Tag: James Bond
The viewers have spoken! The Danes are the tenth most attractive people in the world
Most of us expats – despite rapid globalization and our newborns increasingly having their choice of three or even four passports – still identify with a nationality, although we do our best not to identify as too nationalistic! So when a study comes out showing the world’s most attractive nationalities, we know deep down that […]
Museums Round-Up: Countdown begins, engines fired up, for opening of new Cold War museum
Ten, nine, eight, seven … it’s the lift-off sequence we all once associated with launching lunar modules, but today, unfortunately, it’s more likely some kind of missile – to cause needless human destruction or kill James Bond. It is fittingly reproduced here because we now have only ten days until the opening of Cold War […]
World Cup 2022: Will the hosts of Qatar be …
There is one thing we can all be sure of: this World Cup will be like no other. And most of that boils down to the choice of Qatar, the first debutant hosts of the World Cup since Italy in 1934 and the organizers of the shortest tournament (just 29 days) since Argentina in 1978. […]
To avoid an environment of bullying, are Prince Christian’s people seriously considering the British private school system?
Most internationals, especially Britons, are often struck by how little bullying there is in schools in Denmark. Hardly any nickname or nicknames, or loud cheers when someone drops a plate, instead it’s all empathy and equality. Any conversation that compares notes with Danish parents tends to reflect David Mamet’s legendary remarks to the 1986 film […]
Elementary, no one does it better: the British celebrate the Queen’s Platinum anniversary
Wasn’t it a delicious dish to pose for the guests at the British Embassy on 9 June, which gathered to celebrate the ‘Platinum Jubilee’ for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Admittedly, France’s Louis XIV, the Sun King, still holds the record for being the longest-serving monarch in history, but he was four when he […]
Russian giants fire a brutal farewell shot when foreign star stops
Spartak Moscow had a few words of farewell to Jordan Larsson Russian football club Spartak Moscow could not resist an excavation by striker Jordan Larsson after it was confirmed that the Swedish star’s contract had been terminated. Spartak announced on Monday that Larsson – who is the son of the former Celtic and Barcelona icon […]
Why this American decided to enroll in a Russian university
Kristian Fors is an American from Los Angeles, California, and is a master’s student at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). After developing a deep love for Russian culture through classical Russian literature, he went abroad for a period of study in St. Petersburg and finally decided to enroll completely at a Russian […]
On Screens: Cracking the Coda of the Oscars: Paper only seems to beat Rock
A young man with a heart of gold, untapped talent and responsibility: she always puts others first. Hardly Oscar-winning material. At the very least, one could imagine the core performance to be amazing. Miss Daisy needed a black driver, and Rose a very large ship. But the closest are deaf: for her talent and literally. […]
Foreign filming in Norway
It’s big for little Norway when the biggest movie stars come to the country to make box office successes. Whether it’s Tom Cruise who wants to shoot a new Mission Impossible movie or Matt Damon’s projects. Only these two major players have laid back values of over one billion kroner, the reimbursement amount was NOK […]
Amazon’s $ 8.45 billion acquisition of MGM approved by EU regulators
BRUSSELS, Belgium: European regulators have approved Amazon’s acquisition of Hollywood studio MGM, stressing that the sale does not raise any competition concerns. In 2021, Amazon said it bought MGM in a $ 8.45 billion deal to broaden its video streaming service with more content. According to its inquiry, the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, […]
Culture Round-Up: Women’s version of historical constitution painting from 1915 planned for the Folketing’s lobby
Visitors to the Conversation Room in the Folketing can see Herman Vedel’s painting of the 30 ‘fathers’ from the Constitution of 1915, which gave women the right to vote. Now a female version has been proposed, which will hang in the same room, which is often a welcome place for prominent foreign visitors. “Better gender […]
UK-DK Trade: Nothing beats binding like this!
Just six and a half weeks after the film’s release, 1,000,000 tickets had been sold for the latest James Bond film, ‘No Time to Die’, in Denmark. Have been waiting for you! One-sixth of the population went to the cinema to watch a movie they had been waiting to enjoy for almost two years. Fans […]
Culture Round-Up: Comes to you like a kamikaze
Indiewire is full of praise for the performance of Marie Reuther in the new HBO Max series ‘Kamikaze’, which is just one of three Danish-language series published by streaming services this autumn, which consolidates the country’s reputation as a producer of quality TV. ‘Chestnut Man’ (‘The Chestnut Man’) was a popular Netflix release in September, […]
This year’s Crazy Christmas show: let’s tell you about it!
Did Vivienne McKee really retire? Well, yes, she tried in 2017, but her audience did not allow her. “One more year, one more year,” they roared at the end of each performance of her Crazy Christmas Cabaret (CCC) show after her announcement, until she gave in. But yes, the reason we have not heard much […]
Can Kingslayer be the next 007?
Is it Kingslayer in 007’s rearview mirror? ‘No Time to Die’ has barely been out for less than a week and Jaime Lannister is stealthily approaching James Bond from behind. It’s the same modus operandi he took with Aerys Targaryen, and we know what happened to him! 9. favorite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is currently the ninth […]
New Bond film gets best cinema start of all films about 007
The film premiered on Thursday, and since then 228,601 people have bought tickets. If you include previews and other screenings, it will be 267,038 – almost 270,000 tickets sold. The James Bond film “Skyfall”, which had its Danish premiere in 2012, sold 214,117 tickets during the opening weekend. “Specter” premiered in Denmark in 2015 and […]
Long-awaited Bond film is praised by Danish reviewers
It’s the last Bond film in which Daniel Craig plays the role of 007, and according to reviewers, he does a good job. – Daniel Craig is perhaps the 007 who has been the most actor to the bone, writes Politiken’s reviewer. Film magazine Ekko believes that Daniel Craig is different from everyone else who […]
On screens for September: Quentin Tarantino presents … are you sure he’s met them at all?
There is no doubt that Quentin Tarantino is one of the best instructors ever. He has made only nine films in a career spanning nearly three decades, and his lowest score on Metacritic is 64 – surprising to Jackie Brown, a film that many pretentious critics often refer to as his best work ‘Being Different […]
Recordbreaker! Copenhagen Light Festival the most visited event in Danish history!
There have been times on sunny days that have cut through the icy weather in the coronavirus pandemic, that it has felt like the whole of Copenhagen has been out for a walk. And this was the reality recently Copenhagen Light Festival, which has set a record for the most visited event in Danish history. […]
A push from Spielberg towards star status
There is also so much edge over him that years ago he was mentioned in the British media as a possible replacement for Daniel Craig when Craig stops in the role of James Bond. That’s hardly how it goes. Craig is now 52, and the new corona-delayed Bond film has just been postponed once again, […]
Darth Vader actor dead
The man who gave Darth Vader a body is gone. Actor James Prowse is dead. British actor David Prowse was best known for his role as Darth Vader in the films “War of the Stars”, “Space Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi”. However, he was never seen because his face was covered by […]
Mads Mikkelsen replaces Johnny Depp in Fantastic Creatures
Mads Mikkelsen will play the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald in “Fantastic Creatures”, based on the “Harry Potter” creator JK Rowling’s encyclopedia of the same name. Johnny Depp was forced to drop the role of Grindelwald earlier in November after losing a case in the UK against a tabloid newspaper that referred to Depp as a […]
“Mr James Bond has left the world today”
Scottish actor Sean Connery has died. He was perhaps best known for playing the polished agent James Bond in seven films. Sean Connery won an Oscar in 1998, for best supporting role as a corrupt cop in Brian de Palma’s award-winning film, “The Indomitable”, and has also won two Bafta awards and three Golden Globes. […]
Danish Cinemas: Huge line in the bill that the 007 premiere is postponed
The corona crisis and distance restrictions have cost Danish cinemas dearly. Therefore, it is also a “giant line in the bill” that the premiere of the new 007 film has been postponed once again. This is what Lars Werge, director of Danske Biografer – the industry association for the country’s cinemas, says. Also read: The […]
The premiere of the new 007 film has been postponed until April next year
The 25th film in a row about British agent James Bond has once again been postponed, according to a statement on the film’s website. The film, which has been named “No time to die”, should have premiered in November, but now it has been postponed to April 2 next year. The reason is the corona […]
He went from milk to steak to ball to Bond
Most people probably think James Bond. The thoughts of others may fall on the monk in “The Name of the Rose”, the officer in “The Invincibles” or the submarine captain in “The Hunt for Red October”. Or what about Indiana Jones & apos; nerdy father happily waving seagulls up in the engine of an attacking […]
More bang for the buck: Name Bond, Jaime Bond
Claes Bang is not the only Danish actor in the 50s with a cry to become the next James Bond. Go ahead Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, fresh from the morgue to Westeros, who turned 50 last month. READ MORE: Mr. Kiss kiss, pray pray, bang bang? The Great Dane is the 11th most likely man (or woman […]