Tag: The Hunt
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Every Season of ‘Jack Ryan’, Ranked from Worst to Best
Jack Ryan has been a runaway hit for Amazon Studios, and stands as one of the best depictions of Tom Clancy’s source material. While The Hunt for Red October and Clear And Present Danger both did the character of Jack Ryan justice, the John Krasinski series helped relaunch the character in a modern context and…
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Mads Mikkelsen May Be a Franchise King, but This Danish Film Is His Best
Mads Mikkelsen, the undisputed franchise king, has triumphantly conquered the big screen, leaving his mark on every major franchise imaginable. From Star Wars to Marvel, Fantastic Beasts, James Bond and now Indiana Jones, Mads has rightfully become a household name. But in the midst of countless blockbusters, there is a hidden gem that showcases the…
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The Hunt Ending Reveals the Film’s True Target
The Hunt caused a bit of controversy last year when its plot was misinterpreted and taken out of context to make people believe that it was about “elites” hunting “deplorables.” People who were outraged receded further into their political identity, the film was delayed, and now it’s finally here. I’ve explained that the film’s plot…
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Foreign Filmmaking Crash Course: The 10 Rules of “Dogme 95”, The Danish Film Movement
Dogme 95 was an independent filmmaking movement created by Danish film directors Lars von Trier, known for Dogville and Melancholia, and Thomas Vinterberg, known for The Hunt and Another Round, both starring Mads Mikkelsen, in an attempt to rebel against the ever-growing commercial systems in cinema. Founded in 1995, the two independent filmmakers documented a…
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Another Round review – the performance of a lifetime from Mads Mikkelsen
Mikkelsen excels in Thomas Vinterberg’s profound yet playful midlife crisis tale about four high-school teachers seeking a better life on the lashTragedy, comedy and Kierkegaard collide like the highs and lows of an alcohol binge in Thomas Vinterberg’s latest, which won the Bafta for best film not in the English language, and Oscar for best…
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Jason Blum Regrets That ‘The Hunt’ Pre-Release Controversy Tanked the Movie
Director Craig Zobel’s Trump-era satire “The Hunt” was delayed months by Universal Pictures following right-wing backlash against the movie’s perceived bias, and in the wake of mass shootings in summer 2019. By the time the movie came out in March of 2020, barely a week before theaters across the country shuttered due to Covid, response…
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‘The Hunt’ Director Craig Zobel Sets New Sci-Fi Thriller at New Line
“The Hunt” filmmaker Craig Zobel has set his next project: he will direct a currently untitled sci-fi thriller at New Line Cinema, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the original script, and Andrea Berloff (“Straight Outta Compton”) wrote the most recent draft. The logline is being kept under wraps.Beau Flynn…
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‘Another Round’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen’s Best Performance in Years Is a Drunken History Teacher
“Another Round” wastes no time confronting the danger and allure of alcohol as a singular contradiction: It begins with the joyful beer-swigging exploits of energetic teens, followed by an abrupt cut to black, and a jarring silence pierced by the lonely slosh of a single beverage. From there, Thomas Vinterberg’s absorbing dark comedy turns into…
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Thomas Vinterberg moves into TV with ‘Families Like Ours’ (exclusive)
Zentropa producing show for TV2; TrustNordisk handles sales.Thomas Vinterberg is planning to direct his first TV series, Families Like Ours, for TV2 Danmark.Zentropa will produce the six-episode family saga, which has already been in development for a year. Sisse Graum Jørgensen, who has produced Vinterberg’s The Hunt, The Commune and Another Round, will produce alongside…
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‘Away’ Trailer: Hilary Swank Misses Her Family as She Embarks on a Mission to Mars
Earlier this year, Hilary Swank got caught up in The Hunt. But over at Netflix, she’ll be leaving Earth behind in the new space drama series Away, which finds her as an astronaut on a high stakes mission to Mars. Not only does she have to deal with the pressure of her job, but also…