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Tag Archives: Romance

Drei

June 29, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Imagine the possibilities Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live together in Berlin. With their 20th anniversary looming, they both become restless despite being truly and […]

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Bettie Page Reveals All

June 27, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mark Mori’s Bettie Page Reveals All is an intimate look at one of the world’s most recognized sex symbols, told in her own words for the […]

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Sunstone, vol. 4

June 26, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Meet a girl online: check! Befriend and flirt for two months online: check! Know her in person for two weeks: check! Move in together! Well… this can only end […]

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Literature

Nineteen Eighty-Four

June 25, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based on the novel by George Orwell… This stunning film adaptation “journeys straight to the heart of the nightmare” (Variety) portrayed in George Orwell’s terrifying classic. John Hurt is […]

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Film, Literature

Perfect Mothers

June 22, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Escape to a close-knit seaside community where friendship, love and lust collide. Starring Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts and Golden Globe nominated actress Robin Wright, Adore is a sensual […]

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Film, Literature

2030

June 19, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: June 12, 2030 started out like any other day in memory—and by then, memories were long. Since cancer had been cured fifteen years before, America’s population was aging rapidly. […]

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Literature

My Awkward Sexual Adventure

June 17, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When uptight accountant Jordan Abrams (Jonas Chernick) proposes to Rachel (Sarah Manninen), whom he believes to be his soul mate, he gets rejected. Not only that, Rachel finally admits […]

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Superman: Escape from Bizarro World

June 16, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The dynamic writing team of Geoff Johns & Richard Donner joins artist extraordinaire Eric Powell (Eisner Award winning writer/ artist of THE GOON) for SUPERMAN: ESCAPE FROM BIZARRO WORLD! […]

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Literature

The Lickerish Quartet

June 15, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An aristocratic family become obsessed with a striking young blonde actress while watching her in what appears to be a crude, silent stag film. After a visit to a […]

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Film

The Wild Oats Project

June 12, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: What if for just one year you let desire call the shots? The project was simple: Robin Rinaldi, a successful magazine journalist, would move into a San Francisco apartment, […]

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Literature

1984

June 11, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: George Orwell’s landmark novel is the basis of this eerie, darkly satiric tale whose futuristic world is divided into three sections following an atomic war. London, capital of the […]

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Jeffrey

June 10, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Steven Weber stars as Jeffrey in this adaptation of Paul Rudnick’s witty stage play about the New York gay experience in the HIV era. Distressed by the AIDS epidemic, […]

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Film

Supergirl: International Version

June 9, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Adventure Runs In The Family! When the planet Krypton was destroyed in a cosmic holocaust that claimed its great civilization, Kal-El (known to Earth as Superman) was believed to […]

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