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The cold Melbourne winter has one good point. It provides a perfect excuse to hole up in a dark warm place and catch up with the US summer blockbusters.

BATMAN - The (Long) Dark Knight:
Yes it’s good! No buts! 
Heath Ledger is very good as are many of the other supporting artists. Gary Oldman as Lt/Commissioner Gordon is superb and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent shows us all of his acting repertoire as the good, bad and ugly.   

XFiles - I Want to Believe:
The re-emergence of Mulder and Scully exploits the “absence makes the heart grow fonder” expectations as did the latest Indiana Jones chapter. I liked this movie but at the end I felt I’d seen a really good episode of “Law and Order” rather than the the conspiracy riddled paranormal X File adventure. I’m sure there’s plenty of room for heated debate on whether or not it conforms to a true X-File experience, but not from me. I liked it. (I never thought Billy Connolly could keep a straight face for so long)

In a nutshell: Young Temudgin’s life in the harshest of environments of 12th century Mongolia.
The metamorphosis of a young boy into the legendary Ghengis Khan.
I’m guessing this is the first of a series as very little time is devoted to his “taking over the world” phase, mainly concentrating on his rise to power.

Brush up on your Mongolian, or take your reading specs for the sub-titles. I liked it.

Well the verdict is in, Mighty Thong went down a treat last week at the Clifton Hill Hotel.

“What a fantastic performance ….. ” : Moira
“You blokes were great ….”: Ken
“OOOH Yeah”: Leonie
“More! More! More!”: The Crowd
“How can we make some money out of this???”: Bill W