Monika’s Pensieve

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I’m behind with my film diary (and with my blog generally :]), so I best get writing *grin*
Revolutionary Road (USA/UK, 2008)
Seen: Tuesday, 17th February 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 119′
Polish Distributor: United International Pictures Sp z o.o. (30th January 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 15th December 2008
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates, David Harbour, [...]

They’ve released a making of kind of clip which has quite a few new shots from the film. Some of them are pretty cool :)

The clip has naturally got me all the more excited (I’m a really easy publicity target, aren’t I? ;) ) and I felt like writing out all the stuff that caught [...]

In case you’re wondering, I still haven’t quite gotten over my Tom Felton fixation (and it’s been going on at least a week or so longer than this blog would suggest btw). So I’m going to celebrate my fixation with some more interviews *grin* (and I hope the fixation goes away soon lol cause interviews [...]

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Mesmer (Austria/Canada/UK/Germany, 1994)
Seen: Saturday, 14th February 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 101′
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Alan Rickman, Amanda Ooms
Production House: Accent Entertainment Corporation, Deutsche Film (DEFA), Levergreen, Mayfair Entertainment International, Satel Film, Studio Babelsberg
Plot: The story of Franz Anton Mesmer - an Austrian doctor, who was born in the 18th century and had very unconventional ideas about treating [...]

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Blow Dry (USA/UK/Germany, 2001)
Seen: 10th February 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 84′
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Cast: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Bill Nighy, David Bradley
Production House: IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, Intermedia Films, Mirage Enterprises, West Eleven Films
Plot: A family of hairdressers is broken up when the wife [...]

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Dark Harbor (USA, 1998)
Seen: Tuesday, 3rd February 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 79′
Director: Adam Coleman Howard
Cast: Alan Rickman, Polly Walker, Norman Reedus
Production House: Hart-Sharp Entertainment, Killer Films
Plot: (from imdb)
A bickering couple (Alan Rickman and Polly Walker) drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize [...]

I am supposed to be studying for exams, but I so totally have not been :] I’ve been stressing myself so hard over school for the last semestre that I have no energy left to stress myself over these last exams. If I pass any of them - great, if I don’t then whatever, maybe [...]

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Closet Land (USA, 1991)
Seen: Monday, 2nd February 2009 (DVD, have seen it before)
Runtime: 94′
Director: Radha Bharadwaj
Cast: Alan Rickman, Madeleine Stowe
Production House: Imagine Entertainment
Plot: (from imdb)
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children’s stories…
Clip Montage
If you’d like to see the actual trailer, [...]

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (USA/UK, 2009)
Polish Distributor: Warner Brothers Poland (24th July 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 15th July 2009
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Tom Felton, Evanna Lynch, Matthew Lewis, Katie [...]

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The Bad Mother’s Handbook (UK, 2007)
Seen: Wednesday, 28th January 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 70′
Director: Robin Shepperd
Cast: Catherine Tate, Anne Reid, Holly Grainger, Steve John Shepherd, Robert Pattinson
Production House: Ingenious Broadcasting
Plot: A very short-tempered woman tries to get to terms with her life, while her mother’s dementia progresses and her daughter goes through various teenage issues.
Scene From [...]