Article: showbiz: Viggo loves his nake aggression.(Features)

Article: 'Eastern Promises' a stunning film
Charleston Gazette;  September 29, 2007 ;     593 words ......his turn as a Russian gangster in "Eastern Promises" is yet another triumph. What is surprising...film it serves is every bit as good. "Eastern Promises" is the latest from director David...serious, thought-provoking thrillers - "Eastern Promises" proves that his skill (and taste...

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Eastern Promises' delivers blood-and-guts action, complex story
University Wire;  September 27, 2007 ;     642 words ......begins the Russian mafia thriller "Eastern Promises." Brutal and bloody violence, nudity...involving an organized crime family. Yet, "Eastern Promises," the latest film from "A History...complex script and winning cast, "Eastern Promises" goes above and beyond the expectations...

Article: Mortensen shines as Russian hood in 'Eastern Promises'.
Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA);  September 21, 2007 ;     621 words ......DARK AND VIOLENT, David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises is a mood piece that warns, in a more...the point that we wish it were real. Eastern Promises has already been overpraised by film...films no matter what. If anything, Eastern Promises is a hint that he is coming down to...

Article: 'Eastern Promises,' Crossing Many Borders
The Washington Post;  September 14, 2007 ;     585 words ......you can pin a lot of labels on "Eastern Promises," but they don't adhere for long...its finest. The genre-busting in "Eastern Promises," which stars Viggo Mortensen and...to the originality. The magic of "Eastern Promises" comes in its uniqueness and unpredictability...

Article: The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Rich Heldenfels column: 'Eastern Promises' - Russian intrigue.(Column)
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  September 21, 2007 ;     613 words ......Nikolai Luzhin says in the new movie Eastern Promises. I go left. I go right. I go straight...driver. And the brutal, addictive Eastern Promises is more than just a conventional thriller...Videodrome, Dead Ringers, The Fly Eastern Promises is also a meditation on perception...

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Eastern' promises to receive Oscar nods
University Wire;  October 9, 2007 ;     420 words ......true crime, such as his latest film "Eastern Promises." Luckily, the shift only reaffirms...Violence" stars Watts and Mortensen, "Eastern Promises" hits every note perfectly. Mortensen...showing skin overshadow the fact that "Eastern Promises" is one of the best organized crime...

Article: FILM REVIEW: Viggo Mortensen's gutsy performance highlights 'Eastern Promises'
University Wire;  September 19, 2007 ;     529 words ......unused to his unique style. With "Eastern Promises," he explores many of the same links...fanatical focus on man's obsessions, "Eastern Promises," even more so than the much praised...discovers what the girl's diary contains. "Eastern Promises" is defined by Nicolai (Viggo ...

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Eastern Promises' depicts a new side of the mafia
University Wire;  September 26, 2007 ;     570 words ......U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- Trailers for "Eastern Promises" depict the standard crime thriller...to join the mafia, the essence of "Eastern Promises" is much more troubling. The film...audience never fully learns to trust. "Eastern Promises" becomes an examination of Nikolai...

Article: "Eastern Promises" will creep you out even without thebugs Movie review
News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  September 22, 2007 ;     256 words ......Lunch") remains in the real world for "Eastern Promises," teaming up once again with his...meditation on criminal brutality. "Eastern Promises," in which Mortensen plays a cleanup...posturing of this subculture that "Eastern Promises" is that rare movie with a nude scene...

Article: OH BABY, WHAT A SURPRISE! Naomi Watts won't forget Eastern Promises in a hurry - she discovered she was pregnant half way through filming
Evening Times;  October 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the stunts she did in her new movie Eastern Promises, including some hair-raising scenes...t want to get on it any more." In Eastern Promises, which opens in Glasgow tomorrow...whole time. He's very dedicated." Eastern Promises has already had great reviews on the...

Article: 'Eastern Promises' is gripping thriller
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 21, 2007 ;     359 words ...EASTERN PROMISES -- *** -- Viggo Mortensen, Naomi...opening scenes of David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" recall his early blood-and-guts...particularly graphic sex and nudity, and "Eastern Promises" may be difficult for some moviegoers...

Article: Movie reviews: PROMISING PAIRING; the razz movie reviews Director Cronenberg and actor Mortensen reunite for gritty thriller EASTERN PROMISES **** 18.(Features)(Movie review)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  October 26, 2007 ;     615 words ......underworld with A History Of Violence and Eastern Promises. In both cases, Viggo Mortensen is...murky world of sex and drug abuse. Eastern Promises was written by Steven Knight, and...the aggressive figures within it, Eastern Promises has a touch of Goodfellas about it...

Article: MORTENSEN IS REBORN IN BLOOD IN 'EASTERN PROMISES'.(RHYTHM)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  September 20, 2007 ;     638 words ......ROB THOMAS In the first scene of Eastern Promises, a gangster gets his throat slit while...spill blood in every single scene of Eastern Promises. ( Hey, thanks for lunch, Steve! Ow...Siberian prison tattoos for Anna. Eastern Promises is engrossing enough, particularly...

Article: Movies: Our high voltage Watts revs up; Film of the Week: Eastern Promises.(Features)
Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  October 26, 2007 ;     520 words ......undertaken for David Cronenberg's new film EASTERN PROMISES. Set in London, the storyline revolves...characters and the leading actors in Eastern Promises are somehow nomadic and rootless...London's underbelly is portrayed in Eastern Promises? There are bodies in The Thames, ...