Monika’s Pensieve

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Coraline (USA, 2009)
Seen: Thursday, 19th March 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 100′
Director: Henry Selick
Production House: Laika Entertainment, Pandemonium
Plot: Coraline moves to a pink house in the middle of nowhere, where she finds an alternate version of her life where everything is a lot more fun… except that people have buttons for eyes.
Trailer

Impressions In Short
I enjoyed the story, [...]

This is quite interesting… For a long time now, China has allowed the release of only 20 foreign films a year. But apparently now they’re planning on easing the restrictions in Shanghai. The article talks about how China hopes the move might help its own film industry, facilitating the export of Chinese films. My slightly [...]

Here’s my random film fact of the day…
There are differences between how well films do in the box office in different parts of the world. Some of these differences are due to how the films are distributed and/or promoted, but when we’re talking about Hollywood, which has the means to do the distribution and promotion [...]

So the rumours are that Warner Bros is disappointed with the box office Watchmen has generated and sees the problem in the R rating of the film - their PG-13 comic adaptations did much better box office.
While the gore in the film did bother me, I’d be sad to see the nudity and sex out [...]

I’m not sure what I think of this, but it’s interesting…

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Doubt (USA, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 16th March 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 104′
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Production House: Goodspeed Productions, Scott Rudin Productions
Plot: It’s set in the 1960s in a Catholic school. A nun confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student.
Scene From The Film
The trailer is [...]

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Watchmen (USA, 2009)
Seen: Sunday, 15th March 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 162′
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino
Production House: Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, DC Comics
Plot: While the cold war threatens everybody with nuclear extinction, a couple of ageing, isolated [...]

You may remember I posted that Joaquin Phoenix retired from acting to pursue a career in music. Since then there’s been a lot of gossip about whether he’s lost his marbles or whether he’s just having us all on.
I didn’t bother posting any of this gossip since I was totally prepared to believe he just [...]

This interview totally cracked me up. It’s even weirder than his usual I think. I totally died when he started talking about his Dali film:
?In a lot of ways,? Pattinson says, ?I was kind of crossing lines of what I thought I was comfortable doing. I had to do all this naked stuff.?
See, Little Ashes [...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is not even released yet, but we’ve already got the first photos from the set of Deathly Hallows :] They look kind of cool :) People are guessing it’s the silver doe scene, but it could be any of the camping scenes actually.
There’s some Harry Potter and the Half-Blood [...]