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Tag Archives: Suspense

Star Trek: Stardate Collection, vol. 1

July 19, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The comic book tales of Star Trek have roamed the universe and spanned publishers, but now Star Trek: The Stardate Collection collects the many iterations of Trek in order… […]

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Literature, Television

Gotham Central, vol. 1

June 21, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Gotham City: a town teeming with corrupt cops, ruthless crime lords, petty thieves … and just a small handful that would oppose them. Grizzled veteran Harvey Bullock, Captain Maggie […]

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Literature

Arsène Lupin

May 28, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A retelling of the glamorous life of Arsène Lupin, the celebrated jewel thief of belle époque Europe. Tired of boring rural life at the family’s luxurious castle in Normandy, […]

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Film, Literature

Superman II

May 12, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This continuation of the adventures of the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) takes up where the original left off, showing spectacular new tricks to surpass it! Three fugitive super-powered […]

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Film, Literature

Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground

April 24, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Darwyn Cooke’s masterful and multi award-winning series of Parker graphic novels continues with Slayground! Parker, whose getaway car crashes after a heist, manages to elude capture with his loot […]

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Literature

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit

April 17, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: After he evens the score with those who betrayed him and recovers the money he was cheated out of from the syndicate, Parker is riding high, living in swank […]

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Literature

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter

April 10, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Darwyn Cooke, the Eisner-Award-winning writer/artist of such classics as DC: The New Frontier, Selina’s Big Score, and The Spirit, now sets his artistic sights on bringing to life one […]

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Literature

Point Blank

April 7, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They double-crossed Walker, took his $93,000 cut of the heist and left him for dead, but they didn’t finish the job. Big mistake. He – someday, somehow – is […]

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Film, Literature

La mala ordina

March 10, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The second film in Fernando Di Leo’s Milieu Trilogy focuses on Luca Carnali, a small-time mobster and pimp who has been set up by his gangland boss. When a […]

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Film

Los cronocrímenes

February 27, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A man being pursued by a murderer stumbles into a mysterious lab and accidentally travels back in time. A naked girl in the midst of the forest. A cloaked […]

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Film

Howard the Duck

February 23, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From executive producer George Lucas and the pages of Marvel Comics comes this unbelievably funny comedy about a fast-talking, cigar-chomping, beer-loving duck from a parallel universe who crashes to […]

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Film, Literature, Music

The Babadook

February 16, 2016by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Amelia (AFI Award winner Essie Davis, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Slap) is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called […]

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Film

Casablanca

February 5, 2016by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: One of America’s favorite films of all time. This classic romantic drama stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman with an excellent supporting cast in a story of love, war, […]

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Film

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