Laura Akers Nov 30, 2017
The contenders for power are out in force in Vikings' 2-part season 5 premiere. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Supernatural season 13 episode 8 review: The Scorpion And The Frog
5.1 & 5.2 The Departed
“The King is dead. Long Live the King,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ Bishop Heahmund intones in this week’s double-episode premiere of season 5 of Vikings.
Last season saw the wiping of the slate in terms of royalty (if not leadership) in the deaths of long-time rivals King Ragnar Lothbrok of Kattegat and King Ecbert of Wessex (oh yeah, and annoying King Aelle), potentially leaving the History channel’s best show rudderless, with many fans opening bemoaning their inability to see a version of Vikings without Travis Fimmel’s excellent Lothbrok. Rather than ignore this fear, History has wisely made this season about precisely that: in the absence of Ragnar, who will rise?...
The contenders for power are out in force in Vikings' 2-part season 5 premiere. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Supernatural season 13 episode 8 review: The Scorpion And The Frog
5.1 & 5.2 The Departed
“The King is dead. Long Live the King,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ Bishop Heahmund intones in this week’s double-episode premiere of season 5 of Vikings.
Last season saw the wiping of the slate in terms of royalty (if not leadership) in the deaths of long-time rivals King Ragnar Lothbrok of Kattegat and King Ecbert of Wessex (oh yeah, and annoying King Aelle), potentially leaving the History channel’s best show rudderless, with many fans opening bemoaning their inability to see a version of Vikings without Travis Fimmel’s excellent Lothbrok. Rather than ignore this fear, History has wisely made this season about precisely that: in the absence of Ragnar, who will rise?...
- 11/30/2017
- Den of Geek
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– IFC Films has acquired the U.S rights to director Jamie M. Dagg’s thriller “Sweet Virginia,” starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young. The film, which premiered at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, was written by Ben and Paul China from their Black List script, and was produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones for Automatik, Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows and Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos for Exhibit, who also financed.
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Xyz Films is currently handling international sales and will screen the film at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes. “Sweet Virginia” is a riveting thriller that...
– IFC Films has acquired the U.S rights to director Jamie M. Dagg’s thriller “Sweet Virginia,” starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young. The film, which premiered at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, was written by Ben and Paul China from their Black List script, and was produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones for Automatik, Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows and Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos for Exhibit, who also financed.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Focus Features Picks Up ‘Tully,’ Electric Entertainment Buys ‘Lbj’ and More
Xyz Films is currently handling international sales and will screen the film at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes. “Sweet Virginia” is a riveting thriller that...
- 5/12/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The King’s Choice, the true story of bravery against the Nazi’s in 1940 which broke box office records in Norway and was submitted as the country’s official foreign language submission to the Oscars last year, was just acquired for theatrical distribution in the states by Samuel Goldwyn Films. It will bow in August. The King's Choice is about three dramatic days in April 1940 when the Germans invaded and the King of Norway was presented with an ultimatum from the German…...
- 5/12/2017
- Deadline
True-life drama recounts early days of invasion of Norway.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice and plans a theatrical release in August.
The King’s Choice is based on the true the story about three dramatic days in April 1940, where the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from German armed forces: surrender or die.
The Royal Family fled Oslo to protect their family. However after three days King Haakon refused to capitulate, even if it would cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives.
The historical drama stars Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny , Arthur Hakalahti, and Katharina Schüttler.
Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg wrote the screenplay. Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae of Paradox Film 1 As produced.
Nordisk Film Production, Newgrange Pictures, Film Väst and Copenhagen Film Fund og Zentropa International Sweden co-produced The King’s Choice...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice and plans a theatrical release in August.
The King’s Choice is based on the true the story about three dramatic days in April 1940, where the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from German armed forces: surrender or die.
The Royal Family fled Oslo to protect their family. However after three days King Haakon refused to capitulate, even if it would cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives.
The historical drama stars Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny , Arthur Hakalahti, and Katharina Schüttler.
Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg wrote the screenplay. Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae of Paradox Film 1 As produced.
Nordisk Film Production, Newgrange Pictures, Film Väst and Copenhagen Film Fund og Zentropa International Sweden co-produced The King’s Choice...
- 5/11/2017
- ScreenDaily
Regardless of country, language, budget size or subject matter, five international directors confirmed one thing on Monday night: Making a film is hard.
At “Eyes on the Prize: Foreign Language Oscar Directors in Discussion,” the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s annual panel, the directors behind titles on the Oscar shortlist talked about the painstaking process of bringing their films to life and the ups and downs of festivals and awards season.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg moderated the evening’s talk, which included Asghar Farhadi (“The Salesman”), Xavier Dolan (“It’s Only the End of the World”), Claude Barras (“My Life as a Zucchini”), Erik Poppe (“The King’s Choice”) and Hannes Holm (“A Man Called Ove”). (Farhadi and Barras delivered their responses via respective interpreters.)
Read More: ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ Exclusive Featurette: British Animator Peter Lord Discusses The Stop-Motion Animated Film
Nearly all of...
At “Eyes on the Prize: Foreign Language Oscar Directors in Discussion,” the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s annual panel, the directors behind titles on the Oscar shortlist talked about the painstaking process of bringing their films to life and the ups and downs of festivals and awards season.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg moderated the evening’s talk, which included Asghar Farhadi (“The Salesman”), Xavier Dolan (“It’s Only the End of the World”), Claude Barras (“My Life as a Zucchini”), Erik Poppe (“The King’s Choice”) and Hannes Holm (“A Man Called Ove”). (Farhadi and Barras delivered their responses via respective interpreters.)
Read More: ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ Exclusive Featurette: British Animator Peter Lord Discusses The Stop-Motion Animated Film
Nearly all of...
- 1/10/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Margaret Rhodes was one of Queen Elizabeth’s closest confidantes and, as one of her cousins, had a unique insight into the life of the woman who has headed the British monarchy for more than 64 years – a record.
Rhodes, who died in November at age 91, was a bridesmaid at the Queen’s wedding to dashing naval officer Prince Philip in November 1947.
“She is immensely modest, despite the position she holds,” Rhodes once told People. “She is a country person and if she had not been who she was she would be living in the country with horses and lots of dogs.
Rhodes, who died in November at age 91, was a bridesmaid at the Queen’s wedding to dashing naval officer Prince Philip in November 1947.
“She is immensely modest, despite the position she holds,” Rhodes once told People. “She is a country person and if she had not been who she was she would be living in the country with horses and lots of dogs.
- 1/4/2017
- by simonperrytimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Vikings: Season 4 Volume 1
Vikings returns for a gripping fourth season. Season 3 culminated with the extraordinary battle in Paris, where Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) seized victory from the jaws of defeat–but still returns to Kattegat dangerously ill. Thoughts of his death galvanize the forces who seek to succeed him as king, including his wife Queen Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland) and his oldest son, Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig). Meanwhile, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) continues power struggles with her calculating, former second in command, Kalf (Ben Robson); Rollo (Clive Standen) betrays his Vikings heritage by remaining in Frankia and Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård) is seized for his brutal actions to the Christian priest Athelstan.
Joining the stellar cast this season is Peter Franzén as King Harold Finehair, a complex character who seeks to be King of Norway and a potential threat to Ragnar; Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan The Black, King Harold’s violent younger brother; and...
Vikings returns for a gripping fourth season. Season 3 culminated with the extraordinary battle in Paris, where Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) seized victory from the jaws of defeat–but still returns to Kattegat dangerously ill. Thoughts of his death galvanize the forces who seek to succeed him as king, including his wife Queen Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland) and his oldest son, Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig). Meanwhile, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) continues power struggles with her calculating, former second in command, Kalf (Ben Robson); Rollo (Clive Standen) betrays his Vikings heritage by remaining in Frankia and Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård) is seized for his brutal actions to the Christian priest Athelstan.
Joining the stellar cast this season is Peter Franzén as King Harold Finehair, a complex character who seeks to be King of Norway and a potential threat to Ragnar; Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan The Black, King Harold’s violent younger brother; and...
- 7/29/2016
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Vikings will be quantifiably bloodier than ever in Season 4.
The History channel has announced that the period drama’s upcoming run will premiere Thursday, Feb. 18 at 10/9c — and run for a full 20 episodes, adding four hours to its original tally.
Ah, but there’s always a “catch”: Viewers will get 10 episodes in a row before there’s a break, with the second half to air sometime later in 2016. Aka a “split season.”
VideosComic-Con Trailer Spectacular: Vikings Season 4 and More
Per the cabler, Season 3 of Vikings culminated with the battle in Paris, where Ragnar seized victory from the jaws of...
The History channel has announced that the period drama’s upcoming run will premiere Thursday, Feb. 18 at 10/9c — and run for a full 20 episodes, adding four hours to its original tally.
Ah, but there’s always a “catch”: Viewers will get 10 episodes in a row before there’s a break, with the second half to air sometime later in 2016. Aka a “split season.”
VideosComic-Con Trailer Spectacular: Vikings Season 4 and More
Per the cabler, Season 3 of Vikings culminated with the battle in Paris, where Ragnar seized victory from the jaws of...
- 12/17/2015
- TVLine.com
The King of Norway met with a Norwegian guy even more famous than him .... "Deadliest Catch" star Sig Hansen. King Harald V of Norway came face to face with Captain Hansen in a Seattle fishing village, where Sig graciously presented His Majesty with a tray full of, what else, king crabs. The King got a VIP tour of The Northwestern, the famous Norwegian vessel. There's a strong connection between the King and the Captain. Sig...
- 5/27/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 8: “Eldorado”
Written by Howard Korder & Terence Winter
Directed by Tim Van Patten
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
“Too late” was the operative phrase for Boardwalk Empire‘s final hour. Too late for salvation, too late for romance, too late for redemption, and ultimately, too late for survival.
That it seemed obvious for the series’ finale to send Nucky out was a bit of a given, considering the telegraphed nature of the flashback conceit which had been building for the entirety of this season. There were glimpses of hope, and chances for atonement but the clock had already run out by the time Nucky took his final stroll down the boardwalk.
It was an hour filled with subversion. The entire nature of the season seemed to be tailor-made for Nucky to come to Gillian’s aid, only it would appear that this particular outfit...
Written by Howard Korder & Terence Winter
Directed by Tim Van Patten
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
“Too late” was the operative phrase for Boardwalk Empire‘s final hour. Too late for salvation, too late for romance, too late for redemption, and ultimately, too late for survival.
That it seemed obvious for the series’ finale to send Nucky out was a bit of a given, considering the telegraphed nature of the flashback conceit which had been building for the entirety of this season. There were glimpses of hope, and chances for atonement but the clock had already run out by the time Nucky took his final stroll down the boardwalk.
It was an hour filled with subversion. The entire nature of the season seemed to be tailor-made for Nucky to come to Gillian’s aid, only it would appear that this particular outfit...
- 10/27/2014
- by Mike Worby
- SoundOnSight
Boardwalk Empire offers many opportunities for death and for redemption. Here’s Michael’s review…
This review contains spoilers
5.6 Devil You Know
The scent of death has lingered around this season of Boardwalk Empire like the odour of stale booze in a speakeasy. For obvious reasons, it has lingered most keenly around the fictional characters that now seem to be being cleared from the board before we enter the endgame.
Losing Sally Wheet was painful for Nucky, as his self-flagellating and nostalgic drinking mission attests, but for the viewer, losing Van Alden and Chalky, in the same episode no less, may well be the sharper experience. We’ve accompanied them since the very first season all the way to the near-end, through some very strange days indeed. The pair of them inhabited tragedy in their own way (though I suspect that George Raft’s comment about Shakespearean rise and fall...
This review contains spoilers
5.6 Devil You Know
The scent of death has lingered around this season of Boardwalk Empire like the odour of stale booze in a speakeasy. For obvious reasons, it has lingered most keenly around the fictional characters that now seem to be being cleared from the board before we enter the endgame.
Losing Sally Wheet was painful for Nucky, as his self-flagellating and nostalgic drinking mission attests, but for the viewer, losing Van Alden and Chalky, in the same episode no less, may well be the sharper experience. We’ve accompanied them since the very first season all the way to the near-end, through some very strange days indeed. The pair of them inhabited tragedy in their own way (though I suspect that George Raft’s comment about Shakespearean rise and fall...
- 10/19/2014
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
As we approach the final reckoning in Boardwalk Empire, there's little room for escape. Here's Michael's review...
This review contains spoilers
5.5 King of Norway
It’s hard not to see this season in a valedictory light, offering a pattern of reunions, score-settling and closure as characters, willingly or otherwise, attempt to find and secure a sense of closure before the shutters finally come down. It comes across like the closing of a circle, or rather several interlinked circles, that bring characters back to where they came from, again whether they like it or not. Such a view places this episode’s reunion of Nucky and Chalky in a similar context to that of Nucky and Margaret last week. In both cases, the exiled come to Nucky, surprising him by their unannounced return. In both cases too, Nucky takes the opportunity to nurture his sentimentality, seeking sweet reminiscences with Margaret and...
This review contains spoilers
5.5 King of Norway
It’s hard not to see this season in a valedictory light, offering a pattern of reunions, score-settling and closure as characters, willingly or otherwise, attempt to find and secure a sense of closure before the shutters finally come down. It comes across like the closing of a circle, or rather several interlinked circles, that bring characters back to where they came from, again whether they like it or not. Such a view places this episode’s reunion of Nucky and Chalky in a similar context to that of Nucky and Margaret last week. In both cases, the exiled come to Nucky, surprising him by their unannounced return. In both cases too, Nucky takes the opportunity to nurture his sentimentality, seeking sweet reminiscences with Margaret and...
- 10/7/2014
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
Boardwalk Empire, Season 5, Episode 5: “King of Norway”
Written by Steve Kornacki
Directed by Ed Bianchi
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
As Boardwalk Empire rounds the curve toward its curtain call, we’re given an episode that moves things along nicely while calling several characters to account for their actions.
“King of Norway” begins with a bleary eyed Eli awakening from a recurring dream in a drunken haze. This is truly a broken man, and instead of becoming less apparent with the arrival of his wife, it becomes even more pronounced. She reveals a pregnancy to him as the first order of business, and holy crap there’s enough Thompson kids at this point to take the one ring to Mordor.
In any case, where this storyline really hits it’s stride is with a “friendly” dinner at the Mueller residence. Sigrid is particularly prickly as the rest...
Written by Steve Kornacki
Directed by Ed Bianchi
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
As Boardwalk Empire rounds the curve toward its curtain call, we’re given an episode that moves things along nicely while calling several characters to account for their actions.
“King of Norway” begins with a bleary eyed Eli awakening from a recurring dream in a drunken haze. This is truly a broken man, and instead of becoming less apparent with the arrival of his wife, it becomes even more pronounced. She reveals a pregnancy to him as the first order of business, and holy crap there’s enough Thompson kids at this point to take the one ring to Mordor.
In any case, where this storyline really hits it’s stride is with a “friendly” dinner at the Mueller residence. Sigrid is particularly prickly as the rest...
- 10/6/2014
- by Mike Worby
- SoundOnSight
Well, we have three episodes left in the Boardwalk Empire saga and, as “King of Norway” shows, things are beginning to unravel at a breakneck pace. This episode alone had many of the characters getting immersed in, if not pandemonium (as Van Alden noted a few episodes back), then full-on, life-shattering hysteria.As always, let’s start with Nucky. Even though he’s kept a calm, Zen-like levelheadedness this season, he’s beginning to get the fire back in his eyes after Torrio set him and Maranzano up to be tommy-gunned down by Luciano and Lansky’s boys. He walks away with minor cuts and bruises (thanks to the eagle-eyed alertness of his bodyguard Arquimedes/”Archie”/Cuban Richard Harrow), but it gets him turnt up enough to ring up Torrio and tell him that he, along with those “two pissants,” will be in their graves soon. I wouldn’t be...
- 10/6/2014
- by Craig D. Lindsey
- Vulture
A review of tonight's "Boardwalk Empire" coming up just as soon as I protect my fur... "I don't think you know what you are." -Mr. Jeffries That comment by Nucky's future father-in-law is repeated in one form or another to many of the major characters in "King of Norway," who have to figure out who and what they intend to be before it's too late. Is Nucky the upstanding young man he presents himself as to Mabel's father, or the pragmatic climber who offers to help Sheriff Lindsay on special projects for the Commodore to get ahead? Is Chalky the man who wants revenge on Narcisse at all costs, or the man who might be able to reconnect with his old family — or, for that matter, the new one he appears to have with Daughter Maitland? Is Van Alden the henpecked, cuckolded husband of Sigrid, and Eli his blackout drunk sidekick,...
- 10/6/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Recently, HBO released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Boardwalk Empire" episode 5 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "King Of Norway," and it sounds like things will get quite dramatic and intense, once again, as Chalky arrives back in Atlantic City with plans to impose major vengeance, and more! In the new, 5th episode press release: "Chalky (Michael Kenneth Williams) will return to Atlantic City with vengeance on his mind. Concerned about the ongoing threat from Luciano (Vincent Piazza), Nucky (Steve Buscemi) is going to arrange a meeting with Maranzano (Giampiero Judica) in New York. In Chicago, Eli’s (Shea Whigham) reunion with June (Nisi Sturgis) will take an unexpected turn after a dinner party hosted by Van Alden (Michael Shannon) and Sigrid (Christiane Seidel). Capone (Stephen Graham) will look to relocate his operation out of Chicago. Margaret (Kelly Macdonald) is going to complete a deal with Carolyn Rothstein...
- 9/28/2014
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
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