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THE INSTIGATORS – Review by Susan Granger

August 15, 2024August 19, 2024 Susan Granger casey affleck, doug liman, hong Chau, matt damon, Ron Perlman, The Instigators, Ving Rhames

Friends since their Cambridge, Massachusetts, childhood, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck (younger brother of Ben – with whom Damon wrote Good Will Hunting) went back to their native Boston to film this wannabe action-comedy caper. Desperate Rory (Damon) is a divorced, debt-ridden ex-Marine who’s so depressed because he can’t come up with the $32,480 he owes in legal fees and child support for his teenage son that his VA psychiatrist, Dr. Donna Rivera (Hong Chau), fears he might be a suicide risk.

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THE INSTIGATORS – Review by T. J. Callahan

August 6, 2024August 7, 2024 T. J. Callahan Alfred Molina, ben affleck, casey affleck, doug liman, hong Chau, matt damon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Paul Walter Hauser, Ron Perlman, The Instigators, Toby Jones, Ving Rhames

The Instigators reunites Matt Damon with the Affleck brothers, Casey as a co-star and Ben as producer, in this heist comedy set in their hometown of Boston where the accents are as thick as the bumbling criminals trying to stay one step ahead of the law. Damon is an ex-Marine, a divorced dad wanting to do right by his son. Casey is a wayward ex-con with a drinking problem. The two are thrown together as part of an inept Ocean’s Eleven tasked with robbing the city’s corrupt mayor. When the caper collapses, the would-be thieves find themselves on the run from not only the police, but the profiteering politician’s henchmen.

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OUR FRIEND – Review by Carol Cling

January 16, 2021January 17, 2021 Carol Cling casey affleck, Dakota Johnson, gabriela cowperthwaite, Our friend

Too bad Charles Dickens has dibs on the title Our Mutual Friend. It would have worked perfectly for Our Friend – which played at Toronto International Film Festival 2019 as The Friend.. The latter is what Matthew Teague titled his Esquire magazine article about his wife’s losing battle with cancer – and their best friend’s role in helping them deal with the agonizing reality. This screen adaptation adaptation ricochets through the years so relentlessly you need a spreadsheet to chart who’s who, who’s where – and why they keep saying things everybody already knows.

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‘THE OLD MAN & THE GUN’ – Review by Brandy McDonnell

October 22, 2018October 20, 2018 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments casey affleck, David Lowery, robert redford, Sissy Spacek

Redford, 82, unleashes his celebrated and considerable charm on the role of Forrest Tucker, a real-life career criminal with a flair for brilliantly audacious bank heists and prison escapes. Written and directed by David Lowery (the live-action “Pete’s Dragon,” “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”), the film is based on a New Yorker article by National Book Award finalist David Grann.

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MANCHESTER BY THE SEA – Review by Susan Granger

November 22, 2016November 26, 2016 Susan Granger 0 Comments casey affleck, Manchester By The Sea

“Guilt is a tireless horse. Grief ages into sorrow and sorrow is an enduring rider,” wrote Dean Koontz – a

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, Nov. 3-9: INTERSTELLAR

November 3, 2014November 10, 2014 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Anne Hathaway, casey affleck, Ellen Burstyn, jessica chastain, John Lithgow, kristy puchko, maryann johanson, Matthew McConaughey, michael caine, nell minow, Sandra Kraisirideja, Topher Grace, Wes Bentley

Opening Nov. 7, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Interstellar, Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited science fiction epic which stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway as astronauts on a mission to find humanity a new home. With it’s stunning visuals and sweeping themes, it’s one of the big screen experiences of the year. Read on…

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AWFJ Women On Film – “I’m Still Here” – Review by Cynthia Fuchs

September 11, 2010 Cynthia Fuchs 0 Comments awfj women on film, casey affleck, cynthia fuchs, i'm still here, joachin phoenix

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