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Tag Archives: Pop

Sign ‘o’ the Times

March 24, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Strangely enigmatic, charismatically compact, and always decked out in the most colorfully bizarre outfits, pop star Prince has an undeniable talent for both songwriting and performing. On SIGN O […]

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Pillow Talk

January 23, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s the delightful romantic comedy that started it all! Rock Hudson and Doris Day, two of the screen’s most popular and enduring stars, are together for the very first […]

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Brain Candy

January 8, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Shove this up your mind! The country hits cloud nine when obsessed scientist Chris Cooper (Kevin McDonald) invents Gleemonex, a happiness drug. Soon everybody is taking the little orange […]

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Film, Television

Truth Or Dare

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Like you’ve never seen her before. This movie reveals her as she really is, on stage and off–den mother to her family of dancers, sex goddess to her millions […]

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Pump Up the Volume

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Talk Hard. Steal the Air. By day, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater, Very Bad Things, Broken Arrow) is a painfully shy new kid in a small Arizona town. But by […]

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Everyone Says I Love You

December 27, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Romance meets comedy in Woody Allen’s first movie musical, and it’s a glorious celebration of love that had audiences laughing and critics cheering. In interwining stories, Joe’s (Woody Allen) […]

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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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Film, Music

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

August 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Packed with stars including Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting), Chris Rock (Nurse Betty), Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie), Jason Lee (Almost Famous) and more, this wildly irreverent comedy is actor/director […]

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An Evening With Kevin Smith

August 3, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Silent Bob Speaks! An Evening with Kevin Smith is a no-holds-barred Q & A with one of Hollywood’s most gifted filmmakers. Infamous for picking apart the pop culture landscape […]

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The Wiz

June 26, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The fabulous land of Oz rocks in the spectacular musical based on the smash hit Broadway show. In this Motown production, Dorothy is a shy Harlem kindergarten teacher who, […]

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Film, Music

Purple Rain

June 25, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A young man (Prince) with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn’t all […]

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A Fire Inside: ‘Decemberunderground’

May 29, 2006by The Thorn Leave a comment

When A.F.I. released ‘Sing The Sorrow’ in 2003, it was after a decade of building a rabid underground fanbase around the world. But, now, for the first time, the band […]

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Madonna: ‘American Life’

May 15, 2006by The Thorn Leave a comment

In light of Madonna’s tremendous ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’, which we discovered and reviewed earlier this year, we felt compelled to seek out her previous effort, ‘American Life’ – […]

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