The new Batman film has a 100 T-Meter reading at this time.  Based on only five reviews so far . . and now comes the highly anticipated Variety review and it’s a rave:

The Dark Knight Review - Read Variety’s Analysis Of The Movie The Dark Knight:

Having memorably explored the Caped Crusader’s origins in “Batman Begins,” director Christopher Nolan puts all of Gotham City under a microscope in “The Dark Knight,” the enthralling second installment of his bold, bracing and altogether heroic reinvention of the iconic franchise. An ambitious, full-bodied crime epic of gratifying scope and moral complexity, this is seriously brainy pop entertainment that satisfies every expectation raised by its hit predecessor and then some. That should also hold true at the box office, with Heath Ledger’s justly anticipated turn as the Joker adding to the must-see excitement surrounding the Warner Bros. release.

The Dark Knight opens nationwide, Friday, July 18, 2008.

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Mystery Songs wrap up, unfiltered scan of latest news feeds . . .

Here on the west coast it’s hard not to notice the immigration of Vietnamese over the last thirty years. After the southeast Asian war the U.S. opened it’s doors to those who supported and worked for our efforts and then felt the need to flee the rule of the victors. So far today it seems there will not be an Iraqi wave of immigration to our shores. The U.S. effort to help those who helped us is dwarfed by Great Britain, Sweden and other countries who have welcomed those fleeing Iraq.   CBS’ 60 Minutes has the story . . .
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