Killing Them Softly

“Very few guys know me.” Uttered by Brad Pitt as gangster enforcer Jackie, these five words make for a terrifying threat—and a great movie line. And there’s plenty more where that came from in writer-director Andrew Dominik’s script for Killing Them Softly, a crime thriller that plays comedic in the moment but dark, bleak and fiendishly stylish in retrospect—all of Dominik’s visual and aural flair centers on the film’s most violent moments to a soundtrack of political broadcasts. A half decade after the gorgeous Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, director and star reunite for another period...  read more

Watch a New Killing Them Softly Trailer

With Oscar season hitting its stride, one film appears to be flying under the radar that may emerge as a sleeper contender: Killing Them Softly, a crime drama with a star-studded cast headlined by Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini. The film has generated little buzz and likely as a result the Weinstein Co. has released a second trailer for the upcoming film....  read more

Watch a Trailer for Killing Them Softly

Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini in the same gangster film? With Brad Pitt playing a cigarette-smoking, long-haired hit man? Sounds good to us....  read more