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Tag Archives: Politics

The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town

December 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: For five groundbreaking seasons, Canadian-bred comic prodigies THE KIDS IN THE HALL stretched sketch comedy to its ultimate limits with hilariously off-the-wall results. Now they’ve returned with THE KIDS […]

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Television

Fawlty Towers: Series 1

December 1, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Basil is a much put-upon, hard-working hotel ‘manager’ whose life is plagued by dead guests, hotel inspectors and riff-raff. His biggest headache is a ‘nest of vipers’ – his […]

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Television

Quai d’Orsay

November 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Doors slam and papers fly in this off-the-wall comedy lampooning French politics from master filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (The Princess of Montpensier). Based on the award-winner graphic novel by former […]

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Film, Literature

Quai d’Orsay, vol. 2

November 10, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Following 9/11, President Bush’s “War on Terror” with plans to invade Iraq erupted into a cultural clash between French reluctance and American assurance over the case for “Weapons of […]

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Literature

Dear White People

November 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Dear Movie Lover: If you’re looking for a comedy that’s fresh, smart, and “non-stop fun” (Rolling Stone), you’re found it! A hilarious and thought-provoking satire about race relations, Dear […]

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Film

Cheers: Season 1

November 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s the cozy Boston bar where everybody knows your name…welcome to Cheers-the Emmy Award-winning smash hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 years.  Former pro baseball […]

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Television

Quai d’Orsay, vol. 1

November 3, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Young Arthur Vlaminck is hired as speechwriter by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Taillard de Worms. But it’s necessary to find a place between the cabinet director and […]

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Literature

The Addams Family (1964-66): Season 2

October 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Brace yourself for more macabre mayhem and monstrous madness – it’s time, once again, to pay a call on the Addams Family, television’s creepiest clan, as they wreak hilarious […]

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Television

The Addams Family (1964-66): Season 1

October 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky! The Addams Family, America’s first family of ghastly giddiness, are here in all of their ghoulish glory in the original TV […]

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Literature, Television

The Crazies (1973)

October 3, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Its code name is ‘Trixie,’ an experimental government germ weapon that leaves its victims either dead or irreversibly insane. When the virus is accidentally unleashed in Evans City, Pennsylvania, […]

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Film

Night of the Living Dead (30th anniversary edition)

October 1, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 30 years ago in the quiet Pennsylvania countryside, the dead began to walk. Fueled by an insatiable hunger for living human flesh, the ghouls ghastly quest inadvertently brought together […]

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Film

Wonder Woman

September 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes […]

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Film, Literature

Gli invasori

September 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Blonde giants, thirsty for blood and eager for conquest! In the long-unseen classic from legendary director/cinematographer Mario Bava, Viking hordes invade Britain in an orgy of violence, vengeance and […]

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