London, October 13, 2018
October 18, 2018 Leave your thoughts
In rural Virginia, retired Witness Protection (WP) specialist John Kruger (Arnold) – the legendary “Eraser” who once faked deaths and gave new identities to high-risk witnesses – is visited by new agents from his old workplace, led by one Steven Holabeek. They claim they are erasing him to protect him from the foreign terror group Emerging Justice, based on a CIA tip-off. In reality, these rogue agents are secretly working with the terrorists and plan to kill him. The official government won’t risk a diplomatic scandal with the terrorists’ home country – a powerful Middle Eastern ally – so the corrupt agents use the “protection” story as cover for the hit. (more…)
September 23, 2018 Leave your thoughts
They tried to kick me off the flight. Upon presenting my documents at the gate to Shanghai, the employee asked where my Chinese visa was. I don’t need one, because I’ll be using the 6-day visa free stay in Shanghai and its neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. That didn’t fly with the flight operator. They were adamant no one lands in China without a visa and asked me to step aside from the queue. (more…)
June 7, 2018 Leave your thoughts
April 26, 2018 Leave your thoughtsFan poster for Enrica Antonioni’s documentary To Make a Film Is to Be Alive, about the making of Michelangelo Antonioni’s final film Beyond the Clouds (1995). (more…)
March 31, 2018 Leave your thoughts“All special effects must serve the story”, says Spielberg, and goes on to worship the story’s king: character. They are such a big part of storytelling, each one of them here is doubled with an avatar. Avatars help them break free of reality’s shackles and become true to their dreams. (more…)
