Coming off an acclaimed run on the festival circuit, Andrew Haigh's gay romance "Weekend" opens in New York this weekend (followed by a national rollout in the coming weeks) and it's the pick of the week, according to the folks polled on criticWIRE.
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Read More »If you need proof that casting is everything, Killing Them Softly delivers it. This noirish crime story about hired killers would be an entirely different, less enjoyable film without Brad Pitt as an expert hitman. I’d say he’s working against type, but really, isn’t his type ...
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