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That's how Amy Ryan first caught our attention, when she showed up in minute 30 of Ben Affleck's otherwise only so-so Dennis Lehane adaptation Gone Baby Gone, and just owned that movie for the next seven minutes.

Amy Ryan: the Isabelle Huppert of Hollywood 2011

Jon Stewart closed out this week of "Daily Show" Thursday night with a look at one of the GOP's most bizarre choices as of late: showing freshman senators a clip from Ben Affleck's "The Town" as a motivation tool.

Jon Stewart Breaks Down GOP's Bizarre 'The Town' Analogy (VIDEO) 2011

Along with Sony's "The Social Network," Warner Bros. has maintained strong business for Ben Affleck's heist thriller "The Town," which took in $6.4 million this weekend and raised its total to $73.8 million after four weeks.

'Social Network' Wins Again As Katherine Heigl Disappoints AP 2010

"That was really hard for me to watch as his friend, because I didn't think it was fair to him," Damon told Shortlist.com, before shifting over to Affleck's more recently revived career.

Matt Damon On Ben Affleck's Tough 'Gigli' Years, Working Together Again 2011

Along with Sony's "The Social Network," Warner Bros. has maintained strong business for Ben Affleck's heist thriller "The Town," which took in $6.4 million this weekend and raised its total to $73.8 million after four weeks.

'Social Network' Wins Again As Katherine Heigl Disappoints AP 2010

The film is built, in a sense, around Affleck's voice: a husky, androgynous mumble, more interior than spoken, terrifying in its ordinariness.

Erica Abeel: The Killer Inside Me : Can Battering Women Be Entertainment? Erica Abeel 2010

At one stop, the camera-toting group hiked a few blocks to the flower shop where Ben Affleck's character in "The Town" shoots his ruthless mob boss.

Boston's Mob Tours Reel in Tourists Jennifer Levitz 2011

Coming in fourth and fifth, respectively, were Ben Affleck's Boston-based bank robber drama The Town, ($10 million), and the high school comedy Easy A ($7 million).

The Social Network Tops the Weekend Box Office 2010

Another aspirant franchise was strangled in the cradle of its brutal opening weekend: Green Lantern, starring perennial Nearly-Man Ryan Reynolds, won't be back for a sequel; it's bound for the ashcan of failed franchises, home already to Billy Zane's The Phantom and Ben Affleck's Daredevil.

The Hangover II, Final Destination 5: will the summer of sequels never end? 2011

At one stop, the camera-toting group hiked a few blocks to the flower shop where Ben Affleck's character in "The Town" shoots his ruthless mob boss.

Boston's Mob Tours Reel in Tourists Jennifer Levitz 2011