TrailerAddict: THE FIGHTER opens December 2010

THE FIGHTER, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams–shot in Lowell, Massachusetts in 2009–opens nationally on December 10, 2010. THE FIGHTER tells the story of Boston fighter “Irish” Mickey Ward and how he was helped to the world...
Bunker Hill to Fenway: A Crook’s Freedom Trail

Bunker Hill to Fenway: A Crook’s Freedom Trail

NEW YORK TIMES Movie Review By A. O. SCOTT September 17, 2010 Somewhat less generic than its title, “The Town,” directed by Ben Affleck from a script he wrote with Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard, is a solid, minor entry in the annals of Boston crime drama. Not as...
Editorial: Boston on film: Whitey doesn’t live here anymore

Editorial: Boston on film: Whitey doesn’t live here anymore

Boston Globe Editorial September 16, 2010 For local filmgoers who want to see their community on screen, the bumper crop of Boston-themed movies should be a treat. Yet from “The Departed’’ to “Mystic River’’ to “Gone Baby Gone,’’ these films abound with dark tales...
For Ben Affleck, there’s no place like home

For Ben Affleck, there’s no place like home

By Roger Moore Boston Herald Reprinted from the The Orlando Sentinel September 14, 2010 Photo by AP “If you go, hit the Bunker Hill monument first.” Ben Affleck is talking about home – Boston. “There are bars – I’m not naming names...