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Tag Archives: Period piece

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

January 18, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Anything is possible with a little laughter and a lot of heart in this incredible true story of an extraordinary woman who raised 10 kids on 25 words or […]

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Broadway Danny Rose

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Nominated for two Academy Awards®, Broadway Danny Rose is a “wickedly funny” (Playboy) and irreverent tribute to the zany world of New York lounge acts. A “delectable” (Variety) combination […]

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Contes immoraux

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: You Don’t Have To Go To A Museum to See An X-Rated Picasso. Carnal desires know no bounds in these four tales of immoral lust. In the first story, […]

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Life of Brian

December 30, 2009by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Monty Python delivers the group’s sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood’s epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, […]

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Radio Days

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A “richly nostalgic” (Leonard Maltin) and star-studded portrait of the 1940s, Woody Allen’s Radio Days weaves together a young boy’s comical memories with zany stories from the golden age […]

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The Purple Rose of Cairo

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “One of the best movies about movies ever made” (Time Magazine), Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo slips through the looking glass of cinematic convention to create a […]

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C’era una volta il West

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sergio Leone’s original uncut masterpiece is a monumental epic. The picture itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations. As grand as it’s fine distinguished cast, and as […]

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Changeling

December 29, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Clint Eastwood directs Oscar winner Angelina Jolie and Oscar nominee John Malkovich in a riveting and unforgettable true story. Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) […]

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The Front

December 25, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: America’s Most Unlikely Hero This acclaimed comedy with its serious, compelling theme vividly brings to life one of America’s most disturbing memories: the Communist “witch hunts” of the ’50s. […]

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Fido

October 26, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Timmy Robinson’s best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the […]

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Shadows and Fog

October 18, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “Lovely! Poignant!” (The Wall Street Journal) and laugh-out-loud funny, Shadows and Fog confirms Woody Allen’s “genius” with its brilliant portrait of the hopeless – but hilarious – tragicomedy of […]

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

October 12, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) has turned this best-selling novel into “a visceral thriller” that’s “deeply, lushly, delightfully sinister.” (Christy Lemire, Associated Press). With Dustin Hoffman and Alan […]

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

October 9, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Set in an imaginative world that only Tim Burton and Johnny Depp could capture, Sweeney Todd has been hailed as a masterpiece by critics and audiences everywhere. Supported by […]

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