Monika’s Pensieve

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July is clearly Hollywood blockbuster month for me *grin* (I’ll have the ENH festival at the end of the month to recuperate by watching loads of art house movies ;-P)
Brüno (USA, 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 8th July 2009
Release Date (Poland): 10th July 2009
I originally “spotted” this here.
Public Enemies (USA, 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 1st July 2009
Release [...]

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Gohatto (Japan/France/UK, 1999)
Seen: Monday, 22nd June 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 100′
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano
Production House: BS Asahi, Bac Films, Canal+, Eisei Gekijo, Imagica Corp., Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Oshima Productions, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo
Plot: A mysterious teenager joins the militia. His comrades and superiors [...]

A slightly more extended version of the young Voldemort trailer is available here and for the first time I actually liked it. The boy works much better on the new clip than on the previous ones - I finally get why they cast him *grin*
I hope the film version is less choppy. I expect the [...]

I’ll start off with the one piece of publicity that isn’t Tom Felton related and that’s the Steve Kloves interview, which I think is a very good read :)
This is an interview with Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright and the Phelps twins. I think I’m mainly linking to it because I loved the bit about the [...]

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Becoming Jane (UK, 2007)
Seen: Saturday, 23rd May 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 120′
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith
Production House: 2 Entertain, BBC Films, Blueprint Pictures, Bórd Scannán na hÉireann, Ecosse Films, HanWay Films, Octagon Films, Scion Films, UK Film Council
Plot: (from imdb)
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and [...]

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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (USA/UK, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 16th May 2009 (cinema, Planete Doc Review)
Runtime: 99′
Director: Marina Zenovich
Production House: Antidote Films, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Graceful Pictures
Plot: (from imdb)
Marina Zenovich’s new documentary examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski’s sudden flight from the United States.
Opening Scene

Impressions In [...]

Just following up yesterday’s post. The clip Warner Bros released is actually a little bit longer than what was shown on the Ellen show. For the full version (in any quality and format you please) go here.
Ron totally looks like he’s coming on to Harry ;)

There’s a slew of TV spots of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince coming out. Most of them are very boring (the same footage rehashed over and over) and only a few are moderately interesting IMO.
This one captured my interest because it’s Draco-themed and because of the Carry Out the Deed line. Helena Bonham-Carter delivers [...]

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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 [...]

As much as I was complaining about there being too many trailers, I kind of like this one lol It’s different than the others cause it focuses completely on all the romance stuff and it looks rather hilarious. I love that they’ve pulled Dumbledore into it. There’s no scene in the books where Dumbledore starts [...]