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Hot Tub Time Machine 2 update
There’s no doubt HOT TUB TIME MACHINE was an entertaining film back in 2010. It’s funny one liners and great cast makes it the perfect movie night with a couple of friends. The cast will consist of the same main actors (Craig Robinson, Clark Duke and Rob Corddry) with the exception of John Cusack who will not be appearing in the sequel. Instead, Adam Scott has been cast as...
Apocalyptic WA Movie Scores Major Distribution
THESE FINAL HOURS, the debut feature from Writer-Director Zak Hilditch and Producer Liz Kearney has been snapped up by Roadshow Films, Australia’s largest independent Distributor. Executive Producer Robert Connolly’s CinemaPlus who closed the deal today said of the partnership, “This is an exciting opportunity for such talented filmmakers to have their debut f...
One Direction: This Is Us – World Premiere Highlights
Only a few weeks until One Direction: This is Us 3D hits Australian screens and a couple of days the world premiere in London took place, have a look below at the highlights. One Direction: This Is Us is a captivating and intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable story of...
Trailer Debut – The Book Thief
Just hitting the internet today is the trailer for the 20th Century Fox movie, THE BOOK THIEF starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nélisse based on the book of the same name by Australian best-selling author Markus Zusak. THE BOOK THIEF tells the inspirational story of a spirited and courageous young girl who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live wi...
Leonie Mansfield – Kick Ass 2
Kick-Ass 2 has just landed in to cinemas and one of the films producers Australian Leonie Mansfield spent the last 5 years working along side Matthew Vaughns and production company MARV. Leonie worked on numerous films including the first Kick-Ass, The Debt, X-Men First Class and Harry Brown starring Michael Caine, has just recently returned to Australia on maternity leave before she starts produ...
What Maisie Knew Trailer
Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely from a child’s point of view.
Scott McGehee and David Siegel – What Maisie Knew
What Maisie Knew is about to come out in cinemas and we had the opportunity to talk to the directors of the film Scott McGree and David Siegel. The film stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Joanna Vanderham and Ontana Aprile as Maisie. An aging rock star (Moore) and a contemporary art dealer (Coogan)—Susanna and Beale are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inade...
Joseph Kosinski headed for the Twilight Zone?
Remember that series from way back that ran for 5 seasons from the late 1950’s into the mid-1960’s? Or perhaps you’re more likely to have noticed the revival from the mid to late 1980’s? Did you see one of the more recent revivals that didn’t go so well such as the early 2000’s one season attempt that was cancelled? Of course I’m talking about none other t...
Wright, Pegg & Frost Revisited: Which Film is Best?
As the dust settles on THE WORLD’S END, AccessReel’s Sian Dhu (self-confessed Wright/Pegg/Frost fan) reviews the trio’s joint works, labeling the best to worst. “Ofcourse we’ll work together again” Simon Pegg reassured a delighted crowd at San Diego’s Comic-Con International, “but we want this to be a solid little trilogy”. He is, ...
Brad Pitt Box Office Success
Brad Pitt has had quite the career on the big screen. He’s dated arguably two of the most beautiful women in Hollywood (Aniston and Jolie) and is the featured actor in almost every production in which he is cast. Earlier this year, he starred in a post-apocalyptic zombie film WORLD WAR Z which has brought him much success. So much, that WWZ has become Pitts most successful film at the box of...
Warwick Ross – Red Obsession
Red Obsession is just about to be released and we had the chance to speak with one of the directors of the documentary Warwick Ross. For centuries, Bordeaux has assumed a mythical status in the world of fine wine as a leitmotif of wealth, power and influence, but its prosperity has always been linked to the capricious nature of markets and the shifting fortunes of global economies. Now change is c...
More Loki coming for Thor: The Dark World
Seem’s Thor: The Dark World needs a bit more of an injection of Tom Hiddleston’s LOKI, as the flick goes back into the studio for reshoots. Most of the time when reshoots are happening it usually means the movie has a few issues, or some early test screenings are getting negative results but in Thor: The Dark World’s case the director Alan Taylor has come out and made a few comme...