Review: "Burn After Reading"
Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Extra thought: I'd say the style of "Burn After Reading" comes close to that of "The Ladykillers" and "Intolerable Cruelty." The plot: Two gym employees try to get rich after accidentally stumbling across the classified files of a CIA analyst. Our quick thoughts: After taking home four Oscars and countless other wins around the world with last year’s spectacular “No Country For Old Men,” Joel an

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

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’
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 in the Head Gang, this bunch tha

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...

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

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

Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading Is Too Hot to Handle!
Burn After Reading Running time 96 minutes Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton Joel and Ethan Coen’s Burn After Reading, from their own screenplay, strikes me as one of the most willfully awful movies I’ve ever seen. What makes it even worse is that every one of the “name” performances—George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton—seem determined to best each other in pr

10 Underappreciated Coen Bros. Actors
Everybody remembers the bigger name Coen Bros. regulars, such as John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton and now George Clooney. And of course, there are the one-shot stars, like Nicolas Cage, Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Bridges, William H. Macy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julianne Moore, Paul Newman, Albert Finney, Woody Harrelson, Tim Robbins and now Brad Pitt and John Malkovich. But who ever talks about Michael Lerner? He received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role i

Which Coen Brothers Idiot Movie Is the Best?
Photo-illustration: Everett BogueThe Coen brothers' Burn After Reading has not been met this week with the critical hosannas that greeted No Country for Old Men. Why? Because unlike the smart and serious Oscar winner, Burn's been described by star George Clooney as the completion of the Coens' informal "idiot trilogy" — following O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty as comedies in which Clooney plays preening dummies. That is to say, instead of being one of the Coens' serious movies

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

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' is goofy fun
Burn After Reading is a spoof of the American way of stupidity, narcissism and paranoia, a shaggy-dog tale set in the spy-vs.-spy community of Washington, D. C. All the characters in the story believe themselves to be living in the rarified world of national security; they are adept at justifying their own need to lie, cheat and betray. It's laugh-out-loud funny. John Malkovich plays a CIA middleman who gets fired, and subsequently decides to write his memoirs. His cold, tough wife (Tilda Swinton)

Frances McDormand is a scene stealer in "Burn After Reading"
You might have heard about how funny Brad Pitt is in his new film, Burn After Reading; or perhaps you've seen coverage of George Clooney gracing the red carpet for the movie's premiere. It's the same old song and dance in the press (is this Ocean's 14?), but the real reason to see the new Coen Brothers film is its two female stars: Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand. We've given a lot of credit to Swinton the blog in the past, but McDormand (in general) gets overlooked a lot. Some might say she's not y

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

Live from TIFF: Burn After Reading, Burn Out After Watching
Burn After Reading, the latest from the Coen Brothers, makes its North American debut this year, following last year's rapturous Toronto reception for the Oscar-winning success of the tense, terse No Country for Old Men. After making No Country for Old Men, in perverse Coen-logic, the timing is clearly right for a messy, mean-spirited, profane punchy comedy. Burn After Reading is built around a classic Coen plot -- there's a valuable something out there, and various ill-equipped, dimwitted people see it as

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

Movies opening this week
Opening Friday"Burn After Reading" (R): The Coen brothers follow "No Country for Old Men" with a dark comedy about two inept gym employees who get hold of a CD-ROM containing a CIA operative's memoirs. The high-profile cast includes Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, George Clooney and Tilda Swinton. "Mister Foe" (R): After becoming convinced the stepmother on whom he has a crush killed his mother, a teen voyeur (Jamie Bell) runs off and becomes smitten by a girl who resembles his late mom. And

'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 Movie Review
Cutting to the chase: If you like the Coen Brothers previous works of No Country for Old Men, or even O Brother Where Art Thou? than you will find this to be a along the same lines. If you don’t it may make you laugh as it did me. But it also will surprise you as it is not at all what the trailers have shown it to be. The story revolves around a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent that ends up in the hands of two everyday gym employees who attempt to sell it. One would think this could have so

Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich and the Coens Talk 'Burn After Reading' at TIFF 2008
Hollywood.com talks with Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen about their new comedy 'Burn After Reading.'

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

National Lampoon’s Matt Zaller interviews John Malkovich…
“Mr. John Malkovich explores the various realms of American culture,” here in an exclusive sit down with our friend, Matt Zaller from the Toronto Int’l Film Fest. Come along with the Zaz Report for a mysterious ride into the mind of one of the great American actors of this generation, and be prepared to be blown away”. ‘Burn After Reading’ opens everywhere on 9/12/08. Related Post Angelina Jolie, more of a woman now than ever before. As if Angeli