THE PROMISED LAND Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nikolaj Arcel Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath, Gustav Lindh, Melina Hagberg, Morten Hee Andersen. This true story, set in Denmark in the mid 1700s, reunites star Mads Mikkelsen with director Nikolaj Arcel (who directed him in 2012’s A Royal Affair). Impoverished former soldier Ludvig Kahlen (Mikkelsen) lives …
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Mangold Stars: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Toby Jones, Antonio Banderas, Ethann Isidore, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Karen Allen, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Olivier Richters, Martin McDougall, Nasser Memarzia. This is the fifth film in the franchise featuring Harrison Ford in his …
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Yates Stars: Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Mads Mikkelsen, Dan fogler, Callum Turner, Richard Coyle, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, Katherine Waterston, William Nadylam, Victoria Yeates, Oliver Masucci, Fiona Glascott, Dave Wong. Call me a muggle but I was left cold by this bloated third instalment in the Fantastic Beasts series created by Harry Potter author J K …
RIDERS OF JUSTICE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Anders Thomas Jensen Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicholas Bro, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Gustav Lindh, Roland Moller. With its mix of black humour, quirky characters and violence this offbeat crime drama from Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen (After The Wedding, etc) seems like it has been inspired by the likes of the …
ARCTIC.
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joe Penna Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smaradottit. Danish star Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, tv’s Hannibal, etc) virtually plays a lone hand in this grim tale of endurance and survival set in the frozen wastelands of the North Pole. The film will recall other survival dramas like All Is Lost, in which Robert Redford played a lone role as a sailor stranded at sea after …
ROGUE ONE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gareth Edwards Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Riz Ahmed, Jimmy Smits, Alistair Petrie, Ben Daniels, Ian McElhinney, James Earl Jones. One of the most anticipated films of the year was Rogue One, the latest stand alone spin off in the Star Wars franchise. While it doesn't quite live up to …