Monika’s Pensieve

{MONTHLY SUMMARIES}
I should probably call these mid-monthly summaries :] Oh well, maybe I’ll get the timing right next month ;)
My Month in Brief
April has been a month of finally trying to get things together. There’s a lot of minor things to do and I’ve been trying to plan and do them. For example I got [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Afghan Star (UK, 2009)
Seen: Friday, 8th May 2009 (cinema, Planete Doc Review)
Runtime: 87′
Director: Havana Marking
Production House: Aria Productions, Roast Beef Productions, Redstart Media
Plot: A look at today’s Afghanistan through the Afghan version of “Pop Idol”.
Trailer

Impressions In Short
Probably the best film I’ve seen in terms of showing what life in today’s Afghanistan is like. It’s [...]

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Dhoom:2 (India, 2006)
Seen: Thursday, 7th May 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 152′
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Uday Chopra
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: (from imdb)
ACP Jai Dixit and his best friend Ali takes on an international thief known only as Mr. A. Will they be able to catch him?
Trailer
I think the trailers [...]

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Yuvvraaj (India, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 4th May 2009 (cinema, special screening)
Runtime: around 2,5h
Director: Subhash Ghai
Cast: Salman Khan, Boman Irani, Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif, Mithun Chakraborty
Production House: Eros International, Mukta Arts
Plot: Deven wants to marry Anushka, but Anushka’s father hates him. When Deven’s father dies, he tries to get his hands on the family [...]

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Driving Lessons (UK, 2006)
Seen: Thursday, 30th April 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 98′
Director: Jeremy Brock
Cast: Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Julie Walters
Production House: ContentFilm, Rubber Tree Plant, UK Film Council
Plot: (from imdb)
A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he [...]

I just looked through the long list of films that are releasing here in May and I’ve concluded there’s no new releases that I particularly want to see in the coming month :] Planet Doc Review takes place in the coming month in Warsaw though, so I hope to attend a bit of that :) [...]

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (USA/UK, 2007)
Seen: Friday, 24th April 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 116′
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener, Ed Sanders
Production House: DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Plot: (from imdb)
The infamous story of Benjamin [...]

{FILM SPOTTING}
Cherrybomb (UK, 2009)
Polish Distributor: None as of yet
Release Date (worldwide): Premiered at the Berlin Film Festival (February 2009)
Director: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Cast: Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan, Kimberley Nixon
Production House: Generator Entertainment, Green Park Films, Octagon Films
Plot: (from imdb)
Cherry Bomb follows teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle as they embark on a wild weekend of [...]

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White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (Belgium/Australia/Canada/Denmark/Finland/France/Germany/Netherlands/UK, 2003)
Seen: Monday, 20th April 2009 (cinema, Afrykamera festival)
Runtime: 84′
Director: Peter Bate
Production House: Périscope Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Arte, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT), Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Yleisradio (YLE), History Television, SBS Television, Danmarks Radio (DR)
Plot: (from [...]

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Y tu mamá también (Mexico, 2001)
Seen: Monday, 13th April 2009 (VHS, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 105′
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Ana López Mercado, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal
Production House: Anhelo Producciones, Besame Mucho Pictures
Plot: (from imdb)
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, [...]