Monika’s Pensieve

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"Eastwick" (USA, 2009-2010)
Finished Viewing: Monday, 10th May 2010
Runtime: 13 episodes around 40′ each
Director: David Nutter, Michael Katleman
Cast: Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price, Rebecca Romijn, Paul Gross
Production House: Bonanza Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Plot: Loosely based on “The Witches of Eastwick” (a novel by John Updike which was also the source material for the 1987 Jack [...]

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A Single Man (USA, 2009)
Seen: Tuesday, 2nd May 2010 (cinema, special screening)
Runtime: 99′
Director: Tom Ford
Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode
Production House: Artina Films, Depth of Field, Fade to Black Productions
Plot: (from imdb)
A story that centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about [...]

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My Name Is Khan (India, 2010)
Seen: Monday, 26th April 2010 (cinema)
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol
Production House: Dharma Productions, Red Chillies Entertainment
Plot: Rizvan Khan has Asperger’s syndrome (a form of high-level autism). Despite that, he manages to move to the United States and make a relatively normal life for himself there. He falls in [...]

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (USA, 2009)
Seen: Wednesday, 25th November 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 130′
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Peter Facinelli, Dakota Fanning
Production House: Imprint Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment
Plot: Edward decides to leave Bella for her own good. Bella starts hanging [...]

I started drafting this post ages ago (in January 2008 to be exact *grin*, this was still on my previous blog). I suddenly felt a desire to get back to it a couple of days ago upon reading an annoying “Pattinson can’t act and his fans have brains the size of peas” kind of article. [...]

The Day After Peace is a film that had a huge impact on me. Ever since I watched it (which was in October last year), I promised myself that I would somehow support the efforts of Peace Day.
The 21st of September is a very special day because it aims to be a day of global [...]

This blog post got me thinking way more than I would have ever thought possible - what was originally meant to be just a reply in the comments section there is now turning into a horrendously long blog post ;)
I don’t know if Andreja is reading this… but I’m sure she remembers when she brought [...]

This review is much too long - sorry for that *blush* I hope some of you bear with me anyway…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (USA/UK, 2009)
Seen: Friday, 24th July 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 153′
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Bonnie Wright, Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen McCrory, [...]

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The Warsaw Film Festival starts on Friday, so it’s high time I looked into what they’re showing and choose something - a task which is not as easy as it sounds (on top of which I’m feeling a little guilty right now - I should be correcting the documentation of my degree project rather [...]