http://blog.monikasulik.net 'What is it?' Harry asked shakily. 'This? It is called a Pensieve,' said Dumbledore. 'I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.' 'Er,' said Harry, who couldn't truthfully say that he had ever felt anything of the sort. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:13:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en {FILM SPOTTING} Even more format changes ;-P Am still using the rating system from last month, but have foregone 0 and -1. Feels like overkill. Am staying with the +0.5 rating though, at least for the moment. - - - - - - - - - +1 - - - - - ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6415 {FILM SPOTTING} Wild Target (UK/France, 2010) Release Date (Poland): unknown Release Date (worldwide): 18th June 2010 Runtime: 98' Director: Jonathan Lynn Cast: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Rupert Everett, Martin Freeman, Gregor Fisher Production House: Magic Light Pictures, CinemaNX, Isle of Man Film, Entertainment Film Distributors, Matador Pictures, Cinema Four, Regent Capital Plot: (from imdb) A hitman tries ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6406 {FILM SPOTTING} Rise of the Apes (USA, 2011) Release Date (Poland): unknown, but summer 2011 sounds like a likely bet Release Date (worldwide): 24th June 2011 Runtime: unknown Director: Rupert Wyatt Cast: James Franco, Tom Felton, Brian Cox, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis Production House: Chernin Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Plot: (from imdb) An origin story ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6400 Last year, Daniel Radcliffe did an interview in Attitude Magazine, which greatly amused me as I have a really stupid sense of humour (that said, it was a really good interview). This year, he's continuing the trend, by giving an interview to Out Magazine. Again, it's a very nice interview ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6389 Should have posted this ages ago :] For continuity's sake, it's in same film review format as the other Due South reviews, but I think I'm going to make yet another change of format soon as this one just isn't working *sigh* {FILM DIARY} Note: Please refer to this post for more ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6023 There was a test screening of the film in Chicago last Saturday. It's not complete yet (the soundtrack is yet to be finished and some of the special effects are still not done), but reviews have been good. To check some of them out, see here. I'm much amused by some ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6356 I haven't been this silent on my blog in quite a while and I think the reason for this is that the stuff that is absorbing me the most at the moment is stuff I'm completely not used to blogging about. But maybe I should just go ahead and try... Internet ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6346 I'm not sure all my attempts at mixing things up are going that well (I think my film diary format change is actually worse than what I had before ;-P). But I'm doing some further experimentation this month anyway. So firstly, I'm introducing a "how much I want to see the ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6344 According to statistics over 80% of comments left on blogs are spam. In my case it's even worse than that as over 90% of the comments I get are spam (which is why I moderate this blog pretty heavily). Just to give you an idea - at this time there ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6318 Hopefully, this list will be a pleasant contrast to the villain one *grin* Originally, this was supposed to be a list of characters in the "knightly honour" sort of vein. The trouble was, I could think of only two characters that fitted all the criteria I was looking for, so I ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6198 He really is getting better at this sort of thing ;) It's a really nice interview :) http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6301 {FILM DIARY} Note: Please refer to this post for more details and links to other Due South reviews. "Due South" (Canada/USA, 1994) Viewed: Late May & Early June 2010 Rating: +3 (All-time favourite) Video Episodes: - 14: The Man Who Knew Too Little Fraser has to safely escort Ian McDonald, a key murder case witness and a pathological ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6008 Last week marked 60 years since the Korean war (1950-1953) broke out. As Al Jazeera aptly points out, it has largely been forgotten in the West despite the huge destruction and death toll it caused. Around 4mln people died in the three years in which the fighting ensued, around half ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6238 {FILM SPOTTING} Eyes Wide Open (Israel/Germany/France, 2009) Release Date (Poland): 2nd July 2010 Release Date (worldwide): 20th May 2009 Runtime: 91' Director: Haim Tabakman Production House: Arte, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF), Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Israel Film Fund, Keshet Broadcasting, Pimpa Film Productions, Riva Filmproduktion, Totally Plot: (from imdb) A married, Orthodox Jewish father of four falls in love ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6266 They've released another, longer trailer. I suppose it's the official full length one, although it's actually a trailer for part one and part two. It looks like the focus of it is material from part two though (weird choice IMO, but I'm not complaining *grin*). Anyway here it is: The interesting ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6247 Unlike the villain list, compiling this one did not feel that natural, but I thought it would be amusing to try. I looked at some best nude scene lists before compiling my own and they were almost all booooooring. Seriously, just about the only one I enjoyed was this one. Mine ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6201 {FILM DIARY} Green Zone (France/USA/Spain/UK, 2010) Seen: Saturday, 5th June 2010 (cinema) Runtime: 115' Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Yigal Naor, Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Khalid Abdalla, Jason Isaacs Production House: Universal Pictures, Studio Canal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Antena 3 Films Video See a clip from the film here. Rating: +1 (Loved It) Themes: Conspiracy, ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6091 So this is the list of the villains that didn't quite make it into my main list. I.e they made a strong impression on me, but I'm not sure I can call them favourites... Sometimes it's just because I haven't seen the film in a long while and I don't ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6173 Inspired by my friend's blog, I've been wanting to start compiling various kinds of film lists here for a while now, but never quite got round to doing it. This one seemed like a fairly natural one for me to start with. In fact I've ended up with two lists. ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6094 I know I've supposedly posted the first teaser about 6 months ago, but the real teaser trailer (whatever that means ;-P) is this: They use many of the same shots on both teasers, but the new one is somewhat more interesting :) The scraps of feedback that have come through from ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6155 Last week he won Best Villain at the MTV awards for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which I'm extremely happy about. His performance in that is definitely one of my favourite ever villains *grin* And also, he's done his first ever major chat show last week as well. See his ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6151 {FILM DIARY} Note: Please refer to this post for more details and links to other Due South reviews. "Due South" (Canada/USA, 1994) Viewed: late May 2010 and early June 2010 Rating: +1 (Loved It) Video Episodes: - 7: Chicago Holiday: Part 1 Ray investigates the death of a prominent figure of the underworld, while Fraser has to watch ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6063 {FILM DIARY} Note: Please refer to this post for more details and links to other Due South reviews. "Due South" (Canada/USA, 1994) Viewed: late May 2010 & early June 2010 Rating: +1 (Loved It) Video Episodes: - 0: Pilot Fraser comes to Chicago to make sure the murderer of his father is found and convicted. - 1: Free Willy Fraser ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6020 {FILM DIARY} "Due South" (Canada/USA, 1994-1996) Runtime: around 45' per episode Creator: Paul Haggis Cast: Paul Gross, David Marciano, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Tony Craig, Daniel Kash, Gordon Pinsent, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano Production House: Alliance Atlantis Communications, Baton Broadcasting Incorporated (BBS), CBS Productions, CTV Television Network, Paul Haggis Productions Themes: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Police, ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=6026 This is a nice two part interview in which he talks about his whole career. Also, I found some good spoofs. One is a spoof of H2O (a two part production for HBO which starred and was also written by Paul Gross). But there is also a beautiful Due South spoof ... http://blog.monikasulik.net/?p=5719