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This past summer, Clint “Dirty Harry”, “The Man with No Name” Eastwood was in town shooting a little film called “Gran Torino”. Check out the trailer! As your good pal Corey Hall, Metro Times reviewer and “First Friday Film Forum” co-host, says it looks like “Grumpy Old Men” meets “The Enforcer”. “Gran Torino” opens...
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I don’t know if you feel as I do, but when I walk into a place like the Fox Theatre or the Detroit Film Theatre, I’m struck with a sense of awe. It’s just amazing that these places were made for film. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore and the multiplex just doesn’t...
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In the world of tax incentives, there are winners and losers. This week, City of Detroit approved a $135,000,000 tax abatement over 25 years for General Motors to build the Chevy Volt electric car at the Poletown plant. For that, GM says it will hire 550 additional employees. This is usually how it works:...
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Out and about today I happened upon another film crew taking in the sights around Detroit. At Woodward and Congress, just up from “the fist” and “the spirit” and just south of Campus Martius Park filming was underway in a little diner for the third installment of The Butterfly Effect. The Butterfly Effect 3?...
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Here’s a little thought experiment. Thanks to Governor Granholm’s tax incentives to ramp up movie production in Michigan, it’s only a matter of time before someone decides to shoot a film about the rise and fall of Detroit Mayor Kwame Malik Kilpatrick. This story has everything a filmmaker could ever want! A family political...
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In the world of Detroit’s Metro Times, two men standout for their film reviews: Jeff Meyers and Corey Hall. When they are not found in dark places — alleys, basements and theaters — these two fountains of film facts are dragged out into the light. Cleaned up a bit, Meyers and Hall are placed...
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This Friday morning the First Friday Film Forum is on 101.9 WDET – Detroit Public Radio. Join us, and grill, your host and favorite Metro Times critics! The First Friday Film Forum on Detroit Today Friday August 1st at 11:00amwith your host Rob St. Mary and Metro Times critics Jeff Meyers and Corey Hall...
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