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Great filmmaking. Oscar worthy performance by Rosamund Pike.

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 Beautiful filmmaking by Ben Affleck.

Great cast, especially Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall. 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

Ybor City Will Get The Last Laugh

Corporate Welfare whore Ben Affleck's decision to build a fake Ybor City up the road might cost us in the short term.
Business lost at hotels, bars, restaurants, temporary jobs. After all everything is fake in Hollywood, right? But in the long term, if he sticks with the story, our little haven will be on the big screen. Want to talk about it? 
Check this out! 

Ben Affleck's Fake Ybor City Project

Ben we heard you are building a replica of our little paradise in Georgia. You would think that a wealthy man like you would spring for the cut you wanted to take from taxpayers and get the real thing. After all you are a filmmaker. It's Hollywood, right! To help you get it right we have included pics. more

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Ben Affleck: Corporate Welfare Whore

Ben Affleck bought the film rights to “Live By Night” a novel by former Tampa area writer Dennis Lehane set in Ybor City during the 1920s and 1930s about a petty Boston thief’s rise to successful Gulf Coast rum runner. (Un)fortunately for Tampa, the absence of state tax incentives for movie productions “Live By Night” will bypass the original. Instead, 
a fake Ybor City 
is being erected in Georgia. here
Remember this when this movie comes to local theaters.