Tag: Metacritic
On screens in December: How long before a break also requires resurrections?
I’m not sure I can even spell the word ‘break’. Let’s face it, until about 20 years ago we all thought it was some sort of Japanese crisis. Now we know that means sabbatical for lazy privileged bastards. Will Smith recently came back from a with the film Emancipation (Apple on December 9; 58 on […]
On screens for November: Battle of the chefs, but no Gordon Ramsey crush here!
Sometimes life imitates art: after all, it wasn’t long ago that comedian Volodymyr Zelensky starred in a TV show as a high school teacher who surprisingly becomes president, or that a 21-year-old Robert Downey Jr. played a junkie in Less End zero. Sometimes it’s the other way around. Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson was a major villain […]
Culture Round-Up: Still among the best burgers in the world, though the quality has been diluted
A couple of recent unofficial online polls have revealed that many people are tired of the burgers at Petrol grillwith many claiming that quality has diluted as the chain has grown in size. Today, it has six stores in central Copenhagen alone, although the unusual premises located on a platform at Vesterport Station are closed. […]
Culture Round-Up: Move over The Brown Bunny … Danish actor now has the right to receive cinema’s most tasteless blowjob ever
Danish actor Caspar Phillipson believed the most controversial moment of his career – when he was sued by the London Toast Theater for sneaking to Paris to audition for the role of JFK in ‘Jackie’, even though he was contracted to appear in the Crazy Christmas Cabaret in Tivoli – stood behind him. But he […]
On screens in September: Why reboot is one of the ugliest words in cinema
Let us start again” … in the 1820s it sounded like mission impossible from a doctor to a gout sufferer; in the 1960s, as something Nancy Sinatra might say during a flip-flop break; and since the 1980s, our most common office announcement. Usually it is followed by moaning. Perhaps that’s why the TV and film […]
On screens in July: Bending out before he was over Henry Hill
Harold Pinter was not the only literary major to frolic in acting. In François Truffaut’s 1973 film La Nuit Américaine, British author Graham Greene enjoys a walk-on role as head of insurance. Common fans of each other, Truffaut did not prune it was Greene until the next day, by which time the modest Briton had […]
On screens in May • Shutdown: Where the wars failed, the corona succeeded
World War I could not kill the film industry. A look at Charlie Chaplin’s career reveals that he made over 100 films! Five of them were bookmarked by the Battle of the Somme – one of them was called the Count! During World War II, light aid to the troops was replaced by propaganda, although […]
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. […]
On screens in March: Penis free for all: but it’s too late to see Regé Jeans
What is it with all the penises? They are everywhere! (When I say penises, I should hurry to say ‘male penises’, just in case it caused any insult out there.) Small screen penises, big screen penises, hypnotic penises, comic penises, erotic penises and even talking penises… In the old days, the inclusion of multiple penises […]
On Screens in February: A tale of Shakespeare’s worthy successors and two sexagenarians
In an age of such… well… ageism, it’s refreshing to see Hollywood throwing money at the tale of a 67-year-old murderous throne-stealer and his manipulative wife, who at 64 is no spring chicken herself. The Tragedy of Macbeth (released; 87 on Metacritic), with aforementioned sexagenarians Denzel Washington and France McDormand, is not the only adaptation […]
On screens in December • The actor’s lottery: For every loving emotion, hundreds end up lost
Blink and you will miss it, but in episode 12 of the British classic sitcom The Office, a journalist shows up to interview David Brent. It coincides with the leader being told that his services will not be needed again as a motivational speaker. It’s an unfortunate appearance by a 28-year-old actress in what is […]
On Screens for November: How movies compete with Lazarus as the biggest comeback in history
Now we know how Jesus felt. No, scratch it: now we know how Mary and Martha felt. None! Not the two women who had a threesome with Bob in the awful 80s comedy of the North of England (my heart is broken at the thought of Alan Clarke wasting some of his last moments on […]
Culture Round-Up: The notion that television kills is an old chestnut with good reason
The most popular show on Netflix in Denmark right now pays homage to a kind of children’s game. But no, it’s not the Korean show ‘Squid Game’ that poses challenges based on playground activities where the losers are horribly killed. The last weekend has knocked ‘squid games’ out of its perch and been the Danish […]
On screens for October: How streaming has removed the links from screenwriters
A few years ago, we realized we could not survive as a weekly newspaper. Monthly it did not cut down either. Ideally, we would publish every fortnight in the sunlight months, monthly in the dark, but who are we trying to kid … the answer I usually give to how often we publish is “When […]
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 […]
On screens for June: In the footsteps of Björn Ironside, Big Tone … and The Bible?
There’s something really arrogant about releasing your first season in two halves – as if you think it’s going to be a hit. Yes, a bit like the Old and New Testaments, but then again, God is omniscient no matter what faith we are talking about, so he knew it was ‘opiate of the masses’ […]
Culture Round-Up: Starlet smashes record as the youngest winner of Bodil for Best Actress
For the first time since the pandemic, the Danish film industry held a physical gathering for the 74th Bodil Awards, which took place at the Folketeatret in Copenhagen this weekend. Another round … and a new order Not surprisingly, Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Druk’ (‘Another Round’) won three more awards, but if there was a surprise, it […]
On screens for May: Lean on time, epic by no means: Lawrence of Arabia is of a dying race
Usually when the Oscars come around, you’ve seen at least half of them. And it’s usually in late February. But this time, at the end of April, we had to take the academy’s word for it that its favorite list was good. Beyond Mank and The Trial of Chicago 7, both of which were released […]
News in Digest: Endeared by Denmark, dedicated to his daughter
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Billie August, Gabriel Axel, Susanne Bier … Vinterberg has already surpassed them all! Since he proclaimed himself on the world stage with the unforgettable ‘The Party’ as one of the co-founders of the Dogme 95 movement, the Danish director has been a name to take care of. His 2012 […]
On screens for February: Gay and Gallic: Grab them and don’t let go
Promiscuity on London’s gay scene, I would have said. Pretentious French cinema … I had enough of that at university. But then I would have missed out on my absolute two favorite shows in this winter lock. With very slim deals in February, you could do much worse than follow my advice and check out […]
