Tag Archives: Mads Mikkelsen

Review in Brief: Riders of Justice (2020)

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

From its fable-like opening to its really rather schmaltzy Christmas closing moments and all the sudden acts of violence in-between, Anders Thomas Jensen’s RIDERS OF JUSTICE consistently delivers the unexpected. Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) returns home from military deployment to look … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Another Round (2020)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Alcohol: the great social liberator and the great destroyer, or as Homer Simpson famously put it “the cause of, and solution to all of life’s problems”. ANOTHER ROUND follows a group of middle-class friends and teachers in Denmark who experiment … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Arctic (2018/19)

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

What kind of a madman would star in both movies called POLAR and ARCTIC in the same year? A Mads-man, that’s who (excuse the pun, or don’t, I don’t care). Despite the etymologically similar titles they couldn’t be more different … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Polar (2019)

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

What if JOHN WICK (the movie, not the character) hated you? That’s POLAR. There’s no killer’s code in this tale of hitmen (and women) offing each other and humanity is shown to be pretty much done for on a moral … Continue reading →

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Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Was the emotionally bereft GODZILLA remake just a blip for Gareth Edwards? Thankfully yes it was. There is more genuine humanity, imagination and enjoyment to ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY than there was not only in the ill-advised giant … Continue reading →

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Review: Doctor Strange (2016)

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The problem with Marvel is that a lot of their characters have the same origin story. “Arrogant prig becomes selfless hero” is almost as commonplace as DC’s “Death of family gives hero guilt-driven purpose”. Stephen Strange’s story may not be … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hunt (2012)

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Thomas Vinterberg’s frank and intelligent discussion of society’s instinctive, well-intentioned, but sometimes damaging reactions to reports of child abuse is immediately recognisable as a Vinterberg film. Like his breakout Dogme 95 masterpiece FESTEN (1998), The Hunt dares to tackle a … Continue reading →

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