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Head

May 10, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “A Hard Days Night on acid” best describes this outrageous movie within a movie starring recording superstars The Monkees. The first in a long line of films for collaborators […]

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Film, Music, Television

Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series

April 29, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the year 2016, Resistance fighter Blair Williams embarks on a deadly mission to search for a threat that is weakening humanity’s defense against the self-aware artificial intelligence called […]

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Film, Television

Terminator Salvation

April 27, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the aftermath of Judgment Day and the takeover by the machines, John Connor (Christian Bale, The Dark Knight), the destined leader of the human resistance, must counter Skynet’s […]

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When the Wind Blows

April 7, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Raymond Briggs’ now famous bestselling comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a nuclear attack on an elderly couple in his usual humorous yet macabre way. *********************************************************************** When the […]

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Literature

Children of Men

April 1, 2015by The Thorn 14 Comments

Synopsis: The Year 2027: The Last Days of the Human Race No Child Has Been Born for 18 Years He Must Protect Our Only Hope No children. No future. No […]

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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

The Thing From Another World

February 23, 2015by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Arctic researchers discover a huge, frozen spaceling inside a crash-landed UFO, then fight for their lives after the murderous being (a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness) emerges from icy captivity. Will […]

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Film, Literature

Predators

January 30, 2015by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Robert Rodriguez presents Predators, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors in a […]

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Film

The Matrix Revolutions

January 16, 2015by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Neo. Trinity. Morpheus. They and other heroes stand on the brink of victory or annihilation in the epic war against the Machines in the stunning final chapter of the […]

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Film

Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 1

December 24, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: There’s a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! No one! But why has Earth suddenly become the most important planet in the galaxy? That’s what the […]

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Literature

MASH

December 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: One of the world’s most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly […]

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The Rabbits

December 17, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Winner of the Children’s Book Council Children’s Picture Book of the Year (1999). A dramatically moving allegory of colonisation told from the viewpoint of native Australian animals. This stunning […]

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Literature

Catch-22

December 11, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Mike Nichols superbly directed this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller’s scathing black comedy about a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, […]

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