Movie:by The Sea

  • EntertainmentGwynne Watkins

    Watching 'By the Sea' After the Jolie-Pitt Split: Scenes From an Imperfect Marriage

    Taking a second look at Brangelina's 'By the Sea,' the quiet 2015 drama she directed and both starred in, about a couple in crisis, in light of their real-life split

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    Will Angelina Jolie's 'By the Sea' Bomb Mean the End of 'Favor' Movies?

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in ‘By the Sea’ (Merrick Morton/Universal Pictures via AP) By Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter Angelina Jolie Pitt’s By the Sea offers an art house-style rumination on a failing marriage. Ironically, it provides a more revealing glimpse into the perils of a different type of relationship: the so-called “favor” movie. In July 2014, in a competitive situation, Universal acquired worldwide rights to By the Sea and set Jolie Pitt (who was finalizing the studio’s

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    Movies Starring Real-Life Couples, Ranked From Worst to Best

    Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson, Vulture Gene Siskel once said he always judged a movie by whether it would be more interesting if the film were simply a documentary of the actors having lunch. Following the Friday release of By the Sea, Brad Pitt’s and Angelina Jolie Pitt’s intense relationship drama, we thought we’d take an extensive look at some of the more notable onscreen pairings of off-screen lovers throughout movie history. Ben Affleck a

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    Box Office: How Star Power Couldn't Save Angelina Jolie Pitt's 'By the Sea'

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt in ‘By the Sea’  (Merrick Morton/Universal Pictures via AP) By Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter In July 2014, Universal Pictures made headlines by announcing By the Sea, teaming Angelina Jolie Pitt and real-life husband Brad Pitt — two of the world’s biggest stars — for the first time on the big screen together since Mr. & Mrs. Smith a decade ago. But the project wasn’t an obvious fit for a major Hollywood studio, despite its star billing. The moody mar

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    Box Office: 'SPECTRE' Stays No. 1, While Angelina Jolie Pitt's 'By the Sea' Is Marooned

    By Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter SPECTRE and The Peanuts Movie had no trouble beating a trio of new competitors during another quiet weekend at the North American box office, while Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt’s By the Sea was marooned in its limited debut despite teaming two of the world’s biggest stars. Sam Mendes’ SPECTRE fell a modest 51 percent in its second weekend to $35 million from 3,929 locations for a 10-day domestic total of roughly $130 million.

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    Review: Angie and Brad's 'By the Sea' Is the Pitts

    By Todd McCarthy They sulk, they smoke, they drink, they spy on the honeymooning couple in the next room through a peephole in the wall. Ostensibly about a couple trying to work their way back from a deeply traumatic incident, the film was made in Malta on a bay that looks like it could be just around the bend from where Robert Altman shot Popeye, which might have served as a warning to the filmmakers and Universal. The names in this case, of course, are Angelina Jolie Pitt, as she has now cho

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    The 5 Biggest Things We're Looking Forward to at 2015 AFI Film Fest

    This year’s annual AFI Fest, put on by the American Film Institute in Hollywood, is so jam-packed it requires an interactive schedule to guide attendees. While we could take a few hours to go over everything and the kitchen sink (there are upwards of 100 films being shown) let’s just count off the weeklong festival’s five top highlights: 1. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt steam up the big screen in a big way. By the Sea, co-starring Jolie and Pitt and also written and directed by Jolie, involves a