Brad Pitt's Kids Make Him Laugh, Long for Sleep
Brad Pitt will have audiences laughing out loud as a knucklehead fitness employee in Burn After Reading, but what makes PEOPLE's two-time Sexiest Man Alive chuckle in real life? "My kids," Pitt, 44, told PEOPLE at the Toronto International Film Festival gala screening Friday for his new Coen Brothers comedy also starring George Clooney. Speaking of his kids with Angelina Jolie, newest additions, eight-week-old twins, Knox and Vivienne, are great, he added. "Everyone is healthy," said Pitt. "No s

Stars in Rewind: McDormand and the Coens, 'Blood Simple' '80s-Style
The latest wacky work from Ethan and Joel Coen, Burn After Reading, is headed to screens next week. As you might have seen from the trailer, the flick has brought together the awesome collection of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, and Frances McDormand. But this is certainly not the first Coen movie that Frances has graced. In fact, they jump-started her career in 1984 with Blood Simple. Above, you can check out the trailer for the film, which follows love triangles and murder. McD

Brad Pitt & Cast Interview, Burn After Reading
MoviesOnline sat down with Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen at the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about their new film, “Burn After Reading.” The comedy thriller world-premiered as the opening-night film of the 2008 Venice International Film Festival. In their latest outing, the Coens mix and match strains of comedic DNA – screwball comedy, satire, sex farce – to weave a tale of an ousted CIA analyst, two D.C. gym employees, and a los

Review: Spy vs. morons in 'Burn After Reading'
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Burn After Reading: Comedy. Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. With George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins. (R. 91 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie...

'Burn After Reading' web reviews
Joel and Ethan Coen are finally back in action, and while I have not had the chance yet to see "Burn After Reading," I have to admit I am really looking forward to it. Starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney and John Malkovich, among others, this silly comedy centers on two gym teachers who stumble across and then try to sell a CIA agent's secret memoirs. Let's see what the online film fans have to say about it: • Josh Tyler at Cinema Blend: "More than anything, Burn feels like the Coen brot

Burn After Reading Opens Today!
If you've been checking out ReelzChannel at all this week, you might have noticed we've gone a little Coen crazy. Well, what can we say, we're fans and with both a 10th Anniversary DVD for The Big Lebowski hitting stores this week and a new Coen movie Burn After Reading coming out in theaters, well, we just got a little excited. So here's the rundown of our great Coen content... We've got a review of The Big Lebowski 10th Anniversary Edition as well as a review of Burn After Reading. We also wrote up two s

At the Movies: Sept. 12
“Burn After Reading” - the Coen brothers return with George Clooney in tow, along with Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. The spy-thriller spoof revolves around a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent that end up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees (McDormand and Pitt). The duo use their discovery to blackmail a demoted government worker (Malkovich) and heads off on a dark romp. Really the only thing any movie goer needs to know about this movie is th

Coen Brothers' Tale Of Idiots
The Coen brothers wrote their dark comedy, "Burn After Reading," with stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand in mind. Not necessarily a compliment. The movie, which premieres Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival, is a tale about idiots - and what happens when their worlds collide. Pitt and McDormand are a pair of hapless gym employees who get in way over their heads when the memoirs of a failed CIA analyst (John Malkovich) fall into their hands and they try to peddle them as classified int

Interview: Brandon T. Jackson of ‘Tropic Thunder’ Breaks Out With ‘Booty Sweat’ Calling Card
CHICAGO– For “Tropic Thunder” star and Chris Tucker protégé Brandon T. Jackson, the fictional Booty Sweat literally is his Hollywood calling card.The Red Bull-like energy drink is a scripted creation of writer, director, producer and star actor Ben Stiller in the new comedy. The film’s talent list, which includes both “A”-list actors and up-and-coming actors, is longer than two or three typical films today combined.Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller, left) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr., right) a

Review: ‘Burn After Reading’
The Coen Bros. latest is an exercise in pitch black humor and absurdity that, after a bit of adjustment, is a solid comedy with some great work by the actors involved. Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) is a recently demoted CIA agent who decides quit and writes his memoirs instead. His wife, Katie (Tilda Swinton), is cheating on him with Harry (George Clooney), who is a Treasury agent that trolls the internet dating world for quick sex between, “getting a run in.” In Katie’s preparation to fil

Pitt, Clooney Dumb Down For 'Burn After Reading'
TORONTO (AP) - Joel and Ethan Coen know their idiots. They've written every sort of bonehead, nitwit and lamebrain imaginable in both comic and tragic form in such films as "Raising Arizona," ''Fargo," ''The Big Lebowski" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Yet they may have topped themselves for siring simpletons with the dark comedy "Burn After Reading," which stars usual Coen suspects George Clooney, Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins and new pals Brad Pitt, John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton. They're

Pitt, Clooney dumb down for Coens' `Burn'
TORONTO - Joel and Ethan Coen know their idiots. In this image released by Focus Features, directors Ethan Coen, left, Joel Cohen, and actor George Clooney are shown on the set of, "Burn After Reading." (AP Photo/Focus Features, Macall Polay) They've written every sort of bonehead, nitwit and lamebrain imaginable in both comic and tragic form in such films as "Raising Arizona," "Fargo," "The Big Lebowski" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"Yet

Review: Spy vs. morons in 'Burn After Reading'
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Burn After Reading: Comedy. Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. With George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins. (R. 91 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie...

Pitt, Clooney dumb down for Coens' `Burn'
Joel and Ethan Coen know their idiots. They've written every sort of bonehead, nitwit and lamebrain imaginable in both comic and tragic form in such films as "Raising Arizona," "Fargo," "The Big Lebowski" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Yet they may have topped themselves for siring simpletons with the dark comedy "Burn After Reading," which stars usual Coen suspects George Clooney, Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins and new pals Brad Pitt, John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton. They're like the Hole i

Pitt, Clooney dumb down for Coens' `Burn'
TORONTO - Joel and Ethan Coen know their idiots. In this image released by Focus Features, directors Ethan Coen, left, Joel Cohen, and actor George Clooney are shown on the set of, "Burn After Reading." (AP Photo/Focus Features, Macall Polay) They've written every sort of bonehead, nitwit and lamebrain imaginable in both comic and tragic form in such films as "Raising Arizona," "Fargo," "The Big Lebowski" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"Yet

'Burn After Reading' Poster Premiere!
Cinematical is absolutely stoked to be premiering this exclusive poster for Burn After Reading, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen -- whose last film, No Country for Old Men, caused quite the stir last year online, in theaters and at the Academy Awards. Not sure if you heard of it ... something about a cowboy and a weird haircut? Yes? Maybe? Anyway, one thing the Coen boys are known for are their casts, and Burn After Reading is no exception; this flick boasts appearances from, well, read the p

Video: "Burn After Reading" Red Band Trailer
A dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. An ousted CIA official's (Academy Award nominee John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. Also stars George Clooney, Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt.

Brad Pitt & Jen Aniston to Have Run-In at Toronto Film Festival
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston could reunite at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, when the exes are debuting their new flicks just two days apart.Pitt, 44, is among the stars who will walk the red carpet gala at the festival for the North American premiere of hisCoen Brothers' flick Burn After Reading on Sept. 5. (Pitt is also expected to attend the Venice Film Festival, where his film screens on August 27.) Meanwhile,Aniston, 39, is scheduled to attend the Toronto fest to promote her roma

Sleeping and Severed Toes: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen on the Art of Screenwriting
In a further trip into the Faber & Faber archives, we open the pages of Tricia Cooke and William Preston Robertson's The Making of The Big Lebowski to get a rare look at the reclusive Coen brothers creative process.

TIFF Review: Burn After Reading
When the worlds of Washington, DC political intrigue, infidelity, fitness centers and internet dating intersect and collide in a darkly hilarious fashion, you must be watching a film by the Coen brothers. Burn After Reading, Joel and Ethan Coen's follow-up to last year's critically lauded award winner, No Country for Old Men, was actually written by the duo as they were adapting No Country, but the two films couldn't be more different. The colliding worlds in Burn After Reading involve a CIA analyst name

League of Morons | Burn After Reading
For almost 25 years, the Coen brothers have produced a diverse range of humorous dark comedies, that are consistently in being slightly off-kilter. Their latest, “Burn After Reading,” is yet another impressive notch in their continually-expanding film canon that manages to succeed despite a soft center. After a long-time CIA analyst, Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) is offered a demotion because of his drinking problems, he angrily leaves the agency and decides to write his memoirs. His disinteres

At the Movies: Sept. 12
“Burn After Reading” - the Coen brothers return with George Clooney in tow, along with Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. The spy-thriller spoof revolves around a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent that end up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees (McDormand and Pitt). The duo use their discovery to blackmail a demoted government worker (Malkovich) and heads off on a dark romp. Really the only thing any movie goer needs to know about this movie is th

Spike Lee rips Coens and Eastwood at Cannes
Spike Lee is in Cannes to promote a new film, but he couldn't resist taking a few swipes at some fellow directors, including Joel and Ethan Coen and Clint Eastwood. Speaking about his World War II drama "Miracle at St. Anna," Lee said that, unlike the Coens, he was respectful in the way he portrayed death. "I always treat life and death with respect, but most people don't," Lee said at a news conference Tuesday. "Look, I love the Coen brothers; we all studied at NYU. But they treat life like a joke. H

Senators, Presidents and the Wacky Fall Ahead
In the specialty world, the summer ends as it began -- with more confusion and musical chairs than at a children's birthday party (or the Republican convention). It was, after all, back on June 3 that Paramount Vantage began its non-consolidatory consolidation -- it folded in marketing, distribution and physical production in what turned out to be prelude to the laying off of sixty staffers, its reinvention as a genre label and the departures of specialty vets Amy Israel and Gerry Rich. So why should the

Burn After Reading
The Coen Brothers reteam with George Clooney for this blackly comic film set in the world of a former spy. John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, and Tilda Swinton are along for the sure-to-be wild ride filled with the Coens' trademark humor.