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Six Of The Best – Straight Outta Boston

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Seth MacFarlane’s “Ted” is doing excellently and deservedly solid business on both sides of the pond this month, with its Boston-set tale of a soft, cuddly and very rude bear and his impact on Mark Wahlberg’s attempts to behave like a grown up in his relationship with long-term girlfriend Mila Kunis. Why Boston-set? Well presumably [...]




A Star is Bourne: The Rise of Jeremy Renner

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Jeremy Renner has been acting for a long time, but many – myself included – have only really started to take notice of him in the past few years. It’s not as if he hadn’t starred in big budget movies up till now; he had played secondary characters proficiently in S.W.A.T. and 28 Days Later. [...]




Close Up – Ben Affleck’s Irresolute Career

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We take time for granted and it’s odd how a year can completely change your life. Ben Affleck was struggling to get his acting career off the ground with only bit parts in relatively ignored films bar, in what would become a recurring role with Kevin Smith, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. It has been said [...]




The Town’s Aaron Stockard To Adapt Crime Novel Strip

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Screenwriter Aaron Stockard is two for two so far. Back in 2007, he co-wrote Ben Affleck’s Oscar-nominated directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, which was an exceptional debut for both Affleck in the director’s chair and Stockard in the writer’s. Three years later, the pair re-teamed for Affleck’s second film, The Town, which went straight to [...]




Ben Affleck Will Make a ‘Stand’ Before Possibly Reteaming With Damon

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Ben Affleck competes for the title of Hollywood’s most in demand director with two big gigs in the works, one featuring his old Good Will Hunting buddy, and another which marks quite a departure from his previous work. Collider are reporting that the duo may reteam (it hasn’t been officially announced as yet) in a [...]




Ben Affleck Eyeing Hostage Drama for Next Directing Gig

After circling a number of projects following the box office and critical success of last year’s  The Town, Ben Affleck may have found his next directorial outing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Affleck is in early talks to direct a political thriller called Argo for producer’s George Clooney and Grant Heslov. An adaptation of a [...]




The Town Blu-ray Review

The Town is the latest venture for Ben Affleck as both director and actor working on a script which came originally from the book, Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan. According to the info on the movie, over 300 bank robberies take place in Boston every year which makes this the perfect place for The [...]




Ben Affleck’s Next Film May Be A Load of “American BS”

Much critical acclaim has been heaped on Ben Affleck’s work as director, both for “Gone Baby Gone” and “The Town”. Warner Bros are keen to keep him “in house”, so to speak and he has been wooed with all manner of attractive projects in recent months. Added to his list of options, we now have [...]




The Golden Globes 2011 – The Winners

This evening saw the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards was hosted by Ricky Gervais and take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and we were rather excited about it! The Golden Globes are a big indicator at where the big awards, The Oscars may go when they are announced on 27th February. [...]




Exclusive: Go Behind the Scenes of Ben Affleck’s ‘The Town’

The Ben Affleck directed movie, The Town hits DVD and Blu-ray on the 31st January and if you’ve not seen it, it’s absolutely worth checking out. Jon, Gary and I all saw it during it’s theatrical run and really enjoyed it and you can read gary’s review here. Affleck also starred in the movie alongside [...]




Win Ultimate Crime Collection for The Town on DVD

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Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck (“Good Will Hunting,” “Gone Baby Gone”) directs and stars in THE TOWN, available to own on DVD and an action-packed Blu-ray Triple Play (loaded with extended cut and extra features), on Jan 31st. Can’t wait that long… Then you can pre-order yourself a copy here or rent a copy here. [...]




Gemma Arterton Joins Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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Gemma Arterton (recently seen as Tamara Drewe) has been cast as the female lead in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, TheWrap have confirmed. Arterton will star opposite Jeremy Renner (The Town) in Paramount Pictures’ dark action thriller. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters follows the siblings from the famous fairy tale as adult bounty hunters bent [...]




Producers Guild of America Nominations Announced

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The Producers Guild of America announced the nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards. Highly acclaimed films The Social Network, True Grit, 127 Hours and Black Swan are all nominated in the Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category, with Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon competing for the Outstanding [...]




17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: Nominations

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The nominees for the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were revealed earlier today. Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech and David O. Russell’s The Fighter lead this year’s film nominees, while Modern Family leads the television section. The 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place om January 30, 2011 and air on TNT/TBS [...]




68th Golden Globe Nominations Announced

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The nominees for the 68th Golden Globe awards have just been announced at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk was joined by Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel and Blair Underwood to reveal the list of nominees. The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais, will [...]




Black Swan Leads Critics’ Choice Nominations

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Black Swan, the forthcoming psychological ballet thriller from acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky, picked up an unprecedented twelve nominations at the annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The King’s Speech and True Grit follow closely with eleven nominations each, while The Social Network and Inception each accumulated nine. The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will take place on [...]




Affleck Sought by Warner Bros for New Project

Ben Affleck’s second directorial effort The Town has now hit cinemas to considerable critical acclaim (you can read our wholly positive review here) and it’s doing pretty well at the box office as well, scooping up around $60m worldwide so far. Warner Bros seem thoroughly pleased and are looking for the next project with which [...]




Greed is Good (and so is Being Number One at the US Box Office)

Oliver Stone’s belated sequel to 1987’s Wall Street has gone straight to the top of the US box office this weekend. Michael Douglas (reprising his role as deviant, underhanded broker Gordon Gekko) is joined by Shia LaBeouf and it-girl of the moment Carey Mulligan (playing Gekko’s estranged daughter) in this follow-up (entitled Money Never Sleeps), [...]




Two New Clips from The Town

The Town is released in UK cinemas today and to celebrate Warner Bros. have sent us two brand new clips from the new movie. The Town is directed by/stars Ben Affleck with a supporting cast which includes Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper. We’ve had rather a lot of coverage [...]




The Town Red Carpet Interviews

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Our friends from Upbeat went along to the UK Premiere of The Town last night and got to speak with actor / director, Ben Affleck and his co-star, Rebecca Hall for the movie. Our review of The Town went up earlier along with a Q&A that Em attended a couple of days ago with Affleck [...]