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Viggo Mortensen Makes His Eastern Promises
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Viggo Mortensen Makes His Eastern Promises

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VIGGO MORTENSEN MAKES HIS EASTERN PROMISES by Brad Balfour It’s entirely understandable why director David Cronenberg has recently cast Viggo Mortensen as his lead in two complementary but very different films (2005’s excellent A History of Violence and the new Eastern Promises). Mortensen inhabits these characters and the characters inhabit him. It is said that when he played Aragorn in Lord … Continue reading →

Andrew Niccol – The Art of Lord of War
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Andrew Niccol – The Art of Lord of War

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Andrew Niccol The Art of Lord of War by Jay S. Jacobs New Zealand-born writer-director Andrew Niccol has been the brains behind some of the most mind-bending films in recent years. Though he was not the director of his first screenplay, the critically acclaimed The Truman Show, he has since had the opportunity to create and helm … Continue reading →

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003) Starring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, Chris Larkin, Thierry Segall, James D’Arcy, Lee Ingleby, George Innes, Mark Lewis Jones, Max Pirkis, Edward Woodall, Jack Randall, Max Benitz, Richard Pates, Robert Pugh, Richard McCabe, Ian Mercer, Tony Dolan and David Threlfall. Screenplay by Peter Weir … Continue reading →