Just a little bit scary
28 Days Later
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns. Rated MA.
Reviewer :: Lt Simone Heyer

Prepare to grip your seat with terror, prepare to grab the person beside you with fright (unless they avoid your grasp), prepare to continuously gnaw your giant popcorn, 28 Days Later is a bit of a fear-fest, but it's nowhere near what it was talked up to be.

B-grade wannabes
Bloody Murder and Unseen
Magna Pacific, Rated MA15+
Reviewer :: Pte John Wellfare

If you come across these two movies in the video store, you'll get the impression they are tacky, B-grade horror flicks. You'd be wrong, however; these movies can only dream of being B-grade, as they are little more than home videos.

A thirst-quenching read
Beer: Slabs, Stubbies and Six-Packs
By Ben Canaider and Greg Duncan-Powell. Random House Australia. 166pp. $22.95
Reviewer :: LS Rachel Irving

One could argue at the direct relation to being an Aussie and loving a beer. In fact "beer o'clock" is well known to be an exact measure of both thirst and time.

An illegal perspective

Cutting Edge: Dying to Leave
SBS - Part 1: Tuesday, October 28 at 8:30pm
Part 2: Tuesday, November 4 at 8:30pm
Reviewer: Pte John Wellfare



Millions of people are illegally conveyed across international borders every year and the situation seems to be getting worse; people smuggling has become a multi-billion-dollar industry.

Dying to Leave is a two-part series based on the experiences of five people who illegally migrated to various parts of the world from various homeland circumstances.

Following each individual, from their initial reasons for wanting to move, their journey across borders and their life in the new country, this series is presented very much in sympathy with the migrants.

The first part focuses on the methods and means of people smuggling while the second part shows, in depth, the way global criminal networks use people smuggling as a form of income through extortion and slavery.

Dying to Leave is worth watching for the insight into the people smuggling industry and its associated facets.

Regardless of how you feel about illegal immigrants, this series is likely to reinforce your opinion rather than change it and the facts presented can add weight to either side of the argument.