Swashbuckling fun
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley. Rated M.
Reviewer :: Lt Simone Heyer

One word - swashbuckling. You'd expect it and it's delivered with every pirate harrrr, sword swish, each billow of the huge sails, slap of the wave on the ship and the tinkle of stolen gold.

Can't beat'em, join them
Two Weeks Notice
Stars Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock, Alicia Witt. Rated PG. RedBack DVD
Reviewer :: Name

Lucy (Bullock) is a lawyer who likes a cause. All she wants in life is to fight for truth and the betterment of others.
In attempt to save an important building, she approaches the head of Wade Corporation, which is going to tear down the building. George Wade (Grant) thinks her argument is so valid, he decides to hire her as his new chief legal counsel.

These are fighting words
Angry Skies: Recollections of Australian Combat Fliers
By Mike Hayes. ABC Books. 216pp. $29.95
Reviewer :: Air-Cdre Mark Lax

Some years ago, Ken Llewelyn (familiar to readers through his motoring column) set about recording oral histories of Australian airmen from the Great War to the present.

Bali survivor's true grit
Back from the Dead

By Patrick Lindsay. Random House Australia. 259pp. $29.95
Reviewer :: David Sibley

One of the most haunting images of the days immediately after the Bali bombing of October 12 last year was survivor Peter Hughes telling a Nine Network journalist, "I'm OK".

Author goes with the floe
Antarctica on a Plate

By Alexa Thomson. Random House Australia. 385pp. $24.95
Reviewer :: LS Rachel Irving

The extraordinary tale of Alexa Thomson's adventures in the wild south are recounted in Antarctica on a Plate.