Posts Tagged ‘Gone Baby Gone’
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
