With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
It’s almost depressing to rewatch Adaptation in 2016, because it’s a reminder of how strong an actor Nicolas Cage is when he actually invests himself in good projects. It was soon after this that his career went off the rails, but he’s remarkably impressive here, playing the dual roles of Charlie Kaufman and his fictional twin brother, Donald. As much a mind-fuck as any other Kaufman screenplay,...
Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
It’s almost depressing to rewatch Adaptation in 2016, because it’s a reminder of how strong an actor Nicolas Cage is when he actually invests himself in good projects. It was soon after this that his career went off the rails, but he’s remarkably impressive here, playing the dual roles of Charlie Kaufman and his fictional twin brother, Donald. As much a mind-fuck as any other Kaufman screenplay,...
- 8/4/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Those seeking a groove-tastic immersion in a gritty 1970s crime drama will want to pop Criterion’s new burn of The Friends of Eddie Coyle into the nearest blu-ray player. Directed with a cool efficiency by master storyteller Peter Yates, the film is a tale of small time hoods and the sketchy federal marshals who pursue them. Told under the gray, heavy skies of Boston, it depicts a working class world of tiny clapboard houses and chain link fences, with massive land yacht automobiles cruising its wet, glistening streets. With Dave Grusin’s funky yet foreboding score providing Fender Rhodes twinkles and wah-wah pedal counterpoint, The Friends of Eddie Coyle unfolds as a fine example this decade’s unique sub genre: Disco Noir.
Based on a best selling novel by George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle was chiefly a vehicle for Hollywood legend Robert Mitchum, who at the...
Based on a best selling novel by George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle was chiefly a vehicle for Hollywood legend Robert Mitchum, who at the...
- 4/28/2015
- by David Anderson
- IONCINEMA.com
Justified, Season 6, Episode 13: “The Promise”
Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Dave Andron and Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Adam Arkin
Aired Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Midway through “The Promise,” the final episode of Justified, a dog-eared copy of George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle is passed between Marshals Raylan Givens and Tim Gutterson. While there are stricter parallels to be drawn between the novel, which tells the story of the dwindling fortunes of an aging, low-level hood trying to turn informant (or with the excellent film of the same name, featuring a stellar performance from the legendary Robert Mitchum), the prominent placement of the novel is a nod – one of many in this episode – to a mostly bygone era of genre storytelling, one which placed a premium on character, wit and dialogue above flowery prose or postmodern structural games. “The Promise” shows us the Higgins...
Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Dave Andron and Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Adam Arkin
Aired Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Midway through “The Promise,” the final episode of Justified, a dog-eared copy of George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle is passed between Marshals Raylan Givens and Tim Gutterson. While there are stricter parallels to be drawn between the novel, which tells the story of the dwindling fortunes of an aging, low-level hood trying to turn informant (or with the excellent film of the same name, featuring a stellar performance from the legendary Robert Mitchum), the prominent placement of the novel is a nod – one of many in this episode – to a mostly bygone era of genre storytelling, one which placed a premium on character, wit and dialogue above flowery prose or postmodern structural games. “The Promise” shows us the Higgins...
- 4/15/2015
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
In the beginning, and to the very end, Justified was about two guys who once dug coal together.
The FX drama on Tuesday night wrapped its six-season run with, of course, much gunplay, a couple more deaths, a few happy (or happy-ish) endings, a significant time jump and a wee surprise.
RelatedFX Sets Dates for Married and Tyrant Returns, Denis Leary’s Sex&Drugs
In summary: Desperate to get his dollars back, Markham took Ava hostage, until Boyd came in guns a-blazing, felling the venerable player. That set the stage for a Boyd/Raylan face-off, but the former knew better than to draw a (lent!
The FX drama on Tuesday night wrapped its six-season run with, of course, much gunplay, a couple more deaths, a few happy (or happy-ish) endings, a significant time jump and a wee surprise.
RelatedFX Sets Dates for Married and Tyrant Returns, Denis Leary’s Sex&Drugs
In summary: Desperate to get his dollars back, Markham took Ava hostage, until Boyd came in guns a-blazing, felling the venerable player. That set the stage for a Boyd/Raylan face-off, but the former knew better than to draw a (lent!
- 4/15/2015
- TVLine.com
Better Call Saul is a slightly gentler prequel to Breaking Bad; it evokes a more laid-back, boozy sort of crime story, epitomized on the page by Carl Hiaasen, George V. Higgins, and Elmore Leonard and on TV by the likes of The Rockford Files and FX’s late lamented Terriers. Written and overseen by Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan and set many years before Walter White’s cancer diagnosis, it has a sad-sack charm. The cast of thieves, hustlers, drug dealers, and other margin dwellers features several repeat players from Gilligan’s acclaimed predecessor; they include the title character, known as Jimmy McGill here and still played by Bob Odenkirk, and Mike Ehrmantraut, who’s introduced working the booth at the county courthouse’s parking lot. (He’s a stickler for validation.)The show wastes no time establishing parallels between Walter White’s journey and Jimmy’s. If Breaking Bad was about Mr.
- 2/6/2015
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Between 1970 and 1975—and the ages of 53 and 58—Robert Mitchum made six films. The beginning of the decade found him in Ireland taking on the role of schoolteacher Charles Shaughnessey in David Lean’s epic Ryan’s Daughter (1970) and five years later he was starring as Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler adaptation Farewell My Lovely (1975). In between, he made the father-son melodrama Going Home (1971), an eccentric western called The Wrath of God (1972) and two crime dramas made back-to-back in 1973 and 1974. While they have a couple of other elements in common besides Mitchum—actor Richard Jordan, composer Dave Grusin—The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) and The Yakuza (1974) are poles apart in terms of tone. Broadly speaking, the first is low-key, downbeat and domestic, the second is glossy and globetrottingly exotic.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is based on the debut novel by George V. Higgins, a lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General...
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is based on the debut novel by George V. Higgins, a lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General...
- 11/18/2014
- by Pasquale Iannone
- MUBI
I have no idea why this trailer for Killing Them Softly was banned, but Annapurna Pictures just tweeted it out and considering it was one of my absolute favorites of last year and the fact director Andrew Dominik is receiving some much deserved attention as of late, not only for this film but also for the resurgence of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, I felt I must share it. amz asin="B009AMALBM" size="small"If you have yet to see Killing Them Softly, first off "shame", secondly it's an adaptation of George V. Higgins' novel following professional enforcer, Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), who investigates a heist that occurs during a high stakes, mob-protected, poker game. The film also features Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Vincent Curatola, Max Casella, Sam Shepard and Bella Heathcote. Check out the banned trailer directly below,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
According to IMDb, close to 40 films and TV shows have Elmore Leonard’s name attached, some as creator, some as screenwriter, but about three-quarters because they’re based on one of his novels or short stories. Leonard, who died August 20 of complications following a stroke, didn’t like most of them. Actually, that’s something of an understatement. He hated most of them, the distinction being he hated some more than others.
Leonard had a love/hate thing going with Hollywood. He loved taking movie money, but usually hated what Hollywood did with his material. He went public with his revulsion over Burt Reynold’s thoroughly lousy 1985 adaptation of his novel Stick, and while I don’t know this for a fact, I’m sure he was shaking his head – at least at first — when Quentin Tarantino cast Pam Grier in Jackie Brown (1997) to play what had been a white character in his source novel,...
Leonard had a love/hate thing going with Hollywood. He loved taking movie money, but usually hated what Hollywood did with his material. He went public with his revulsion over Burt Reynold’s thoroughly lousy 1985 adaptation of his novel Stick, and while I don’t know this for a fact, I’m sure he was shaking his head – at least at first — when Quentin Tarantino cast Pam Grier in Jackie Brown (1997) to play what had been a white character in his source novel,...
- 8/22/2013
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – Andrew Dominik delivered one of the best movies of the ’00s the last time he worked with Brad Pitt when the two made “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” And so there was intense anticipation for their follow-up collaboration, “Killing Them Softly,” recently released on Blu-ray and DVD. Call it a sophomore slump but “Kts” is a film with tons of style and some interesting ideas that nonetheless feels like a dirge and plays like a film twice as long as its running time.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Based on “Cogan’s Trade” by George V. Higgins (the name change is the first thing to raise eyebrows), “Killing Them Softly” attempts to graft a commentary on our increasingly dire economic times with a thriller about a mob hitman with a trio of assignments. Pitt plays the guy brought in to clean things up when a couple of numbskulls (Scoot McNairy & Ben Mendelsohn,...
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Based on “Cogan’s Trade” by George V. Higgins (the name change is the first thing to raise eyebrows), “Killing Them Softly” attempts to graft a commentary on our increasingly dire economic times with a thriller about a mob hitman with a trio of assignments. Pitt plays the guy brought in to clean things up when a couple of numbskulls (Scoot McNairy & Ben Mendelsohn,...
- 4/11/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched Justified’s season 4 finale “Ghosts,” written by Fred Golan and Benjamin Cavell and directed by Bill Johnson, stop reading now. As he’s done throughout the season, showrunner Graham Yost takes us inside the writers’ room.
Entertainment Weekly: In last week’s postmortem, you said the threat to pregnant Winona (The Following’s Natalie Zea) would yield one of the best scenes the series has ever done. You did not lie.
Graham Yost: The idea of a big shootout in the nursery just appealed to our dark, twisted Justified sense of a...
Entertainment Weekly: In last week’s postmortem, you said the threat to pregnant Winona (The Following’s Natalie Zea) would yield one of the best scenes the series has ever done. You did not lie.
Graham Yost: The idea of a big shootout in the nursery just appealed to our dark, twisted Justified sense of a...
- 4/3/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a very light week this week, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, February 25th 2013.
Pick Of The Week
From Beyond (DVD/Blu-ray)
Obsessive scientist Dr. Pretorius and his assistant Crawford Tillinghast have invented ‘The Resonator’, a device intended to stimulate the brain’s pineal gland and expand the powers of the mind. The machine gives them more than they bargained for however when a parallel universe inhabited by slimy creatures ready to prey on humans reveals itself. Pretorius meets a sticky end, returns as a grotesque, deformed being and all manner of depravity ensues. From Beyond Review
And the rest…
Crawl (DVD/Blu-ray)
Crawl is a...
Pick Of The Week
From Beyond (DVD/Blu-ray)
Obsessive scientist Dr. Pretorius and his assistant Crawford Tillinghast have invented ‘The Resonator’, a device intended to stimulate the brain’s pineal gland and expand the powers of the mind. The machine gives them more than they bargained for however when a parallel universe inhabited by slimy creatures ready to prey on humans reveals itself. Pretorius meets a sticky end, returns as a grotesque, deformed being and all manner of depravity ensues. From Beyond Review
And the rest…
Crawl (DVD/Blu-ray)
Crawl is a...
- 2/25/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 26, 2013
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99
Studio: The Weinstein Company/Anchor Bay Entertainment
Brad Pitt (Moneyball) partners with writer-director Andrew Dominik again in thriller movie Killing Them Softly, their second venture after the acclaimed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Based on the novel by George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly stars Pitt as a hit man who’s hired to send a message and restore order after three idiots rob a Mob card game.
Pitt’s Jackie gets his orders from the Mob’s suit, Driver (Richard Jenkins, Let Me In), who fingers mobster Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta, Something Wild) as a possible suspect. But when others (Scott McNairy of Argo, Ben Mendelsohn of The Dark Knight Rises) come into the picture, Pitt hires alcoholic hit man Mickey (James Gandolfini, Welcome to the Rileys) to help out, as long as his...
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99
Studio: The Weinstein Company/Anchor Bay Entertainment
Brad Pitt (Moneyball) partners with writer-director Andrew Dominik again in thriller movie Killing Them Softly, their second venture after the acclaimed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Based on the novel by George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly stars Pitt as a hit man who’s hired to send a message and restore order after three idiots rob a Mob card game.
Pitt’s Jackie gets his orders from the Mob’s suit, Driver (Richard Jenkins, Let Me In), who fingers mobster Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta, Something Wild) as a possible suspect. But when others (Scott McNairy of Argo, Ben Mendelsohn of The Dark Knight Rises) come into the picture, Pitt hires alcoholic hit man Mickey (James Gandolfini, Welcome to the Rileys) to help out, as long as his...
- 2/1/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Two petty criminals – who think they have a no-risk plan – are recruited to rob a high stakes, Mob-protected poker game causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, the enforcer hired to track down the culprits and restore order, in his own unique way.
Killing Them Softly also features Richard Jenkins, (The Visitor), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom) and Vincent Curatola (The Sopranos). Killing Them Softly is written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford), and is based on George V. Higgins novel, Cogan’S Trade.
Killing Them Softly will be released by Entertainment in Video on DVD and Blu-Ray on 25th February 2013. We have five copies of the Blu-ray to give away to our readers.
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Killing Them Softly also features Richard Jenkins, (The Visitor), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom) and Vincent Curatola (The Sopranos). Killing Them Softly is written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford), and is based on George V. Higgins novel, Cogan’S Trade.
Killing Them Softly will be released by Entertainment in Video on DVD and Blu-Ray on 25th February 2013. We have five copies of the Blu-ray to give away to our readers.
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- 1/22/2013
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
I love watching movies, but it becomes challenging during December when the year’s lengthiest and most ambitious films arrive all at once. By the time I’m done digesting, writing about and voting for them, I need a breather. That’s when I start reading, for pleasure, and watching vintage B movies—even while exercising. I’ll review some of the show-business books I read during the next week, but I also took a tip from The New Yorker’s Anthony Lane in his review of Killing Them Softly. He wondered why Hollywood had made so little use of George V. Higgins’ crime novels over the years, citing the current Brad Pitt film (which I caught late in the game,...
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- 1/4/2013
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Returning for its fourth year we are proud to present the annual HeyUGuys movie awards – The Truffles.
As each year draws to a close we let our wonderful team of writers loose on the movie landscape to throw plaudits at the great and good and fettered eggnog at those responsible for the bad and cinematically reprehensible.
Here’s our take on the highs and lows of Movietown in 2012.
First up on stage…
Adam Lowes
Best use of CGI: Rust & Bone
It’s always the subtle work which yields the best results. Buoyed by a stunning turn by Marion Cotillard, the CG artists here do a remarkable and flawless job of presenting to the audience what looks like a genuine amputee. The results are shocking, wholly believable and never once distract from the drama.
Best film yet to be released in the UK: Beyond the Black Rainbow
The debut of Panos...
As each year draws to a close we let our wonderful team of writers loose on the movie landscape to throw plaudits at the great and good and fettered eggnog at those responsible for the bad and cinematically reprehensible.
Here’s our take on the highs and lows of Movietown in 2012.
First up on stage…
Adam Lowes
Best use of CGI: Rust & Bone
It’s always the subtle work which yields the best results. Buoyed by a stunning turn by Marion Cotillard, the CG artists here do a remarkable and flawless job of presenting to the audience what looks like a genuine amputee. The results are shocking, wholly believable and never once distract from the drama.
Best film yet to be released in the UK: Beyond the Black Rainbow
The debut of Panos...
- 12/21/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
This quote, from founding father Benjamin Franklin, doesn’t appear anywhere in Killing Them Softly, but I think it sums up the movie fairly succinctly.
From all outward appearances and marketing, Killing Them Softly is yet another entry in the never out of style gangster genre, a genre which is one of the most well-established perennials of American cinema. Don’t fool yourself though, this film ain’t Heat. It’s not Donnie Brasco either, or The Untouchables, or even Goodfellas. In terms of accessibility, Killing Them Softly is a much pricklier pear than these relatively straightforward films.
By way of plot, there is very little. Not much actually happens in the movie when you break it down step by step (which may partly be due to its brisk run time of 97 minutes). There’s a lot of dialogue,...
This quote, from founding father Benjamin Franklin, doesn’t appear anywhere in Killing Them Softly, but I think it sums up the movie fairly succinctly.
From all outward appearances and marketing, Killing Them Softly is yet another entry in the never out of style gangster genre, a genre which is one of the most well-established perennials of American cinema. Don’t fool yourself though, this film ain’t Heat. It’s not Donnie Brasco either, or The Untouchables, or even Goodfellas. In terms of accessibility, Killing Them Softly is a much pricklier pear than these relatively straightforward films.
By way of plot, there is very little. Not much actually happens in the movie when you break it down step by step (which may partly be due to its brisk run time of 97 minutes). There’s a lot of dialogue,...
- 12/10/2012
- by Christopher Lominac
- AreYouScreening.com
Emerging director Andrew Dominick come out swinging in this nonsensical gangland farce. Based on the novel .Cogan's Trade. by award winning post WWII author George V. Higgins, .Killing Them Softly. adds another chapter to the entertaining side of murderous gangland thievery. Although one of the leads is legendary TV mob player James Gandolfini (plays Mickey, the assassin with a late-life crisis) it is mob enforcer Jackie who is at the center of the action. Playing the semi-competent Jackie, Brad Pitt steals the show. Although some might compare this film to the TV show .Sopranos. with Gandolfini, actually it has much more in common with the 2008 Coen Brothers / Brad Pitt comedic success, .Burn After Reading.. Both films feature...
- 12/7/2012
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
Killing Them Softly has finally arrived in Us theaters, opening at the weekend, with the ever-brilliant Brad Pitt front and centre in the lead.
The film has been earning very strong reviews from critics – you can read our own review here – and whilst its opening numbers didn’t see it break into the Top 5 at the box office, I think this is going to be very much a film with legs, and if these latest three TV spots help persuade anyone to go out and see the film, then all the better.
“When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes up against along the way – an aging, drunken hit man,...
The film has been earning very strong reviews from critics – you can read our own review here – and whilst its opening numbers didn’t see it break into the Top 5 at the box office, I think this is going to be very much a film with legs, and if these latest three TV spots help persuade anyone to go out and see the film, then all the better.
“When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes up against along the way – an aging, drunken hit man,...
- 12/5/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After receiving a rare F CinemaScore from moviegoers, Brad Pitt's independent crime drama Killing Them Softly opened nationwide to a soft $7 million from 2,424 theaters, coming in No. 7. Directed by Andrew Dominik, the violent crime drama becomes only the eighth movie ever to receive the failing grade. Killing Them Softly and George Clooney's Solaris are the only nonhorror titles among the bunch. Pitt's Plan B production company produced the $15 million Killing Them Softly, based on George V. Higgins' 1974 book Cogan's Trade, with Inferno Entertainment and Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, which put up some of the financing.
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- 12/2/2012
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brad Pitt Killing Them Softly box office: Weak Friday Brad Pitt, big guns and all, has failed to rescue Andrew Dominik’s The Weinstein Company-distributed Killing Them Softly at the North American box office. The R-rated crime comedy-drama debuted with a dismal $2.51m at 2,424 locations on Friday, Nov. 30, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. (Photo: Brad Pitt Killing Them Softly.) Reviews for the New Orleans-set movie based on George V. Higgins’ novel have been mostly positive — or at least lukewarm [...]...
- 12/1/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Brad Pitt's Killing Them Softly opened nationwide to a soft $2.5 million, coming in No. 6 and earning a rare F CinemaScore. Directed by Andrew Dominik, the violent crime drama becomes only the eighth movie ever to receive the failing grade, and the third this year after horror pics The Devil Inside and Silent House. Killing Them Softly likely will open to $7 million, a disappointing number even though the movie cost only $15 million to produce. Photos: Brad Pitt's Most Memorable Movies Pitt's Plan B production company produced Killing Them Softly, based on George V. Higgins' 1974 book
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- 12/1/2012
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly," adapted from George V. Higgins' 1974 crime novel "Cogan's Trade," takes place in an atrophied post-Katrina New Orleans in 2008. Brad Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, a hitman whose preferred method of execution is explained in the film's updated title. As Dominik plays boldly with style, the heart of this formally impressive genre exercise slowly stops beating -- killed not softly but showily. Aviator-shaded Cogan arrives to investigate a Mob-protected poker game that has been looted. Unfortunately for the game's overseer, Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta), he once successfully organized a heist of his own card room, and the players know it. In the wake of a second heist, Markie's in the hot seat. The culprits of the second robbery are Frankie and Russell (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn), a pair of wobbly-voiced lowlifes hired by an outside party to raid the game. They're smart enough to know that the.
- 11/30/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Screenwriter/director Andrew Dominik has adapted true crime novelist's George V. Higgins Cogan's Trade into the film Killing Them Softly, which can be described as a dark comedy and crime drama. The criminal trade depicted by Higgins may be run by mobsters and "wise guys," but there are also those who don't have enough brains to know when not to talk to keep themselves out of trouble -- or alive.
Scoot McNairy (Monsters, Argo) portrays Frankie, a two-bit hoodlum fresh out of jail and right back into a life of crime along with his pal Russell (Ben Mendelsohn). The not-so-bright pair are convinced by Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) to hit a high-stakes card game ran by gangster Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta) with a plan to frame Markie for the robbery, which seems like a good plan since Markie had set up a raid on his own game himself. The local mobsters are not pleased,...
Scoot McNairy (Monsters, Argo) portrays Frankie, a two-bit hoodlum fresh out of jail and right back into a life of crime along with his pal Russell (Ben Mendelsohn). The not-so-bright pair are convinced by Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) to hit a high-stakes card game ran by gangster Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta) with a plan to frame Markie for the robbery, which seems like a good plan since Markie had set up a raid on his own game himself. The local mobsters are not pleased,...
- 11/30/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
In the five years since its release, "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford" has become an unlike but entirely deserving cult classic. Now Brad Pitt has reteamed with his former director, Andrew Dominik, to adapt George V. Higgins' 70s era novel "Cogan's Trade" as the 2008-set Recession drama "Killing Them Softly."
Here are your five reasons to see "Killing Them Softly."
Brad Pitt
Pitt has become what I like to call a "secret great actor." Rarely is he anything but superb—and "Killing Them Softly" is no exception—but what people think of most when it comes to Pitt is his celebrity status and someone who is more famous for being famous than for their talent. Here, like in "The Assassination of Jesse James," Pitt turns in standout work that deserves more consideration than we're inclined to give someone as well-known.
It Wears Its Heart...
Here are your five reasons to see "Killing Them Softly."
Brad Pitt
Pitt has become what I like to call a "secret great actor." Rarely is he anything but superb—and "Killing Them Softly" is no exception—but what people think of most when it comes to Pitt is his celebrity status and someone who is more famous for being famous than for their talent. Here, like in "The Assassination of Jesse James," Pitt turns in standout work that deserves more consideration than we're inclined to give someone as well-known.
It Wears Its Heart...
- 11/30/2012
- by Kevin P. Sullivan
- MTV Movies Blog
When the title for Andrew Dominik's Cogan's Trade was changed to Killing Them Softly there was a collective groan from the masses that were hotly anticipating its release. It seemed like a move from a "cool" and mysterious title to something more generic and audience friendly. It's not. It's right on the nose. A perfect title for an excellent film that wasn't anything like what I expected. Adapted from George V. Higgins's novel, this is a gangster film with guns, bloodshed, a heist and consequences, but it also serves as a metaphor for the whole of America -- from the top down. A commentary that isn't at all subtle, and not in a bad way. Ironically enough, the violent nature of this film, with its equal moments of beauty and savagery actually make for a perfect comparison. Set in 2008, amidst the financial crisis and the Presidential election, Killing Them Softly...
- 11/30/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The last time star Brad Pitt and writer/director Andrew Dominik teamed up was for “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”. That film is a long, slow burn; drifting in and out of scenes, dream-like at times. Despite the gradual, deliberate pace, there is a force behind the narrative. Their latest endeavor, “Killing Them Softly”, an adaptation of George V. Higgins’ novel “Cogan’s Trade”, aims for the same goal. This time, however, they miss the mark, and instead of a steady, measured tempo, the film sags and meanders. It goes nowhere, and in the end, even though the story reaches the only logical conclusion, it peters out and leaves you empty. That’s not to say that “Killing Them Softly” is bad. There are truly incredible elements, the performances are wonderful, and Dominik has a knack for creating moments of violence that are stunning and beautiful.
- 11/30/2012
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
This weekend Weinstein Co sends out their eagerly anticipated Killing Them Softly crime pic helmed by Dominik with Brad Pitt leading a strong cast including Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn on board. Pic adapted by Dominik from George V. Higgins' "Cogan's Trade" novel opens in 2,424 theaters. If you're up for a horror thriller, then Ld Entertainment's The Collection looks pretty much set to deliver what you need. The sequel to The Collector comes from Saw |V, V, VI writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who also scripted the first film. Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 50% positive, which is pretty high considering the garbage horror making their way into theaters lately, including The Devil Inside scoring 7% and the awful Paranormal Activity 4 which managed 24% There are 1,403 theaters available for the pic starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Lee Tergesen and Christopher McDonald and Daniel Sharman.
- 11/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
This weekend Weinstein Co sends out their eagerly anticipated Killing Them Softly crime pic helmed by Dominik with Brad Pitt leading a strong cast including Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn on board. Pic adapted by Dominik from George V. Higgins' "Cogan's Trade" novel opens in 2,424 theaters. If you're up for a horror thriller, then Ld Entertainment's The Collection looks pretty much set to deliver what you need. The sequel to The Collector comes from Saw |V, V, VI writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who also scripted the first film. Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 50% positive, which is pretty high considering the garbage horror making their way into theaters lately, including The Devil Inside scoring 7% and the awful Paranormal Activity 4 which managed 24% There are 1,403 theaters available for the pic starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Lee Tergesen and Christopher McDonald and Daniel Sharman.
- 11/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Killing Them Softly
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Written by Andrew Dominik
USA, 2012
Four years after the United States economic bailout, the fallout has not abated, either among those in the 1% of earners or everyone else. And now that we have a bit of distance from the immediacy of the tanking economy, we can look to popular culture to comment upon it; if we’re lucky, movies, books, TV shows, and pieces of music can do so intelligently and insightfully. With his new film, Killing Them Softly, writer-director Andrew Dominik isn’t able to balance a New Orleans-set crime drama with a sharp, pointed commentary on how the economy got so bad through gross negligence and exploitation. Despite the heavyhanded underlying message, however, Killing Them Softly is a tough, spare, and compelling crime drama.
A small-time crook working out of a dry cleaner hires two younger thugs (Scoot McNairy and Ben...
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Written by Andrew Dominik
USA, 2012
Four years after the United States economic bailout, the fallout has not abated, either among those in the 1% of earners or everyone else. And now that we have a bit of distance from the immediacy of the tanking economy, we can look to popular culture to comment upon it; if we’re lucky, movies, books, TV shows, and pieces of music can do so intelligently and insightfully. With his new film, Killing Them Softly, writer-director Andrew Dominik isn’t able to balance a New Orleans-set crime drama with a sharp, pointed commentary on how the economy got so bad through gross negligence and exploitation. Despite the heavyhanded underlying message, however, Killing Them Softly is a tough, spare, and compelling crime drama.
A small-time crook working out of a dry cleaner hires two younger thugs (Scoot McNairy and Ben...
- 11/30/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Killing Them Softly
Written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik
USA, 2012
Set against the backdrop of the 2008 Us election, chunks of both major parties’ campaign rhetoric, as well as that of former President Bush, permeate select scenes of Killing Them Softly via background radios and televisions, entering like tumbleweeds rolling across a set. The film’s jarringly edited opening credits even cut between the title cards and Scoot McNairy’s slow passing through windswept garbage in a decayed, unnamed suburbia, looking cold and in pain as a cigarette hangs from his mouth, as his walk is scored by the mangled audio mix of an Obama speech about the “American promise of life”: “to make of our own lives what we will.” Later music use also veers far from subtlety, with songs like “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries” chosen for blatant irony, and a scene of...
Written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik
USA, 2012
Set against the backdrop of the 2008 Us election, chunks of both major parties’ campaign rhetoric, as well as that of former President Bush, permeate select scenes of Killing Them Softly via background radios and televisions, entering like tumbleweeds rolling across a set. The film’s jarringly edited opening credits even cut between the title cards and Scoot McNairy’s slow passing through windswept garbage in a decayed, unnamed suburbia, looking cold and in pain as a cigarette hangs from his mouth, as his walk is scored by the mangled audio mix of an Obama speech about the “American promise of life”: “to make of our own lives what we will.” Later music use also veers far from subtlety, with songs like “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries” chosen for blatant irony, and a scene of...
- 11/30/2012
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
Updating a realistic economic story from a little-known 1974 novel, and infusing the plot with dialogue-driven scenes, impressive stunts and diverse characters, can be challenging for many screenwriters and directors. But crime filmmaker Andrew Dominik effortlessly did just that with his new crime drama thriller ‘Killing Them Softly,’ which is based on author George V. Higgins’ book ‘Cogan’s Trade.’ While the characters in the film all have differing motives that drive their actions, they’re all similar in the fact that they’re affected by the 2008 economic crisis, and they’re driven to take extreme measures to get what they want. ‘Killing Them Softly’ follows Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola), a longtime hanger-on [ Read More ]
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- 11/29/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
With its premiere at Cannes one year on, it's hard to imagine that Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly won't be compared frequently to Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 hit Drive. The comparison would be apt. Both films portray a stylized, raw, and violent vision of reality. They both represent the cutting edge of storytelling from two of the brightest up and coming directors. Oh, and both films might just be the best of their respective years. Based on the novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins and adapted by Dominik, Killing Them Softly is a gritty crime tale of Mafia hitmen and petty thugs. Brad Pitt gets top billing as hitman Jackie Cogan, but he is far less the protagonist than Ryan Gosling's Driver in Refn's...
- 11/29/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Everything in Killing Them Softly that springs from George V. Higgins’s 1974 crime novel Cogan’s Trade is very fine: grimly amusing then shockingly brutal. It’s when New Zealand–born director and screenwriter Andrew Dominik veers off course to give us his deep thoughts on the American character that it’s a head-slapper. The effect is genuinely odd. There we are, immersed in New Orleans circa the early seventies, and a TV or radio will interrupt the action with the latest from the 2008 presidential campaign and financial meltdown—we’re thrown from the movie as abruptly as James Bond pushing the button on his ejector seat. That I sympathize with Dominik’s cynical view of our professed Jeffersonian ideals and polar-opposite practices only made things worse. Hearing one’s own opinions put to foolish use can undermine them faster than the wisest counterargument.Higgins isn’t around to protest,...
- 11/29/2012
- by David Edelstein
- Vulture
New York -- The face is hardly wrinkled and the long blond locks appear unchanged, but Brad Pitt, who will turn 49 in December, is increasingly preoccupied with the passage of time and the thought that his rarefied place in movies is fleeting.
It's now been more than 20 years since Pitt broke out as the heartthrob of "Thelma & Louise." While nothing has diminished his status as one of the few genuine movie stars on the planet, Pitt says he's now working as if an expiration date lurks.
"I'm definitely past halfway," says Pitt. "I think about it very much as a father. You just want to be around to see (your children) do everything. If I have so many days left, how am I filling those days? I've been agonizing over that one a bit like I never have before."
But that sense of urgency has helped fuel some of Pitt's best,...
It's now been more than 20 years since Pitt broke out as the heartthrob of "Thelma & Louise." While nothing has diminished his status as one of the few genuine movie stars on the planet, Pitt says he's now working as if an expiration date lurks.
"I'm definitely past halfway," says Pitt. "I think about it very much as a father. You just want to be around to see (your children) do everything. If I have so many days left, how am I filling those days? I've been agonizing over that one a bit like I never have before."
But that sense of urgency has helped fuel some of Pitt's best,...
- 11/28/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
-- Writer-director Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly" is an incredibly stylish genre exercise set in the world of mobsters, junkies and lowlifes, but it's also trying incredibly hard to be About Something.
Not content merely to be profane, abrasive and occasionally, darkly amusing, it also wants to be relevant. And so Dominik has taken the 1974 crime novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins and set it in the days before the 2008 presidential election, just as the U.S. economy is in the midst of catastrophic collapse. Every television and radio is tuned to then-candidate Barack Obama or President George W. Bush addressing the nation – even in bars and thugs' cars – with the volume cranked way up, commenting all-too obviously on the film's action.
As if we couldn't decipher for ourselves that organized crime functions as its own form of capitalism, "Killing Them Softly" turns on the mini-implosion that occurs...
Not content merely to be profane, abrasive and occasionally, darkly amusing, it also wants to be relevant. And so Dominik has taken the 1974 crime novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins and set it in the days before the 2008 presidential election, just as the U.S. economy is in the midst of catastrophic collapse. Every television and radio is tuned to then-candidate Barack Obama or President George W. Bush addressing the nation – even in bars and thugs' cars – with the volume cranked way up, commenting all-too obviously on the film's action.
As if we couldn't decipher for ourselves that organized crime functions as its own form of capitalism, "Killing Them Softly" turns on the mini-implosion that occurs...
- 11/28/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Get interviews from the stars and filmmakers of Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly, including Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Scott McNairy, Max Casella, Ben Mendelsohn, Trevor Long, Vincent Curatola and producer Dede Gardner and of course helmer and scribe Dominik. Weinstein Co. sends out the film based on the novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins, which finds theaters on November 30th. Unfortunately, there isn't one with Brad Pitt or James Gandolfini, but you can't win 'em all! Killing Them Softly is an explosive gangster thriller starring Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins. A longtime hanger-on in the wiseguy world, Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) has come up with a slick plan to roll a mob-protected card game. To complete the actual theft, Johnny turns to Frankie (Scoot McNairy), a jittery young crook who is fresh out of jail and flat broke, and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), a gleefully...
- 11/27/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Get interviews from the stars and filmmakers of Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly, including Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Scott McNairy, Max Casella, Ben Mendelsohn, Trevor Long, Vincent Curatola and producer Dede Gardner and of course helmer and scribe Dominik. Weinstein Co. sends out the film based on the novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins, which finds theaters on November 30th. Unfortunately, there isn't one with Brad Pitt or James Gandolfini, but you can't win 'em all! Killing Them Softly is an explosive gangster thriller starring Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins. A longtime hanger-on in the wiseguy world, Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) has come up with a slick plan to roll a mob-protected card game. To complete the actual theft, Johnny turns to Frankie (Scoot McNairy), a jittery young crook who is fresh out of jail and flat broke, and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), a gleefully...
- 11/27/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In 2007, Australian director Andrew Dominik (who had risen to prominence based on his terrific debut film “Chopper”) and mega-watt star Brad Pitt teamed up for the existential western “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” One of the year's best films (in a year positively stuffed with them, from “No Country for Old Men” to “There Will Be Blood” to “Zodiac”), it was more or less ignored and died a dog's death at the box office. Thankfully, Dominik and Pitt didn't let the inglorious demise of “Jesse James” get to them, and the duo are now returning this weekend with the pitch-black crime saga “Killing Them Softly.” Adapted from a novel by George V. Higgins, the thriller has a dynamite cast that includes Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, and (briefly) Sam Shepherd, as well as a lean, mean story that is all killer,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
In 2007, Australian director Andrew Dominik (who had risen to prominence based on his terrific debut film “Chopper”) and mega-watt star Brad Pitt teamed up for the existential western “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” One of the year's best films (in a year positively stuffed with them, from “No Country for Old Men” to “There Will Be Blood” to “Zodiac”), it was more or less ignored and died a dog's death at the box office. Thankfully, Dominik and Pitt didn't let the inglorious demise of “Jesse James” get to them, and the duo are now returning this weekend with the pitch-black crime saga “Killing Them Softly.” Adapted from a novel by George V. Higgins, the thriller has a dynamite cast that includes Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, and (briefly) Sam Shepherd, as well as a lean, mean story that is all killer,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
Get yourself a shower, go to bed – says Brad Pitt to James Gandolfini in this completely new clip from their upcoming Killing Them Softly movie which opens in a few days! I’m sure you already know everything about Andrew Dominik‘s crime film, the reviews are pretty good, and as you’ll see from this video – the cast definitely looks perfect. I mean, take Gandolfini for example – is there a better guy to portray lazy & depressed hitman? Hell no!
So, here’s a little reminder. First of all, the movie is actually based on George V. Higgins 1974 novel Cogan’s Trade which follows professional enforcer Jackie Cogan, who investigates a heist that occurs during a high-stakes, mob-protected poker game.
Beside great Pitt who stars as the above mentioned Cogan, the rest of the Killing Them Softly cast includes Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins, Bella Heathcote, Vincent Curatola, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy,...
So, here’s a little reminder. First of all, the movie is actually based on George V. Higgins 1974 novel Cogan’s Trade which follows professional enforcer Jackie Cogan, who investigates a heist that occurs during a high-stakes, mob-protected poker game.
Beside great Pitt who stars as the above mentioned Cogan, the rest of the Killing Them Softly cast includes Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins, Bella Heathcote, Vincent Curatola, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Killing Them Softly finally arrives in the Us this Friday, with Brad Pitt taking the lead in one of the most anticipated crime-thrillers of the year.
The film has already been released on our shores in the UK – you can read our review here – and The Weinstein Company have given it an Oscar-primed slot in the Us this month, with some strong buzz surrounding the film with almost universally praiseworthy reviews.
We saw a great new Us trailer for the film last week, and now Yahoo Movies have debuted a new clip, ahead of its release in the States this weekend.
“When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes...
The film has already been released on our shores in the UK – you can read our review here – and The Weinstein Company have given it an Oscar-primed slot in the Us this month, with some strong buzz surrounding the film with almost universally praiseworthy reviews.
We saw a great new Us trailer for the film last week, and now Yahoo Movies have debuted a new clip, ahead of its release in the States this weekend.
“When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes...
- 11/26/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
What It Don’t Get I Can’t Use: Dominik’s Latest Period Piece Explores the Mob’s Economic Crises
Life imitates art, it could be argued, with Andrew Dominik’s latest film, Killing Them Softly, a talky genre effort with the repetitive din of the 2008 presidential elections buzzing in the background, and the economic recession nearly materializing as a physical character itself, so many times it is invoked as the impetus for each character’s action. Because of its heavily stylized and overt nihilism about the ignorant posturing of American life, Dominik’s latest film may not receive the championing reception it deserves, but several decades from now, a generation or two removed from the financial woes of 2008, should grant the film a reputation of note, even if the plot is perilously paper thin.
Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola), who runs a dry cleaning business with underworld ties on the side,...
Life imitates art, it could be argued, with Andrew Dominik’s latest film, Killing Them Softly, a talky genre effort with the repetitive din of the 2008 presidential elections buzzing in the background, and the economic recession nearly materializing as a physical character itself, so many times it is invoked as the impetus for each character’s action. Because of its heavily stylized and overt nihilism about the ignorant posturing of American life, Dominik’s latest film may not receive the championing reception it deserves, but several decades from now, a generation or two removed from the financial woes of 2008, should grant the film a reputation of note, even if the plot is perilously paper thin.
Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola), who runs a dry cleaning business with underworld ties on the side,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Brad Pitt reunites with his director on "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," Andrew Dominik, for the upcoming crime thriller "Killing Them Softly." If the new trailer is any indication, the film promises to be a heavily stylized riff on a well-worn genre built around another stoic standout turn from the ever-reliable Pitt. Set to open in select theaters Nov. 30 via the Weinstein Company, "Killing Them Softly"centers on a mob enforcer (Pitt) sent to Boston to take out a couple of small-time hoods who robbed a poker game. The film's based on George V. Higgins' 1974 crime novel "Cogan's Trade." Read More: It's Official: The Posters For 'Killing Them Softly' Are Among the Year's Best "The screenplay is a treatise on why the tough guys always win in a society invariably set against itself," wrote Eric Kohn in his review out of Cannes,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
With his latest film, Killing Them Softly, already receiving generally positive reviews from its premiere at Cannes as well as its early release overseas, director Andrew Dominik is out doing the press rounds in order to drum up excitement for the film’s November 30th release in North America.
Based on the novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly is a crime film that follows “professional enforcer Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), who investigates a heist that occurs during a high-stakes, mob-protected poker game.” With a cast led by Pitt and filled with supporting actors like Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and Scoot McNairy, the talent on display for Dominik’s third feature film is certainly impressive.
Earlier this week, Andrew Dominik sat down with us to discuss all things Killing Them Softly, including the casting process, his choice of songs for the soundtrack, the running political commentary throughout,...
Based on the novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly is a crime film that follows “professional enforcer Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), who investigates a heist that occurs during a high-stakes, mob-protected poker game.” With a cast led by Pitt and filled with supporting actors like Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and Scoot McNairy, the talent on display for Dominik’s third feature film is certainly impressive.
Earlier this week, Andrew Dominik sat down with us to discuss all things Killing Them Softly, including the casting process, his choice of songs for the soundtrack, the running political commentary throughout,...
- 11/23/2012
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Sexy film icon Brad Pitt‘s latest feature, Killing Them Softly, doesn’t get a wide release until later next week, but the film has already garnered positive reviews that highlight his performance (like our own Killing Them Softly review). To get moviegoers even more excited for the film, a new trailer debuted online yesterday via IGN and you can check it out for yourself below.
From writer/director Andrew Dominik, who also helmed another Brad Pitt starrer, The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and adapted from a novel by George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly follows professional enforcer, Jackie Cogan (Pitt), who investigates a heist that occurs during a high stakes, mob-protected, poker game.
With a subtly violent style and hints at beautiful performances all around, the trailer looks very promising. There are some great shots to be seen here, and I was pleasantly surprised...
From writer/director Andrew Dominik, who also helmed another Brad Pitt starrer, The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and adapted from a novel by George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly follows professional enforcer, Jackie Cogan (Pitt), who investigates a heist that occurs during a high stakes, mob-protected, poker game.
With a subtly violent style and hints at beautiful performances all around, the trailer looks very promising. There are some great shots to be seen here, and I was pleasantly surprised...
- 11/22/2012
- by C.P. Howells
- We Got This Covered
Don't let "Killing Them Softly" get lost in the throng of year-end prestige releases. The new film, from year-end specialists The Weinstein Company, is out on Nov. 30 and has received strong reviews since its bow at the Cannes Film Festival in May. It also stars Brad Pitt and at least three former cast members from "The Sopranos."
Based on the 1974 crime novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins, "Killing Them Softly" focuses on a hitman (Pitt) hired to dispose of a few small-time crooks after they rob a local poker game. James Gandolfini plays one of Pitt's onscreen associates, while Vincent Curatola -- better known to "Sopranos" fans as Johnny Sack -- appears in the film (and this new trailer) as well. A third former "Sopranos" co-star, Max Casella, is listed on the "Killing Them Softly" IMDb page.
Despite the fact that Higgins' novel takes place in the '70s,...
Based on the 1974 crime novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins, "Killing Them Softly" focuses on a hitman (Pitt) hired to dispose of a few small-time crooks after they rob a local poker game. James Gandolfini plays one of Pitt's onscreen associates, while Vincent Curatola -- better known to "Sopranos" fans as Johnny Sack -- appears in the film (and this new trailer) as well. A third former "Sopranos" co-star, Max Casella, is listed on the "Killing Them Softly" IMDb page.
Despite the fact that Higgins' novel takes place in the '70s,...
- 11/22/2012
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
There’s a new trailer for Killing Them Softly, which you can see below.
Adapted from George V. Higgins’ novel and set in New Orleans, the film stars Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
In addition to Pitt, the film also stars Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard, and Scoot McNairy. Andrew Dominik is directing from a script he adapted.
Kill Them Softly hits theatres November 30th.
Source: IGN...
Adapted from George V. Higgins’ novel and set in New Orleans, the film stars Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
In addition to Pitt, the film also stars Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard, and Scoot McNairy. Andrew Dominik is directing from a script he adapted.
Kill Them Softly hits theatres November 30th.
Source: IGN...
- 11/22/2012
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
Due out in the Us next weekend, in the height of the Oscar season, Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly promises to be one of the year’s best films.
Led by Brad Pitt, the film was released here in the UK back in September – you can read our review here – and The Weinstein Company decided to push its Us release back, presumably to give it a more prominent position for a coming campaign.
We saw a new Us TV spot for the film last week, and now IGN have released a new trailer, giving another great look at the film.
“When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes...
Led by Brad Pitt, the film was released here in the UK back in September – you can read our review here – and The Weinstein Company decided to push its Us release back, presumably to give it a more prominent position for a coming campaign.
We saw a new Us TV spot for the film last week, and now IGN have released a new trailer, giving another great look at the film.
“When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes...
- 11/21/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Brad Pitt's next outing, Killing Them Softly, has had a few delays and a title change (formerly Cogan's Trade), but mostly positive reviews and a slick marketing campaign. Today, we have a new trailer for the film, which reteams Pitt with Andrew Dominik, the director of The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. Based on the novel by George V. Higgins, the story follows a mob enforcer (Pitt) who is investigating a poker game robbery. Sounds...
- 11/21/2012
- by Paul Shirey
- JoBlo.com
A new trailer for writer/director Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly has debuted at IGN and can be watched using the player below. Adapted from George V. Higgins' novel and set in New Orleans, Killing Them Softly follows professional enforcer, Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), who investigates a heist that occurs during a high stakes, mob-protected, poker game. Co-starring James Gandolfini, Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins, Bella Heathcote, Vincent Curatola, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn and Linara Washington, the film hits theaters on November 30.
- 11/21/2012
- Comingsoon.net
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