ohva's spare time
I like and also follow the careers of all of the other Skarsgårds, Fares Fares and Matias Varela--aka, 'The Swedish Posse' (or 'Mafia').
Among shows I follow: AMC's 'The Killing' (Joel), History Channel's 'Vikings' (Gustaf), Neflix' Hemlock Grove (Bill Skarsgard), True Blood (Alex), and will soon follow the newest season of The Borgias (Matias Varela). Unrelated, I am recently obsessed with HBO's The Newsroom, and enjoy Justified, Copper, Hell on Wheels, the Game of Thrones, and The Walking Dead.
I follow the news for the movies of Joel, Gustaf, Fares and Matias--Snabba Cash, Robocop, Johan Falk, Zero Dark Thirty, Kon Tiki, Autumn Blood, Us, among others.
I reblog from all the Alex and True Blood fans, and I am always ready for humor and pretty pictures. Finally, I am an animal lover and birder, so expect to see pictures.
But my first love is the Stråle Dome, a casual fan forum. We have LOTS of information that we are happy to share. Please visit us at http://skarsgard.yuku.com, and lurk to read all you want.
![Easy Money (Snabba Cash), 2010. A Swedish film directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Fares Fares, and Dragomir Mrsic, is finally available for download from i-Tunes! $19.99 hi-def; $14.99 reg.; $4.99 for rental.
The DVD can also be purchased via Amazon. It is subtitled.
Easy Money Reviews, July 10-13, 2012
Entertainment Weekly—Easy Money is not merely an early-career curiosity. It’s one of the best underworld films I’ve seen in years…Kinnaman gives a fantastic performance in it.
Salon—“Easy Money” may well be the crime film of the year, or the decade…It features a star-making performance from the supremely handsome and immensely talented Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman, although Kinnaman is well on his way to that destination, even without this movie.
NY Times—“Easy Money” builds to a whopping finale that, without seeming to preach, bears out Mr. Espinosa’s statement: “Gangster films should always be moral stories.” … Joel Kinnaman — familiar as a sullen, scruffy police detective with a druggie past in the AMC series “The Killing” — does a riveting about-face.Wall Street Journal—a smart dark thriller from Scandinavia: JW is played brilliantly by Joel KinnamanChristian Science Monitor—terrific crime thriller Character is action, Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. It certainly is here.Slate —Genre films this smart and character-driven don’t come along often on either side of the Atlantic:…Kinnaman is transfixingUSA Today—Easy Money is so sobering an example of why crime doesn’t pay that it could be shown to petty drug thugs to scare them straight…Kinnaman, a regular on TV’s The Killing, is pitch-perfect in the role, with his smooth good looks barely masking his desperate striving.Indiewire—Easy Money lives up to its buzz.Sleek, efficient and utterly engaging. [Indiewire did three additional 7/11 and 7/12 interviews and articles on Joel specifically].National Public Radio—a top-drawer Scandinavian thriller.The film’s protagonist is JW, compellingly played by Joel KinnamanLA Times— this splendid look at why crime doesn’t pay…A compelling Kinnaman
Movieline—Espinoza’s storytelling transcends the language barriers… Before he skulked the streets of Seattle on The Killing and nabbed the role of Alex Murphy in the upcomingRoboCop reboot, Joel Kinnaman made a splash in his home country of Sweden
Filmonic—it’s a well-executed film with a moody, contemplative score, a trio of excellent performances, and a raw look into an intriguing world of drugs…Kinnaman’s performance is a highlight, giving JW an intelligence, hunger, and willingness to get his hands dirty for a payoff later.
Time Magazine- Espinosa wants you to realize, the deadliest class in Sweden is the uppermost, though their cruelty is expressed in whispers and jokes…A hot property, a rising director, a new star.The Wrap- Don’t Miss This Sharp, Snappy, Scorsese-Approved Dazzler: Easily one of the summer’s best filmsFretts on Film- I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be a summer sleeper…Kinnaman simmers charismatically as J.W.Bullz-eye: “Easy Money” is an above average thriller worthy of the Scorsese stamp of approval…“Easy Money” has a gritty bleakness and a sense of the mundane details of the criminal life so often overlooked in Hollywood crime movies.Reason: A Swedish crime thriller and a dark documentary about a human chameleon..The picture made a star out of Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman, and now we see why.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/5805609b692271b53956494f7c1b83b4/tumblr_mkapkhDeyd1r1928to1_500.jpg)
Easy Money (Snabba Cash), 2010. A Swedish film directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Fares Fares, and Dragomir Mrsic, is finally available for download from i-Tunes! $19.99 hi-def; $14.99 reg.; $4.99 for rental.
The DVD can also be purchased via Amazon. It is subtitled.
Easy Money Reviews, July 10-13, 2012
Entertainment Weekly—Easy Money is not merely an early-career curiosity. It’s one of the best underworld films I’ve seen in years…Kinnaman gives a fantastic performance in it.
Salon—“Easy Money” may well be the crime film of the year, or the decade…It features a star-making performance from the supremely handsome and immensely talented Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman, although Kinnaman is well on his way to that destination, even without this movie.
NY Times—“Easy Money” builds to a whopping finale that, without seeming to preach, bears out Mr. Espinosa’s statement: “Gangster films should always be moral stories.” … Joel Kinnaman — familiar as a sullen, scruffy police detective with a druggie past in the AMC series “The Killing” — does a riveting about-face.
Wall Street Journal—a smart dark thriller from Scandinavia: JW is played brilliantly by Joel Kinnaman
Christian Science Monitor—terrific crime thriller
Character is action, Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. It certainly is here.
Slate —Genre films this smart and character-driven don’t come along often on either side of the Atlantic:…Kinnaman is transfixing
USA Today—Easy Money is so sobering an example of why crime doesn’t pay that it could be shown to petty drug thugs to scare them straight…Kinnaman, a regular on TV’s The Killing, is pitch-perfect in the role, with his smooth good looks barely masking his desperate striving.
Indiewire—Easy Money lives up to its buzz.
Sleek, efficient and utterly engaging. [Indiewire did three additional 7/11 and 7/12 interviews and articles on Joel specifically].
National Public Radio—a top-drawer Scandinavian thriller.
The film’s protagonist is JW, compellingly played by Joel Kinnaman
LA Times— this splendid look at why crime doesn’t pay…
A compelling Kinnaman
Movieline—Espinoza’s storytelling transcends the language barriers… Before he skulked the streets of Seattle on The Killing and nabbed the role of Alex Murphy in the upcomingRoboCop reboot, Joel Kinnaman made a splash in his home country of Sweden
Filmonic—it’s a well-executed film with a moody, contemplative score, a trio of excellent performances, and a raw look into an intriguing world of drugs…Kinnaman’s performance is a highlight, giving JW an intelligence, hunger, and willingness to get his hands dirty for a payoff later.
Time Magazine- Espinosa wants you to realize, the deadliest class in Sweden is the uppermost, though their cruelty is expressed in whispers and jokes…A hot property, a rising director, a new star.
The Wrap- Don’t Miss This Sharp, Snappy, Scorsese-Approved Dazzler: Easily one of the summer’s best films
Fretts on Film- I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be a summer sleeper…Kinnaman simmers charismatically as J.W.
Bullz-eye: “Easy Money” is an above average thriller worthy of the Scorsese stamp of approval…“Easy Money” has a gritty bleakness and a sense of the mundane details of the criminal life so often overlooked in Hollywood crime movies.
Reason: A Swedish crime thriller and a dark documentary about a human chameleon..The picture made a star out of Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman, and now we see why.
Joel Kinnaman Is Sweden’s Most Handsome Man
(by a landslide)
Aftonbladet
March 4, 2012
Google Translate
Sofis modes readers have spoken. Actor Joel Kinnaman is Sweden’s most handsome man 2013th
- Joel is happy and proud, greets Annika Kilden on his Swedish agent firm.
“Joel Kinnaman, of course!” So it could look like in the comments field when Sofis fashion layed out the vote on Sweden’s most handsome man 2013th And as you voted. The entire 46,245 votes came in and now we have a winner. Joel Kinnaman is Sweden’s most handsome man in 2013 according to our readers.
In movie recording
Sofis fashion chose 25 candidates , and the list was Alexander Skarsgard, Ola Rapace, Michael Persbrandt, Anton Hysén and others, but the favorite was, therefore, the new Swedish rising star in Hollywood, Joel Kinnaman.
Right now the winner of filming in Toronto and Annika Kilden his agent firm greet that he is happy for the nomination.
Joel Kinnaman
Had his breakthrough with the role as Frank Wagner in the film series about police Johan Falk.
Played key role in the “Snabba Cash” and got a Guldbagge 2011 for Best Actor.
Began his U.S. career with the TV series “The Killing.”
Source: SFI (Swedish Film Institute)
FLOKI. Gustaf Skarsgård describes his character in Vikings.
Yea!!!
I wanted to beat him
They have known each other since adolescence, when their two gangs ran into each other in Vitabergsparken on Södermalm in Stockholm.
- “I was probably 14 and he 13 and I just wanted to beat him because he was happy,” says Joel, laughing at the memory. A few years later, in high school, they became best friends.
“He was the first that made me understand that this is a profession.”
Joel Kinnaman on Gustaf Skarsgård
Aftonbladet, 8/23/08, Google Translate
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Gustaf Skarsgård this Oscar weekend.
A wonderful portrayal of Bengt Danielsson in Kon Tiki.
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Fares Fares this Oscar weekend.
You were great in this movie!
THE VIKINGS: Please send a tweet for Gustaf!
HistoryVikings (@HistoryVikings)
1/12/13, 6:19 PM
Which actor/actress are you most excited to watch in #Vikings?
In case you want to do some Joel Kinnaman gazing over the holidays, I’ve been saving all his photos to the blog below. I just started it at the beginning of December and still need to add lots more photos, but it is a start for gazing. I’ll get back to it after the holidays.
Sexy to me. I need the Swedish language version of People Magazine.
Alexander Skarsgård, Joel Kinnaman
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