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The Numbers: How Many Shawarmas Can You Buy For a Billion Dollars?1 comment

Erlingur Gretar wrote 2 weeks ago: In its third week, The Avengers not only decimated their competition, again, but also reached the el … more →

Tags: Home, The Numbers, Current Events, Iceland, News, Box Office, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Nick Fury, numbers

The Numbers: The Avengers Wins All The Box-Office!3 comments

Erlingur Gretar wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m going to be honest with you. I have had some difficulty in finding out how to approach thi … more →

Tags: Home, features, The Numbers, Current Events, Iceland, Movies, Slider, Box Office, USA

Daily Trailer: Glacial Horror Frost Teases Blood, Distress & Thrills

Erlingur Gretar wrote 1 month ago: Studio sets are made for wussies. What real filmmakers do, when faced with a film set on a glacier, … more →

Tags: Home, DAILY TRAILER, Iceland, Movies, Slider, trailer, Glacier, Reynir Lyngdal, frost

Film Review: Black's Game (Svartur Á Leik)6 comments

Sverrir wrote 3 months ago: Based on the synonymous novel by Stefán Máni, written and directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson, Black … more →

Tags: Home, Film Reviews, b, s, 2.5 stars, Movies, Review, Slider, Nicolas Winding Refn

Legends of Valhalla is Big in Asia - Beats Star Wars in Korea - Unique Music Video Inside

Erlingur Gretar wrote 3 months ago: This fall we covered the release of Iceland’s biggest film to date, 3D animation Legends of Va … more →

Tags: Home, News, Iceland, Movies, thor, Legends of Valhalla, Music video, haha, Korea

Denzel Washington Loading 2 Guns With Mark Wahlberg?1 comment

Erlingur Gretar wrote 3 months ago: Oscar winner and seminal badass Denzel Washington is in talks to join Mark Wahlberg‘s next big … more →

Tags: Home, News, Movies, Mark Wahlberg, Baltasar Kormákur, contraband, Denzel Washington, 2 guns, Blake Masters

Baltasar Kormakur To Direct Everest Movie1 comment

Erlingur Gretar wrote 4 months ago: Contraband director Baltasar Kormakur is reportedly taking over Working Title’s long-brewing E … more →

Tags: Home, News, Iceland, Movies, Baltasar Kormákur, contraband, Everest, Jon Krakauer

Exclusive Interview: Baltasar Kormakur on Contraband, 2 Guns, Violence and That Shoot-Out5 comments

Erlingur Gretar wrote 4 months ago: Around two years ago, Universal Pictures took a big gamble when they decided to remake the Icelandic … more →

Tags: Home, features, interviews, Movies, Slider, Mark Wahlberg, Baltasar Kormákur, contraband, REYKJAVIK-ROTTERDAM

Film Review: Contraband9 comments

Sverrir wrote 4 months ago: Through a series of events former smuggler Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) is drawn back into the criminal … more →

Tags: Home, Film Reviews, C#, 3.5 stars, Movies, Review, Slider, Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi

Interview: Ridley Scott Talks Prometheus, Giger, Beginning of Man and Original Alien87 comments

Erlingur Gretar wrote 5 months ago: Today, we bring you our most exciting feature yet, an interview with legendary director Ridley Scott … more →

Tags: Home, interviews, Alien, h. r. giger, Interview, Movies, Noomi Rapace, Prometheus, Ridley Scott

The Numbers: Families Occupy Cinemas

Erlingur Gretar wrote 6 months ago: Not many weeks ago, in the first Numbers feature on Filmophilia, I bemoaned the lackluster performan … more →

Tags: Home, The Numbers, Movies, Slider, Box Office, numbers, Tintin, Family

Film Review - Legends of Valhalla: Thor5 comments

gudjoningi wrote 7 months ago: The first full length Icelandic animation film has opened in theaters in Iceland. So far, the word o … more →

Tags: Film Reviews, L, T, 4 Stars, Animation, Óskar Jónasson, caoz, Legends of Valhalla: Thor, Movies

Film Review: Eldfjall / Volcano

atlisig wrote 7 months ago: Rúnar Rúnarsson’s movie Eldfjall (Volcano) is shaping up to be the most succesful Icelandic film of … more →

Tags: Home, Film Reviews, E, V, 4 Stars, Slider, Þorsteinn Bachmann, eldfjall, last farm

Volcano (Eldfjall) Awarded Fipresci Award And Then Some1 comment

kolbrunbjort wrote 7 months ago: Iceland’s Oscar’s bid Volcano (Eldfjall) – a best foreign film contender -  went o … more →

Tags: Home, News, Movies, Oscars, eldfjall, volcano, icelandic films, Awards

The Numbers: Local Products Trounce the Remake Machine1 comment

Erlingur Gretar wrote 7 months ago: In last week’s Numbers article I predicted a success for Legends of Valhalla: Thor, a local an … more →

Tags: Home, The Numbers, Iceland, News, Movies, Box Office, caoz, Legends of Valhalla: Thor, City-State

Film Review: Borgríki / City State1 comment

atlisig wrote 7 months ago: Ólafur Jóhannesson (or Olaf de Fleur) and his mates at Poppoli Pictures have had a very productive c … more →

Tags: Home, Film Reviews, b, C#, 3.5 stars, Slider, Olaf de Fleur, Poppoli Pictures, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Hurling Hammers & Flying Goats: Interview With Oskar Jonasson, Director of Legends of Valhalla: Thor2 comments

Erlingur Gretar wrote 7 months ago: As Legends of Valhalla: Thor, Iceland’s first full-length animated film, and the nation’ … more →

Tags: Home, interviews, Iceland, Movies, Slider, caoz, Legends of Valhalla: Thor, Óskar Jónasson, Animation

The Numbers: Legends of Valhalla's Prospects Looking Good6 comments

Erlingur Gretar wrote 7 months ago: (The US and Icelandic Top 10 for Oct. 7-9 is at the bottom of the post) In two days the first Icelan … more →

Tags: Home, The Numbers, Iceland, Movies, Slider, Box Office, Legends of Valhalla: Thor, Óskar Jónasson, magic wardrobe

The Numbers: Lion King Creates False 3D Hopes7 comments

Erlingur Gretar wrote 8 months ago: The box-office performance of The Lion King’s 3D release over the last three weeks has been no … more →

Tags: Home, News, The Numbers, Iceland, Movies, Box Office, Disney, 3D, lion king


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