Another Round stars Mads Mikkelsen as a middle-aged high-school history teacher experimenting with daytime drinking
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Director Thomas Vinterberg was intrigued by famous figures, including Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway, who accomplished great things while under the influence of alcohol.
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What if there were a magical elixir you could drink that would make all your troubles disappear? In the acclaimed Danish tragicomedy Another Round, that s the dream tempting Martin, Mads Mikkelsen s (Hannibal, Casino Royale) high-school history teacher, as he stares down the barrel of middle age.
Many men have been transformed on-screen by miracle formulas from Jerry Lewis discovering his slick alter ego in The Nutty Professor to Cary Grant in Monkey Business, suddenly skittering about town with Marilyn Monroe on his arm.
The Investigation is a different type of true crime drama WhatToWatch 2/1/2021
Making its North American debut on Feb. 1, the HBO-acquired
The Investigation is a new type of true crime drama, and one that deftly avoids many of the genre’s most problematic pitfalls. The Danish series, from creator
Tobias Lindholm (
Borgen), covers the investigation into the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who was killed in Denmark while on assignment. Often referred to as “the submarine case,” the media coverage of the crime primarily focused on Wall’s killer, Peter Madsen, and the more gruesome details of the 30-year-old’s death. But
Rolf Lassgård and Pernilla August star in the Scandi-Noir
The Investigation (BBC Two) was a crime drama in which neither the victim nor murderer appeared. It was a bold approach and laudable in its intent. In televisual terms, however, it was about as thrilling as watching the test card. Only without a toy clown or game of noughts and crosses to divert you.
This Danish production had been promoted from BBC Four’s patented “Saturday subtitles slot™” to BBC Two due to the pandemic-induced dearth of programming. It followed the real-life case of murdered Swedish journalist Kim Wall - a strange and gruesome story which hit headlines worldwide in 2017.