FILM SPOTTING: January 2011 in Polish cinemas

As usual, the beginning of the year (aka exam time) is full of interesting releases ;-P My main list would probably be unmanageably long if not that I’m a bit more picky these days. And my maybe list could have included even more releases if I hadn’t limited myself - really ;)
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J’ai tué [...]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I aka how nice it is to have a Harry Potter film which is not all action

I have finally managed to get my Harry Potter review to an almost coherent state (although I suppose that’s debatable ;-P it is still way too long *sigh*).
And I’ve done even more tweaking to my review format :] Yes, yes I know - I should stop now, but I like tweaking…
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Harry Potter and [...]

FILM SPOTTING: November 2010 in Polish cinemas

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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (USA, 2009)
Release Date (Poland): 5th November 2010
Release Date (worldwide): 16th January 2009
Director: Lee Daniels
Cast: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz
Plot: (from TMDb)
Set in Harlem in 1987, claireece “Precious” Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would [...]

Alice in Wonderland - a dark story of tyranny

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Alice in Wonderland (USA, 2010)
Seen: Friday, 5th March 2010 (cinema)
Runtime: 108′
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover
Production House: Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films, Zanuck Company, The, Team Todd
Plot: (from imdb)
19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends [...]

FILM SPOTTING: March 2010 in Polish cinemas

Now that March is coming to an end, there’s probably not that much point in posting this, but I figured I’d do it for continuity’s sake ;)
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Alice in Wonderland (USA, 2010)
Release Date (Poland): 5th March 2010
Release Date (worldwide): 3rd March 2010
Runtime: 108′
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
Production House: [...]

First teaser for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010, UK/USA)
Release Date (Poland): Unknown, but my guess based on previous years is 26th November 2010
Release Date (worldwide): 17th November 2010
Runtime: Unknown
Director: David Yates
Cast: Emma Watson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Daniel Radcliffe, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Bonnie Wright, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, [...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - the longest review I ever wrote!

This review is much too long - sorry for that *blush* I hope some of you bear with me anyway…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (USA/UK, 2009)
Seen: Friday, 24th July 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 153′
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Bonnie Wright, Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen McCrory, [...]

Gore, warped humour, melodrama and singing (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street reviewed)

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (USA/UK, 2007)
Seen: Friday, 24th April 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 116′
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener, Ed Sanders
Production House: DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Plot: (from imdb)
The infamous story of Benjamin [...]

Helena Bonham-Carter on Jonathan Ross

She’s so hilariously warped ;)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - just 6 months to go before it releases so obviously promotion is in full throb ;)

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (USA/UK, 2009)
Polish Distributor: Warner Brothers Poland (24th July 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 15th July 2009
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Tom Felton, Evanna Lynch, Matthew Lewis, Katie [...]