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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Festen 1998 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Celebration
Dogme 1
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm, Helle Dolleris, Bjarne Henriksen, Gbatokai Dakinah, Therese Glahn
A family birthday party is the catalyst for accusations and revealed family secrets. But the party is only one chapter in this family saga. The next morning–after the worst has been brought to the table–the family meets again in the same room, at the same table, for breakfast! This is the first of a series of films made under the strict rules of the Danish Dogme 95 manifesto: purity and austerity in filmmaking–hand-held cameras and no musical score, for example.
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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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Hitman 2007   R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Xavier Gens
Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen, Henry Ian Cusick, Michael Offei, Christian Erickson, Eriq Ebouaney, Joe Sheridan, James Faulkner, Jean-Mark Bellu, Nicky Naude
"Hitman" is based on the video-game series and features Timothy Olyphant as the professional assassin, Agent 47. After carrying out his assignment to assassinate Russian President Mikhail Belicoff (Ulrich Thomsen), later that day Belicoff appears on television with only a small bandage on his cheek. Agent 47 realizes that he has been set up and begins an escape while being pursued from St. Petersburg across Eastern Europe by Interpol and the Russian military. 1 User Review
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| | A hitman is targeted by his employer, and erase his identity | Anonymous 12/06/2007 | | Awesome action scenes. Story was a bit weak but the visuals was spectacular |
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The International 2009 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian F. O'Byrne, Ulrich Thomsen, Michel Voletti, Patrick Baladi, Jay Villiers, Fabrice Scott, Haluk Bilginer, Luca Barbareschi, Jack McGee, Allesandro Fabrizi, Felix Solis, Nilaja Sun
Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) teams up with Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to investigate the International Bank of Business and Credit and its connection to an Italian arms dealer. Salinger and Whitman find their lives in peril as they travel through Berlin, Milan, New York, and Istanbul on the trail of the bank's paid assassin, The Consultant (Brian F. O'Byrne). They end up at New York's Guggenheim Museum where bullets fly and concrete shatters as they try to stop the bank's financing of war and terror.
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 Max 2002 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen, David Horovitch, Janet Suzman, Andras Stohl, Peter Capaldi, Kevin McKidd
In this fictionalized biography of Adolph Hitler, Jewish art dealer Max Rothman (John Cusack) befriends aspiring artist Adolph Hitler (Noah Taylor). Director Menno Meyjes argues a case that Hitler turned to politics because he failed as an artist.
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Mostly Martha 2002 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Bella Martha
Director: Sandra Nelttelbeck
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto, Maxime Foerste, August Zirner, Ulrich Thomsen, Sibylle Canonica, Katja Studt, Idil Uner, Oliver Broumis, Antonio Wannek
Martha (Martina Gedeck), the uptight chef at a Hamburg restaurant, is headed for a few surprises in her life when her orphaned niece, Lina (Maxime Foerste), moves in–followed soon by the new chef, Mario (Sergio Castellitto), who is destined to be Martha's lover.
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The Weight of Water 2000 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn, Josh Lucas, Elizabeth Hurley, Ciaran Hinds, Ulrich Thomsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Katrin Cartlidge, Vinessa Shaw, Richard Donat, Joseph Rutten, John Walf, Adam Curry, John Maclaren
Photojournalist Jean James (Catherine McCormack) is researching a sensational axe murder that occurred in 1873. Along with her husband Thomas (Sean Penn), his brother Rich (Josh Lucas), and his brother's girlfriend Adaline (Elizabeth Hurley), she heads to a New Hampshire seacoast town–scene of the murder–and finds an eyewitness account of the affair. The audience goes back and forth between the past deceit and Jean's growing uneasiness over her own similar situation: she is convinced that her husband is having an affair with his brother's girlfriend.
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| 1. Brothers (2004)
2. Festen (1998)
aka: The Celebration
aka: Dogme 1
3. Flickering Lights (2000)
4. Hitman (2007)
5. The International (2009)
6. Max (2002)
7. Mostly Martha (2002)
aka: Bella Martha
8. The Weight of Water (2000)
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