James Gandolfini | filmgaze.com

Tag: James Gandolfini

LFF 2013: Enough Said *****

Posted: 16/10/2013

Watching this film pains you to think just how pivotal this role could have been for the late Sopranos star James Gandolfini, who although was a larger-than-life character in the TV Mafioso series, was only just getting a foothold in big-screen leading roles. In the past, he’s played an alcoholic hitman (Killing Them Softly), a …

Continue reading “LFF 2013: Enough Said *****”

Category: BFI LFF 2013, Comedy, Romance

Tags: Ben Falcone, Catherine Keener, Enough Said, James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicole Holofcener, The Sopranos, Toni Collette

Killing Them Softly ****

by lgileskeddie

Posted: 30/09/2012

Brad Pitt reunites again with writer-director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) to adapt George V. Higgins’s novel, Cogan’s Trade for the big screen. It’s another successful outcome, entitled Killing Them Softly – referring to hits by strangers on strangers in the underworld. As Cogan, Pitt embodies his standard …

Continue reading “Killing Them Softly ****”

Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Tags: Andrew Dominik, Ben Mendelsohn, Brad Pitt, Cogan's Trade, George V. Higgins, James Gandolfini, Killing Them Softly, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Vincent Curatola