19 January 2010
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Viggo Mortensen
Script: Joe Penhal
Genre: sff
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based on book by Cormac McCarthy IMDb | Metacritic Grey is the first word I think of when I think about this film. Grey and bleak. That is to be expected; this film is set after the apocalypse. A time … Continue reading
2 October 2005
Cast: Ed Harris, Maria Bello, Viggo Mortensen
Script: Josh Olson
Genre: drama, thriller
Setting: USA
8 Stars
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This is a strange film. I suppose I should have expected that from the director though shouldn’t I? We open with two criminal-types, drifting across America, leaving a trail of casual violence behind them. And, if I hadn’t seen the … Continue reading
20 April 2004
Cast: Louise Lombard, Omar Sharif, Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson
Script: John Fusco
Genre: Action, animal-human relationships
Setting: 1890s, Arabian desert, C19th
5 Stars
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Frank Hopkins sets out to the Middle East to compete in a long distance race, 3,000 miles across the desert. Racing against the finest Arabian horses on his mustang Hidalgo, in an effort to escape his past. And that is … Continue reading
17 December 2003
Cast: Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen
Script: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens
Genre: sff
Setting: Middle earth
10 Stars
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Got up early this morning, caught my bus at 10 to 9 and headed into town to see the third and final installment of LOTR. At the cinema we took a look through the times, and more importantly through the … Continue reading