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Tag Archives: War

It Happened On 5th Avenue

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Synopsis: Make yourself at home for the holidays! No one is inside that boarded-up mansion on Manhattan’s ritzy 5th Avenue, right? Wrong. Its secret inhabitants include a philosophizing hobo and […]

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Quai d’Orsay

November 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Doors slam and papers fly in this off-the-wall comedy lampooning French politics from master filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (The Princess of Montpensier). Based on the award-winner graphic novel by former […]

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Film, Literature

Quai d’Orsay, vol. 2

November 10, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Following 9/11, President Bush’s “War on Terror” with plans to invade Iraq erupted into a cultural clash between French reluctance and American assurance over the case for “Weapons of […]

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Literature

Day of the Dead 2: Contagium

October 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Pennsylvania, 1968: At the Ravenside Military Installation, something has gone horribly wrong. A replicating virus has been discovered that causes the dead to rise and feed upon the flesh […]

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Film, Television

Land of the Dead

October 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Starring Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo, Land of the Dead finds humanity’s last remnants battling to survive the unspeakable truth: The ravenous zombie hordes besieging their fortified […]

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Film

Day of the Dead (1985)

October 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this third and final shocker in the legendary trilogy from writer/director George A. Romero (DAWN OF THE DEAD, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), a small group of scientists […]

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The Crazies (1973)

October 3, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Its code name is ‘Trixie,’ an experimental government germ weapon that leaves its victims either dead or irreversibly insane. When the virus is accidentally unleashed in Evans City, Pennsylvania, […]

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Film

Wonder Woman

September 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes […]

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Film, Literature

Et mourir de plaisir

September 20, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend’s engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The tale of her obsession with her family’s history […]

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Film, Literature

Mars Attacks!

September 19, 2017by The Thorn 8 Comments

Synopsis: AWAKE, EARTHLINGS! It’s later than you think. Don’t miss this hilarious frenzy as Tim Burton (Batman, Beetlejuice) directs – and Mars Attacks! SEE! Stars that shine across the galaxy. […]

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Catfight

September 16, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Prepare to sink your claws into Catfight, a brutal and darkly hilarious film that combines the violence of Fight Club and the poignant comedy of Arrested Development, all mashed […]

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Bel Ami (2012)

September 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based on Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel, this tale of temptation and obsession chronicles Georges Duroy’s (Robert Pattinson) rise to power from his meager beginnings as a penniless ex-soldier […]

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From a Whisper to a Scream

August 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Prepare to be shocked out of your skin with four grisly tales of terror in one small town! Legendary king of horror Vincent Price “gives his fullest, most sepulchral […]

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