New to DVD ‘A History of Violence’: David Cronenberg’s drama of a small town husband and father (Viggo Mortensen) whose small town act of heroism — saving the patrons of his diner by killing a pair of criminal psychopaths — reveals his own repressed past as a brutal criminal is one of the best American films of the last year. The film turns the vigilante hero story on its head as it portrays his history of violence as a hibernating virus that emerges like a reflex when his family comes under attack, and shows the reverberations of the revelation through his small town family. [More]
Category: LotR Cast News
Be sure to tune into FOX tonight at 9PM EST to catch a new episode of “24” with Sean Astin. Sean has joined the cast of the hit show in it’s fifth season, he plays a savvy government agent who has taken control of ‘CTU’ the Counter Terrorism Unit.
Sean Astin is slated to be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Thursday, March 16th. He is there to promote his work on the award winning drama “24”. ‘The Tonight Show’ airs on NBC at 11:35PM. “24” airs every Monday night on FOX.
The folks from Billy’s Loons Charities write: Scottish Youth Theatre is heading out to New York City to perform their new musical, Geordie. Please see the flyer for more details. Mark Irwin, the Marketing Manager of the Scottish Youth Theatre, sent BLC the following message regarding this new venture. “It would be lovely if some of the BBLoons where able to make it to the production, it would be especially nice to actually thank, in person, those people who have been so generous towards Scottish Youth Theatre.” [More]
Rosie writes: I’m a Stargate fan in addition to being a Ringer. I found this article on John Noble in the latest Stargate SG-1 magazine. There are some LOTR references, though it mostly talks about his role in the upcoming season finale of Stargate SG-1, which airs this Friday. [More]
A repeat airing of Sean Astin on ‘The Tony Danza Show’ is airing today, check your local listings. Or you can follow this link to watch the segment we posted when it originally aired. [More]