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What you may need to know:

1. Between this, World War Z (2013) and Ridley Scott’s The Counselor (2013), Brad Pitt may be about to enter a long-overdue bad-ass phase.

2.  Killing Them Softly is a crime flick based on a novel by hard boiled supremo George V. Higgins, who wrote The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, later turned into one of THE great ’70s crime flicks.

3. It’s directed by Andrew Dominik, who made Chopper (2000) and The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007), both stone cold masterpieces.

4. And what a supporting cast: we’re talking Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard, Ben ‘Animal Kingdom’ Mendelsohn and Tony motherfucking Soprano, AKA James Gandolfini.

5. Factoid: this is the third time Gandolfini has played a hitman in a Brad Pitt movie, following True Romance (1993) and The Mexican (2001). Which reminds us, we really need to get some beer, and some cleaning products.

Release Date (Ireland): October

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Previously: A Fare To Remember

Not Her Month

Thanks Lars Biscuits

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Depends.

Says Peter Quinn: “There is a conspiracy to make sure he doesn’t win the case, involving Anglo, the Government including the Department of Finance and the regulatory body, including the Central Bank.

“There is systematic and systemic collusion to make sure Sean Quinn doesn’t win the case. That’s why the whole series of side issues are being taken to court first, to dry up funds,” says Mr. Quinn.

“And they are succeeding with the support of the national media, including RTE, BBC and the national dailies.

“People aren’t being told the truth, that Anglo was involved in illegal activity, defrauding investors and overstating their balance sheet,” he said.

Peter Quinn: The Full Interview (TheImpartialReporter)

Previously: Did Brian Cowen Know About Anglo’s €2.3 Billion Loan To Quinn?

Comfortable?

Judith Goldberger writes:

Maeve Binchy’s Empty Seat  in Finnegan’s  Pub, Dalkey. The front page of today’s Irish Times. In fact for years she [Maeve Binchy] brought in her own seat due to her arthritis – the soft seats in Finnegan’s didn’t offer the support needed. Anyone who knew her, and who actually went into Finnegans pub, knew that.

 

Oh.

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