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By Soren Hough
November 26, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Culture, Television
Fire up the go-kart, hide your drugs and grab your guns: the boys are back. After four years off the air, Canadian comedy series “Trailer Park Boys” is making its impromptu return in a brand new season and film. Fans of the show are understandably with the prospect of seeing their favorite...
By Soren Hough
November 19, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Movies
When I saw Kenneth Branagh’s “Thor” a few years back, I was confused. That isn’t to say I didn’t understand the movie, and I wouldn’t say it wasn’t badly made – I just had no opinion on its content. Perhaps it was the thin c...
By Soren Hough
November 5, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Culture, Television
A nostalgic, familiar sight as Arthur and his friends are sitting in class with Mr. Ratburn, studiously paying attention as the curmudgeonly teacher drones on about math. But something is off. None of the characters look quite right. Their outlines are bolder and there’s almost no subtlety to their expressions.
And now they...
By Soren Hough
October 31, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Culture, Movies
Quiet and meditative. Romantic, stark and beautiful. Poignant.
These are not the words one usually associates with the horror genre. And yet, the ostensibly horror-themed “Låt den rätte komma in,” or “Let the Right One ...
By Soren Hough
October 21, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Movies
A woman, short-haired and weightless, folds her body up in relief. Light pours in through a nearby window, and as she floats gently in the sunlight, at once the image of a fetus in utero is evoked. The frame lingers here. Sh...
By Soren Hough
October 14, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Movies
It is sobering to know that this is one of the last times we’ll see James Gandolfini’s big, friendly face in theaters. From meteoric rise in the public consciousness with the HBO series “The Sopranos” to smaller roles in films like “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Th...
By Soren Hough
September 16, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Movies
What would you do if a child erroneously accused you of abuse?
Nobody should have to answer a question like this. Unfortunately Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen), the kindhearted protagonist Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Hunt,” finds...
By Soren Hough
September 16, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Movies
Filmmakers have long understood that animals garner more sympathy than humans. In a strange phenomenon of mass desensitization, the injury or death of a fellow Homo sapien just doesn’t have as much of an impact on moviegoers....
By Soren Hough
September 9, 2013
Filed under Arts & Living, Movies
“He is constant like the Northern Star. He is like the Grim Reaper. He is the angel of death.”
These are the epithets a small group of cosplayers, actors and choreographers use to describe Frank Castle, the Marvel antihero...
