Spoiler Scale (How spoilery is this article on a scale of 1 to 10?):  3 The Counselor certainly has an intriguing pitch:  Old-guard master Ridley Scott directs one of the hottest new actors, Michael Fassbender, with the first original screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, whose successful film adaptations include No Country for Old Men (2007) and The Road (2009).  As it turns out, The Counselor has proven to be the kind of film ... Read More »

Spoiler Scale (How spoilery is this article on a scale of 1 to 10)?  4 From the very first shot to the very last line of Killing Them Softly, writer/director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)) paints a very bleak picture of the United States of America.  “Bleak” might be too weak a word.  “Cynicism” might be a ... Read More »