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Tag Archives: Period piece

Shanghai Surprise

July 19, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Romantic Adventure For The Dangerous At Heart. Sean Penn is Glendon Wasey, a quick-witted fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Madonna is Gloria Tatlock, […]

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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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Monty Python’s Tunisian Holiday

June 16, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: In 1978, Kim “Howard” Johnson ran away to join the circus—Monty Python’s Flying Circus, that is. The Pythons converged on Tunisia to film their timeless classic Life of Brian, […]

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Literature

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

June 14, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Fantastical, Musical Adventure! Starring Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees along with Steve Martin, George Burns, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Billy Preston and Earth, Wind & Fire performing almost […]

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Film, Music

Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus

May 30, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 1970 war der neue Unterhaltungschef der Bavaria Atelier GmbH auf Suche nach neuen Talenten. Sein Name: Alfred Biolek. Seine Entdeckung: Eine britische Komikertruppe, die seit einem Jahr bei der […]

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The Spiderwick Chronicles

May 28, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From the moment the Grace family moves into a secluded old house, strange things start to happen. As Jared (Freddie Highmore, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory) investigates, he discovers […]

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Film, Literature

Mommie Dearest

May 8, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Faye Dunaway is Joan Crawford. A star a legend and a mother. The illusion of perfection. This is the outrageous and controversial story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford […]

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Film, Literature

Never Let Me Go

April 6, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Academy Award Nominees Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, co-star with talented newcomer Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) in this poignant and powerful film. Kathy (Mulligan), Ruth (Knightley) and Tommy (Garfield) […]

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Film, Literature

Same Difference

March 31, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: When Derek Kirk Kim (The Eternal Smile) published his debut graphic novel back in 2003, it made an immediate stir. The story about a group of young people navigating […]

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Literature

American Born Chinese

March 28, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Jin Wang starts at a new school where he’s the only Chinese-American student. When a boy from Taiwan joins his class, Jin doesn’t want to be associated with an […]

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Literature

Down. Set. Fight!

March 21, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: One man versus every mascot in professional sports – THEY WILL ALL BE PUNCHED! It’s kick-off time for this year’s most action-packed and hilarious comic! “Fearless” Chuck Fairlane was […]

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Literature

The Last Man On Earth

March 16, 2015by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Vincent Price delivers a tour-de-force performance while his walking-dead co-stars literally chew up the scenery behind him in this terrifying chiller from the novel I Am Legend by Richard […]

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Film, Literature

Snarked!, vol. 1

March 7, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Roger Langridge, the Harvey Award winner behind THE MUPPET SHOW and THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER, returns for an all-new, side-splitting adventure that can only be explained as…SNARKED! Journey with […]

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