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21 May 2026

Film "Heads of State" "We give, they take" so give up hegemony

I just happened to watch this film on my recent long international flight. UK prime minister and US President escaped from crashing Air Force One and made their way back to their duties.  A typical American hero story but filled with thrilling development and super actions. I could enjoy and kill my time on the long flight.  At the last part of the film, one character said "We give, they take" to express America's dissatisfaction with its allies reflecting the current status of America, which is no longer able to maintain the hegemonic power like in the cold war era but still...

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07 March 2025

Film "Salt" has become reality

A female CIA agent Evelyn Salt was suspected of being a double agent from Russia since a Russian deserter revealed but the revelation was a trap to destroy the US by the Russian intelligence. In fact she was the double agent so were a lot of other people in the US government.  Recent President Trump's dialogue with Ukrainian President Zelensky showed the film was a kind of preview of the...

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11 December 2024

My planned novel "White America" should be more interesting than the film "Civil War"

Journalists traveling to Washington to conduct the interview with the Trump-like US President amid the civil war in the 21st century.  The film wasn't very impressive to me. I could clearly...

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18 September 2024

Film “Hillbilly Elegy”, the biography of Trump’s running mate

18 September 2024

The 21st century version of “Dynasty”

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