Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins Director: Andrew Dominik Writer(s):Andrew Dominik Studio: The Weinstein Company Runtime: 97 minutes Rated: R Official Score: 2 stars Now, it used to be when Hollywood wanted to make a political statement, but also wanted to do so in a semi-inconspicuous manner that they would turn to the ever trusted western to do the trick, with the Civil War often filling in for the then too controversial Vietnam War in subject matter, and cattle kings and big land barons filling in for the evils of modern corporate greed and various other ills. Nowadays though, the classic western has been pretty much supplanted in that station by the more contemporaneous gangster movie. It’s an effective enough strategy when executed … [Read more...]