Cinema: Affleck’s promising direction

{ "#" : "Say what you like about Ben Affleck as an actor - I certainly have and none of it was kind - but as a director, he shows considerable promise. For his feature debut, Affleck follows another performer-turned-helmer, Clint Eastwood (with Mysti

{ "#" : "Say what you like about Ben Affleck as an actor - I certainly have and none of it was kind - but as a director, he shows considerable promise. For his feature debut, Affleck follows another performer-turned-helmer, Clint Eastwood (with Mystic River), in adapting a tough novel from Dennis Lehane about the disappearance of a small child in Boston." , "b" : "Gone Baby Gone,"}

Gone Baby Gone opened in ...