Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen is a head above the rest

Distortrait (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009

Howard Zinn: Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire

Dialogic (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009

Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn Narrated by Viggo Mortensen Art by Mike Konopacki Video editing by Eric Wold

Good Preview Clip

Teaser-Trailer.com (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009

The plot of the movie Good revolves around a German professor (Viggo Mortensen) whose novel about a mercy killing brings him to the attention of the Nazi Party, which now wants him to write a treatise on euthanasia justifying the Final Solution. Here below a few preview clips of Good: Good Movie Auto de fe More Good clips: [...] Teaser Trailer http://teaser-trailer.com

Movie Trailer: Good

Good News Film Reviews (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009

Hitler gave off a hopey-changey vibe too. This looks like it could either be an absolutely great film. Viggo Mortensen has been on a role and has shown to have a keen eye for sharp material. He's a reliable indicator of good work. I'm looking forward to this. Return to the movie trailers page Screenwriters: John Wrathall Director: Vicente Amorim ( At Play In the Fields of the Lord ) Actors: Viggo...

Do You Prefer Your Anti-Nazi Oscar Bait With Daniel Craig or Viggo Mortensen? [Defamer Attractions]

Defamer (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009

Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your radically truncated guide to what's new, noteworthy and/or foolhardy enough to open on the last weekend of the year at the movies. WHAT'S NEW: After the...

Taylor Hanson’s wife explains their baby name choice

Celebrity Pregnancy (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009

Natalie Hanson, wife of Taylor Hanson, part of the musical Hanson Brothers, recently explained to nameberry.com the name choice of their fourth child, Viggo Moriah. Though both names have celebrity connections, Natalie insists he is not named after Viggo Mortensen or Mariah Carey. However, of the former, Natalie admits, “He’s a great actor and a strong, [...]

Appaloosa 720p Bluray x264-SEPTiC

full and free download (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009

Appaloosa 720p Bluray x264-SEPTiC Based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker, ” Appaloosa” is centered around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his deputy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), two friends who are hired to defend a lawless 1880s town from a murderous rancher (Jeremy Irons).

How Did Viggo Mortensen's 2008 Oscar Boom Go Bust? [Viggo Mortensen]

Defamer (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008

Four months ago we suggested that Viggo Mortensen had three chances in 2008 to repeat as an Oscar nominee. As the last of those chances expires today, all we can say is, "Maybe next year?" But what...

Film review: Good

A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008

When a literature professor (Viggo Mortensen) falls in with the Nazi party, his careerist instincts prove tragically misguided.

24% Good

Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008

EASTERN PROMISES' Viggo Mortensen stars in this World-War-II-era drama as a professor who is reluctant to join the Nazi party.

Nazi-themed pic doesn't bring much to the party

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008

Shouldn't Viggo Mortensen be a bigger star? It's not as if he's short on either looks or talent. What he is missing, though, is that all-consuming drive for fame. Instead, he seems impressively attracted to the actual artistry of acting.

Review: 'Good,' with Viggo Mortensen'

New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008

When Hannah Arendt wrote of the banality of evil, she was referring to Adolf Eichmann but also describing the many small-time monsters who helped turn Nazi Germany into modern history's most enduring cautionary tale. They are incarnated in one John Halder, the fictional subject of "Good," a subtle and quietly devastating film directed by Vicente Amorim from John Wrathall's delicately written adaptation...

Good Trailer

Screenhead (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008

Viggo Mortensen stars with Jason Isaacs in Good. The film is a simple one about the Nazi movement in Germany. John Halder is a good, decent individual with family problems. A German literature professor in the 1930s, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by [...]

Marshall Fine: Good: Reflecting the Bush years

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008

"Hitler's a joke," Viggo Mortensen tells a friend in the new film, Good. "He won't last." Gee - didn't they say that about George W....

Dramatic sendoff to '08 box office

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008

Film News: 'Defiance,' 'Good' open in final weekend -- Coming in under the wire for awards consideration, the two final releases of 2008 are Paramount Vantage's "Defiance," directed by Ed Zwick, and IFC's Viggo Mortensen starrer "Good."

Russian Mafia Tattoos - The Brutal Truth

weeksgo | 12/20/2008

Russian Mafia Tattoos - The Brutal Truth Most people associate Russian Mafia tattoos with David Cronenberg’s award winning film “Eastern Promises” in which Viggo Mortensen portrayed an ex-con turned driver for a Russian Mafia Boss, wh...

Russian Mafia Tattoos

weeksgo | 12/19/2008

Russian Mafia Tattoos The brutal truth behind Russian Mafia Tattoos is one that we are only dimly aware of. Perhaps you caught the much acclaimed and multi-award winning movie “Eastern Promises” starring Viggo Mortensen, in which he plays a...

Naked Fight Scenes

moviehound | 11/26/2007

Has anyone else remarked on the coincidence these past few months of seeing two films with naked fight scenes'? Seems too good to be true doesn't it? First of all we had Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” buck naked...