The movie opens two months after Ethan Hunt and his team retrieve the source code key for a malevolent artificial intelligence known only as “the Entity.” U.S. President Erika Sloane contacts Ethan, warning him that the Entity continues to seize control of global nuclear weapons systems with the help of undercover doomsday cultists. Despite orders…
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The Power of Your Story in ‘Stagecoach’
By Peter de Kuster Some films are more than entertainment—they are journeys. John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939) is such a film: a mythic odyssey across the American West, where a group of strangers is thrown together in a stagecoach, each bringing their own story, secrets, and hopes. As they travel through hostile Apache territory, threatened by danger from without…
Absolution: The Last Chance to Rewrite Your Legend
By Peter de Kuster Introduction: When the End Looms, What Story Will You Leave Behind? Absolution (2024) is a brooding crime drama that asks: Can a life defined by violence and regret be redeemed in its final act? The film follows an aging gangster, known as Thug, who—facing terminal illness and haunted by his past—sets out…
The Power of Your Story 