Oscar buzz for Cape-made flick

Oscar buzz for Cape-made flick

The Inside Track By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Boston Herald December 20, 2009 Photo by Abby Peterson “The Lightkeepers,” the made-on-Cape Cod flick about a pair of women-hating old salts, is a dark-horse candidate for Oscar bling. So says none other than the...
Hollywood is booming in Berkshires

Hollywood is booming in Berkshires

By Clarence Fanto Berkshire Eagle December 20, 2009 LENOX – Hollywood on the Housatonic; lights, camera, action! For more than 30 years, Berkshire County has been a favored location for an impressive list of big-screen movies. Our Gilded Age mansions and bucolic...
Hollywood glamor, at thrift store price

Hollywood glamor, at thrift store price

From Goodwill, furniture that made the big screen By Erin Ailworth Boston Globe December 19, 2009 Headed to the movies anytime soon? If the film was shot in Massachusetts, take a closer look at the armoire in that one bedroom scene or maybe the desk in the main...
Editorial: Waffling hurts state’s ability to woo employers

Editorial: Waffling hurts state’s ability to woo employers

Editorial Patriot Ledger December 19, 2009 QUINCY — The words “quiet on the set” may suggest imminent action in the world of movie making but in the world of studio financing they have a less promising connotation. Plymouth Rock Studios’ chief financial officer was in...
Bullock nomination spurs interest in Rockport

Bullock nomination spurs interest in Rockport

Rockport Ramblings By Jonathan L’Ecuyer Gloucester Times December 19, 2009 After Rockport starred in this summer’s box office smash hit, “The Proposal,” in the role of the seaside village, Sitka, Alaska, fans of the movie quickly discovered...

Two Golden Globe nominees have Mass appeal

Score two for the Bay State: Matt Damon & Sandra Bullock. December 17, 2009 – Massachusetts native and Academy Award winner Matt Damon earned two Golden Globe noms for his work in THE INFORMANT and INVICTUS as Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical and Best...