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Tag Archives: Politics

Call Girl

March 12, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Maria, a high-class call girl, is hired to seduce a local politician in an attempt to obtain his permission to build a luxury resort on protected land. Meanwhile, two […]

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Big Fat Important Movie

March 10, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From David Zucker, the director of The Naked Gun and Airplane!, comes a bare-knuckle comedy where no one is safe from the onslaught of lunacy! When obnoxious Hollywood director […]

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In the Loop

February 23, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Peter Capaldi stars as a foul-mouthed British government spokesman who must act quickly when a mid-level minister (Tom Hollander of Pirates Of The Caribbean) tells an interviewer that U.S. […]

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The King’s Speech

February 22, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Find your voice. When England’s throne is suddenly thrust upon him, amidst royal family scandal and impending world war, King George VI (Colin Firth, Oscar nominee, Best Actor) must […]

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Burn After Reading

February 21, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical […]

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Higher Learning

December 3, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Question The Knowledge Kristy Swanson, Omar Epps and Michael Rapaport star as first-term freshmen who get a crash course in diversity, identity and sexuality in writer/ director John Singleton’s […]

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Cooking With Stella

December 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When Canadian diplomat Maya (Lisa Ray) and her stay-at-home husband, Michael (Don McKellar), are relocated to exotic New Delhi, they inherit a household of Indian servants ruled by the […]

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Rip! A Remix Manifesto

November 17, 2010by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: The feature documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto explores the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer file sharing. Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor interviews key figures […]

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Village of the Damned (1995)

November 7, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Beware the Children From the master of suspense, John Carpenter, comes a chilling new version of the sci-fi classic. Something is terribly wrong in the tiny village of Midwich. […]

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Waking the Dead

November 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sometimes Love Has A Life Of Its Own. “Billy Crudup and Jennifer Connelly give passionate performances” raves Leonard Maltin of Playboy Magazine, about this story of love, ambition, and […]

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Survival of the Dead

October 28, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The newest film from horror master George A. Romero (legendary creator of the Night Of The Living Dead franchise) picks up where Diary Of The Dead leaves off – […]

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Les revenants

October 21, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Why have the dead suddenly returned… One morning, a small French city wakes up to discover thousands of recently dead people walking into town. The reason why is a […]

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Piranha (1995)

October 6, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River […]

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