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Dragnet

July 13, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This is the city…and only Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks can save it in this hilarious box-office blockbuster that pays homage to the famed original police drama of the […]

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The Meaning of Life

June 20, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin have returned to explain The […]

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Father of the Bride (1950)

June 18, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Bride Gets The Thrills! Father Gets The Bills! “I would like to say a few words about weddings,” a weary man says from the middle of a muddle […]

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Film, Literature

Monty Python’s Tunisian Holiday

June 16, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: In 1978, Kim “Howard” Johnson ran away to join the circus—Monty Python’s Flying Circus, that is. The Pythons converged on Tunisia to film their timeless classic Life of Brian, […]

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Literature

Altered States

June 3, 2015by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: The Most Terrifying Experiment In The History Of Science Is Out Of Control…And The Subject Is Himself. Research scientist Eddie Jessup (William hurt) believes other states of consciousness are […]

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Film, Literature

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About ___* I Learned from Monty Python

June 2, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Throughout their five seasons on British television (and well into the troop’s movie sequels and assorted solo projects), Monty Python became a worldwide symbol not only for taking serious […]

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Literature

Tron

May 18, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The first film to venture forth inside the previously unexplored three-dimensional realm of computer imagery. Tron dazzles with revolutionary visual effects and mind-bending action sequences. Flynn, a computer whiz […]

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Film

The Handmaid’s Tale

April 3, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: With a “cool eroticism, intelligence and intensity” (Playboy), this eerie futuristic thriller, based on Margaret Atwood’s controversial and critically acclaimed best-selling novel, is filled with “large themes and deep […]

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American Born Chinese

March 28, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Jin Wang starts at a new school where he’s the only Chinese-American student. When a boy from Taiwan joins his class, Jin doesn’t want to be associated with an […]

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Literature

Soylent Green

March 19, 2015by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: It’s the year 2022… People are still the same. They’ll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green. Soylent Green is landmark screen science-fiction, a […]

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Film, Literature

The Omega Man

March 18, 2015by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: The last man alive… is not alone! Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools […]

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Film, Literature

Pokazatelnyy protsess: Istoriya Pussy Riot

March 8, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Filmed over the course of six months, this film tells the incredible story of three young women: Nadia, Masha and Katia. As members of the feminist art collective Pussy […]

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Film, Music

Escape from L.A.

March 5, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Snake is Back The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what […]

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