Live By Night Archives - The Playlist

batman-vs-superman-ben-affleck-zack-snyder-2-The-Batman

5 Reasons Why Ben Affleck Wisely Bailed On Directing ‘The Batman’

February 8, 2017 2:39 pm

News hit fans like a batarang to the gut last week: after much hemming and hawing, Ben Affleck decided to bow out of helming “The Batman” despite “confirming” just recently that he would indeed sit in the direc...

Warner Bros. Will Take $75 Million Loss On Ben Affleck’s Gangster Misfire ‘Live By Night’

Kevin Jagernauth

January 27, 2017 12:55 pm

News

It's hard to believe "Live By Night" could've gone wrong. Ben Affleck has proven he could make top-shelf blockbuster entertainment with "Gone Baby Gone," "The Town," and "Argo," and getting together a cast incl...

‘Hidden Figures’ Calculates Top-Spot Placement As String Of New Films Flop [Box Office]

Kevin Jagernauth

January 15, 2017 1:18 pm

News

Much like its protagonists, "Hidden Figures" is the little movie that could, and appropriately on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend the movie has retained a hold on the top of the box office. Wait, what? That's...

2017 Best Production Design Oscars Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

December 30, 2016 2:38 am

Awards, Awards Campaign

Prediction based on nominations NOMINEES 1. "La La Land" 2. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” 3. "Arrival" 4. “Hail, Caesar!” 5. "Passengers" PREVIOUS CONTENDERS (for historical context) “F...

‘Rogue One’ Goes Intergalactic During Christmas Weekend While ‘Assassin’s Creed’ & ‘Passengers’ Struggle [Box Office]

Rodrigo Perez

December 26, 2016 3:52 pm

News

The Disney/Lucasfilm stratagem is easy: release a “Star Wars” movie every year and watch the money roll in. And while the stand-alone film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” wasn’t as much of a gangbusters flashpoi...

Gangster Squad Drama ‘Live By Night’ Is A Major Misfire For Director Ben Affleck [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

December 21, 2016 3:35 pm

News, Reviews

6

Ben Affleck’s volatile career has gone something like this: an early Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay for “Good Will Hunting,” followed by a rough ride both inside and outside the industry duri...

Ben Affleck Is Ready To ‘Live By Night’ In New Photos From The Gangster Blockbuster

Kevin Jagernauth

December 14, 2016 11:23 am

News

While it doesn't look like Ben Affleck's "Live By Night" will do much in the awards race, the actor/director's ambitions for the movie are fairly low key. Speaking in New York City this week, the man behind the...

Ben Affleck Says ‘Live By Night’ “Feels So Current I Wish I Could Dial It Back”

Gregory Ellwood

November 17, 2016 5:38 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

With AFI FEST almost over, Warner Bros. screened “Live By Night” Wednesday night independently of the prestige event for members of the press (primarily the BFCA). No, 'Live' was officially not sneaking at AFI...

Ben Affleck Is An Outlaw In New Trailer For ‘Live By Night’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 11, 2016 12:18 pm

Trailers

“As soon as I read this book, I wanted to make the movie,” Ben Affleck recently told EW about "Live By Night," his adaptation of the novel by Dennis Lehane. “I love the gritty characters and the great dialogue ...

Ben Affleck Shows Off Gangster Style In New Look At ‘Live By Night’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 2, 2016 2:30 pm

News

In a sense, we've already seen Ben Affleck go gangster this fall in the dumb but fun (but also overly complicated) "The Accountant." But don't forget, he's also gunning for the Oscars with "Live By Night," and ...

Tagged Live By Night