Who needs movies when Ed is in town?

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Who needs movies when Ed is in town?

TaiTai wanted to drag me to the cinema this week but I managed to argue against it. I mean, what is the point of paying for the likes of Jason Bourne and James Bond when you’ve got yourself a real life action story in Edward Snowden. Especially when the former US spy is hiding out in Lan Kwai Fong or wherever it is he’s decided to hole himself up in Hong Kong. You couldn’t make it up.

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