![]() ![]() Next to "Inception," it's the best ensemble cast of the year. And that's not to mention Pete Postelthwaite and Chris Cooper. ![]() He also gets a pair of up-and-comers in Rebecca Hall and "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively. In "The Town," he gets Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner in his first major film since his breakout in "The Hurt Locker" and Jon Hamm in his first major film since TV's "Mad Men" took off. In 2007, he helped Amy Ryan to a supporting actress nomination, and that's ignoring the other talents in the film such as Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan and Ed Harris. It starts with the cast and the performances he gets from them. More impressive with his work on "The Town," however, is that it proves he could just as easily go on to direct an action blockbuster as he could an Oscar-winning drama. ![]() In all the ways his sincere and revealing debut "Gone Baby Gone" succeeds, so does "The Town." Both are Boston-based crime dramas that are both touchingly dramatic at times yet gripping at others. Ben Affleck's second feature film as a director - if nothing else - proves he's no fluke. ![]()
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