English Movie Review Doctor Strange - Cast & Crew

Born as Rachel Anne McAdams on November 17th 1978 in London, Ontario – Canada. A renowned promising actress of her age and a true beauty that exemplifies elegance. She starte in a TV-role in the 2001’s “Shotgun Love Dolls.” This as perfectly followed by “My Name is Tanino” in 2002 as Sally Garfield. He made another movie at the age of 15 as Patsy Grady in “Perfect Pie.” Right away followed by the funny movie “The Hot Chick” with Rob Schneider. A story of a perfect sexy student that was bounded by ancient curse and turned as Clive Maxtone (Schneider). She needs to look for a perfect solution in reconciling his bullied school mates. This was right away followed by “Mean Girls” alongside Lindsay Lohan as group of friends with perfect body and faces winding up hating one another. She also starred in the blockbuster movie as Allison Hamilton in the love-story-drama “The Notebook.” This is about the story of “first love never dies” as a poor passionate man falls in love with a rich girl that was separated with their differences in status of life. She also starred as Claire Cleary in the 2005 movie “Wedding Crashers.” She also starred in the movie “Red Eye” as  Lisa Reisert, followed by “The Family Stone” as Amy Stone, and her 2007 movie called “Married Life.”

Born in the UK to Judith Balfour and John Swinton, Katherine Matilda, popularly known as Tilda Swinton is just not an Anglo-Scottish actress but also a model and a performer. She is well-known as a fashion muse for the arthouse as well as mainstream films. Her entire family had been in different professions. Father is a Major and Lord Lieutenant in Berwickshire from the year 1989 to the year 2000. She is the only girl among the four kids. The Swinton family is a very reputed family of the city. Swinton changed three schools before completing her education.

Scott Derrickson is an American screenwriter, director, and a producer. Scott is known for his horror and superhero movies including The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Marvel’s Doctor Strange, etc. He took birth in Denver, Colorado, the USA on 16th July 1966.

The current president of Marvel Studios and well-known Hollywood film producer Kevin Feige was born on 2nd June 1973, in Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up in New Jersey, Feige always wanted to be a producer. His grandfather was a television producer in the 1950s and had worked on many soap operas including ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘The Guiding Light’. Kevin put in an application to the University Of Southern California School Of Cinematic Arts after he finished his high school, where his favourite directors- George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, and Ron Howard- had attended college.

Charles Newirth is an American executive film producer who was born on August 22, 1955. He was raised in New York’s Scarsdale, Neuwirth studied at the Ohio State University and graduated with a BA degree in Photography and Cinema. He began as a location manager, serving for films like Flashdance, Pretty in Pink, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. As years passed by, he became production manager with RoboCop (1987) to his credit. As an associate producer, he debuted with “The Package”, released in 1989. Set amidst the Cold War, “The Package” did not fail to impress the audience with its smart political thriller storyline.

Stanley Martin Lieber was an American producer, editor, publisher, and comic book writer. Stanley was born on the 28th of December 1922 in New York City, New York. He belongs to a Romanian-Jewish family. His parents are Jack Lieber and Celia.

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born in London, England on 19th July 1976. He is an actor by profession and also performed in many TV series and theaters. His father is Timothy Carlton and his mother is Wanda Ventham. At the age of 8, Benedict joined Brambletye School and used to stay there. Cumberbatch continued to act in school plays and used to portray characters of many Shakespearean plays.

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London, England. His parents are Arinze and Obiajulu. Arinze, his father was a doctor while Obiajulu, his mother was a pharmacist. He also has a sister. He is the elder brother to Zain Asher, a CNN correspondent. When Chiwetel was 11, his father died in a car accident while he was badly injured. The scars he received in the accident can still be seen on his forehead. Chiwetel went to Dulwich College when he was fourteen. He joined the National Youth Theatre. He was an active member of the group. After leaving Dulwich College, he came in London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Mads Mikkelsen is an eminent Danish actor. He was born as Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen on November 22, 1965 at Østerbro, Copenhagen in Denmark to Bente Christiansen and Henning Mikkelsen. Mads grew up in Nørrebro. During his childhood, he was trained to become a gymnast and he aims to pursue athletics. However, he studied in Gotherburg where he become articulate in speaking Swedish language. He became a professional dancer for almost ten years until he quits and decided to study at the Århus Theatre School to start a career in acting.

He was debuted as a film actor through the Danish crime film, Pusher in 1996, where he played as the sidekick of Frank (played by Kim Bodnia). The film made a success internationally and later, two sequels were produced. He continued to play small roles and most often, he did comic roles in popular Danish films. But later, he bagged the lead role of Lenny in the crime drama film, Bleeder in 1999. In 2000, he essayed the role of Arne, a gangster in the black comedy film, Flickering Lights. A year later, the actor gained more fame after portraying a gay role opposite with Troels Lyby in the black comedy film, Shake It All About. In 2002, he was starred he did his award winning performance as a doctor who fell in love with one of his patient’s girlfriend in the film, Open Hearts. His performance gained Mads Robert and Bodil nominations for Best Actor in year 2003. He also received the Best Actor award at the Rouen Nordic Film Festival. In 2003, he was featured in the short picture film, Nu as a husband who leaves his family. Later, he bagged the role of Svend, assistant of a butcher where they serve human meat in The Green Butchers. Mads received the Best Actor award at the Fantasporto Award. Subsequently, he was cast as Magnus in the Spanish/Danish film, Torremolinos 73. In 2004, he did a recurring role in Pusher II, a sequel of his the 1996 film, Sequel from which he received acclaim and accolades such as Best Actor Award at the Bodil Award, Zulu Award and Robert Festival Award. In 2005, the brilliant actor played the role of Ivan Fjesldsted in the black comedy film, Adam’s Apples. Mads’ breakthrough was from the television crime series, Rejseholdet where he played as Allan Fischer, a detective inspector from which he gained the Best Actor Award at the TvFestival.dk. This is his longest running character which runs for 32 episodes. He became a renowned actor internationally after donning the role of Tristan in the2004 film, King Arthur. This film received negative reviews but commercially successful.

In 2006, he was starred as Christoffer in the award-winning film, Prag opposite with Stine Stengade. He gained the Best Actor at the Zulu Award and nomination at the Robert Festival. In the same year, his portrayal of Le Chiffre’s character in the popular film, Casino Royale was extensively acclaimed. Later, he was cast in the lead role as Jacob Petersen in the drama film, After the Wedding from which he also earned many nominations in different festivals. In 2008, he played as Jørgen Haagen Schmith, a resistance fighter in the drama-action film, Flame & Citron. The film is nearly based on the real-life events about the two most active fighters in World War II. He also voiced Le Chiffre’s character in the video game, 007: Quantum of Solace. The following year, he bagged the lead role as Igor Stravinsky in the critically acclaimed French film, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky. A story about the relationship of a fashion designer and a composer. He returned to doing aggressive roles in the adventure drama film, Valhalla Rising in 2009. He acted as Draco in the 2010’s fantasy-adventure film, Clash of the Titans.

In 2011, the actor played the villainous character of Captain Rochefort in the 3D film, The Three Musketeers. This film received negative reviews from the critics. He was starred as Lucas in the drama film, The Hunt in 2012, from which he gained the Best Actor Awards at the Bodil Awards, Robert Award and Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, he was featured in the historical highest budget drama film, A Royal Affair and essayed the role of Johann Friedrich Struensee, a physician who had an affair with Caroline Mathilda of Great Britain (played by Alicia Vikander) while healing his mentally ill husband, Christian VII (played by Mikkel Følsgaard). In the same year, Mads received the American Society’s Person of the Year. He was also starred in the thriller-horror television series, Hannibal. He donned the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter on NBC. He also appeared as Nigel in the American-Romanian adventure film, Charlie Countryman in 2013. Recently, Mads has done the film, The Salvation which is set to release this year. He is also set to voiced one of the characters in Kung Fu Panda 3 in 2015 and will star in the remake of the 1972 film, Cut – Throats Nine together with Jordi Mollá and Harvey Keitel.

The non-religious actor got married to Hanne Jacobsen in year 2000. They have been dating since 1987. The couple has two children namely, Viola and Carl.

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Mads Mikkelson is a very known Danish actor, born on November 22, 1965. He started his career in acting in the year 1996, although, originally he is a gymnast and a dancer. Mads rose to fame with the Pusher film trilogies first two films in the role of Tonny, who was a drug dealer. Also his role as Alan Fischer, a brash yet sensitive policeman in Rejseholdet (Unit One), a popular television series was received well by the audiences. Mads was born to Henning Mikkelsen and Bente Christiansen in Østerbro, Copenhagen. He was the second child of his parents. Both he and his elder brother Lars are actors and were raised in Norrebro. During his time of learning dance, he started dating Hanne Jacobsen, a choreographer herself and later married her in 2000. They both have two children, a daughter, and a son. He was a professional dancer but left it behind to become an actor and study drama in 1996 at Århus Theatre School. 

Scott Adkins (Scott Edward Adkins) is an English actor and renowned martial arts performer. He has appeared in numerous TV series and movies and even had won appreciation internationally and bagged a few awards for his knowledge in martial arts. Born on 17 June 1976, the actor was keen in taking up martial arts as his full-time career at a tender age of ten. His idol was actor Bruce Lee. His interest grew further when he attained the age of fourteen and by the time he crossed nineteen years he trained himself well in various martial arts.