by admin | Sep 19, 2010 | Article
By Martin Caballero Boston Herald September 19, 2010 From left; Jeremy Renner, Slaine, Owen Burke and Ben Affleck in ‘The Town.’ Photo by Claire Folger. It’s easy to see why Ben Affleck cast George “Slaine” Carroll Jr. as a shady character in “Gone Baby Gone.” Or why...
by admin | Sep 19, 2010 | Article
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...
by admin | Sep 18, 2010 | Article
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...
by admin | Sep 18, 2010 | Article
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...
by admin | Sep 18, 2010 | Article
Affleck’s new film is the talk of the Townies By Billy Baker Boston Globe September 18, 2010 When Pat Owens was growing up, there were a lot of stereotypes about Charlestown kids, but his least favorite was this: “You’re from Charlestown? Oh, you must be a bank...
by admin | Sep 17, 2010 | Article
By Inside Track Boston Herald September 17, 2010 Much to her chagrin, “Locked In” bad girl Eliza Dushku won’t make the red carpet scene at her flick’s world premiere at the Boston Film Festival tonight. “I have a lot of guilt and shame about it,” the Watertown homegal...