Ben Affleck Reviews, Interviews & More

If Terrence Malick's reputation as a misfit genius has proceeded him since his return to cinema in the 1990's, it was partly because he never talked to press and his films often took years to come out. So that he followed The Tree of Life so quickly with To The Wonder -- on top of the latter being a much more minor key...

Over the course of three films, Ben Affleck has established himself as a solid director of excellent and enjoyable films (Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and Argo); he’s also a guy who likes to set his crime films in Boston (both Gone and Town take place in crime-plagued neighborhoods of the Massachusetts’ capital city).  So, it should come...

There were a fair number of high quality movies that were granted the chance to compete for this year's Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards, and as the Oscar race continued on for months, we saw a number of movies bob their way in and out of first place, but only one could be named the champion of them all.

This weekend we're finally going to find out who will be awarded a shiny new Oscar for their outstanding work in Hollywood. You can cross your fingers, hoping your favorites will go home with the trophy under their arms but it's going to be a close race. The threat of an upset always looms overhead. Since we're all speculating over who could win on Sunday, I'll be running down my own list of...

This week could bring the release of this upcoming weekend’s big Oscar winner. Yes, Argo is hitting Blu-ray this week along with Game of Thrones and number of other pretty cool releases. Check it out…

Time certainly does fly. We're less than two weeks away from the Academy Awards and the last string of awards were just given out this past weekend. The Oscar race hasn't changed all that much, but further solidifies what you should expect when we watch the awards on February 24th.

After this past weekend the Best Picture Oscar race may be over. Ben Affleck's period thriller Argo has gained some more awards season momentum, catapulting the picture back in front. Many are speculating as to how much longer the second wave of Argo love may last, but we're here to investigate it this week on Oscar Scuttlebutt.

Every year at the Golden Globes the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) honors actors, directors and films in ways that may not line up with the Oscars. After the Globes were announced, many are speculating that this could be the year of the great Oscar upset. Then there's Kathryn Bigelow, who is fighting on for her movie Zero Dark Thirty as the political critics continue to...

Well, the Golden Globes were tonight.   That’s right, it was the night in which the Hollywood Foreign Press bestowed upon the stars of television and film a bunch of shiny awards that are a little more fun and less serious than the Academy Awards.  And it was actually quite a memorable ceremony for once—from Jodie Foster giving a bracingly candid and charming acceptance speech for...

Though the award itself is not as important as the Oscar (in the scheme of things), when the Directors Guild of America puts out their nominations, it's a bellwether for the nominations (which will be coming  January 10), and now we have a pretty clear view of the field. The nominees are: Ben Affleck for Argo, Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark...

We're normally under the impression that Ben Affleck very carefully picks what film he'll either direct or star in. He's such an Academy favorite, a solid fixture in the Hollywood elite at this point, that it seems near impossible for the long-ago star of Gigli to make a wrong move like that again. Right? But every once in awhile the famed filmmaker has to make a...

The trailer for To The Wonder, Terrence Malick’s third film in seven years (remember, this is the guy who went from 1978 to 1998 before following up Days of Heaven with his third film, The Thin Red Line), is here, and it plays roughly like Malick cinematography porn.  All the staples of modern Malick are here:...

This year isn't done yet, which was proven this past week by a sudden change in the Best Picture race. A couple of dark horses are starting to emerge, throwing some people's previous predictions of the winners out the window. At this rate we're uncertain as to what the field may look like, but boy is it fun to watch. 

Now that we know he isn’t directing The Justice League movie, playing Batman, and probably is one of the million directors not directing the new Star Wars film, fans of Ben Affleck’s excellent directorial work are curious about what he’ll tackle next (his latest film, Argo, is one of the best of 2012).  Currently, he has the option to develop Stephen King’s...

Everybody make way for the behemoth known as Argo. When Ben Affleck's latest movie first came out in theaters, every other film that came out before it was put in second place, awards-wise. It helps that Argo is a magnificent flick . Currently Oscar predictors are convinced the picture will have Oscar fame and glory. But will the front runner stay that way...

Ben Affleck has been busy directing and starring in the much-buzzed about Argo, a movie about the making a movie. There's more to it, of course, and thus far, the reviews have been great. But Argo is opening this week, which means Affleck will be free to take on another project. Currently, he's looking to star in a romantic dramedy from Crazy,...

It all started a few weeks ago, when it was rumored and reported that Warner Bros. had approached Ben Affleck to direct its own take on the ‘sweet, sweet Jesus, The Avengers made a ton of bank, we better get on that’ phenomenon adaptation of DC Comics’ The Justice League, featuring Batman, Superman, The Flash, et al.  Affleck wasn’t interested, and now the rumor-mill...

This week brings one of the year’s little arthouse successes, a comedy from this summer that didn’t connect with audiences, one of 2011’s best films, and a number of “classic” Disney animated films. Not a bad week all told, so check out the best and brightest of this week’s releases.

Yesterday brought us the strange but intriguing news that Warner Bros. had turned to Ben Affleck to direct and star in their big-budget adaptation of the Justice League comic book (a.k.a., Hey Avengers Made a Crap-Ton of Money, Right?  Can’t We Throw a Bunch of People in Tights at the Screen, Too?).  It seemed highly unlikely that Affleck would leap on...

Yesterday brought us the news that Joss Whedon was returning to write and direct The Avengers 2.  Today, we’ve got news about the other brewing team-up (well, after Guardians of the Galaxy), DC’s The Justice League.  Apparently, Warner Bros. has approached actor-director Ben Affleck to direct the film.