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Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Maria Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and .. Read more

Starring	Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ed Harris
Director	David Cronenberg
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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A History of Violence
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- 01 Jan 2000
Highly praised at the Cannes and Toronto film festivals, A History of Violence could turn out to be Cronenberg's most popular movie since The Fly. It’s the story of Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), a family man who works hard and is capable of a decisive act of courage should push come to shove. When armed men attempt to rob his diner, Tom tries to placate them. And when things get ugly, he does what is necessary to save his friends and customers. For this, the townsfolk in the small middle-A Read more
WIN! A Home Cinema System & John Singleton Back Catalogue
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To celebrate the release of Abduction, in cinemas 28 September, we are giving you the chance to win a Samsung Blu-ray Home Theatre System with Wi Fi, plus a back catalogue of John Singleton DVDs. Taylor Lautner stars as a young man unwittingly thrust into a deadly world of covert espionage in Lionsgate's action-thriller, ABDUCTION, directed by John Singleton. For as long as he can remember, Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) has had the uneasy feeling that he's living someone else's life. When he... Read more
Eastern Promises
- 22 Oct 2007
David Cronenberg gives every impression of being at the peak of his powers. He's followed up the widely acclaimed A History of Violence with another sleekly grim gangster thriller trespassing between the safe, conventional world most of us live in and the illegitimate danger zone that exists, often unacknowledged, on the dark side of the street. It's all the more menacing in this case for being located so close to home, principally on the mean streets of Clerkenwell. This tight, superbly... Read more
Maria Bello to replace Weisz in Mummy 3
- 16 May 2007
Former ER star Maria Bello is to replace British actress Rachel Weisz in the third Mummy instalment, it has emerged. Although Brendan Fraser is set to return for the sequel, Weisz recently announced she would not be reprising her role as beautiful and clever adventurer Evie. However, variety confirms that Bello, who has starred in a number of films since her departure from the medical drama in 1998, will play the character. Set for release next year, the third Mummy movie - as yet untitled - is Read more
Cinema release continues graphic novel tradition
- 22 Mar 2007
This week's cinematic release of 300, the story of an ancient battle and based on the graphic novel by Sin City author Frank Miller, is one in a long line of films which have been adapted for the big screen. With visually stunning, comic book-style graphics, Sin City adopted the illustrative features of Miller's book and turned it into an exciting and innovative full-length movie. However, many other films which have proved popular also come from graphic novels - but viewers may be unaware of... Read more