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Tag Archives: Period piece

La mala educación

June 16, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From two-time Academy Award®-winner Pedro Almodovar (2002 Best Original Screenplay, Talk to Her, 2000 Best Foreign Language Film, All About My Mother) comes Bad Education, an outrageous tale of […]

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Lenore, vol. 2, issues 1-3

June 14, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Lenore, vol. 2, issues 1-3, by Roman Dirge 7.25 I picked up a set of Lenore comics for peanuts (I think it was all three for 1$) at a garage […]

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Literature

Les Schtroumpfs et le Cracoucass

June 7, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Les Schtroumpfs et le Cracoucass, by Peyo and Gos 7.75 By 1969, Peyo’s Smurfs had been met with massive success. This was unexpected, as they were originally only supposed to […]

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L’Oeuf et les Schtroumpfs

June 5, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

L’Oeuf et les Schtroumpfs, by Peyo and Delporte 8.0 This book is a compilation proper, with no recent (at the time of publication) material included herein. It was likely a way to […]

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Literature, Television

La Schtroumpfette

June 2, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La Schtroumpfette, by Peyo 7.75 In ‘La Schtroumpfette’, Peyo published what was then the most recent Smurfs episode, and packaged it with an earlier one for good measure: 1. La […]

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Le Schtroumpfissime

May 31, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Le Schtroumpfissime, by Peyo and Delporte 8.0 This second Smurfs book jumps over more than half a dozen episodes to offer the 11th and 12th Smurfs tales. Why this giant […]

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Film, Literature, Music, Television

Les Schtroumpfs noirs

May 29, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Les Schtroumpfs noirs, by Peyo 7.75 Whoah… it’s been sooooooooooo long since I’ve read this book. Perhaps as long as 30 years, even. I’m surprised by how well it holds […]

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Literature

La Guerre des 7 fontaines

May 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La Guerre des 7 fontaines, by Peyo 7.0 This Johan et Pirlouit adventure features the second appearance by the Smurfs. The tale was published in segments in Spirou magazine and […]

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Literature

La Flûte à six schtroumpfs

May 22, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

La Flûte à six schtroumpfs, by Peyo 7.75 After watching the dreadful Smurfs movie, I decided that I would cleanse my palate by revisiting the original Smurfs, or Schtroumpfs, books […]

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Snow White: A Tale of Terror

May 10, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: If you thought Snow White was only a fairy tale, you’re about to discover the truth, but lock up your children first. The real tale of Snow White, is […]

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Film, Literature, Television

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

May 9, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: No film in history has captured the world’s imagination like Walt Disney’s first full-length animated masterpiece. Join the beautiful princess Snow White as she escapes her jealous stepmother, the […]

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Film, Literature

Alice in Wonderland (1915)

May 7, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

  Synopsis: Alice in Wonderland is a 1915 silent film adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, directed and written by W.W. Young and starring Viola Savoy […]

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The Baron of Arizona

May 3, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In one of his own favorite roles, Vincent Price portrays legendary swindler James Addison Reavis, who, in 1880, concocted an elaborate and dangerous hoax to ascend to the title […]

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