The made-for-tv movie was a programming staple for the broadcast networks in the 1970s and 1980s. While it fell out of favor in the 1990s and was even dropped as an Emmy Awards category for three years beginning in 2011, it has been on an upswing as of late. This year, 28 telefilms are in contention for the five nominations that will be revealed on July 28; last year only 21 TV movies were submitted.
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until July 13 to cast their 2020 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. In 2017 that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.
See 2020 Emmy nominations ballot: 767 programs vie for...
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until July 13 to cast their 2020 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. In 2017 that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.
See 2020 Emmy nominations ballot: 767 programs vie for...
- 7/9/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Directed by Daniel Alfredson
Rated R
Everything from The Girl Who Played With Fire really sets up the end of this trilogy. Gone are the odd twists and turns, no more strange and convenient coincidences. No, here we have a proper ending to this trilogy, instead filled with revelations, properly tying up story-lines and everything started in the last two films.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest picks up right where the last film left off. Lisbeth Salandar (Noomi Rapace) and Alexander Zalachenko (Georgi Staykov) are both being airlifted to the hospital to be treated for the wounds they inflicted on each other. As they recover, talk of the trial against Lisbeth for her actions against Zalachenko begins, sending Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) into action to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Ronald Niedermann (Micke Spreitz), Lisbeth's giant half brother,...
Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Directed by Daniel Alfredson
Rated R
Everything from The Girl Who Played With Fire really sets up the end of this trilogy. Gone are the odd twists and turns, no more strange and convenient coincidences. No, here we have a proper ending to this trilogy, instead filled with revelations, properly tying up story-lines and everything started in the last two films.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest picks up right where the last film left off. Lisbeth Salandar (Noomi Rapace) and Alexander Zalachenko (Georgi Staykov) are both being airlifted to the hospital to be treated for the wounds they inflicted on each other. As they recover, talk of the trial against Lisbeth for her actions against Zalachenko begins, sending Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) into action to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Ronald Niedermann (Micke Spreitz), Lisbeth's giant half brother,...
- 2/10/2011
- by Josh Baldwin
- GetTheBigPicture.net
This is the review of The Girl Who Played With Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden), directed by Daniel Alfredson, starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp and Georgi Staykov, based on the novel by Stieg Larsson. Reviewed by Pure Movies writer Suki Ferguson. The Girl Who Played With Fire occupies a slightly uneasy place in the Millennium trilogy, in that it is based on arguably the weakest novel in the saga and primarily serves to set up the more intense dramas of the third installment. Given that the first film, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, gave away Played With Fire’s key plot point (that, as a child, Lisbeth Salandar torched her abusive father and was incarcerated for it), there is a distinct loss of suspense. Perhaps viewers who have not read the series will not find this a problem, but this change fails to improve upon the source material.
- 1/13/2011
- by Suki Ferguson
- Pure Movies
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Written by: Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson, Sofia Ledarp, Anders Ahlbom, Micke Spreitz, Georgi Staykov, Mirja Turestedt
You'd think there's nothing worse than build-up without climax. Except there is - a build-down without climax - the senile breed of story that seem to start somewhere and meander to nowhere.
The final Swedish film adaptation of the Millennium Trilogy by author Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest suffers from the same disability, limping anemically to anti-climax for around two hours of its 148-minute length. It's a gorgeously rendered double-stuff serving of denouement.
Lack of a professional hand is not the problem with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Daniel Alfredson, director of the trilogy's second installment, uses a Nasa-sized budget to piece together as shiny and taut a strip of film as fans might hope.
Written by: Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson, Sofia Ledarp, Anders Ahlbom, Micke Spreitz, Georgi Staykov, Mirja Turestedt
You'd think there's nothing worse than build-up without climax. Except there is - a build-down without climax - the senile breed of story that seem to start somewhere and meander to nowhere.
The final Swedish film adaptation of the Millennium Trilogy by author Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest suffers from the same disability, limping anemically to anti-climax for around two hours of its 148-minute length. It's a gorgeously rendered double-stuff serving of denouement.
Lack of a professional hand is not the problem with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Daniel Alfredson, director of the trilogy's second installment, uses a Nasa-sized budget to piece together as shiny and taut a strip of film as fans might hope.
- 11/1/2010
- by M C Funk
- Planet Fury
It is remarkable how just two years ago, few outside of Scandinavia had ever heard of Stieg Larsson or his “Millennium Trilogy” — a series of novels the journalist had been tinkering with at home simply for fun before they were posthumously published. In a staggeringly short time span, both the late writer and his hobby project are now internationally famous, inspiring three Swedish films in 2009 as well as an upcoming American adaptation.
It’s hard to review the third film in a trilogy with a connecting narrative without at least referencing the first two efforts (beware of a few spoilers in the next two paragraphs). Simply put, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a beautifully shot, disturbing, yet effective mystery. Its protagonists, a left-wing journalist Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) and the titular character, computer hacker Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace), spent much of the film stranded in a hostile environment, surrounded by...
It’s hard to review the third film in a trilogy with a connecting narrative without at least referencing the first two efforts (beware of a few spoilers in the next two paragraphs). Simply put, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a beautifully shot, disturbing, yet effective mystery. Its protagonists, a left-wing journalist Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) and the titular character, computer hacker Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace), spent much of the film stranded in a hostile environment, surrounded by...
- 10/29/2010
- by Glenn Kay
- newsinfilm.com
Chicago – Now that the third and final installment of Stieg Larsson’s posthumously published, phenomenally popular book series has been turned into a feature film, the questions emerges: ‘Was it worth it?’ To the worldwide box office and the creatively bankrupt Hollywood, of course it was. But were moviegoers truly satisfied by the experience?
Rating: 3.0/5.0
I wasn’t, but that’s not to say I didn’t admire aspects of the pictures, particularly the mesmerizing, star-making performance from Noomi Rapace as the titular “Girl.” Her magnetic presence elevates each film whenever she’s onscreen, which is not nearly long enough. After the enticing first tale, “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” developed the relationship between two fascinating characters who teamed up to solve crimes, the next two installments frustrate on multiple levels. The characters that audiences loved to see work together are kept apart the entire time at stagnant ends of an exposition-laden puzzle.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
I wasn’t, but that’s not to say I didn’t admire aspects of the pictures, particularly the mesmerizing, star-making performance from Noomi Rapace as the titular “Girl.” Her magnetic presence elevates each film whenever she’s onscreen, which is not nearly long enough. After the enticing first tale, “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” developed the relationship between two fascinating characters who teamed up to solve crimes, the next two installments frustrate on multiple levels. The characters that audiences loved to see work together are kept apart the entire time at stagnant ends of an exposition-laden puzzle.
- 10/29/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Momentum Pictures have unveiled an new UK trailer for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, the final installment of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest was directed by Daniel Afredson and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Jacob Ericksson, Georgi Staykov and Annika Hallin.
After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.
Check out the brand new UK trailer below, courtesy of LoveFilm:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest will be released nationwide on November 26.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest was directed by Daniel Afredson and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Jacob Ericksson, Georgi Staykov and Annika Hallin.
After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.
Check out the brand new UK trailer below, courtesy of LoveFilm:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest will be released nationwide on November 26.
- 9/23/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This is a clip from The Girl Who Played With Fire, directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp and Georgi Staykov. The film, like The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is an adaptation of the Steig Larsson novel. The new film sees Lisbeth Salander and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist once again caught up in a brutal murder investigation. Having served his prison sentence, Blomkvist returns to Millennium intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring.
- 8/24/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
The Girl Who Played with Fire Directed by: Daniel Alfredson Written by: Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay), Stieg Larsson (novel) Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Georgi Staykov, Micke Spreitz With many of the same themes and motifs, The Girl Who Played with Fire is the second part of the Millennium Trilogy, a best-selling series of Swedish novels by the late author Stieg Larsson. Three of completed and published novels in the trilogy were released in Sweden in 2009, and released internationally in 2010. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [1] was a darling earlier in the year, lauded as one of the best of the year by some. This film however, is unable to completely turn over the momentum from the first, but does provide some thrilling entertainment and continues the compelling story of Lisbeth and Blomkvist. After visiting her previous ailing guardian in a hospital, Lisbeth visits her current guardian, Bjurman, who...
- 8/10/2010
- by Aaron Weiss
- FilmJunk
Director: Daniel Alfredson Writers: Jonas Frykberg (screenplay), Stieg Larsson (novel) Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second in Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, a Swedish crime drama that picks up where The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo left off. Here we find Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) on a sabbatical of sorts, but quickly being sucked back into the criminal vortex of her past. Salander seems to easily find trouble, and soon is wanted for a triple murder. The excitement begins, with Salander and her old pal Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) again embroiled in a mystery that will force them to don their detective hats and find the killer. Much like the book, The Girl Who Played With Fire is a swirling, shifting network of characters that are continually introduced throughout the film. While this approach stayed true to Larsson’s vision, it...
- 7/16/2010
- by Dirk Sonniksen
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Chicago – Movie trilogies often are judged on the strength of their middle chapters. The “Star Wars” franchise wouldn’t have been continually embraced by new generations if “The Empire Strikes Back” hadn’t deepened the characters to such an extent that they became more than mere Jungian archetypes. If “Empire” jettisoned the franchise’s potential, “Attack of the Clones” brought it in for a crash landing.
“The Girl Who Played With Fire” is nowhere near the disaster of “Clones,” but considering the international appeal of its source material, the film is a definite letdown. It’s based on the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium Trilogy,” which was published posthumously, and gained tremendous popularity with readers worldwide. Larsson was also a journalist with strong antifascist beliefs, and worked at a small publication not unlike the one in his book series. His crime dramas follow an investigative journalist,...
Chicago – Movie trilogies often are judged on the strength of their middle chapters. The “Star Wars” franchise wouldn’t have been continually embraced by new generations if “The Empire Strikes Back” hadn’t deepened the characters to such an extent that they became more than mere Jungian archetypes. If “Empire” jettisoned the franchise’s potential, “Attack of the Clones” brought it in for a crash landing.
“The Girl Who Played With Fire” is nowhere near the disaster of “Clones,” but considering the international appeal of its source material, the film is a definite letdown. It’s based on the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium Trilogy,” which was published posthumously, and gained tremendous popularity with readers worldwide. Larsson was also a journalist with strong antifascist beliefs, and worked at a small publication not unlike the one in his book series. His crime dramas follow an investigative journalist,...
- 7/9/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This is the trailer for The Girl Who Played With Fire, directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp and Georgi Staykov. The film, like The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is an adaptation of the Steig Larsson novel. The new film sees Lisbeth Salander and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist once again caught up in a brutal murder investigation. Having served his prison sentence, Blomkvist returns to Millennium intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring.
- 6/19/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
We put up a brand new UK poster last week and today we’ve been sent the brand new UK trailer for the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden)
along with the new onehseet poster and some images.
Synopsis: Hot on the heels of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo comes the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire.
The new film sees Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) once again caught up in a brutal murder investigation. Having served his prison sentence, Blomkvist returns to Millennium intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring.
When two of his researchers are murdered, Salander is framed for the murders and emerges as the police’s chief suspect. Unconvinced, Blomkvist attempts to track her down and find out the truth. But secretive hacker...
along with the new onehseet poster and some images.
Synopsis: Hot on the heels of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo comes the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire.
The new film sees Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) once again caught up in a brutal murder investigation. Having served his prison sentence, Blomkvist returns to Millennium intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring.
When two of his researchers are murdered, Salander is framed for the murders and emerges as the police’s chief suspect. Unconvinced, Blomkvist attempts to track her down and find out the truth. But secretive hacker...
- 6/14/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Remember that awesome movie, The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo? It was a book written by Stieg Larsson from a series of ‘The Girl….’ books.
Empire have just released a new poster for the second book which is called The Girl Who Played with Fire which is directed by Daniel Alfredson and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp and Georgi Staykov.
The movie is due out in the UK 26th November.
Empire have just released a new poster for the second book which is called The Girl Who Played with Fire which is directed by Daniel Alfredson and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp and Georgi Staykov.
The movie is due out in the UK 26th November.
- 6/10/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY -- A low-key coming of age comedy, co-writer-director Jens Jonsson's feature debut The King of Ping Pong recently won both the World Cinema Dramatic Jury and Cinematography awards at the Sundance Film Festival. King premiered in January in Sweden and could see modest business in Scandinavian while traveling comfortably on the international fest circuit.
Nerdy Rille (Jerry Johansson), stocky and 16, is little noticed by his peers, aside from the frequent bullying he suffers from several older boys roaming their snow-bound Swedish town. His one distinction is a talent for Ping Pong, which he tyrannically coaches for a group of younger boys including his more popular brother Erik (Hampus Johansson) at the local youth center. Their ineffectual single mother (Ann-Sofie Nurmi) is trying to launch a home hairdressing business, a problem-plagued project she attempts to drag the boys into as their spring break begins.
The arrival of their father (Georgi Staykov), an affable, emotionally erratic oil rig worker, provides Rille and Erik with a welcome distraction from the boredom of vacation stuck at home. Their dad's impulsive, misguided adventures -- driving the boys across a frozen lake in his jeep and carving donuts in the snowy surface, sneaking the kids into a stranger's home and telling them it's his new house -- highlight his distinct lack of parenting skills and penchant for the bottle.
This imprudent behavior prompts the more staid Rille to wonder if his dad is really his natural father or if there might have been another man in his mother's life. When the truth about the boys' parentage eventually emerges, it provokes a rift between the brothers that Rille proves ill-equipped to rectify.
Jonsson and co-writer Hans Gunnarsson keep the film's slightly off-kilter comedy -- reinforced by occasional visual puns -- and suitably understated, a cue that both the young newcomers and vets Staykov and Nurmi ably follow, until a third-act shift toward melodrama noticeably stifles the humor.
Cinematographer Askild Vik Edvardsen bathes the proceedings with wintry-filtered light that's well suited to the sedate camerawork, enhanced by production designer Josefin Asberg's selection of color schemes dominated by dark colors and subdued pastels.
THE KING OF PING PONG
Bob Film Sweden
Credits:
Director: Jens Jonsson
Writers: Hans Gunnarsson, Jens Jonsson
Producer: Jan Blomgren
Director of photography: Askild Vik Edvardsen
Production designer: Josefin Asberg
Music: Martin Willert
Editor: Kristofer Nordin
Cast:
Rille: Jerry Johansson
Erik: Hampus Johansson
Dad: Georgi Staykov
Mom: Ann-Sofie Nurmi
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
PARK CITY -- A low-key coming of age comedy, co-writer-director Jens Jonsson's feature debut The King of Ping Pong recently won both the World Cinema Dramatic Jury and Cinematography awards at the Sundance Film Festival. King premiered in January in Sweden and could see modest business in Scandinavian while traveling comfortably on the international fest circuit.
Nerdy Rille (Jerry Johansson), stocky and 16, is little noticed by his peers, aside from the frequent bullying he suffers from several older boys roaming their snow-bound Swedish town. His one distinction is a talent for Ping Pong, which he tyrannically coaches for a group of younger boys including his more popular brother Erik (Hampus Johansson) at the local youth center. Their ineffectual single mother (Ann-Sofie Nurmi) is trying to launch a home hairdressing business, a problem-plagued project she attempts to drag the boys into as their spring break begins.
The arrival of their father (Georgi Staykov), an affable, emotionally erratic oil rig worker, provides Rille and Erik with a welcome distraction from the boredom of vacation stuck at home. Their dad's impulsive, misguided adventures -- driving the boys across a frozen lake in his jeep and carving donuts in the snowy surface, sneaking the kids into a stranger's home and telling them it's his new house -- highlight his distinct lack of parenting skills and penchant for the bottle.
This imprudent behavior prompts the more staid Rille to wonder if his dad is really his natural father or if there might have been another man in his mother's life. When the truth about the boys' parentage eventually emerges, it provokes a rift between the brothers that Rille proves ill-equipped to rectify.
Jonsson and co-writer Hans Gunnarsson keep the film's slightly off-kilter comedy -- reinforced by occasional visual puns -- and suitably understated, a cue that both the young newcomers and vets Staykov and Nurmi ably follow, until a third-act shift toward melodrama noticeably stifles the humor.
Cinematographer Askild Vik Edvardsen bathes the proceedings with wintry-filtered light that's well suited to the sedate camerawork, enhanced by production designer Josefin Asberg's selection of color schemes dominated by dark colors and subdued pastels.
THE KING OF PING PONG
Bob Film Sweden
Credits:
Director: Jens Jonsson
Writers: Hans Gunnarsson, Jens Jonsson
Producer: Jan Blomgren
Director of photography: Askild Vik Edvardsen
Production designer: Josefin Asberg
Music: Martin Willert
Editor: Kristofer Nordin
Cast:
Rille: Jerry Johansson
Erik: Hampus Johansson
Dad: Georgi Staykov
Mom: Ann-Sofie Nurmi
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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