Wahlberg is on a role this year

Mark Wahlberg is one of those actors who either has a string of big hits at the box office, or seems to be going into that territory where dropping his dacks and singing, "Good Vibrations," was the highlight of his career. You know what I am talking about. For every great turn in movies such as The Departed and Boogie Nights, we have had to witness a Max Payne or The Happening (I would fire my agent for those crap movies). But it looks like Mark is back on track with a string of hits this year and showing that he can do comedy is a new genre he can do extremely well. Date Night was hilarious and The Other Guys, Mark stood his own. But once again Mark Walhberg is going to tackle serious drama when his new movie, "The Fighter" opens later this year. Now don't  dismiss Mark on his work in drama as he has rocked parts in The Departed where he was nominated for and Oscar and held his own against the big league actor such as Jack Nicholson and Leo Dicaprio. This time Mark is going to be telling the real life story of Mickey "Irish" Ward, a boxer, who with the help of his brother, was able to go pro in the 80's, (think of Rocky and you will no the sort of story it is going to be). Throw into the mix Christian Bale (who never stops doing good movies) as his trainer whose life starts to turn to nothing when he gets involved in drugs, and Amy Adams (one of my favs and always brilliant) as his girlfriend, the combination looks like a winner. Many have predicted that this is going to end up on many award lists next year which wouldn't surprise me. With the talent involved, The Fighter is definitely going to take a hit out of the box office when it is released.