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Article: Brutal but brilliant; MOVIE OF THE WEEK Viggo Mortensen makes the skin crawl in this great film by David Cronenberg EASTERN PROMISES SAT, SKY PREMIERE, 10pm.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  October 18, 2008 ;     288 words ...Byline: DAVE MARK Women who swooned at Viggo Mortensen's flowing locks and battle-scarred...brilliant in this chilling thriller from David Cronenberg. He plays Nikolai, a driver cum fixer...the river. He isn't best pleased. David Cronenberg's diamondhard narrative is shot through...

Article: MAKING GOOD ON `PROMISES'; David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen team up to give us a violent, thrilling look at the Russian mob.(SCENE)(Movie review)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 21, 2007 ;     613 words ......illicit subculture of hard, silent men like Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), a stoical driver and fixer whose prison tattoos reflect...inside. Shifting identities have been a central theme in David Cronenberg's films, and here, re-teamed with his star from 2005...crime thriller about London's Russian ...

Article: US actor Viggo Mortensen (L) and Canadian director David Cronenberg...
Getty Images;  September 20, 2007 ;     74 words ...RAFA RIVAS Getty Images 09-20-2007 US actor Viggo Mortensen (L) and Canadian director David Cronenberg... Full Size JPG (649 KB) US actor Viggo Mortensen (L) and Canadian director David Cronenberg pose for photographers after the screening...

Article: Intense success; EASTERN PROMISES (18, 122 mins) Thriller. Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack, Jerzy Skolimowski. Director: David Cronenberg ****.(Features)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  October 26, 2007 ;     462 words ...DIRECTOR David Cronenberg is reunited with charismatic leading man Viggo Mortensen to explore the dark secrets of a Russian crime...SWEARING; SEX; VIOLENCE CAPTION(S): TENSIONS - Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in Eastern Promises

Article: Culture film: Eastern Promises; 18 Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel. Director: David Cronenberg. (2hrs 2mins) ****.(Features)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 26, 2007 ;     406 words ...DIRECTOR David Cronenberg reunites with charismatic leading man Viggo Mortensen to explore the dark secrets of a Russian crime family in...just begun. CAPTION(S): INTENSE: Vincent Cassel (left) and Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promise.

Article: 'A History of Violence' Directed by David Cronenberg With Original Music Composed by Three Time Academy Award(R)-Winner Howard Shore.
PR Newswire;  September 29, 2005 ;     579 words ......collaboration between director David Cronenberg and composer Howard...acclaimed filmmaker David Cronenberg ( Crash, Spider, Dead Ringers ) and stars Viggo Mortensen ( The Lord of the Rings...writing for the films of David Cronenberg has been the ...

Article: A KILLING... DAVID CRONENBERG STIRS UP DANGER IN 'A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
The Boston Globe;  September 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......than 25 years, Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg has been making movies about man's...untroubled and happy. The adults, Tom (Viggo Mortensen) and Edie (Maria Bello), are still...challenging us. People showing up for a Viggo Mortensen action vehicle will be bummed at how...

Article: Viggo takes another stab at murder; (1) Looks familiar... Viggo Mortensen's Russian gangster is remarkably like the American crook he played before (2) Gore story... Naomi Watts with Sinead Cusack and, left, with Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel in Eastern Promises.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  October 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: MATTHEW BOND Eastern Promises Director: David Cronenberg Certificate: 18. Runningtime: 1hr 40mins Sicko Director...Michael Moore Certificate: 12A. Running time: 2hrs 3mins David Cronenberg's last film was A History Of Violence, a movie which...screenplay. The films have another thing in ...

Article: Viggo's mobster delivers on his promise; Tough: Viggo Mortensen.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ......acting, but the violence is graphic *** DAVID CRONENBERG'S use of violence in his movies has...Kirill (Vincent Cassel) and Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), theirimpassive, ambitious and extremely...s a tour de force, however, is by Viggo Mortensen. Hisrole as Aragorn in The Lord Of...

Article: Viggo Mortensen dominates in Russian mob thriller 'Eastern Promises'
Capital (Annapolis);  September 14, 2007 ;     560 words ......London underworld. It could have been an instant classic - David Cronenberg's "Godfather," perhaps. But in an industry in which directors...longing for more. Until the last possible second, though, Viggo Mortensen coolly dominates as a driver for a Russian crime family...

Article: From Russia, with blood; David Cronenberg's latest history of violence probes the depraved depths of human nature
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Rating 4 out of 4 Nikolai Viggo Mortensen Anna Naomi Watts Kirill Vincent...presents a film directed by David Cronenberg. Written by Steven Knight...today at local theaters. David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises...driver and bodyguard, Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen). And the ...

Article: A history of collaboration; In "Eastern Promises," Viggo Mortensen again teams up with "A History of Violence" director David Cronenberg.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer While Viggo Mortensen is best known as the swashbuckling Aragorn in Peter...Eastern Promises, reunites him with Violence director David Cronenberg, with Mortensen in the role of a steely Russian mobster...

Article: Viggo makes his mark from Russia with blood; Tattoo time:Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 5, 2007 ;     342 words ...Byline: Baz Bamigboye VIGGO MORTENSEN'S covered in tattoos, from his neck right down to histoes, in David Cronenberg's smashing new film Eastern Promises. When I bumped into the actor during the Toronto Film Festival, he explainedthat the temporary...

Article: Film: NEW RELEASES : Firing on all cylinders; A History of Violence (18) David Cronenberg (96 mins) iiii8; STARRING Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris.(Features)
The Independent (London, England);  September 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Reviewed by Anthony Quinn David Cronenberg's fascination with metamorphosis has itself undergone...one another on the main street, it concerns Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), his lawyer wife Edie (Maria Bello) and their two children...