Speaking of Viggo Mortensen, here is the trailer for Good. John Halder (Mortensen) is a ‘good’ and decent individual with family problems: a neurotic wife, two demanding children and a mother suffering from senile dementia. A literary professor, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by [...]

Appaloosa looks like a great western film. I remember Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen doing well together in A History of Violence. I look forward to seeing them on the screen together again in Appaloosa. When two gunmen, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, arrive in Appaloosa they find a small, dusty and lawless town suffering at [...]

I watched The Indian Runner (1991) last night. It was in the queue of “Movies that I want to see”. The Indian Runner was written and directed by Sean Penn and stars David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette, Charles Bronson, and Dennis Hopper. Benicio Del Toro even makes an appearance for a few [...]

I came across this post over at Twitch, which brought to my attention another film based on a Cormac McCarthy novel, The Road. This alone has me interested after seeing No Country For Old Men which was also based on a McCarthy novel. The Road is directed by John Hillcoat, whereas No Country was [...]