurs de villes

November 4, 2011by The Thorn 2 Comments

Les voleurs de villes, by Pierre Christin and Philippe Aymond 7.0 This one’s a peculiar little science-fiction story, not only because it takes place in the Middle East and in […]

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White Room

November 2, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From critically acclaimed writer/director Patricia Rozema comes the twisting tale of an aspiring young writer who has developed voyeuristic habits. One night, while prowling the backyards of an urban […]

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New & Used Blab!

October 27, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

New & Used Blab! by various authors and artists 8.25 This is a collection of comic strips, graphic art and stories. Some of it is new to this volume and […]

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Literature

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: This One Will Kill You

October 18, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: This One Will Kill You by various authors 6.5 I’m not much of a book critic, but I still want to share my thoughts about the things […]

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Lady In The Water

October 11, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Lullaby. And good fright. The creator of The Sixth Sense and Signs wants to tell you a bedtime story. A story M. Night Shyamalan told his children is the […]

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Film

Scooby-Doo

August 23, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close, Scooby-Doo and his clever crime-solving cohorts Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) […]

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Hollywoodland

July 31, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Hollywood’s most notorious unsolved mystery, Hollywoodland is a tale of glamour, scandal, and corruption in 1950s Los Angeles. When George Reeves (Ben Affleck), […]

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The Killers (1964)

May 13, 2011by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: In 1964, Don Siegel-initially slated to direct the 1946 version-took it on, creating the first-ever made-for-TV feature, but it proved too violent for broadcast in the wake of JFK’s […]

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