Judy and I went to see "A History of Violence" this weekend as part of the ceremonial "returning of the gifts" (No, we didn't return *your* gift - we loved it. These were other people's gifts.) Anyway, the movie is about a small-town family man, Tom (Viggo Mortensen), who owns a diner. One day two very, very bad men stop in for a cup of coffee and all the money in the register. When the bad men take things a little to far, Tom springs into action and takes them out. Hard core. After the national media picks up the story, Tom is confronted by more bad men who think that Tom the hero is their old pal Joey the ...