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...
Star crazy

Star crazy

If we want to be Hollywood East, we’ve got to start acting like it. (Illustration by Andy Ward) By Joel Brown Boston Globe December 13, 2009 Anchor: And now let’s hear from our reporter on the North Shore, where locals are very excited about the filming of an Adam...
COMPANY MEN premieres at Coolidge in January

COMPANY MEN premieres at Coolidge in January

SUNDANCE TAKES ITS SHOW ON THE ROAD December 11, 2009 – The Boston Herald’s Inside Track reports “that THE COMPANY MEN, the Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner and Chris Cooper downsizing drama that was filmed in Boston this past spring, will...
Domestic box office up 8% in 2009

Domestic box office up 8% in 2009

$10 billion milestone expected before year’s end By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK VARIETY December 1, 2009 Domestic ticket sales are up a healthy 8% over 2008, with the box office only days away from eclipsing 2008’s record-breaking haul of $9.64 billion in ticket...