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Quantum of Solace (2008, Dir. Marc Forster): M: Bond, we need you back. Bond: I never left. A car chase. Fractured bursts of machine guns. Head-on collisions barely averted. A…
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Xu Wu (l) and Rong Rong (r) behind the Bell Tower, at the Drum & Bell Bar.
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The Great Wall, 3 hours away from Beijing:
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Houhai Lake, just outside our front door: Wangfujing Shopping District:People’s University of China: Summer Palace:
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The brand spanking-new International Terminal in the Beijing Capital Airport: My place of residence in Beijing — an old-style courtyard home, updated with modern amenities (like the Internet access that…
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, Dir. Steven Spielberg): It’s not the years honey, it’s the mileage. So said Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) back in 1981,…
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Redbelt (2008, Dir. David Mamet): Let’s go to court … let’s go to Brazil … Insist on the move, insist on the move … Improve the position, improve the position…
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Iron Man (2008, Dir. Jon Favreau) Jim Rhodes: That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Tony Stark: Not bad, huh? Among the ever-growing pantheon of movie superheroes based on Marvel…
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Gridlocked: Not By Chance (2007, Dir. Philippe Barcinski): “We are all particles. We move. That’s what we do. We attract and repel.” — Enio, Not By Chance What does it…
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Mongol (2007, Dir. Sergei Bodrov): [or, “The Wrath of Khan”] We’ve come a long way, baby. Or have we? In 1956 Howard Hughes took a stab at the Genghis Khan…
