Coming attractions

Coming attractions

Ambitious studio projects could make Massachusetts a center for the film industry INNOVATION ECONOMY By Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe Columnist April 19, 2009 This spring, Mark Ridder is coordinating golf outings at Waverly Oaks, the country club he co-owns in Plymouth....
Ben Affleck & Kevin Costner in good company

Ben Affleck & Kevin Costner in good company

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Boston Herald, The Inside Track April 14, 2009 Cambridge homey Ben Affleck, in Roxbury yesterday filming scenes for his new flick, “The Company Men,,” says he believes he has made the last movie about a newspaper, with the upcoming “State...
Ben Affleck & Kevin Costner in good company

Fight over flicks turns mudbath

By Rachelle Cohen March 31, 2009 Boston Herald, Op-Ed The fight over those state film tax credits is getting to have a kind of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” vibe about it. Now there’s a philosophical case to be made against tax credits. But by all accounts the one passed...