In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Next, a film that has had an up and down campaign – Peter Farrelly’s Green Book… The unthinkable has happened. Peter Farrelly – a man best known for […]
Movie Review – Green Book (2018)
Green Book, 2018. Directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Dimeter Marinov, Mike Hatton and Iqbal Theba. SYNOPSIS: In the 1960s, an uncouth Italian-American gets a job as the chauffeur for a black pianist as he takes part in a tour of the Deep South. Out of nowhere, Peter Farrelly is […]
Viggo Mortensen offers his advice to Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings cast
Viggo Mortensen, the actor behind Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has offered up some advice for the cast of Amazon’s new series. There aren’t many actors better versed in what it takes to bring Tolkien’s epic work to life than Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn in The Lord of the […]
Viggo Mortensen to make his directing debut Falling
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 […]
First trailer and poster for Green Book starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen
Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, the first trailer, poster and images have debuted for the upcoming drama Green Book. Directed by Peter Farrelly, the film is based on the true story of the classical pianist Dr. Ron Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his chauffeur Tony Lip’s (Viggo Mortensen) […]
Metal Gear Solid Movie: Eight Actors Who Could Play Solid Snake
Liam Hoofe takes a look at potential actors for the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid movie… Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of Kong: Skull Island, confirmed this month that he is committed to making the “truest, most balls to the wall, Metal Gear version” of Metal Gear Solid, the popular game franchise which looks finally set to […]
Viggo Mortensen to star in Green Book from Peter Farrelly
According to Variety, Viggo Mortensen is in talks to star in Green Book, an upcoming drama which is being directed by Peter Farrelly, one half of the Farrelly Brothers, from a script he has co-written with Nick Vallenlonga and Brian Currie. Based on a true story, Green Book is set in 1962 and follows Tony […]
Viggo Mortensen to hunt the Unabomber
Screen Daily is reporting that Viggo Mortensen has signed on to start in the thriller Unabomb, which is slated to begin production in January 2018 under director Robert Lorenz (The Trouble with the Curve). Based on Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald Max Noel’s book Unabomber, the film will see Mortensen as FBI agent Jim […]
DVD Review – Captain Fantastic (2016)
Captain Fantastic, 2016. Directed by Matt Ross. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Kathryn Hahn and Steve Zahn. 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 […]
Second Opinion – Captain Fantastic (2016)
Captain Fantastic, 2016. Directed by Matt Ross. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Kathryn Hahn and Steve Zahn. 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 […]
