The Town (2010)

Synopsis:

The film sets in present day Charlestown, the town with the highest crime rate and bank robbaries in the United States. The film is based around a gang of men who speacialize in bank and armored truck robbaries. The movie begins with a bank robbary which ends in the taking of a female bank clerk played by Rebecca Hall. The main character (Ben Affleck) has a romance with the clerk after the robbary (mainly because she does not know that he was involved with her taking) While Ben Affleck has to deal with his gang and his new female interest, he also has to watch out for police, especially an FBI agent (played by Jon Hamm) who just happens to be right on the gangs tail!

Review:

I watched this movie with the knowledge that Ben Affleck directs and wrote this film and to be honest I didn’t know what to expect. I never saw “Good Will Hunting” in which Ben Affleck co. wrote, so I didn’t have any expectations. I honestly have to say that this movie was very entertaining and very well thought-out! All of the acting is great from the main character, all the way down to the extras! The film did have more of a drama feel to it, rather than an action movie but the story itself makes up for it. With that said, the film also had very great and well directed action sequences! one thing I have to say about the action in this film is that it is very realistic and doesn’t fall into the pattern that the characters are “unbeatable” and can dodge ten-thousand bullets! All-in-all I thought this was a very well put together film and I will definitly watch it again and again!

Written by Richswitch52

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Matt Damon is more content with life now than he was 10 years ago

The 40-year-old actor – who has four-year-old Isabella, two-year-old Gia and three-month old Stella with wife Luciana, and is stepfather to her 11-year-old daughter Alexia from a previous marriage – didn’t mind reaching the milestone age recently because he has fulfilled his personal goals.

He said: “It’s a good birthday – because a lot of the bigger questions are answered.

“I’m married with kids, all the things I was worried about at 30 I don’t worry about any more.”

Though Matt is content with his personal life, he still has professional ambitions he wants to achieve – including working with his friend Ben Affleck again.

He told Empire magazine: “You don’t always get to work with the people that you want to. I mean, I haven’t worked with Ben in years and he’s my best friend.”

Matt and Ben shot to fame after co-writing and starring in ‘Good Will Hunting‘ together in 1997.

The movie earned them the Oscar for Best Writing in 1998.

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Robin Williams doesn’t know how John Travolta coped after his son died.

The actor – who stars in family movie ‘Old Dogs’ alongside John, whose 16-year-old son Jett passed away in January 2009 following a seizure while on holiday in the Bahamas – can’t imagine there is anything “tougher” than outliving your children.

Referring to the Governors Ball, a party that took place after the Oscars ceremony in March, Williams said: “That’s the worst thing that can happen to you, to have a child die before you. It doesn’t get any tougher than that. There’s such a kindness to him. Sitting there at the Governors Ball, to hang with him for a minute, that was the best moment for me.”

The ‘Good Will Hunting’ star – who has three children, daughter Zelda, 20, and sons Zach, 26, and Cody, 18 – says his friend is like a “sweet panda” because he has dealt with Jett’s passing with such dignity.

He added to the USA Today newspaper: “He’s such a sweet man. He’s the human equivalent of a panda. I saw him after the Academy Awards. It was good just to sit with him and say, ‘How are you doing, man?’ He said, ‘I’m OK.’ “

Williams, 58, also admitted the time off work he had last year following surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat had given him the opportunity to reassess his life. He said: “It’s so nice having time off right now. There’s no rush. Enjoy it. When you have something like heart surgery, you appreciate the simple things, like breathing. I’m taking it a lot easier.”

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