Ben Affleck

From The Dark Knight to the Great Gatsby, 2012 is set to have some blockbusters on the big screen. You’ll want to mark these six flicks down as must-see movies.

Latinos in and out of Hollywood have questioned whether Affleck, a dyed-in-the-wool WASP, should have played Mendez, who is Mexican-American on his father’s side.

Iranian singer Sussan Deyhim contributed music to the new film “Argo.” The film is set in Tehran during the US Embassy hostage crisis that followed the Iranian revolution. This is a time period that resonates with her even though she had left Iran.

Ben Affleck’s new film “The Town” is the latest in a run of movies ? from “Gone Baby Gone” to “The Departed” ? set in working-class Boston. But Hollywood’s attempts to nail the accent drive real Bostonians, like author Dennis Lehane, nuts. Produced by Eric Molinsky.