We have known for a while that Guillermo del Toro was taking on the world of Pinocchio but now we have learnt he will also undertake a Live-Action version of Beauty and the Beast. Not much is know about the film as yet other then he’s currently finishing work on Pacific Rim which is due for release later this year then he starts work on Beauty and the Beast which he will be writing, pro...
2012 was a great year of movies and as we move into 2013 I though we would take a short look the best of whats to come. Now usually I would post up our own trailers for these sorts of things but Youtube just makes life a tad more easier! They are ranked by release and as we don’t have trailers for the entire year yet, this is mainly for the first half of the year. January 24th – DJANGO...
Derek Cianfrance, director of Blue Valentine is different to a lot of Hollywood directors. He is very character based instead of focusing on the plot. His newest film for 2013, The Place Beyond The Pines, stars Ryan Gosling as a motorcycle stunt rider and Bradley Cooper as the cop-turned-politician. The title of the film is somewhat related to the place in which it is filmed and set. A lot o...
2012 has come and gone. So it’s time to put a top ten together. I judge a film on how it touches me emotionally and the thought that goes into the plot. I don’t care about whether or not a film has big explosions or a fabulously large budget. The actors have to act, the director needs to have vision and the editing and effects largely make up for the reasons why audiences ...
In an innocent heartland city, five are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But the accused man claims he’s innocent and says “Get Jack Reacher.” Reacher himself sees the news report and turns up in the city. The defense is immensely relieved, but Reacher has come to bury the guy. Shocked at the accused...
Sian reflects on 2012 to find her top ten films. Of this task she wails: “this was incredibly difficult – not due to a surplus of good films to choose from, but because there were so few strong films for me this year.” Less moaning please Sian and more writing! See her list below… This was an incredibly difficult task. Not due to a surplus of good films to choose fro...
Last year brought forth an amazing variety of movies. I have chosen films I saw in 2012 and reviewed for AccessReel, even though some have a 2011 production date. Release dates in Australia being what they are, sometimes we see movies here six months after their US or European debut. I have followed Leith’s lead and arranged my films alphabetically rather than ranking them from 1 to 10, thus...
Once again we’ve come to the end of another year and it’s time for the various top 10 lists to emerge covering everything from video games, comics, and of course films. Below you will find my best films for 2012 with a couple of caveats. Firstly there are a number of films that might make my list but which I have not yet had time to view, or alternatively despite international openings...
Consumers around the country had spent millions at retail outlets buying Christmas gifts and splurging on that Christmas turkey or ham. It was a wonder if the box office would do well on Boxing Day. There was no need for doubt as the box office broke records. The biggest Boxing Day EVER at the Australian Box Office. Was it a Christmas present? The strong list of films released? Or you...
T To celebrate Hugh Jackman’s champion performance in the latest musical movie Les Miserables, AccessReel’s Sian Dhu reveals her top ten movie musical leading men… Note: as it is in celebration of Hugh’s achievements, he is not included in the competition. (Though naturally, if he were, h...
Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game’s titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero’s Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game’s hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters...
