Copenhagen’s gone Mads, and the only person who can save it is…well, Mads. Continue reading
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“‘Chaos Walking’ Stumbles, Trips, Faceplants”
Just gonna pat myself on the back for this headline, what a stroke of genius. 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
“Have ‘Another Round’ of Merriment, Melancholy and Mads Mikkelsen”
It’s a Mads, Mads, Mads, Mads world. Continue reading
“‘Valhalla Rising’: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Oft-Forgotten Gem Scoffs At Your ‘Thoughts & Prayers'”
Oh man, did I ever get this one wrong once upon eight years ago. 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
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: The Salvation, 2015, dir. Kristian Levring
“Don’t bother playing the “name that reference” game with Kristian Levring’s The Salvation; his film owes much to the titans of the Western archetype, but he makes few if any nods to them. For whatever reason, we tend to expect our genre films to pay visual or aural tribute to their sires as though homage … 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 