Brad Pitt Crashes at the Box Office

December 3, 2012 By 710 Comments

Brad Pitt’s “Killing Them Softly” sure took a beating at the box office this weekend. The film took home an embarrassing $7 million, making it Brad Pitt’s worst live-action release.

“Twilight Breaking Dawn: Part 2″ continued its domination at the box office, claiming the number one spot for the third week in a row. The film took home an additional $17.4 million this weekend, bringing the domestic earnings to $254.6 million.

“Skyfall” and “Lincoln” took the second and third place slots with $17 and $13.5 million.

 

 

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WATCH: New Trailer For Brad Pitt’s ‘Killing Them Softly’

November 24, 2012 By 82 Comments

 

Awesome poster, right?

Just released is another trailer with new footage for Andrew Dominik’s hitman flick ‘Killing Them Softly’, starring Brad Pitt.  What do you think?

The story follows Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), who’s job is to track down the people who ripped off a mob-protected poker game.  Ray Liotta is the hustler running the poker game, Vincent Curatola plays an ex-con looking for revenge, Richard Jenkins plays a shady lawyer, and James Gandolfini plays an alcoholic hit man.

 

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New International Trailer For Brad Pitt’s Mob Flick ‘Killing Them Softly’

October 18, 2012 By 356 Comments

There’s a brand new international trailer for Brad Pitt’s mob flick ‘Killing Them Softly’ directed by Andrew Dominik.

The story follows Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), who’s job is to track down the people who ripped off a mob-protected poker game.  Ray Liotta is the hustler running the poker game, Vincent Curatola plays an ex-con looking for revenge, Richard Jenkins plays a shady lawyer, and James Gandolfini plays an alcoholic hit man.

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Movie Trailer: Straight From Cannes 2012, Brad Pitt’s ‘Killing Them Softly’

August 3, 2012 By 914 Comments

Straight from Cannes 2012, Brad Pitt’s ‘Killing Them Softly’.

Adapted from the novel by George V. Higgins, Brad Pitt stars as Jackie Cogan, a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game in New Orleans.

And what a cast!… The film also features Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), with James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Vincent Curatola, Max Casella and Sam Shepard among others.

Here’s the FIRST trailer. Let us know what you think!

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Cannes Film Festival 2012 Full Line-up

April 19, 2012 By 397 Comments

Cannes has announced its complete line-up for the 2012 festival, including Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, Brad Pitt’s Killing Them Softly, David Cronenberg’s ultra-violent Cosmopolis, and Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy.

Here’s the full list!…

Competitive Films
Moonrise Kingdom (Dir. Wes Anderson)
De Rouille et d’Os (Dir. Jacques Audiard)
Holy Motors (Dir. Leos Carax)
Cosmopolis (Dir. David Cronenberg)
The Paperboy (Dir. Lee Daniels)
Killing Them Softly (Dir. Andrew Dominik)
Reality (Dir. Matteo Garrone)
Amour (Love)  (Dir. Michael Haneke)
Lawless (Dir. John Hillcoat)
Da-Reun Na-Ra-e-Suh (In Another Country) (Dir. Hong Sangsoo)
Do-Nui Mat (The Taste of Money) (Dir. Im Sang-soo)
Like Someone in Love (Dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
The Angels’ Share (Dir. Ken Loach)
V Tumane (In the Fog) (Dir. Sergei Loznitsa)
Beyond the Hills (Dir. Cristian Mungiu)
Baad el Mawkeaa (After the Battle) (Dir. Yousry Nasrallah)
Mud (Dir. Jeff Nichols)
Vous n’avez encore rien vu (Dir. Alain Resnais)
Post Tenebras Lux (Dir. Carlos Reygadas)
On the Road (Sur la Route) (Dir. Walter Salles)
Paradies: Liebe (Paradise: Love) (Dir. Ulrich Seidl)
Jagten (The Hunt) (Dir. Thomas Vinterberg)

Un Certain Regard
Miss Lovely (Dir. Ashim Ahluwalia)
La Playa (Dir. Juan Andrés Arango)
Les Chevaux de Dieu (God’s Horses) (Dir. Nabil Ayouch)
Trois Monde (Dir. Catherine Corsini)
Antiviral (Dir. Brandon Cronenberg)
7 Dias en la Habana (Dir. Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabio, Gaspard Noé, and Laurent Cantet)
Le Grand Soir (Dir. Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern)
Laurence Anyways (Dir. Xavier Dolan)
Después de Lucia (Dir. Michel Franco)
Aimer à perdre la raison (Dir. Joachim Lafosse)
Student (Dir. Darezhan Omirbayev)
La Pirogue (The Pirogue) (Dir. Moussa Toure)
Elefante Blanco (White Elephant) (Dir. Pablo Trapero)
Confession of a Child of the Century (Dir. Sylvie Verheyde)
Mystery (Dir. You Le)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dir. Benh Zeitlin)

Non-Competitive Films
Thérèse Desqueyroux (Dir. Claude Miller)
Io e Te (Me and You) (Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (Dir. Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath)
Hemingway & Gellhorn (Dir. Philip Kaufman)

Midnight Screenings
Dario Argento’s Dracula (Dir. Dario Argento)
Ai to Makoto (Dir. Takashi Miike)

65th Birthday
Une journée particulière (Dir. Gilles Jacob and Samuel Faure)

Special Screenings
Der Müll im Garten Eden (Polluting Paradise) (Dir. Fatih Akin)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (Dir. Laurent Bouzereau)
The Central Park Five (Dir. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon)
Les Invisibles (Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz)
Journal de France (Dir. Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon)
A Musica Segundo Tom Jobim (Dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos)
Villegas (Dir. Gonzalo Tobal)
Mekong Hotel (Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

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