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Viggo MortensenA may haveA galloped his way into our collectiveA pop-culture consciousness as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings , but he was alreadyA mesmerizing a full decade earlier in Sean Penn's The Indian Runner .

Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road makes strange fodder for a blockbuster film released over Thanksgiving weekend.

Guy Dixon Published on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 5:29PM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov.

Often quoted and always relevant whenever the apocalypse enters a discussion, T.S. Eliot wrote in The Hollow Men: "This is the way the world ends/not with a bang, but a whimper." As seen in the success of Roland Emmerich's eardrum-shattering 2012, people love a good world-destroying bang.

Wong Kar Wai's sensual period drama In the Mood for Love was among the top 10 films of the 2000s as chosen by TIFF Cinematheque.

It's strange to think that David Cronenberg has been freaking us out for thirty years.

Viggo Mortensen is a real-life Renaissance man whose abilities transcend his chiseled leading man looks.

Viggo Mortensen is an actor who is known for pushing the envelope with every screen role he takes.

The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel, is set against the backdrop of a world ravaged by an unknown catastrophe.

There's Russia. Then there's the New Russia. Then there's David Cronenberg's take on the New Russian crime culture, and let's just say the latter is the most dangerous proposition of all.

Film and television critic Philip Wakefield assesses the best movies on offer on the box this week, for Tuesday, November 10 to Monday, November 16.

One of the most amazing directors of our time is David Cronenberg. If you don't know anything that he has done go watch Videodrome, or Scanners , maybe A History of Violence for something newer.

Join Back Stage on Monday, November 9 for a Los Angeles screening of the new film "The Road," starring Viggo Mortensen, who will hold a Q&A immediately afterward.

Barney's Version gets a 'stupid' Cronenberg cameo David Cronenberg, left, and Paul Giamatti on the set of Barney's Version.

Bathurst native Gary Levert, in character as Peth the blacksmith on the set of the new miniseries adaptation of the classic novel Moby Dick.

Bathurst native Gary Levert, in character as Perth the blacksmith on the set of a new mini-series adaptation of the classic novel Moby Dick.

2. Does Germany have fun right-wingers ? 3. David Cronenberg to remake "The Fly.

Cronenberg may even write the script. It's pretty unusual to remake/reboot a film by bringing back the original film's director.

Predictable news this evening with a double-take twist. David Cronenberg is said to be developing a remake of his 1986 sci-fi horror classic The Fly as a potential vehicle for him to write and direct.

That's right, film fans, the director ofA A History of Violence and The Fly is getting back to work on a remake of The Fly .