The Matrix: Reloaded
Loaded with effects
Stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Laurence Fishburne. Rated M
Reviewer :: The Big Irish Git

I’m a little bit confused about some of the minor plot details in The Matrix: Reloaded.
For example, our heroes go to a lot of trouble to blow up a major power station and a backup system simultaneously in order to beat the security systems protecting the Matrix’s central computer of its power.

Rain
Weathering a beach holiday
Stars Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning, Aaron Murphy. AV Channel. Rated MA. 92 mins
Reviewer :: Pte Simone Heyer

This movie portrays the feel of a long summer holiday. Its format is slow and relaxed, almost melancholic at times.

This game's predictable
Harvard Man
Details.
Reviewer :: Pte Simone Heyer

Harvard Man has all the feel of a teen-flick, but clearly its audience is adult. It’s the thoroughly unusual tale of a bright philosophy student, Alan, (Grenier) who wants to get just a bit more from his experiences – finding drugs the answer.

Black Cross, Red Star: The Air War Over the Eastern Front, Volume 2
Epic war in East
By C. Bergström and A. Mikhailov. Pacifica Military History (distributed by Crusader Books). 212pp. $90
Reviewer :: Air-Cdr Mark Lax

This book is the second in a series that will cover the entire air war in the east – the largest and longest air campaign in history (yes, bigger than the strategic bombing of Germany and Japan). Volume One concentrated on Operation Barbarossa, the German attack from June to December 1941. This volume covers the Russian fightback to mid-1942 during their vast and costly winter offensive.

Samurai Sketches: From the Bloody Final Years of the Shogun
Killers in profile - a detailed history of the samurai
By Romulus Hillsborough, Ridgeback Press. 270pp. $29.95
Reviewer :: Pte Simone Heyer

The world of the samurai in ancient Japan has long been intriguing. Getting around with amazing swords, elaborate costumes and a killer reputation, their infamy has travelled through the ages.
During feudal Japan the samurai excelled in martial arts and on the battlefield.
But with the introduction of hand guns, a predominant warlord reined.