Monika’s Pensieve

Yay, I’m finally up to date with my film diary! *grin*
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005, USA)
Seen: Wednesday, 6th January 2010 (DVD)
Runtime: 93′
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, George Lopez, David Arquette, Kristin Davis
Production House: Dimension Films, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Troublemaker Studios
Plot: (from imdb)
A boy dreams up shark-boy and lava-girl [...]

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Saathiya (2002, India)
Seen: Tuesday, 5th January 2010 (DVD)
Runtime: 138′
Director: Shaad Ali
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Shahrukh Khan, Tabu
Production House: Kaleidoscope Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Plot: (from imdb)
The tale of a young couple in love who elope and marry, but soon find that that marriage is not the bed of roses it is made out to be.
Trailer

Impressions [...]

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An Education (2009, UK)
Seen: Thursday, 31st December 2009
Runtime: 95′
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Sally Hawkins
Production House: BBC Films, Endgame Entertainment, Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films
Plot: (from imdb)
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her [...]

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Billu (2009, India)
Seen: Thursday, 31st December 2009
Runtime: 137′
Director: Priyadarshan
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Kareena Kapoor (cameo), Deepika Padukone (cameo), Priyanka Chopra (cameo)
Production House: Eros Entertainment, Red Chillies Entertainment
Plot: Billu is a barber living below the poverty line. When a film crew comes to shoot in his village, gossip starts that [...]

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, UK/Canada/France)
Seen: Thursday, 31st December 2009
Runtime: 122′
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell
Production House: Infinity Features Entertainment, Poo Poo Pictures, Davis-Films, Grosvenor Park Productions, Parnassus Productions
Plot: Doctor Parnassus has made a pact with the devil. [...]

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Avatar (2009, USA/UK)
Seen: Tuesday, 29th December 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 162′
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez
Production House: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment, Giant Studios, Ingenious Film Partners, Lightstorm Entertainment
Plot: (from imdb)
In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by [...]

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Every year, my January is busy and every year Polish film distributors sadistically release loads of movies I really want to see during this time ;-P Hope I get to see at least some of these *sigh*
Hunger (2008, UK/Ireland)
Release Date (Poland): 8th January 2010
Release Date (worldwide): 15th May 2008
Runtime: 96′
Director: Steve McQueen
Cast: Michael Fassbender
Production [...]

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L.I.E. (2001, USA)
Seen: Monday, 28th December 2009 (VHS, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 97′
Director: Michael Cuesta
Cast: Paul Dano, Billy Kay, Brian Cox
Production House: Alter Ego Entertainment, Belladonna Productions
Plot: Howie is 15 and is going wild. Breaking into houses becomes one of Howie’s pastimes. One day, Howie ends up robbing the house of a man, who happens to [...]

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Mysterious Skin (2004, USA/Netherlands)
Seen: Sunday, 27th December 2009
Runtime: 105′
Director: Gregg Araki
Cast: Chase Ellison, Elisabeth Shue, Bill Sage, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Brady Corbet, Jeffrey Licon
Production House: Desperate Pictures, Antidote Films, Fortissimo Film Sales
Plot: The parallel stories of two teenagers. One sleeps with men for money, the other is obsessed with alien abductions.
Trailer

If you want [...]

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(500) Days of Summer (2009, USA)
Seen: Friday, 25th December 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 95′
Director: Marc Webb
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel
Production House: Sneak Preview Entertainment, Watermark
Plot: Summer wants a casual relationship. Tom can’t help, but want more.
Trailer

For anyone who wants a laugh, this is a promotional clip in which they do a Sid and Nancy sketch ;) [...]