Monika’s Pensieve

This is a nice two part interview in which he talks about his whole career.
Also, I found some good spoofs. One is a spoof of H2O (a two part production for HBO which starred and was also written by Paul Gross). But there is also a beautiful Due South spoof *grin*
What totally gets me, though, [...]

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Wilby Wonderful (Canada, 2004)
Seen: Saturday, 15th May 2010
Runtime: 99′
Director: Danny MacIvor
Cast: James Allodi, Maury Chaykin, Paul Gross, Rebecca Jenkins, Sandra Oh, Ellen Page, Callum Keith Rennie
Production House: Palpable Productions, Da Da Kamera
Plot: (from imdb)
A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man’s plan to kill himself quietly.
Trailer

Rating: [...]

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Heaven on Earth (Canada, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 22nd March 2010 (cinema, BollywoodFestiwal.pl)
Runtime: 106′
Director: Deepa Mehta
Cast: Preity Zinta
Plot: (from imdb)
Chand, a young Punjabi woman, travels to Canada to marry a man she has never met. They live in a crowded suburban house and Chand has to also put up with her husband’s abusive behavior.
Trailer

Rating: -1 (Disliked [...]

I’m having a bit of a Due South phase. Paul Gross is one of those few actors that I got into while in my teens, but I’m still totally into him if I’m in the right mood (like now for example *grin*). I’m shocked to find he is now in his 50s though, it makes [...]

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Amelia (USA/Canada, 2009)
Seen: Tuesday, 23rd February 2010 (cinema)
Runtime: 111′
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Production House: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Avalon Pictures
Plot: (from imdb)
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight [...]

I’ve been totally abysmal about updating this blog of late. Sorry about that :-/ A lot (of good things, mostly) are happening in my off-line life at the moment :)
My blog needs a change of formula I think, but I’ll get to that… eventually. Hopefully, you’ll see some bigger changes here in the next 2-3 [...]

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This month I actually started out with 13 (!!!) February releases which were of interest to me, but with some effort I’ve managed to cut them down to 8 :] That’s still a lot for an exam month though *sigh*
Leap Year (2010, USA/Ireland)
Release Date (Poland): 5th February 2010
Release Date (worldwide): 8th January 2010
Runtime: 100′
Director: [...]

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, UK/Canada/France)
Seen: Thursday, 31st December 2009
Runtime: 122′
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell
Production House: Infinity Features Entertainment, Poo Poo Pictures, Davis-Films, Grosvenor Park Productions, Parnassus Productions
Plot: Doctor Parnassus has made a pact with the devil. [...]

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life (Canada/Japan, 1994)
Seen: Saturday, 14th November 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 46′
Director: Barrie McLean
Production House: Mistral Films, NHK, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Plot: A documentary on death in the Buddhist tradition and how it differs from Western perceptions of death.
Scene From the Film

Impressions In Short
I found the [...]

Before I get to the spotting part of the post, I wanted to recommend Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. It’s coming in on the 13th of November 2009. I saw it at the Planete Doc Review and reviewed it here. It’s even more poignant now after Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland.
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The Tibetan Book of the [...]