Tag: Christmas
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Christmas Star on video soon
The 2012 remake of Journey to the Christmas Star was a massive theatrical success, and the home video release on November 6 is just in time for the next Christmas rush. With 440.000 theatrical tickets sold in Norway, Journey to the Christmas Star was one of the big hits of 2012 and the DVD and […]
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Fantasy, but for whom?
It has just been December, that special time of the year. The landscape transformed, and children looking forward to the magic of Santa. No wonder then, that fantasy entertainment is closely linked to Christmas in the Nordic region. In many countries around the world, science fiction movies, horror films and fantasy franchises make up some […]
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Location: Christmas Star
In spite of being a Norwegian movie, Journey to the Christmas Star (now in cinemas) was filmed almost entirely in the Czech Republic in central Europe. The small country has become an attractive venue for foreign film productions, due to the low cost of labour and skilled crews. Earlier this year, Czech crews assisted Norwegian […]
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Christmas Star teaser art
Unless you live in Norway, you have not seen Journey to the Christmas Star yet, so why not enjoy these wonderful conceptual artworks? Concept art is not only a way to convey ideas, imagination and concepts, but also serve as design guidelines for the set decorator, wardrobe department, CGI artists and the props crew. Even […]
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Christmas Star preview
On november 9th, this year’s biggest Nordic fantasy film opens in Norway. Journey to the Christmas Star is a family friendly and Christmas themed adventure, previously known as a stage play and a 1976 feature adaption. It’s been almost a year since we reported on the 2012 version of Journey to the Christmas Star, but […]
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Christmas Star casting news
Journey to the Christmas Star is a classic Norwegian fantasy film from 1976. It has captured the imagination and spirit of generations of Norwegians. Now the cast is beginning to come together. The 1976 feature film Journey to the Christmas Star has become an essential part of Christmas to thousands of Norwegians, as it is […]
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Review: Rare Exports
Forget all you know about Santa Claus. He’s not even a nice guy. According to old legends, the original Santa kidnapped children and boiled them alive. His helpers were not much better. Rare Exports is definitely a different Christmas movie. Maybe Rare Exports (with the subtitle A christmas story) could only have come from Finland, […]
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Review: Reisen til julestjernen
Christmas movies are often defined as fantasy per se, due to Santa doing impossible things and being part of a range of supernatural happenings. Journey to the Christmas Star is not a casual Christmas fantasy though, it is Scandinavia’s premiere example of hardcore Christmas fantasy. Produced in 1976 and released on DVD in 2002, Reisen […]
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Christmas Star remake in 2012
Journey to the Christmas Star is a classic Norwegian fantasy film from 1976. It has captured the imagination and spirit of generations of Norwegians thanks to repeated TV screenings. Now a remake is in the works, or rather, a new adaption of the source material. The 1976 feature film Journey to the Christmas Star (see […]
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Rare Exports preview
This winter’s most anticipated Christmas film comes from Finland and director Jalmari Helander. In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 metres deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up! Christmas has long and solid traditions in the Nordic region; it predates Christianity in the form […]