the town the film

Just stumbled upon this trailer for The Town, and it looks goooood. It's directed by Ben Affleck, which will either make you roll your eyes or sit up a little in your chair. The eye-rollers obviously did not see what us sit-uppers did: his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, based on the book by Mystic River and Shutter Island author Dennis Lehane (all excellent books, by the way). As a reader, i can vouch that he did an astounding job with Gone Baby Gone and would recommend anyone not too faint of heart to go check out both the literary and film versions. (It contains some very difficult material, in the heinous-crimes-against-children vein and is set among some very gritty places and people.)

Anyway, the cast of The Town (yeah, not that gripping a title, but i'll reserve judgment) boasts, in addition to Affleck, Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner (who happens to sing, and sing WELL but i don't think he sings in this movie), Chris Cooper, JON HAAAAAAMMMMMM!!!!, and Rebecca Hall, who Lyn recently reminded me was super great in The Prestige. Oh, and that one blonde from Gossip Girl who doesn't move her mouth when she talks (again, reserving judgment). It's a Boston-based bank-robbery type movie and it looks like quality entertainment. Let's go see it.

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(Also, i think this beats my record for 'number of parenthetical asides per non-parenthetical writing in a single post'. i now recognize that i have an addiction.)