Hi Foxy,

The only difference between Hitler's Nazi's and Stalin's Communists was the Communists were on the winning side. In war it always pays to be on the winning side, just ask the Israelis. Now it looks like Trump is backing Putin as the winner with Ukraine.

" Paul Hogan's acting career reached its pinacol in that flick, however it was all downhill after that."

Well he did make Crocodile Dundee II which was, if anything, even more successful than the first. But then it was over. He made a few bad calls (eg knocking back the lead in Ghost but doing Flipper instead). Nonetheless, an Aussie icon.

One of my favourite Russel Crow films was "The Sum of Us" with Jack Thompson. A movie that, at that time, could only have been made in Australia. Another favourite was "Master and Commander".

Crowe was slated to do the lead in the Lehrman movie "Australia" but pulled out when they refused to make changes to the script. He thought the movie would bomb without changes. He was right. The movie was a turgid mess. Big tick for Crowe in my mind.

I've got to confess that I admire Russell Crowe very,
very, much. I watched him host the AACTA awards. He's
great at whatever he does.