

Things have been slow for too long now. Really slow. We need some speed - and Denmark gets it in Jakob Thrane's new comedy show.



Things have been slow for too long now. Really slow. We need some speed - and Denmark gets it in Jakob Thrane's new comedy show.
2022-06-10
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7.0Michael Schøt takes his razor-sharp political satire and pointed punchlines out onto the Danish country roads, where he asks the question: Democracy or Demoncracy?
The film tells the story of three best friends named Ako, Aki and Awang, who are well-known in their village for their mischievous and humourous pranks. The trio work for Pak Man. One day, they are assigned to pick up his daughter Misha, who has just returned from overseas and dreams of becoming a doctor. The trio have been in love with her for a long time but she does not pay them any heed. When Misha is robbed by a snatch thief one day, she is rescued by a doctor named Shafiq. Her face reminds the doctor of his late wife, and he begins to pursue her, which annoys the trio.
5.7Boy is the unsettling story of a young male prostitute, or Rent Boy, in a small rural town who learns the truth behind a hit and run accident which has killed a local girl. When the news of the girls death spreads through the community, the driver and his family decide that the boy must be silenced. The set out to scare him into silence. The pressure becomes more and more violent, but despite this, the boy battles to expose the truth.
5.6A beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring.
6.5Prabha prepares to meet Nandini, his childhood friend, at a reunion party organised by his father. However, things take a turn when Nisha, a gangster's daughter, falls in love with him.
7.8Three macabre short stories about gambling, vengeance and homicide.
7.6Billy and Sheena visit their Uncle Harold on an island in the Caribbean, but while exploring under water they find something terrible lurking deep below the sea.
6.2A family (mother, daughter and son) tries to survive their loneliness and obsessions by going through different sexual experiences and relationships with a new neighbour, a prostitute.
5.5Neal McBride is a Glasgow cop who likes to go undercover - the rest of the police wish he would stay there. When he arrests a politician he gets reassigned to where they used to send criminals: Australia. Lancelot Cooper is a Sydney cop but a country boy at heart; he is as trusting as McBride is suspicious. The two are partners on a case where death, deception and betrayal propels them into a desperate fight for survival.
7.9This is the story of Harry, Niall, Zayn, Louis and Liam; five boys from the UK who are taking the world by storm. One Direction are a global phenomenon, spearheading a British Invasion of America not seen for fifty years. From their explosive first appearance on The X Factor to becoming the hottest boy band on the planet, Reaching for the stars features previously unseen footage from the boy s world tour and concerts. Interviews with industry experts explore what really makes these teen idols tick, and as this pop fairy-tale unfolds we ask what s next? for the boys who seem to have it all.
6.1In the late 1960s, Dhofar rose up against the British-backed Sultanate of Oman, in a democratic, anti-imperialist guerrilla movement. Director Heiny Srour and her team crossed 500 miles of desert and mountains by foot, under bombardment by the British Royal Air Force, to reach the conflict zone and capture this rare record of a now mostly-forgotten war.
6.8Childhood best friend with a genius IQ become bittersweet rivals when they both fall for Mark.
A terrible film about a shockingly sad story. The honour killing of a 26 year old gay man by his father. Wendel's writing is banal and lifeless, his direction is no better. A young man who deserved better.............
6.5Jerrod Carmichael returns to the stage for his fourth HBO stand-up special.
7.0Fresh off the heels of appearing in movies like Superhero Movie and The 40 Year-Old Virgin, fast-talking comedian Kevin Hart stars in his second live stand-up performance in Cleveland, Ohio, where he makes fun of everything and everybody - especially himself.
6.4Called "Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean" (New York Times) and "Howard Stern on estrogen" (Toronto Star), Lisa Lampanelli is the insult comic for a new generation. Now, with a onehour special airing on Comedy Central, she makes her major-label debut with that same outrageous, in-your-face performance on CD and DVD with Take It Like A Man, recorded live at The Improv in Hollywood, FL. Shocking and hilarious, no-holds-barred and politically incorrect, Lampanelli is Don Rickles with breasts and major PMS.
6.9Taped in Atlanta, Jokes offers Rock's take on everything from school busing (he's against it) to older women (in general, he prefers them to younger ones). His best routine, involving the inexpensive plain-wrap food his mother bought when he was a child, wouldn't be out of place on a classic Bill Cosby record.
4.8Michael Schøt demonstrates on "uPolitisk Korrekt" that he is one of the country's absolute best socially critical comedians. Look forward to two sets of elegant observations and brutal attacks as he tackles the crazy little theater of the absurd we call Denmark. The DVD includes the two shows "uPolitisk Korrekt" and "Mere uPolitisk Korrekt," which were recorded for TV2 Zulu in 2009 and 2010 at Sceneriet, Det Ny Teater + 10 extra minutes of "uPolitisk Korrekt" that have never been shown before + Michael's shows from "Stand-up.dk" seasons 3, 4, 5, and 6.
A live performance of the comedy duo filmed at Spanky's Nightclub in 1978. Was original released on the Meda Home video label.
0.0A live performance of the comedy duo filmed at Spanky's Nightclub in 1978. Was original released on the Meda Home video label.
5.4Wanda Sykes talks relationships, politics and strip clubs in her second stand-up special.
5.4In his first HBO comedy special, John Early brings his unique blend of cutting commentary, pop star swagger, and all-around loveable hilarity to Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, New York. In the style of a gritty 70s rockumentary, Early performs stand-up and explosive song covers from Britney to Neil Young, intercut with Spinal Tap-esque backstage sketches.
0.0Siden Januar 2003 har Amin Jensen væltet det ene teater og koncerthus efter det andet. Mere end 35000 danskere har moret sig over Amin og de tre musikere Jens Krøyer, Dan Rasmussen og Niels Ratzer i Amins forrygende jubilæumsshow "Hit Med Amin". Amin er bedre end nogensinde før. Et show med masser af humor, parodier, satire, musik og sang. Ganske enkelt: En af årets store showoplevelser!
6.1Nicole takes the stage at the Gramercy Theatre for a HOT new set, discussing everything from how she basically is a vegan (she's just doing her part), what she's looking for in a man, and just how crazy this past year-and-a-half has been.
6.1Hannah Einbinder takes viewers on a psychedelic thrill ride of storytelling, characters, jokes, and more.
1.0Follow Peppermint as she invites you on an all-inclusive journey through New York City to get a first-hand look at what it’s like to be a single black transgender woman in today’s society. Peppermint invites you to cry and laugh with and at her as she tells Tales of love and heartbreak from the stage to the bathroom stall. Drawing audiences to one inevitable conclusion, “hey at least I don’t have it that bad!!”
0.0Neurotic stand-up comedian Jay (Matt Reeves) rethinks his whole existence based on a seemingly slight event. His friend Karl (Jud Charlton) is forced to suffer through hearing about it.
6.0In his stand up show at the Hackney Empire, the Cats Does Countdown star asks the important questions. Will the recycling go out on the right day? Who's going to smooth over the top of the margarine?