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Jauja *** (2014, Viggo Mortensen, Ghita Nørby, Viilbjørk Malling Agger) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Lisandro Alonso’s striking, rigorous experimental pseudo-Western stars Viggo Mortensen as Gunnar Dinesen, a dad who travels with his teenage daughter from Denmark in the late 19th century to an unknown Patagonia desert that apparently ‘exists […]

Apr, 11

Psycho * (1998, Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen, Julianne Moore, William H Macy, Robert Forster, Philip Baker Hall) – Classic Movie Review 2301

Director Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic is a pointless lost cause. Van Sant won the 1999 Razzie award for Worst Director and the film won the Razzie for Worst […]

Mar, 22

G I Jane *** (1997, Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft) – Classic Movie Review 1361

Director Ridley Scott’s 1997 movie stars Demi Moore in one of her key roles. Moore shaves her head and pumps up the muscles for her showy performance as a US intelligence officer, Lieutenant Jordan O’Neil. […]

Jun, 28

Albino Alligator *** (1995, Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, Faye Dunaway, Viggo Mortensen) – Classic Movie Review 1328

Director Kevin Spacey’s intriguing 1995 movie is a dark-toned, character-driven and dialogue-driven siege thriller, in which three small-time crooks – brothers Dova (Matt Dillon) and Milo (Gary Sinise) plus a partner named Law (William Fichtner) […]

Jun, 15

The Portrait of a Lady **** (1996, Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich) – Classic Movie Review 1264

Director Jane Campion’s 1996 period drama literary adaptation is a chilly but excellent version of the Henry James novel, set in 1870s England. Everything about it is extremely plush, subtle, expert and just right. Nicole […]

May, 28

Carlito’s Way ***** (1993, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Viggo Mortensen, Adrian Pasdar, Ingrid Rogers, Luis Guzman, James Rebhorn) – Classic Movie Review 1237

Director Brian De Palma’s 1993 movie Carlito’s Way is a masterly mob thriller, a worthy successor to his own Scarface and The Untouchables, with some of his greatest set pieces. His Scarface star Al Pacino gives […]

May, 21

The Two Faces of January **** (2014, Viggo Mortensen, Oscar Isaac, Kirsten Dunst) – Movie Review

Viggo Mortensen and Oscar Isaac are riveting in writer-director Hossein Amini’s tense, twisty and sleek adaptation of the 1964 Patricia Highsmith novel, filmed in the polished vintage-style Hitchcock mode. As usual, Viggo is particularly excellent as the […]

May, 13

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