Wolfs

Wolfs

Two competing cleaners reluctantly have to partner up for a job in Wolfs. District attorney Margaret (Amy Ryan) panics when the Kid (Austin Abrams) she brought up to her hotel room seemingly drops dead. In desperation, Margaret calls a cleaner (George Clooney) to help resolve this problem. However, Margaret’s Man is shocked by the arrival…

Bullet Train

Bullet Train

A simple “snatch and grab” job becomes complicated in Bullet Train. Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is a former assassin plagued by bad luck who is asked by his handler Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock) to come back to work for a simple “snatch and grab” job of stealing a briefcase from a Japanese Bullet Train travelling from…

Ad Astra

Ad Astra

An astronaut travels to the farthest reaches of the solar system to locate his long-lost father in Ad Astra. In the near future, humanity has set up colonies on the moon and Mars and have sent out missions to find signs of intelligent life in space. Major Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) is an astronaut following…

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino brings us back to 1969 Los Angeles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. In February 1969, fading 1950s television star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) is struggling to find work for himself and his stuntman best friend Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), other than the various villain of the week roles on TV pilots….

Blindspot 2014: Se7en

Blindspot 2014: Se7en

The post may contains SPOILERS This month I watched the thriller Se7en, the sophomore film by director David Fincher.  William R. Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is a homicide detective, a week away from retirement, who is partnered with the short tempered new transfer David Mills (Brad Pitt).  Somerset and Mills are tracking down a serial killer,…

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

From director Steve McQueen (Shame) comes the historical drama 12 Years a Slave.  Based on true events, the film tells the story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man living Saratoga Springs, New York in the 1840s.  A skilled violin player, Northup is lured away by two men offering a touring gig in…

Killing Them Softly

Killing Them Softly

It is obvious from the opening credits that Killing Them Softly is more art film than crime film.  Sure, the film focuses on a hitman named Jackie (Brad Pitt), who is called in to kill those responsible in a robbery.  However, the film moves at quite a slow pace, which features much more talking than…

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

Director Terrence Malick has generally been well known for quality over quantity with his films.  The Tree of Life is only Malick’s fifth film in a nearly forty year career.  The only previous film of Malick’s that I saw was 1998’s The Thin Line, which has a few stylistic similarities to this film (most notable the…

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

It took more than a decade for Inglourious Basterds to get made and I have to say that it is quite possibly the best film Quentin Tarantino has directed since Pulp Fiction. While the marketing for the film focuses on Brad Pitt and his band of Nazi-killing soldiers, the film is really an ensemble piece…