Following in Darran and Phil’s footsteps, it’s time for me to look back with nostalgia and bitterness at 2017, the year that was. Changing it up a little (new year, new me), I’ve decided to recap the 5 best and worst films (and television, including Netflix originals) I reviewed at AccessReel this year. My first year at AccessReel has been incredible, and I’m so grateful to have been given the opp...
Hello, AccessReelers and a Happy New Year to you and yours. Our Head Honcho, Darran has done it, so now it’s time for me to drop my own Top Ten List of 2017. It was an interesting year where the super hero franchise movies continued to dominate international box office figures; the next chunk of the Star Wars franchise arrived to be greeted by much fan sound and fury; and increasingly, the o...
In SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO, the series begins a new chapter. In the drug war, there are no rules – and as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border, federal agent Matt Graver calls on the mysterious Alejandro, whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin, to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin’s daughter to inflame the conflict – but when...
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
In August 2015, an ISIS terrorist boarded train #9364 from Brussels to Paris. Armed with an AK-47 and enough ammo to kill more than 500 people, the terrorist might have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear. Stone was a martial arts enthusiast and airman first class in the U.S. Air Force, Skarlatos was a member of the Oregon National Guard, and all three pals p...
DEN OF THIEVES is a gritty Los Angeles crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles.
After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef Wade Wilson struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to di...
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is an upcoming American-British-Swedish romantic comedy musical film directed and written by Ol Parker. It is a sequel to the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, which is based on the musical of the same name. The film stars Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper, Andy Garcia, Cher, and Meryl Stre...
It’s that time again where we look back on the year that is 2017, it was a fairly difficult year to narrow the films down to a top ten so make sure you check out my notable mentions list at the bottom aswell. Let’s kick it off with Number 10. 10. Loving The incredible true story of true story of Richard and Mildred Loving played by Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, directed by Jeff Nicho...
Asher Keddie will join director Stephan Elliott for Q&A screenings of his laugh-out-loud comedy and ode to a 70’s Australian summer – SWINGING SAFARI. Keddie and Elliott will present two events in Perth on Wednesday January 17 at Cinema Paradiso and Event Cinemas Innaloo. SWINGING SAFARI is a celebration of Australian summer combined with a healthy dose of nostalgia. Set in a typical A...
Matthew Vaughn has recently made a few comments regarding his potential involvement in a DC film for Warner Brothers, despite his Kingsman series moving right along into pre-production on a third instalment in the series.
Three trailers landed online overnight so to make life easier on everyone I thought lets put them all together. Take a look below at the trailers for Sicario 2, Ocean’s 8 and Disney’s The Nutcracker. First up is Sicario 2: Soldado, now everyone knows the first film was absolutely brilliant from the starting beat to the final frame so I really hope they do capture the same in this one i...
