killing them softly Reviews, Interviews & More
An Oscar winner, some television and some great catalog titles are the treats of the week. And those who love Star Trek are getting one of the better (though maligned) shows on Blu-ray. All in all a good week for fans.
This has been a huge pivot point for movies in how they're made and distributed. 2012 was the year where the film industry turned its back on 35 millimeter film (which has been the standard for well over a century), with digital projection no longer just an option but the standard. At the same time a filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson shot a movie on 70mm - a format that hadn't been used...
Studios often don't put a movie out the week after Thanksgiving, and if it wasn't for a shuffle a couple weeks ago, we wouldn't be getting a new movie at all. That's because it's usually considered a dead spot, or dumping ground for bad movies. To wit, last year saw no new wide releases, while in 2010 the only film opening wide was The Warrior's Way. Remember that...
An adaptation of the George. V. Higgins' 1974 novel Cogan’s Trade, Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly has the look and feel of a low-key 1970s crime flick, the kind of film Don Siegel would have directed between Dirty Harry and Charley Verrick. ...
In Killing Them Softly, three dolts rob a card game protected by the Mob, sending the local underground economy into a tailspin. Enter Brad Pitt, who plays an enforcer sent in to track the thieves down and get back the money. Directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), it’s a movie we’re,...
Brad Pitt's Killing Them Softly will be making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow. We've already gotten a taste of the film in a clip involving Ray Liotta's character getting an unpleasant visit from Sam Shepard and rapper Slaine. Now, thanks to Moviefone, we've got a poster to go along. Check it out.
