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Christian Bale as Dickie Eckland in “The Fighterr” In today’s New York Times A&E writer Manolha Dargis writes in the “”Awards” section about Christian Bale’s performance as Dickie Eckland in “The Fighter.” Dargis analyzes the portrayal and the character portrayed. Is an Oscar in the wings for Christian Bale? Read…
Read More »Today’s Globe identifies they young actor who played Dick Ecklund Jr in “The Fighter” as Jackson Nicholl of nearby Seabrook, New Hampshire.
Read More »Dick mentioned CNN in a comment tonight. I went to the CNN site and found the network’s review of “The Fighter.” The reviewer gave the film an A- rating. Read it here.
Read More »My family did a little shopping in south Nashua this afternoon. The lines were long and money was flowing. In Best Buy, 40 people waited at the registers. The exchanges line was 25 deep. We lucked out because we bought an item in the computer department, which has its own registers.…
Read More »Speaking of the power of cities, after two highly successful productions in Lowell (2008-09), the Massachusetts Poetry Festival will move its tents, workshops, coffeehouse readings, and auditorium events to downtown Salem in 2011, with a packed schedule of activities set for May 13 and 14. Keep checking www.masspoetry.org for updates as the…
Read More »I’ve tried to create a Google Maps mashup showing the various locations in Lowell where “The Fighter” was filmed. Just click on the blue markers to read a description of that location and use the zoom and and out tools to see the entire map. Many of the spots are…
Read More »In the videos below University of Mass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan talks with WBZ’s Jon Keller about the university presidency and the upcoming redistricting of Massachusetts’ congressional map.
Read More »Tonight, with my wife and two friends I saw “the movie” at the Showcase Cinemas, just a slapshot away from Micky Ward Circle. The film ended two hours ago and I’m still in a kind of shock from the hyper-realism on screen. Lowell appeared to be under a colossal magnifying glass.…
Read More »Here’s the link to the Facebook Page for the Beat Museum in San Francisco.
Read More »I picked up this item from the latest newsletter from the Beat Museum in San Francisco (www.kerouac.com). There’s a link to the Christie’s auction house site where you can see the letter from Jack Kerouac to Marlon Brando, urging the actor to acquire the film rights to Kerouac’s then-redhot novel…
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