Noomi Rapace

The Year In Film: 2012's Best Movie Moments

As the inevitable “Year’s Best Films” lists pour forth (and ours will join them soon enough) — that while a great movie is an accumulation of first-rate writing, directing, and performance, plenty of films that didn’t make that final cut did offer us the pleasure of a perfect scene. Here, we present our carefully cultivated picks for ten of the best moments from this year’s… Read More

Watch Noomi Rapace in The Rolling Stones’ NSFW “Doom and Gloom” Video

Noomi Rapace writhing in bed, under a neon Rolling Stones logo. Noomi Rapace shooting zombies. Noomi Rapace smoking and looking inquisitively at the camera. Noomi Rapace in a bikini, rolling around in cash. Noomi Rapace crouched on a street corner like a crust punk. Noomi Rapace in jail. Noomi Rapace with a bloody nose, giving you the finger. Noomi Rapace dressed in cowboy drag, shooting herself in the head. Noomi Rapace binging and purging on fast food in a giant, rainbow-colored wig that we might like to own. Noomi Rapace, fronting the band in Mick Jagger’s stead, just to make sure we understand that she’s his younger, fresher avatar in this video. Noomi Rapace’s boobs.

These are all things you’ll see in the music video for The Rolling Stones’ new song “Doom and Gloom.” And yet, here’s the question it left us with: Were Mick Jagger and Keith Richards actually in the same room for the making of this video? You only see them together in shots where Keef is in the background. It could totally be a body double. … Read More

This Week in Trailers: ‘Passion,’ ‘The Impossible,’ and a Cage Double-Header

Every Friday here at Flavorwire, we like to gather up the week’s new movie trailers, give them a look-see, and rank them from worst to best — while taking a guess or two about what they might tell us (or hide from us) about the movies they’re promoting. We’ve got nine new trailers for you this week, featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Nicolas Cage, Rachel McAdams, Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, John Cusack, Olivia Wilde, Noomi Rapace, Vanessa Hudgens, Ty Burrell, and Rob Corddry; check ‘em all out after the jump, and share your thoughts in the comments. … Read More

Review Roundup: Who’s the Better Lisbeth Salander?

In 2009, audiences were knocked out by Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander, the punk lesbian hacker at the center of Niels Oplev’s Swedish film adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and one of the most poweful heroines to hit the big screen this decade. Yesterday, a new Lisbeth Salander, played by Rooney Mara, was born in David Fincher’s English-language version. So who’s the better Lisbeth? We rounded up the critics’ widely divergent opinions. Tell us yours in the comments. … Read More