Blogs about: George V Higgins
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Shotgun Blast from the Past: COGAN’S TRADE
I wanted to re-read this book before the film it inspired, Killing Them Softly, came out. It’s no wonder they turned it into a movie. There’s not a character who isn’t indelible, spo… more →
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Killing Them Softly
wrote 19 hours ago: America is not a country. It’s a business. Now fuckin’ pay me! So ends the film, Killing … more →
Book Review: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, George V. Higgins
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wrote 1 week ago: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, written by George V. Higgins (1939 to 1999) and published in 1970, is a … more →
Sunday Roundup
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wrote 1 week ago: Charlie CT: Ed Clark was a photographer for life magazine that I have admired for years. Any time I … more →
Killing Them Softly
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Killing Them Softly (2012) ★★★ / ★★★★ A man known as the Squirrel (Vincent Curatola) hires two ex-co … more →
Law of 3 : Hard Times
wrote 4 weeks ago: An alternative title for Andrew Dominik‘s bleak crime drama Killing Them Softly could be … more →
Killing them Softly - Review
wrote 1 month ago: I have preconceptions of what a “gangster” movie is going to be like, even though maybe … more →
Tipp: 10 Krimis für Einsteiger
wrote 1 month ago: (c) Diogenes Ich muss zugeben, ich habe ein Faible für Listen. Und eine solche ist mir auf Kirkus Re … more →
Andrew Hates... KILLING THEM SOFTLY
wrote 2 months ago: Dir: Andrew Dominick, 2012 Two petty crooks are hired to knock over a card game run by the gangster … more →
Cogan's Trade - George V. Higgins
wrote 2 months ago: Long before Tarantino wrote movies about tough-guys and low-lifes shooting the shit before work, the … more →
Cogan's trade (Killing them softly), by George V. Higgins
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wrote 3 months ago: Crime and mystery are not the genres I like most, but this book was translated into Spanish for the … more →
At the Movies: Cold Reality in 2012
wrote 4 months ago: Although the biggest earner at the box office in 2012 was the tidy teamwork adventure of The Avenger … more →
Retro Review: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
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wrote 4 months ago: By: Daniel Reynolds Since we’re in January, the time of the year where bad movies go to die (Z … more →
MOVIE MADNESS #159: KILLING THEM SOFTLY
wrote 4 months ago: Brad Pitt reteams with his “Assassination of Jesse James” director Andrew Dominik for th … more →
Killing Them Softly Makes Criminality Look Awful
wrote 5 months ago: My review of Killing Them Softly, a movie I don’t necessarily recommend you see because its so … more →
Movie Review - Killing them Softly...it's bad (and not as in good)
wrote 5 months ago: Anytime you see a movie with Brad Pitt attached, you usually “assume” that it’s go … more →
Elmore Leonard Week: Elmore on Rum Punch and Point-Of-View
wrote 5 months ago: ON RUM PUNCH, AND POINT-OF-VIEW from ‘Doing What I Do: An Interview With Elmore Leonard’ … more →
[Review] - Killing Them Softly
wrote 5 months ago: Title: Killing Them Softly Year: 2012 Director: Andrew Dominik Writer: Andrew Dominik, based on the … more →
Killing Them Softly (2012)
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wrote 5 months ago: by Steve Habrat I can’t really say that I’ve ever left a crime thriller with my stomach in a knot. I … more →
Brad Pitt tries 'Killing Them Softly' but without much fanfare (Review)
wrote 5 months ago: New this week in theaters from Alliance Films and the Director of the polarizing ‘The Assassi … more →
