Monika’s Pensieve

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Lebanon (Germany/Israel/France, 2009)
Seen: Wednesday, 21st April 2010 (cinema)
Runtime: 93′
Director: Samuel Maoz
Production House: Ariel Films, Arsam International, Arte France, Israeli Film Fund, Metro Communications, Paralite
Plot: (from imdb)
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a [...]

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Dakan (Guinea/France, 1997)
Seen: Thursday, 8th April 2010 (cinema, LGBT retrospective)
Runtime: 87′
Director: Mohamed Camara
Production House: Film Du 20ème Créations Cinématographiques
Plot: (from imdb)
Two young high school boys, Manga and Sory, are gay and in love in Guinea. This is their story.
Scene From the Film

Rating: -1 (Disliked It)
Impressions In Short
Interesting because of its novelty and how it [...]

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Shelter (USA, 2007)
Seen: Thursday, 1st April 2010 (cinema, LGBT retrospective)
Runtime: 97′
Director: Jonah Markowitz
Cast: Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe
Production House: GP Pictures
Plot: (from imdb)
When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friend’s brother.
Trailer

Rating: +0 (Liked It)
Impressions In Short
It’s basically a pleasant coming of age [...]

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Singh Is Kinng (Australia/India, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 27th March 2010 (cinema, BollywoodFestiwal.pl)
Runtime: 135′
Director: Anees Bazmee
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Kiron Kher, Javed Jaffrey
Production House: Blockbuster Movie Entertainers, Big Screen Entertainment
Plot: (from imdb)
A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the Kinng of [...]

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Dulha Mil Gaya (India, 2010)
Seen: Friday, 26th March 2010 (cinema, BollywoodFestiwal.pl)
Runtime: 152′
Director: Mudassar Aziz
Cast: Sushmita Sen, Fardeen Khan, Ishitta Sharma, Shahrukh Khan
Production House: Insight Productions, Maverick Productions
Plot: Donsai is a spoilt brat and a womanizer. After his father dies, he is forced to marry the girl his father chose for him, if he wants [...]

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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 [...]

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The Hurt Locker (USA, 2008)
Seen: ??? sometime in March, didn’t note down the date :-/ (cinema, special screening)
Runtime: 131′
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
Production House: Voltage Pictures, Grosvenor Park Media
Plot: (from imdb)
Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite [...]

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Presque rien (France/Belgium, 2000)
Seen: Thursday, 18th March 2010 (cinema, LGBT retrospective)
Runtime: 100′
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz
Cast: Jérémie Elka?m, Stéphane Rideau
Production House: Lancelot Films, Man's Films, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), arte France Cinéma
Plot: (from imdb)
Mathieu, 18, spends the summer at his mother’s summer house, in Brittany. On the beach, he meets Cédric, a boy his age. [...]

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The Wolfman (UK/USA, 2010)
Seen: Monday, 15th March 2010 (cinema)
Runtime: 103′
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving
Production House: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Stuber Productions
Plot: (from imdb)
Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.
Scene From the Film

Rating: +0 (Liked It)
Impressions In [...]

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 [...]