Synopsis – Set in the 1860s, the fiercely independent French Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen. Directed – Viggo Mortensen Starring – Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps, Danny Huston Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Trailer Teases the Viggo Mortensen Directed Western!! Check It Out!!
A new poster for Viggo Mortensen‘s new film The Dead Don’t Hurt has just been released ahead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival later this week. The film stars Mortensen, who also serves as writer and director on the film. The film was approved for the SAG interim agreement, allowing the film’s cast to speak about the film during its run at … Continue reading ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Poster Vicky Krieps and Viggo Mortensen as Star-Crossed Lovers!! Check It Out!!!
For years, director David Cronenberg has been trying to assemble the pieces for a sequel to his 2007 gangster film Eastern Promises. However, one of the film’s stars has now revealed that a second installment will probably never see the light of day. Vincent Cassel, who starred in the film alongside Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen, told The Independent that “[Cronenberg] had a wonderful script” … Continue reading ‘Eastern Promises 2’: Vincent Cassel Confirms Sequel Is Dead!!
It has been announced that three-time Academy Award-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen is set to direct, write, and star in the upcoming western love story The Dead Don’t Hurt. The film will be Mortensen’s sophomore directorial effort and see him co-star with Phantom Thread star Vicky Krieps as a pair of star-crossed lovers in 1860s America. The film is scheduled to begin filming this month in Canada. The Dead Don’t Hurt will star Mortensen … Continue reading ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’: Viggo Mortensen to Direct and Star in Western Love Story!!
Synopsis – A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding. My Take – Back in June 2018, a team of 12 soccer players (aged eleven to sixteen), accompanied by their coach, embarked on an adventurous journey to explore the Tham Luang Caves in Thailand. However, little … Continue reading Thirteen Lives (2022) Review!!
Prime Video has just released its harrowing new film Thirteen Lives, which tells the story of the 2018 Thailand cave rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach. The new film, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ron Howard, gives an intense and detailed look at the rescue mission that united the whole world. And in honor of the new film, Prime Video has released a new … Continue reading ‘Thirteen Lives’: Ron Howard’s New Film Gets a New Featurette “Dream Audience”!! Check It Out!!
As acclaimed director David Cronenberg’s new sci-fi thriller Crimes of the Future approaches its theatrical premiere, we were presented with some clips that delve a little further into the film’s mythology. The movie has an early debut at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and the clips hail from the event. In the futuristic story, humans have evolved to the point of their bodies adapting to … Continue reading ‘Crimes of the Future’: David Cronenberg’s Latest Gets Three New Weird Clips!! Check It Out!!
While many fans of action based worlds like MCU, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones have needed to deal with multiple setbacks surrounding the next installment of their highly anticipated productions, that won’t be the case for Ron Howard’s upcoming film, Thirteen Lives. Today, Variety announced that the legendary director’s newest project would be hitting screens early, bumping up from a release date in mid-November to … Continue reading ‘Thirteen Lives’: Ron Howard’s Thai Cave Rescue Movie to Receive Hybrid Release on Prime Video!!
Neon has debuted a particularly gory new poster for director David Cronenberg’s “meditation on human evolution,” Crimes of the Future. The sci-fi horror movie will premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where it’ll compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Crimes of the Future marks Cronenberg’s return to body horror, the genre with which he is perhaps most synonymous. The new poster comes after we’ve … Continue reading ‘Crimes of the Future’: David Cronenberg’s Latest Gets a New Poster!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A deep dive into the not-so-distant future in which humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, which alters their biological makeup. Directed – David Cronenberg Starring – Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, Viggo Mortensen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Crimes of the Future’: David Cronenberg’s Latest Gets a Redband Trailer!! Check It Out!!
In what can only be dubbed a super interesting release strategy, body horror auteur David Cronenberg‘s first movie in ten years, Crimes of the Future, is set for theatrical release less than a month after it bows at its glitzy competition premiere at Cannes Film Festival. After the initial trailer teased exactly what we might expect of a Cronenberg picture — Blood! Guts! Discomforting sound … Continue reading ‘Crimes of the Future’: David Cronenberg’s New Movie Sets June 10 for Wide Release Date!!
Synopsis – A deep dive into the not-so-distant future in which humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, which alters their biological makeup. Directed – David Cronenberg Starring – Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, Viggo Mortensen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Crimes of the Future’ Teaser Teases David Cronenberg’s Latest!! Check It Out!!
The next sci-fi film from David Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future, has officially started filming in Europe. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, and Scott Speedman, Crimes of the Future was announced last April when Cronenberg said he has “unfinished business with the future.” Crimes of the Future will be the first film directed by Cronenberg since 2014’s Maps to the Stars, and his … Continue reading ‘Crimes of the Future’: David Cronenberg’s Sci-Fi Film Starts Filming!!
David Cronenberg, the director behind such films as Scanners and A History of Violence, has announced his next project, Crimes of the Future. The upcoming film will be Cronenberg’s first film as director since 2014’s Maps to the Stars, and his first original screenplay since 1999’s eXistenZ. Crimes of the Future will mark the fourth collaboration between Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen, who previously worked together … Continue reading ‘Crimes of the Future’: David Cronenberg Returns with a Futuristic Sci-Fi Film led by Viggo Mortensen!!
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell and Joel Edgerton are coming together for a good cause, as they’ve been enlisted to save the Thai soccer team that gets stuck in a cave in Ron Howard‘s new fact-based drama Thirteen Lives. Back in 2018, 12 boys and their soccer coach became trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand for 18 days, prompting an international rescue mission that made … Continue reading ‘Thirteen Lives’: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton Join the Thai Cave Rescue Movie!!
Synopsis – A conservative father moves from his rural farm to live with his gay son’s family in Los Angeles. Directed – Viggo Mortensen Starring – Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Falling’ Trailer Teases Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A conservative father moves from his rural farm to live with his gay son’s family in Los Angeles. Directed – Viggo Mortensen Starring – Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Falling’ Trailer Teases Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut!! Check It Out!!
Dylan O’Brien is set to star in director Peter Farrelly‘s Vietnam movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, Collider has learned. Sources add that Jojo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie is being eyed to play the film’s female lead, though there’s no deal in place yet, and the actress is set to star in M. Night Shyamalan‘s next film as well. Viggo Mortensen is set to co-star … Continue reading ‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’: Dylan O’Brien to Star in Peter Farrelly’s Vietnam Movie!!
Viggo Mortensen, whose collaboration with Peter Farrelly Green Book earned multiple Oscars including best picture, is in talks to join Farrelly‘s next project, a Vietnam War-set dramedy for Skydance Media, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Mortensen‘s casting would be the first for the untitled movie adaptation of the book by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue, The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship … Continue reading ‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’: Viggo Mortensen Reunites with ‘Green Book’ Director Peter Farrelly!!
The Oscar nominations are here at last. It’s been a whirlwind of an awards season packed with plenty of drama and controversy after controversy. It has also been one of the most unpredictable seasons in recent memory, with the field wide open in a number of categories. Roma and The Favourite picked up the most nominations of any film with 10 nods each, including Best … Continue reading Oscar Nominations 2019: ‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ Lead with 10 Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!
Nominations have been announced for the upcoming Critics Choice Awards, and it’s a mix of this awards season’s usual suspects with a few welcome additions. The Favourite leads the charge with 14 nominations in total, including Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos. Just behind the biting period piece is Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, which scored 12 nominations including Best Picture, … Continue reading ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Lead Critics Choice Awards Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!
Synopsis – A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. My Take – A constant process reserved for the year end is when studios begin releasing their set of Oscar Bait films, all with the hopes of making enough noise to find a place in the upcoming awards season in the … Continue reading Green Book (2018) Review!!
The 2019 Golden Globe nominations have been revealed, and right on cue, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is up to its baffling tricks again. We’ll start with what did get nominated. Vice was a huge hit, scoring six nominations in total including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy as well as Best Actor for Christian Bale and Supporting Actress for Amy Adams, followed closely … Continue reading ‘Vice’ and ‘A Star Is Born’ Lead Golden Globe Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!
The National Board of Review—one of the awards season’s inaugural voting bodies—has announced its Top 10 Films of the Year list, along with other superlatives. If you’re looking for a correlation between NBR and the Oscars, well you’re not gonna find it. The winner of Best Film from the National Board of Review hasn’t won the Best Picture Oscar since 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire, and as … Continue reading ‘Green Book’ Named Best Film of 2018 by National Board of Review!!!
The Lord of the Rings alum Viggo Mortensen, who currently stars in Green Book, is set to make his directorial debut with the drama Falling. The film, which Mortensen also wrote, is an intimate tale between a son and his aging father. Mortensen will star in one of the lead roles opposite Lance Henriksen (Aliens) and Sverrir Gudnason (The Girl in the Spider’s Web). Falling follows John Petersen (Mortensen), … Continue reading ‘Falling’: Viggo Mortensen To Mark His Directorial Debut!!!
The Oscars might not be a popularity contest just yet but the Toronto International Film Festival certainly is, and Peter Farrelly‘s Green Book has the votes. The road-trip drama took home the festival’s People’s Choice Award—voted on by TIFF attendees—giving the film a bit of buzzy momentum as the road to the Academy Awards rolls on. Barry Jenkins‘ romantic drama If Beale Street Could Talk … Continue reading ‘Green Book’ Wins TIFF 2018 People’s Choice Award!!!
Synopsis – A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. Directed – Peter Farrelly Starring – Linda Cardellini, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Green Book’: First Trailer Finds Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen on a Road Trip!! Check It Out!!!
Lionsgate Intl. is on track to sell out at the Berlin Film Festival on one of the hottest tickets on the market: Viggo Mortensen-starrer “Green Book,” which is produced and financed by Participant Media. Directed by Peter Farrelly, and co-starring Mahershala Ali and Linda Cardellini, “Green Book” has sold to leading distributors in multiple major territories such as Germany (eOne), Japan (Gaga), France (Metropolitan), Italy … Continue reading Lionsgate Intl. Set to Sell Out on Participant Media’s Viggo Mortensen Starrer ‘Green Book’!!!
Following his Oscar nomination for “Captain Fantastic,” Viggo Mortensen may have found his next role. Mortsensen is in talks to star in Peter Farrelly’s next pic “Green Book.” Farrelly will direct from a script he co-wrote with Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie. Currie and Jim Burke will produce. The story is set in 1962 and follows Tony Lip, one of the best bouncers in New … Continue reading Viggo Mortensen Circling Peter Farrelly’s Next Film ‘Green Book’!!!
At long last, the time has come: the 2017 Oscar nominations are finally here. After months of guessing and prognosticating, the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have finally weighed in with their picks for the very best of cinema in 2016, and the results are intriguing. La La Land, unsurprisingly, leads the pack with a whopping 14 nominations. It now … Continue reading ‘La La Land’ Dominates Oscar Nominations with Record-Tying 14 Nods!! Check Out The Full List!!!
While, I haven’t seen (yet) some critically well received films like Moonlight, Silence, Fences, 20th Century Women & Elle, (which I am sure would have affected my list), I have tried my best to bring down some of the best & worst to come out in 2016. Performances wise, I really do think the year belongs to Ben Affleck‘s younger sibling Casey Affleck! The very underrated … Continue reading Top 5 Hollywood Actors of 2016 – A MovizArk Take!!!
Awards season took another leap forward today as the 2017 Golden Globe nominations were announced. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association spread the love around, but the season’s three biggest contenders—La La Land, Moonlight, and Manchester by the Sea—all had big showings in the major categories, so not any surprises on that front. If anything got a boost from the Globes—and really they don’t have too … Continue reading Golden Globe Nominations: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Makes Strong Showing as ‘Silence’ Is Shut Out!! Check Out The Full List!!
Synopsis – In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent. My Take – Why are Indie films so great? Maybe because there is no big budget studio interfering with writer or director’s … Continue reading Captain Fantastic (2016) Review!!!
Synopsis – In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent. Directed – Matt Ross Starring – Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn Check out the 1st trailer: Continue reading First Trailer for ‘Captain Fantastic’ Takes Viggo Mortensen Out of His Element!! Check it out!!
Julia Stiles will be back in action with Matt Damon in Bourne 5, as two other major stars circle the sequel as well. Four months after publicly lobbying to return as CIA operative Nicky Parsons in Bourne 5, Deadline reports Stiles recently signed up for the project. Bourne 5 is re-teaming Damon with director Paul Greengrass, who worked on the Supremacy and Ultimatum sequels. Negotiations … Continue reading Julia Stiles is coming back to ‘Bourne 5’ possibly Viggo Mortensen could join them!!
Synopsis – A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective. My Take – This film is an old school twisted tale of murder, treachery and double-dealing, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, with marks of an Alfred Hitchcock work all over it! Although … Continue reading The Two Faces of January (2014) Review!!
