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Ben Affleck

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Favorite Male Actors Of All Time

    I was stunned to find this list posted on imdb.com. But bear in mind I think it was put up there by a single feisty human, and also "favorite" implies a personal like for someone as opposed to a definite feeling that they're masterfully talented.

  • Columns

    July 13, 2011

    Gossip! Gossip! Gossip! With Names!

    Valiant Sandra Bernhard, curious Mickey Rourke, and simply Divine

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Gossip! Gossip! Gossip! With Names!

    ​It's been a while since I rammed some tidbits of gossip down your throats and then made foie gras out of it. So the time is nigh! Click here for my new column, in which I dish on everyone from Ben Affleck to Sandra Bernhard--and yes, those are two different people. Plus Selena Gomez, Micke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Brad Pitt and Other Celebs Shilled for Food Before They Were Famous

    George Clooney might be well-known as the face of Nespresso, and the image of Padma Lakshmi munching away at Burger King is forever ingrained in the minds of fourteen-year-old boys. Other celebrities have endorsed food products, too...only in roles before they hit stardom. The Daily Meal has a fun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    My Fave Movies of The Year

    ​I'm leaving out the obvious ones, which get enough attention, thank you. OK, here goes: Mesrine. A two-part tour de force for Vincent Cassel as a real-life gangster who loves his children. The Town. Male nuns robbing banks? That's just one thread of this seamy, Ben Affleck-directed melodra ... More >>

  • Film

    December 8, 2010

    The Company Men Takes Pity on the Emasculated Exec

    ​I'm leaving out the obvious ones, which get enough attention, thank you. OK, here goes: Mesrine. A two-part tour de force for Vincent Cassel as a real-life gangster who loves his children. The Town. Male nuns robbing banks? That's just one thread of this seamy, Ben Affleck-directed melodra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Blake Lively Can Really Act

    ​I never thought anyone from Gossip Girl would be considered one of our premiere thesps any more than I felt Justin Bieber should sing at the Met. But I can finally admit that in Ben Affleck's searing criminal drama The Town, Blake Lively happens to be amazing in her supporting role as a ragg ... More >>

  • Film

    September 15, 2010

    Ben Affleck, Caught Between Redemption, Action, and Boston in The Town

    ​I never thought anyone from Gossip Girl would be considered one of our premiere thesps any more than I felt Justin Bieber should sing at the Met. But I can finally admit that in Ben Affleck's searing criminal drama The Town, Blake Lively happens to be amazing in her supporting role as a ragg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    This Week's Voice: Jamey Johnson, Superchunk, Brandon Flowers, the Walkmen, and More

    Jamey Johnson: Bon Iver, only good! Photo by James Minchin.​In this week's Village Voice, Chuck Eddy on the charms of schizophrenic stoner country guy Jamey Johnson, Jessica Hopper reviews Superchunk's excellent new Majesty Shredding, Ryan Dombal talks with Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    "From the Studio That Brought You The Departed"!

    ​Have I been hallucinating or is that really said in the commercials for the new Ben Affleck film The Town? Isn't it a little bit of a vague recommendation? What next --

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    This Week in the Voice: Infiltrating the Gathering of the Juggalos

    ​Pop culture -- especially music -- has always had its own respectively fringe and seemingly misunderstood populations. From Phish Phans, to Justin Bieber's bloodthirsty teenage following, and beyond, there always seems to be a group of people deeply saturated in a culture of fanatic obsession ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2010

    Colons Everywhere: Some Movie Titles Are Long, Some Movie Titles Are Short

    ​It takes the New York Times exactly 700 words today to admit their trend piece on the length of movie titles may very well be another entry into the canon of article-length specious claims. The crux of the article is that "with studios churning out more sequels than ever, and eager to link th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    New Mike Judge Movie "Extract" Has Culinary Theme

    The country's greatest living director, Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space, Idiocracy), has a new release in the offing, due Labor Day. "Extract" concerns Joel (Jason Bateman), the owner of a flavoring company called Reynolds Extracts, which manufactures "a patented brand of culinary extra ... More >>

  • Film

    April 15, 2009

    Affleck, Crowe Pump Adrenaline into a Dying Industry in State of Play

    The country's greatest living director, Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space, Idiocracy), has a new release in the offing, due Labor Day. "Extract" concerns Joel (Jason Bateman), the owner of a flavoring company called Reynolds Extracts, which manufactures "a patented brand of culinary extra ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 15, 2009

    Alexi Murdoch

    The country's greatest living director, Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space, Idiocracy), has a new release in the offing, due Labor Day. "Extract" concerns Joel (Jason Bateman), the owner of a flavoring company called Reynolds Extracts, which manufactures "a patented brand of culinary extra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    50 Cent and Rick Ross have a beef. Will it be settled with guns? Actually, it will more likely be settled with internet videos and rapid response units. What what? Erik Parker explains the new state of the art. Burial societies are supposed to assure their members of a grave when their time comes. ... More >>

  • Film

    March 11, 2008

    Never Back Down: Better Than It Needs to Be

    Throwdown would be proud

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    Kimmel Still Fucking Affleck. . . Matt's Getting Jealous

    Throwdown would be proud

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    Oscar Wild! Predictions For This Year's Award Winners

    Throwdown would be proud

  • Film

    August 28, 2007

    Going for the Gold

    Throwdown would be proud

  • Film

    February 13, 2007

    Queasy Rider

    Nicolas Cage sells his soul for another Hollywood hit

  • Film

    August 29, 2006

    Detective Comics

    Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy

  • Dining

    October 4, 2005

    Marc-Down

    Tribeca brasserie features fine food and rewards oenophiles

  • Film

    October 12, 2004

    Dark Comedy Flails as Its Reindeer Games Go Horribly Awry

    Tribeca brasserie features fine food and rewards oenophiles

  • News

    July 20, 2004

    Democratic Convention, Celebrity Heaven

    Big stars and immigrant delivery people in Kerry's paradise

  • Columns

    March 9, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Big stars and immigrant delivery people in Kerry's paradise

  • Film

    January 13, 2004

    Legally Conned: Soap Opera Star Impersonates Matinee Idol

    Big stars and immigrant delivery people in Kerry's paradise

  • Film

    December 23, 2003

    Philip K. Paycheck

    His brain erased, Affleck is just made to be a Dick hero; Woo adds pulp to the sci-fracas

  • Film

    October 7, 2003

    Film

    His brain erased, Affleck is just made to be a Dick hero; Woo adds pulp to the sci-fracas

  • Film

    August 12, 2003

    S.Q.U.A.T.

    A Dreary Remake of a Forgotten '70s Cop Show: S.W.A.T. Have We Done to Deserve This?

  • Theater

    August 12, 2003

    Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and a Little Bit of Bloodletting

    A Dreary Remake of a Forgotten '70s Cop Show: S.W.A.T. Have We Done to Deserve This?

  • Art

    August 5, 2003

    The Shootists

    Indie Film Producer Christine Vachon Analyzes 'Project Greenlight'

  • Columns

    August 5, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Indie Film Producer Christine Vachon Analyzes 'Project Greenlight'

  • Film

    August 5, 2003

    Time and Tide

    All Talk and No Action

  • Film

    February 18, 2003

    Film

    All Talk and No Action

  • Music

    February 4, 2003

    Made in Manhattan

    Flip Off the Ol' Block

  • Theater

    August 20, 2002

    Deviants and Damons

    Slurry With the Fringe on Top

  • Film

    June 4, 2002

    Flights of Clancy

    Slurry With the Fringe on Top

  • Columns

    December 25, 2001

    NY Mirror

    Slurry With the Fringe on Top

  • Film

    May 29, 2001

    Days of Infamy

    Slurry With the Fringe on Top

  • Film

    November 21, 2000

    This Won’t Hurt a Bit

    Slurry With the Fringe on Top

  • Film

    February 29, 2000

    Rough Trades and the Wages of Sin

    Slurry With the Fringe on Top

  • Film

    February 15, 2000

    Where Have All the Aliens Gone?

    Lost in Space

  • Dining

    January 4, 2000

    The Eggman Cometh

    Lost in Space

  • Columns

    January 4, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Lost in Space

  • Film

    May 25, 1999

    Book 'Em

    Lost in Space

  • Film

    May 25, 1999

    In Limbo

    Dogma Deliberated at Cannes

  • Columns

    March 30, 1999

    NY Mirror

    On the Academy Awards, I loved the quick cut to Warren and Annette after Whoopi's crack about older men and younger women.

  • Film

    March 16, 1999

    Forces of Nature

    On the Academy Awards, I loved the quick cut to Warren and Annette after Whoopi's crack about older men and younger women.

  • Columns

    March 16, 1999

    NY Mirror

    Amanda causes a stir without saying— or wearing— much, exuding a good-natured alien appeal.

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