A look back: Another photo of the terracotta warriors

Here’s a view of a trench of terracotta warriors at the Museum of Qin main excavation area at Xi’an in … More

Movie review: ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’

Today is December 7 and in this year of 2024, that makes it the 83rd anniversary of the attack on … More

It’s not easy to get a sharp photo from the ride at the Haunted Mansion at the Magic Kingdom. So, … More

I know I’m stating the obvious here, but you find tour groups just about everywhere you go in Beijing and … More

OK, here’s the latest on my long journey through Achilles tendon surgery. It was just after Memorial day when I … More

At the start of my blog more than a decade ago, I avoided reviewing big hits or classics with a … More

You can spot Mickey or Minnie ears anywhere during a visit to Walt Disney World. Here’s a shot I got … More

First, I reviewed my favorite western: Clint Eastwood’s “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (click here to read that one). Next, I … More

Here’s what the main stage at Hollywood Studios looked like during a Villains night performance in August 2014. Allison got … More

Trees were in bloom in early April in Xi’an when we visited China in 2007.

If you are ever looking for a film whose sole aim appears to be hacking off just about as many … More

Look closely between the shooting fountains of water at EPCOT – it’s a helicopter! No, it wasn’t coming into the … More

Here’s yet another post of wonderful architecture we found during our visit to China in 2007. I cannot recall (and … More

Clint Eastwood is one of my all-time heroes in cinema. He’s taken me from World War II (“Kelly’s Heroes” with … More

One of the animatronic characters during the “Spaceship Earth” ride at EPCOT is pretty life-like with this flash shot (please … More

Here’s a look at an outdoor café in China – but note how the umbrellas give it that more cosmopolitan … More

I haven’t tackled too many dark dramas or hideously violent ones (although the über-funny, über-gory and über-great “Zombieland” is an … More

It was an overcast start to the evening at the Hollywood Studios’ special Villains Night in August 2014 when Allison … More

Yes, you can see mundane jobs when you visit China. Here’s a shot I got of window washers at the … More

The definition of stereotype is “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of … More

What’s this? It’s a peek through an opening at the the top of a drum being played by a Japanese … More

Here’s another view of one of the many great views of both history and architecture we saw while we were … More