Copenhagen’s gone Mads, and the only person who can save it is…well, Mads. Continue reading
Matches for: “mads mikkelsen” …
“Have ‘Another Round’ of Merriment, Melancholy and Mads Mikkelsen”
It’s a Mads, Mads, Mads, Mads world. Continue reading
“How Netflix’s ‘Polar’ Differs From The Comics”
Brrr! Is it chilly in here, or is it just Mads Mikkelsen on a killing spree that’d put most slasher all-time body counts to shame? (It’s chilly in here. It’s January. But Mikkelsen still rocks.) Continue reading
“Noomi Rapace Aptly Leads Dour, Trudging, Icy War Film ‘Black Crab'”
Blacker than the blackest black times infinity. Continue reading
“The 20 Best Performances Of 2020”
Turns out that a bunch of actors did a lot of good acting in 2020, imagine that. Continue reading
Review: Men & Chicken, 2016, dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
My familiarity with Danish comedy extends about as far as Mikkel Nørgaard’s Klown, the rom-coms of Lone Scherfig, and Adam’s Apples, Anders Thomas Jensen’s 2005 black comedy about the book of Job. Basically, I’m not especially well-versed on the subject, though I know enough to know that Mads Mikkelsen can actually be pretty damn funny when he feels … Continue reading
Review: Valhalla Rising, 2009, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
It’s amazing what a second viewing of a film can do to alter one’s perception and reaction to it. A while back, in my review of Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s excellent Bronson, I mentioned my admiration for Valhalla Rising— his 2009 follow-up– in the body of the review itself as well as in discussions … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 