Ray Liotta products
Quicklinks
Top Links
biographyby votesawardsNewsDeskmessage boardFilmographies
overviewby typeby yearby ratingsby votesby TV series awards by genre by keywordBiographical
biography other works publicity photo galleryTwitterblogNewsDeskmessage boardExternal Links
official sites miscellaneous photographs sound clips video clipsNews for
Ray Liotta More at IMDbPro »
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
1-20 of 249 items from 2012 « Prev | Next »
Killing Them Softly Clips – Starring Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta And Sam Shepard
25 May 2012 9:51 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
See Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins discuss their preferred killing methods in a new clip from Killing Them Softly, a new film from The Weinstein Company that has been creating a buzz after its recent premiere at Cannes. (via IGN). An original first clip follows.
Three dumb guys who think they.re smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order. The film will released later this year.
Killing Them Softly also features Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), James Gandolfini (.The Sopranos.), Ray Liotta (Narc), Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom), and Vincent Curatola (.The Sopranos.). Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard also make appearances.
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 »
- Michelle McCue
New Clip from Killing Them Softly Starring Brad Pitt
25 May 2012 1:36 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
A new clip from director Andrew Dominik’s (The Assassination of Jesse James) crime drama Killing Them Softly has been released. The film stars Brad Pitt as a mob enforcer who’s tasked with investigating the robbery of a high-stakes poker game. The pic premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week to a widlly enthusiastic response, and apparently Dominik has crafted the crime drama as a not-so-subtle critique of capitalism. We got a look at the excellent minimalist teaser poster a few days ago, and this clip features a funny scene between Pitt’s character and Richard Jenkins in which the title of the film becomes crystal clear. If you missed the Ray Liotta-enhanced first clip from the film, click here. Hit the jump to watch the clip. The film also stars James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Richard Jenkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Scoot McNairy, Bella Heathcote, and Sam Shepard. »
- Adam Chitwood
New Killing Them Softly movie clip
25 May 2012 7:53 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
New clip from Killing Them Softly with Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins In this new video from Andrew Dominik-directed crime thriller, Brad Pitt (Jackie Cogan) speaks to Richard Jenkins about his preferred method of offing someone, and clearly doesn't like to "wack" them up close and personal. In the Weinstein Co. distributed film scripted by Dominik from the George V. Higgins novel "Cogan's Trade," Pitt is a professional enforcer investigating a heist that took place during a mob-protected poker game. Also in the cast are Ray Liotta, Scott McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Max Casella, Sam Shepard, Slaine, Vincent Curatola, Garret Dillahunt and Trevor Long. »
23 New Posters from Cannes Including Struck By Lightning, White House Taken, Homefront Starring Jason Statham, and More
24 May 2012 3:45 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The Cannes Film Festival is currently running over in France, and while the Fest hosts the premieres of such prestige pictures as Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom and John Hillcoat’s Lawless, it’s also a place to sell movies for distribution. We’ve already brought you some billboards and sales posters for Django Unchained, One Shot, Spring Breakers and more, and now our international correspondent Magdalena has sent over quite a few more posters. We've got new looks at the Gerard Butler-fronted White House Taken, Chris Colfer’s Struck By Lightning, the drama Love and Honor starring Liam Hemsworth, a film called Homefront written and produced by Sylvester Stallone and starring Jason Statham, and many more. Hit the jump to check out all the posters. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the more high profile films: White House Taken – Gerard Butler Love and Honor – Liam Hemsworth »
- Adam Chitwood
First Clips From Andrew Dominik's 'Killing Them Softly'
24 May 2012 2:24 PM, PDT | FlicksNews.net | See recent FlicksNews.net news »
Formerly known as 'Cogan's Trade,' here the first clips from Andrew Dominik's 'Killing Them Softly' prior to the Cannes premiere. The first shows Ray Liotta getting roughed up.
Clip two shows where the film got its new name from as Brad Pitt explains to Richard Jenkins his preferred method of whacking dudes.
Based on the 1974 novel 'Cogan's Trade,' 'Killing Them Softly' is about Jackie Cogan a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
It opens 21 September 2012.
»
- noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
Cannes: Andrew Dominik On The Violence, Politics & Look Of 'Killing Them Softly' With Brad Pitt
24 May 2012 11:19 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
In what turned out to be a banner year for the movies in 2007, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" ended up somewhat overshadowed. As fellow neo-Westerns "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men" swept up plaudits and Oscars, the picture, the second by Australian director Andrew Dominik, was plagued by post-production battles and an indifferent release by Warner Bros., which saw it come and go to in theaters fairly quickly in limited release. But by decade's end, many had since rediscovered the picture as one of the finest of the '00s, and as such, Dominik's first film since, crime tale "Killing Them Softly," was one of the most eagerly anticipated pictures of the Cannes Film Festival this year.
Based on the novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins, the film is a politically charged thriller about the fall-out when two junkies rob a protected, »
- Aaron Hillis
Stallone 3-Disc DVD & Blu-Ray of ‘Cop Land’, ‘Lock Up’ & ‘Rambo: First Blood’ out in August!
24 May 2012 8:22 AM, PDT | Destroy the Brain | See recent Destroy the Brain news »
Three of Stallone’s best films are about to be into one explosive package on DVD & Blu-Ray! James Mangold’s under-appreciated Cop Land, John Flynn’s Lock Up and the classic Rambo: First Blood will be in a 3-Pack DVD and Blu-Ray set from Lionsgate Home Entertainment in August! Read below for all the fine details!
From the Press Release:
The world’s favorite action superstar, Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Rocky, 1976), is back with the Blu-ray Disc and DVD release of the Stallone 3-Film Collector’s Set from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Just in time for the theatrical release of his highly anticipated action film, The Expendables 2, this collection features three of Stallone’s most memorable hit films Cop Land, Rambo: First Blood and Lock Up, together for the first time. A must-have for Stallone fans of all generations, the collection »
- Andy Triefenbach
The River Murders – DVD Review
24 May 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Jack Verdon (Ray Liotta) is a homicide detective in Washington, called to a murder scene that looks familiar. The victim is an old flame of his, murdered at a place where they had enjoyed a bit of loving many years back. This places him on the list of suspects, though he knows it is just a formality. However, more and more bodies start to turn up, all with the same grisly Mo, all with a sexual history with Jack and so the hunt is on for a serial killer who seems to know an impossible amount about Jack’s past.
*****
The River Murders boasts an intriguing premise and quasi-religious undertones, with the killer (whose identity but not his motives we discover relatively early on) quoting passages and characters from the Bible within the various notes he leaves for the police and FBI. This could draw comparisons with David Fincher’s Seven, »
- Dave Roper
Brad Pitt Reveals Why He's Acting Less
24 May 2012 6:30 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Cannes, France -- Brad Pitt is making the movie star thing look darn easy.
Since he last collaborated with Andrew Dominik, he's starred in the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading," David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," and Bennett Miller's "Moneyball."
It's been arguably the best stretch of his career, one vacillating between comedy and drama and defined not by summer blockbusters but by provocative director-oriented fare.
The bookends to the period are Dominik's "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and "Killing Them Softly," which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
Things are going great even as Pitt insists that movie-making is not his top priority.
"Right now, I'm just attracted to being a dad," said Pitt in an interview in a hotel penthouse in Cannes. »
- AP
Killing Kills It
24 May 2012 4:52 AM, PDT | IMDb Blog - All the Latest | See recent IMDb Blog - All the Latest news »
Brad Pitt and director Andrew Dominik of Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly wowed most but not all critics in its debut Tuesday. Directed by Andrew Dominik the film compares small-time hoods who need to clean up after a messy robbery to corporate malfeasance, the banking scandal, the housing bubble and the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections.
Dominik directed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward, Robert Ford and he’s once again exploring the nature of violence in a criminal community, though the tone is entirely different. In Killing two simpletons are commissioned to knock off a mob-protected poker game. The guy who runs the game, Markie (Ray Liotta) had actually arranged to have his own game robbed earlier and later admitted it. The guys figure that, if it ever happens again, that Markie will be suspect #1 on the mob’s list while they get away free. »
- keithsim
Cannes: 'Killing Them Softly' Helmer Andrew Dominik Talks Music As Film: 'Jesse James' Was My Leonard Cohen Song, 'Killing Them Softly' Is A Pop Tune
23 May 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Five Things Learned from the “Killing Them Softly” Press Conference At Cannes & Five New Photos From The Film
A film that probably needs no introduction at this point, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” filmmaker Andrew Dominik’s “Killing Them Softly” has been setting the Croisette ablaze with high praises coming from all around, including our own reviewer who called it “brilliant and angry,” and most notably “the anti-thriller for our times.” Following George V. Higgins’ 1974 novel “Cogan’s Trade” (the film’s title before it went all The Fugees on us), ‘Softly’ follows a point man named Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), whose job it is to scout locations for a hitman, only now he finds himself wrapped up in an investigation involving a heist of mafia assets during a poker game. For anyone who saw and loved the vastly underrated ‘Jesse James’ (we certainly did »
- Benjamin Wright
Brad Pitt Parties with Diddy (and Ray Liotta) in Cannes
23 May 2012 8:30 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
After attending the premiere of his movie Killing Them Softly at the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday, Brad Pitt hosted an intimate party at Villa St. George that evening for close friends and people who were involved with the film. About 100 people attended the soiree, which was sponsored by Johnny Walker Blue Label. Celebrities like Diddy, Kylie Minogue, Chris Tucker and Ray Liotta partied until the wee hours of the morning. The party felt almost like a pre-bachelor party for the newly engaged Pitt, with refreshments including cigars and £250 bottles of Johnnie Walker whiskey. Towards the end of the evening, Pitt's »
Brad Pitt Defends Violent New Movie At Cannes
23 May 2012 5:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Brad Pitt has defended the level of violence in his new gangster movie Killing Them Softly, insisting gory scenes are "absolutely important to film".
The Hollywood actor plays a mob fixer opposite Ray Liotta in the movie, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France this week (beg21May12).
It features a number of brutal and bloody murder scenes, but Pitt is adamant violence on the big screen is an important part of Hollywood and admits he would feel worse about playing a racist character than a cold-blooded killer.
He tells reporters at Cannes, "Violence is an accepted part of the gangster world. Murder is a possibility. I would have a harder time playing a racist, something along those lines; that would be much more upsetting to me than playing someone shooting a guy in the face.
"But we live in such a violent world. I grew up hunting, which is a very violent act. If you've ever had a hamburger, the way they butcher a cow is barbaric and horrendous. This is the world we live in. I see violence as absolutely important to film." »
Cannes Review: Andrew Dominik’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ Is An Artfully Crafted Take on the Gangster Genre
22 May 2012 5:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Andrew Dominik always had an ominous mountain to climb with his next feature, having polarized opinion with The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford, that most tonal and visually textured of revisionist Westerns, but with Killing Them Softly he has certainly at least avoided the black hole that tends to suck young talents perilously down into obscurity. He might not, however, have scored a huge commercial hit. Taking a leaf out of Jesse James‘s book, Killing Them Softly is effectively a post-gangster film, deconstructing the genre and smashing it against the oh-so-contemporary wall built by recessions and austerity measures. The label might still seem to read “gangster,” with the presence of wise guys and henchmen presiding over their own lawless patches of the murky underbelly of normal society, but gone is the aspirational elements of Goodfellas and Casino in favor of a tight-belted, thoroughly modern revision of the gangster ideal. For »
- Simon Gallagher
Cannes 2012: Killing Them Softly – review
22 May 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Andrew Dominik's immensely gripping and brutal world of recession-hit criminals, starring Brad Pitt, is smart and nasty, with a political dimension, too
The adverb is horribly inappropriate. Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly is a slick ensemble-nightmare of middle-management mobster brutality and incompetence in the tradition of Goodfellas and Casino, Pulp Fiction and TV's The Sopranos, with something of the opening voiceover monologue from the Coens' Blood Simple: the one about being on your own.
It is outstandingly watchable, superbly and casually pessimistic, a world of slot-mouthed professional and semi-professional criminals always complaining about cleaning up the mess made by other screwups. The movie delivers the classic mob "betrayal" trope: someone shoots someone else, at close range, suddenly and terrifyingly, having lulled his victim – and us – into a false sense of security with a long pointless conversation about what they were going to do later.
The movie is »
- Peter Bradshaw
It's the economy, stupid
22 May 2012 4:00 PM, PDT | eyeforfilm.co.uk | See recent eyeforfilm.co.uk news »
In uncertain economic times, small scale criminal economies can serve as a metaphor for national ones. That's the observation made by Brad Pitt, promoting Killing Them Softly at the Cannes Film Festival, where Nick Cave's new movie Lawless is alo making a big impression. A restored version of Once Upon A Time In America completes the set. Gangsters are back, with something to say.
One thing that marks out this new wave of gangster movies is their lack of glamour. Brutality is dished out casually, sometimes randomly, and although it may be stylishly shot there is no effort to make it look cool. In Killing Them Softly, Ray Liotta takes a beating. It appealed to him, he has said, to be on the receiving end for a change. Who's going up and who's going down is unpredictable and Pitt has compared this directly to the economic collapse of 2008. As his. »
- Jennie Kermode
Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly
22 May 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
We’re officially past the midway point of the festival, and it’s sort of fitting that in a U.S. heavy year that we wind up with Andrew Dominik’s third feature film and second in the row starring Brad Pitt (they previously worked together on 2007′s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). Formerly titled “Cogan’s Trade”, set amongst the backdrop of the U.S. economic downturn when Bush passed on the torch to an awaiting Obama, Killing Them Softly feels like an East Coast mobster tale about making a quick buck. Starring Scott McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins and Ray Liotta, Dominik’s Mo is stylized violence, heavy conversation scenes and an almost 70′s Pov. For some critics this might be the best U.S title to play in the fest, for others this is a non-factor. Click on the image for the latest grid! »
- Eric Lavallee
Cannes 2012: live blog - day seven
22 May 2012 1:54 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
All the latest news from the Croisette, as Brad Pitt's new movie Killing Them Softly makes its debut
10.47am: Good morning and welcome to the latest Cannes liveblog. I'm ripping back the reins from Andrew Pulver as he gets the train down to the south of France, where he'll grab the baton (or, perhaps, just a baguette) from me and I'll fly home.
I'm back in the press room, which is currently humming with slightly inelegant excitement as Brad Pitt is about to walk past, on his journey from the Killing them Softly photocall to the press conference.
10.52am: The film itself is a blood-lust-tastic crime thriller set in 2008 round New Orleans. Directed by Andrew Dominik, with whom Pitt teamed up for The Assassination of Jesse James by Robert Ford the Coward, it's a tale of sweaty crooks and desperate junkies, cracked codes of honour and the primacy of cash. »
- Catherine Shoard
Gallery: More Cannes Film Festival highlights
22 May 2012 1:11 PM, PDT | Cineplex | See recent Cineplex news »
There’s been plenty of sun and fun in the South of France since Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom kicked off the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16th.
At the mid-week point in the festival, one of the most talked-about premieres has been for the Depression-era film Lawless starring Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf, and Jessica Chastain who all walked the red carpet in support of the film.
We’ve also spotted some notable Canadians representing on the red carpet including Joshua Jackson and Sarah Gadon. David Cronenberg turned the festival into a family affair with his son, Brandon Cronenberg, marking the first time a father-son duo have each presented films at Cannes. Brandon is at the festival with his sci-fi thriller Antiviral while the senior Cronenberg screens his Robert Pattinson starrer Cosmopolis later in the week.
Other stars on the red carpet include Brad Pitt who was on »
- Rachel West
Cannes: Brad Pitt rules the red carpet as 'Killing Them Softly' premieres
22 May 2012 12:26 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The Cannes Film Festival welcomed one of the biggest stars of all Tuesday when Brad Pitt came to town for the premiere of his highly-anticipated new film "Killing Them Softly." Director Andrew Dominik and co-stars Ray Liotta, Dede Gardner, Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn also made the scene, as did guests Diane Kruger, Jeremy Irons, Alec Baldwin, Joshua Jackson and more. Check out the photos here: »
- Dave Lewis
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
1-20 of 249 items from 2012 « Prev | Next »
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.
See our NewsDesk partners
Copyright © 1990-2012
IMDb.com, Inc.
Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.
An 
company.