Monika’s Pensieve

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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 [...]

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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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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 [...]

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So throughout last week (which was very heavy on the tests and projects and stuff) I found that watching Harry Potter films was a very pleasurable form of escapism :] And so in the evenings if I had time (and sometimes also when I didn’t have it) I would put a Harry Potter film [...]

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The Haunted Airman (UK, 2006)
Seen: Friday, 16th January 2008 (well it was in the middle of the night, so maybe Saturday is more accurate ;-P)
Runtime: 67′
Director: Chris Durlacher
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Melissa Lloyd
Production House: BBC
Plot: During WW2 a paralysed RAF pilot recovers in a sort of convalescence home for people with [...]

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On Thursday, I did something I hadn’t since I was in high school (that would be about 8 yrs ago :]). High school was a very tough time for me. It made me feel trapped and miserable, totally stressed out and a lot of other things like that. It’s not the only time in [...]

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33 sceny z życia (Poland/Germany, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 3rd January 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 100′
Polish Distributor: Kino Świat (7th November 2008)
Director: Małgorzata Szumowska
Cast: Julia Jentsch, Peter Gantzler, Maciej Stuhr, Małgorzata Hajewska, Andrzej Hudziak, Izabela Kuna
Production House: Shot - Szumowski, Pandora Filmproduktion, STI Studio Filmowe
Plot: A slightly autobiographical film. It’s mostly about what death does to a family, [...]

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The Duchess (UK/Italy/France/USA, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 29th December 2008 (cinema, pre-release screening)
Runtime: 110′
Polish Distributor: Best Film (9th January 2008)
Director: Saul Dibb
Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper
Production House: Paramount Vantage, Pathé, BBC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Qwerty Films
Plot: The true (or, er… sort of true - it’s been meddled with a bit [...]

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Happy-Go-Lucky (UK, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 27th December 2008 (cinema)
Runtime: 118′
Polish Distributor: Monolith Films (28th November 2008)
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin
Production House: Ingenious Film Partners, Thin Man Films
Plot: Poppy is a primary school teacher in London and she always tries to stay happy ;)
Sally Hawkins interview
I already put the trailer [...]