Monika’s Pensieve

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Waltz with Bashir (Israel/Germany/France/USA/Finland/Switzerland/Belgium/Australia, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 13th April 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 90′
Director: Ari Folman
Production House: Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion GmbH
Plot: An animated documentary that tries to piece together a memory from the Israeli-Lebanese war in 1982. Where was Ari Folman during the Sabra and Shatila massacre and what was [...]

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The Reader (USA/Germany, 2008)
Seen: Sunday, 12th April 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 124′
Director: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Kate Winslet
Production House: Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film, Weinstein Company, The
Plot: (from imdb)
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as [...]

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Naked (UK, 1993)
Seen: Saturday, 11th April 2009 (VHS, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 131′
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, Peter Wight, Ewen Bremner, Susan Vidler, Gina McKee
Production House: Thin Man Films, British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films
Plot: Johnny flees Manchester for London to avoid a beating. Once in London, he [...]

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Osama (Afghanistan/Netherlands/Japan/Ireland/Iran, 2003)
Seen: Saturday, 11th April 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 83′
Director: Siddiq Barmak
Cast: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar
Production House: Barmak Film, Makhmalbaf Productions, Hubert Bals Fund, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, NHK
Plot: During the Taleban regime in Afghanistan, a widow decides to dress her daughter up as a boy, so that at least one family member can [...]

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Fire (India/Canada, 1996)
Seen: Saturday, 11th April 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 108′
Director: Deepa Mehta
Cast: Javed Jaffrey, Nandita Das, Kushal Rekhi, Shabana Azmi, Ranjit Chowdhry, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Alice Poon
Production House: Kaleidoscope Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Trial by Fire Films Inc.
Plot: Sita marries into a traditional Jain Indian family. She becomes disillusioned with her new life - it is not [...]

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Man on Wire (UK/USA, 2008)
Seen: Wednesday, 8th April 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 94′
Director: James Marsh
Production House: Discovery Films, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Red Box Films, UK Film Council, Wall to Wall
Plot: This is a documentary about Philippe Petit and the team behind him. Petit is a French tight rope walker, who has performed in some very [...]

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Brideshead Revisited (UK, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 6th April 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 133′
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Patrick Malahide, Ben Whishaw, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon
Production House: 2 Entertain, BBC Films, Ecosse Films, HanWay Films, Screen Yorkshire, UK Film Council
Plot: England in the early 20th century. The story of Charles Ryder, a wannabe painter from a [...]

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I Love You Phillip Morris (USA, 2009)
Runtime: 102′
Director: Glenn Ficara, John Requa
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor
Production House: Europa Corp., Mad Chance
Plot: The real story of Steven Russell - a conman, who eventually ends up in jail where he finds his one true love… his cellmate.
Trailer

The sceptical part of me thinks that…
The reviews are [...]

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Dhoom (India, 2004)
Seen: Monday, 30th March 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 129′
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, John Abraham, Esha Deol
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: A gang of bikers is on a large scale robbing spree and a policeman is trying to crack their case.
Trailer

Impressions In Short
I like Abhishek and John together *grin* But the film [...]

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Taare Zameen Par (India, 2007)
Seen: Saturday, 28th March 2009 (cinema, special screening)
Runtime: 165′
Director: Aamir Khan
Cast: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda
Production House: Aamir Khan Productions, PVR Pictures
Plot: The story of Ishaan Awasthi, a little boy who struggles with school because of dyslexia.
Scene From The Film
This is a sort of song number from the film [...]