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Les Quatre de Baker Street, Tome 2

April 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars continue in the second volume of the award-winning comics series based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Hailed by critics and audiences, […]

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Literature

Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus

March 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The ultimate lawman – stern, uncompromising, and deadly – Judge Dredd has brought countless perps, mutants and monsters to justice. The ultimate killing machines, the Aliens destroy all who […]

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Literature

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

March 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Everything Is Under Control Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in […]

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Film, Literature

Y tu mamá también

March 15, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: The smash road comedy from the Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón is that rare movie to combine raunchy subject matter and emotional warmth. Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna shot […]

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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

March 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sacha Baron Cohen, the star and creator of HBO’s wildly popular Da Ali G Show, brings his truly original Kazakh character Borat Sagdiyev to the big screen for the […]

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Turks fruit

March 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Erik Vonk (Rutger Hauer) is a carefree artist and ladies man until he meets Olga (Monique van de Ven), a beautiful young woman with an equal passion for sexual […]

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Film, Literature

The Girl Next Door

March 3, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Eighteen year old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-laced overachiever who has never really lived life-until he falls for his hot new neighbor (Elisha Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers […]

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Film

The Lovers and the Despot

February 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Lovers and the Despot tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war […]

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Film

Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått

January 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A parallel film to Vilgot Sjöman’s controversial I Am Curious—Yellow, I Am Curious—Blue also follows young Lena on her journey of self-discovery. In Blue, Lena confronts issues of religion, […]

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Film

A Good Day to Die Hard

January 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Bruce Willis is back in action – mind-blowing, heart-stopping, rip-roaring action – as John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place […]

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Jag är nyfiken – en film i gult

January 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Seized by customs upon entry to the United States, subject of a heated Supreme Court battle, banned in cities around the world, Vilgot Sjöman’s I Am Curious—Yellow is one […]

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Film

Live Free or Die Hard

January 5, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “The best of the best is back and better than ever” (WNYW-TV) in the latest installment of the pulse-pounding, thrill-a-minute Die Hard action films. New York City detective John […]

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Film

The Notorious Bettie Page

January 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In an incandescent performance, Gretchen Mol (The Shape of Things) stars as Bettie Page, who grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model […]

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