Posts Tagged ‘Ben Affleck’
Bryan Cranston to star in Argo AND The Gangster Squad?
Bryan Cranston may star in Ben Affleck's political film, Argo, AND upcoming crime thriller, The Gangster Squad. Bryan Cranston might be best known for his portrayal of the dad in the Fox comedy, Malcolm in the Middle, and his role in Breaking Bad, for which he has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...
Penn Badgley bags Jeff Buckley role
It has been announced that Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley has won the coveted role of Jeff Buckley. We reported a while a go that the film, Greetings From Tim Buckley, was being made and that Robert Pattinson desperately wanted the role. It had even been reported that he had met with Jeff Buckley's mother to discuss the role. There were also...
Joaquin Phoenix to star in Paul Thomas Anderson film?
Joaquin Phoenix could be set to star in an upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson film. Phoenix last graced our screens in Casey Affleck's slightly odd mockumentary I'm Still Here, which saw the actor fake his own retirement in order to pursue a career as a rap star. After all the is-it-real-is-it-fake confusion was put to rest with Affleck's...
Blake Lively considering two exciting roles
Looks like Blake Lively is the lady of the moment, everyone is trying to get a piece of her. We already know she's in the hotly-anticipated Green Lantern, playing Carol Ferris after beating of competition from the likes of Eva Green, Diana Kruger and Jennifer Garner. Now she is being lined up for roles in two other films- Savages and Oz:...
Catherine Zeta-Jones joins cast of Lay the Favorite
Catherine Zeta-Jones has reportedly joined the cast of Stephen Frears' latest film, Lay the Favorite. Lay the Favorite is based on the memoir of American writer Beth Raymer, and tells the story of a thirty-something woman who becomes involved with a group of men who have found a way to work the sports book betting system in Las Vegas to...
Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively to play Carrie Bradshaw?
Gossip Girl's Blake Lively could be set to take on the role of a young Carrie Bradshaw in a Sex and the City prequel! Our favourite member of the New York glitterati, Carrie Bradshaw, could soon be sipping cosmopolitans on the big screen once again! But don't panic - it's not time for Sex and the City 3 just yet. In fact, judging by the...
Michael Moore sues Weinsteins for unpaid profits
If you're a millionaire documentary maker attempting to show that you can still identify with the poor and the broken, you've got your work cut out for you. Michael Moore is a man hit with the awkward stick. It's easy enough to point fingers. "But he already made so much!" Sure, he made almost $20m out of Farenheit 9/11, the documentary that...
The Town DVD w/special features
When we saw The Town back in September last year we were blown away by how Ben Affleck managed to turn a classic heist story into an edge-of-your-seat, highly original drama. Now as the DVD is released, we get a chance to a watch the film again and take a look at its special features. Set in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the robbery...
Interview: Blake Lively on The Town, Ben Affleck and Boston
There are some young actors you just know are going to be huge stars. Blake Lively is one of those. Having blazed a trail through Gossip Girl, she's now become the face of Chanel's Mademoiselle handbag line, as well as putting in a seriously good performance in Ben Affleck's The Town. Here's an interview that will give you an insight into how...
Win one of 3 copies of The Town on DVD
We're giving away three copies of The Town, Ben Affleck's second movie behind the camera. Starring Affleck himself, Mad Men's Jon Hamm, Pete Postlethwaite in one of his last cinematic roles and Rebecca Hall, the film is an explosive mixture of bank robbery, action, romance and Irish Americans. At The Film Review, we really liked the movie...
Gemma Arterton cast in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
It has been confirmed that Gemma Arterton has been cast opposite Jeremy Renner in the upcoming film, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. We thought it would be Noomi Rapace! We thought it might be Eva Green! But finally it has been confirmed that British actress Gemma Arterton, would take on the role of Gretel in this dark adaptation of...
Scott Cooper to direct Carancho remake
The original may have only premièred in the UK during last months BFI London Film Festival, but the highly-acclaimed Argentinian film Carancho is already said to be getting an English-language remake, called Vulture. Scott Cooper, who wrote, directed and produced last year's musical drama Crazy Heart is reported to be directing this...
Affleck weighs up what to direct next
After the huge success of The Town it is no wonder that our new favourite director Ben Affleck already has two new projects lined up. While promoting The Town, Affleck confirmed his involvement in The Trade, a film about the New York Yankees pitchers, Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekrich, who made a stir in the seventies when they revealed they...
Ben Affleck the best director in The Town: The Town review
Though Ben Affleck had some success with his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, I still think of him mostly for terrible movies. Disasters like Gigli, that ill-fated project with his ex J-Lo, and Jersey Girl, which I can only remember for being painful. So, I went to The Town expecting the worst. I came out in tears and overwhelmed with...
John Goodman joins Kevin Smith’s Red State
Kevin Smith, indie-movie legend and creator of Clerks, Dogma and director of other films recently such as Cop-Out, has snagged legendary actor John Goodman for his new film, Red State. Inspired by the Westboro Baptist Church, the fundamentalist church widely criticised (and even banned from entering the UK), Red State is a horror film about a...
Ben Affleck is back in The Town
Trailers for the new Ben Affleck movie The Town have got us wondering if it'll be one of his flops or successes. The town in question is Affleck's home ground of Boston, where 'there are over 300 bank robberies...every year'. Doug MacRay (Affleck) is a bank robber who bumps into one of his traumatised victims, Claire (Rebecca Hall), shortly...
