Angels & Demons 2009  PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco, Victor Alfieri, Franklin Amobi, Curt Lowens, Bob Yerkes, Marc Fionini
Based on Dan Brown's bestselling book, events transpire after those of "The Da Vinci Code." The Pope has died, and, after being summoned by the Vatican, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) travels to Rome where he decodes a symbol found on a murder victim's skin. Clues lead to a resurrected sect, the Illuminatis, that has kidnapped four high-ranking Cardinals who are in line to succeed the Pope. The plan is to kill them one-by-one and then bomb Vatican City to show the power of science over faith. Along the way, Langdon joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), and they search through catacombs and crypts for answers to the villains' identities.
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Brothers 2004  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding, Solbjorg Hojfeldt, Sarah Juel Werner, Rebecca Logstrup, Niels Olsen, Paw Henriksen, Lars Hjortshoj, Tom Mannion
Two brothers–military officer, family man Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) and alcoholic, ex-con Jannik (Nikolai Lie Kaas)–exchange places in the family when Michael's wife, Sarah (Connie Nielsen), gets word that his helicopter has been shot down over Afghanistan. Jannik cleans up his act, finds a job, and helps Sarah with the children. When Michael does return from Afghanistan, the tables are turned, and it is Michael, not Jannik, who suffers psychological problems after being held in captivity.
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Flickering Lights 2000 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Soren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Grabol, Iben Hjejle, Ole Thestrup, Frits Helmuth, Peter Andersson, Niels Anders Thorn
Four small-time gangsters take on the job of stealing a bag for their boss. But when they see it contains a large sum of money, their leader, Torkild (Soren Pilmark), convinces the others to take off and start a new life. On their way from Copenhagen to Barcelona, their old truck breaks down and they hide in an old, dilapidated, abandoned inn. As they reflect on their lives, the thought of cleaning up the inn and changing lifestyles occurs to the group. A good entry from Academy Award-winning director Anders Thomas Jensen.
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Idioterne 1998  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Idiots
Dogme 2: The Idiots
Director: Lars von Trier
Cast: Bodil Jorgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Henrik Prip, Luis Mesonero, Louise Mieritz, Knud Romer Jorgensen, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
This satire on society takes place in a Copenhagen home where a group of very strange people live. Their idea of entertainment is to occupy themselves trying to shock and annoy others by pretending to be mentally retarded. Tasteless and tedious.
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Open Hearts 2002 R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Sonja Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerragaard, Birthe Neumann, Niels Olsen, Ulf Pilgaard, Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen, Pelle Bang Sorensen, Philip Zanden
After her fiance, Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), is paralyzed in an accident, Cecilie (Sonja Richter) falls in love with the husband (Mads Mikkelsen) of the woman (Paprika Steen) responsible for causing Joachim's paralysis.
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Reconstruction 2003 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Christoffer Boe
Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Maria Bonnevie, Krister Henriksson, Nicolas Bro, Helle Fagralid, Peter Steen, Malene Schwartz, Ida Dwinger, Klaus Mulbjerg, Isabella Miehe-Renard
In this psychological drama, Maria Bonnevie takes on the roles of both Simone and Aimee. Alex (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) dumps girlfriend Simone for a one-night stand with Aimee. Following that indiscretion, his life is thrown into turmoil because none of his friends recognize him and even his apartment disappears.
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| 1. Angels & Demons (2009)
2. Brothers (2004)
3. Flickering Lights (2000)
4. Idioterne (1998)
aka: The Idiots
aka: Dogme 2: The Idiots
5. Open Hearts (2002)
6. Reconstruction (2003)
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