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Tag Archives: Romance

15 août

August 15, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Max, Raoul and Vincent go on holiday to the beach without their wives and after 15 days of rain and dealing with their kids, they decide they need a […]

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Shadow of the Thin Man

August 14, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A jockey who threw a race is murdered in the locker room. “My, they’re strict at this track!” Nora Charles exclaims. With that, she (Myrna Loy) and hubby Nick […]

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To Rome With Love

August 12, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: TO ROME WITH LOVE is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world’s most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect […]

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Passenger Side

August 11, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: On the morning of his thirty-seventh birthday Michael Brown (Adam Scott) receives a telephone call from his estranged brother Tobey (Joel Bissonnette), which sends the two off on a […]

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Dazed and Confused

August 10, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused eavesdrops […]

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Across the Universe

August 8, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Across The Universe from director Julie Taymor, is a revolutionary rock musical that re-imagines American in the turbulent late 1960s, a time when battle lines were being drawn at […]

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Smokey and the Bandit

August 6, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana–the closest place it can be legally sold–and […]

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The Descendants

August 2, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From the celebrated director of Sideways (Alexander Payne) comes a wonderfully warm and witty film that Rolling Stone calls “damn near perfect.” Academy Award winner “George Clooney leads the […]

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Another Thin Man

July 30, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They’re just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick and Nora Charles. And now there’s a […]

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Un chien dans un jeu de quilles

July 29, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this rural comedy Pierre Cohen (Pierre Richard) is a sophisticated Parisian psychologist who travels to his brother’s farm in Britanny to save it from a hostile takeover by […]

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Play it Again, Sam

July 28, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Woody Allen’s wonderful comedy was his first film with Diane Keaton, a relationship that would eventually bring them both Oscars® (Annie Hall). Allen plays Allen, a fanatical movie buff […]

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Xing ji dun tai

July 27, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it’s unlike any sci-fi flick you’ve ever seen. Alien abductions, suicide pacts, […]

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After the Thin Man

July 26, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Mr. & Mrs. Thin Man are back in their new hit! It’s New Year’s Eve, Nick and Nora Charles have returned to the West Coast, and the philandering hubby […]

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