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What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?

The Costello hit that plays as the credits roll to “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?” is pretty aptly answered in the latest doc(me)mentary by “Super Size Me” director Morgan Spurlock.

As with his breakthrough film, “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?” follows Spurlock’s personal journey to dig around an issue that has been ingrained in the collective consciousness of North Americans, but that very few people devote any real thought to.

Also like his first documentary, this film offers up all of Spurlock’s goofy animations, simplified explanations and common-man commentary – plus it’s got…

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English movie cinema in Suzhou

There were a few major adjustments I had to undergo when I moved to Suzhou from Dalian back in August 2006, namely: a lack of abundant Korean food, no Walmart, no slick light-rail mass transit, and no English-language movie theatres.

Well, it’s been a year and a half and I’m happy to report that this little garden down has caught up (or soon will in regards to the light rail) on all counts.

The one that I’m most thrilled about is that we’ve finally got a feckin’ movie cinema that plays more than dubiously dubbed duds. You see, I am…

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