A thriller from director David Cronenberg, A History of Violence stars Viggo Mortensen as a pillar of a small town community who runs a diner and lives a happy and quiet life with his wife (Maria Bello) and two children. But their lives are forever changed when Mortensen thwarts an attempted robbery and is lauded as a hero by the media, attracting the attention of some mobsters (William Hurt and Ed Harris) who believe he is someone else.
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October 31, 2006: Bello joins Book Club:
Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kevin Zegers, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Grace, Amy Brenneman and Jimmy Smits have all joined the cast of the Robin Swicord-directed
(MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA scribe) drama THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB, an adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler's novel...
September 23, 2005: Trailer round-up:
I guess the biggest trailer news of the day is the trailer for the Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen-starring thriller DERAILED . I'd comment on it but since Moviefone's AOL player was doing that thing it's extremely
good at, which is not working, all...
September 12, 2005: Toronto Fest videos:
If you haven't read Scott Weinberg's first report from the Toronto International Film Festival then you should probably
go ahead and do that. You should probably go ahead and make it a point to read the rest of his reports too and not only...
May 17, 2005: Trailer update:
Man, those people over at Cannes are dropping all kinds of good stuff so let's get to it. They recently posted the first trailer for David Cronenberg's A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE . It stars Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello and William
Hurt in a...
April 20, 2005: Cannes film line-up:
The Cannes Film Festival recently announced their line-up of films. So far, it's not looking too bad. David Cronenberg's latest comic
book adaptation A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE is in there, Jim Jarmusch's latest, and Gus Van Sant's latest, which is...
