David Cronenberg’s most recent film, “Eastern Promises” showcases London’s Russian vory v zakone, or “thieves in law,” – a shady underworld of criminals who are bound by an 18-point code of conduct, ...

Does Eastern Promises Really Need A Sequel? In the original film: "A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a ...

If you have a choice between a run-in with the mob as depicted in “The Godfather” or the Russian mobsters featured in David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises,” choose the former. At least you’d get a ...

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Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg are already set to bring Sigmund Freud to the big screen, and now the duo are planning another reunion for an "Eastern Promises" sequel. Steve Knight, who penned ...

Viggo Mortensen is reportedly attached to star in a sequel to Eastern Promises. The 51-year-old will reprise his Oscar-nominated role of Russian gangster Nikolai in a follow-up to the 2007 drama, says ...

I’ve said it before and hope to again: David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original and consistently excellent North American director of his generation. From Videodrome (1983) through A History ...

, and many others) appears as though he has been leaning toward his more psychologically themed thrillers. In Cronenberg's latest, Eastern Promises, the trademark blood and revealing scenes of human ...

Gotta be honest with you all. Â I’m not a big fan of ‘Eastern Promises.’ Â Even before the laughably Hollywood twist ending, the film really didn’t seem to be going anywhere. Â The only great ...

The Golden Globe winners have been announced, and unbelievably, Viggo Mortensen did NOT win "Best Actor" for Eastern Promises. True, he did not really emote; he didn't scream and he didn't cry. He did ...

It’s difficult to enjoy the twists and turns of a film’s path when you already know the road ahead. You’d be hard-pressed to find many viewers grasping theater arm rests when Janet Leigh gets what’s ...