Posts Tagged ‘Viggo Mortensen’
A History of Violence (2005)
Written by James on August 14, 2008 – 1:01 pm -
All his own work?
Carl Fogaty: Any last words before I blow your brains out, you miserable prick?
Tom Stall: I should have killed you back in Philly.
Carl Fogaty: Yeah Joey, you should have.
It’s all, ahem, ‘Viggo’ for the mo - but one can but hope that a discussion of what is perhaps the best mainstream thriller since Se7en (1995) will not bring too many complaints…
Tags: A History of Violence (2005), Ashton Holmes, David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers (1988), Greg Bryk, Heidi Hayes, Joey Cusack, John Wagner, Maria Bello, mob, Naked Lunch (1991), Stephen McHattie, The Fly (1986), Tom Stall, Videodrome (1982), Viggo Mortensen, Vince Locke, violence, William Hurt
Posted in US, suspense, thriller | 4 Comments »
Eastern Promises (2007)
Written by James on December 18, 2007 – 3:05 pm -
Classic Cronenberg
He can seemingly do no wrong; Canadian David Cronenberg, responsible for some of the finest examples of films that really do hit you where you live, has crossed the Atlantic to the UK for his first effort ever to be filmed completely outside his home country.
Tags: A History of Violence, David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises, Naomi Watts, Steven Knight, Viggo Mortensen
Posted in british, gangster, suspense, thriller | No Comments »
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