Ben Affleck steals box office crown with “Town”

Ben Affleck steals box office crown with “Town”

Actor Ben Affleck arrives for the premiere of the movie “The Town,” which he co-wrote, directed and acted in, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts September 14, 2010. Photo by Brian Snyder. REUTERS September 19, 2010 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Ben...
Affleck’s ‘The Town’ surprise winner of Friday box office

Tough guy’s tattoo is talk of ‘The Town’

By Gayle Fee & Laura Raposa Boston Herald September 19, 2010 Photo by John Wilcox When Ben Affleck needed to add some brawn to his shoot-’em-up flick “The Town,” he hired real-life Townie Dennis McLaughlin. McLaughlin, a 6-foot-2, 300-pound, fourth-generation...
Affleck’s ‘The Town’ surprise winner of Friday box office

Arlington pilot bankrolls festival film

Airport security kicked as ‘theater’ By Darren Garnick Boston Herald September 15, 2010 Are sweaty feet keeping us safe? Nine years after the 9/11 attacks, Arlington businessman Fred Gevalt is infuriated he has to go barefoot as he walks through the airport metal...
Denis Lehane: The (gritty) town

Denis Lehane: The (gritty) town

Why is so much of Boston in fear that the city is being typecast by fiction writers and filmmakers as a thugapalooza? By Dennis Lehane Boston Globe September 18, 2010 With the release of “The Town” stories in the Boston media have examined (or ginned up, depending on...