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From Stage to Screen – AccessReel’s Top 10 Adaptations
Film may be a more popular art-form then theatre, but screenwriters often use stage productions as source material. It wasn’t an easy task, but Access Reel’s Sian Dhu reveals her top 10 films adapted from the stage. 10th Place Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Director: Bruce Beresford Just squeezing into the top 10 is this loveable story starring an even more ...
Riddick 3 Starts Filming
The sci-fi action franchise which kicked off with the small budget film ‘Pitch Black’ in 2000 will continue with its leading man Vin Diesel returning for the second sequel. The long in development sequel was never a sure thing after the first sequel titled ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’ failed to receive favourable reviews generally and failed to deliver financial success with...
AccessReel Reviews – Chronicle
For three high school classmates who suddenly gain superpowers from a mysterious substance, the chronicle of their ordinary lives is about to take on extraordinary turn. Initially they use their powers to play innocent pranks on each other and people around them, but soon they gain confidence and learn to control their powers better to take on more difficult tasks. Their newfound sense of immortal...
General Aladeen Announces Website Launch
His Excellency Admiral General Aladeen has just tweeted to announce the launch of his website “My website just launched – it’s already bigger than Facebook! Visit it! (unless you’re in Wadiya, where for some reason there’s no internet. I didn’t ban it. Honest)” You can toggle between English & Wadiyan to learn more about His Excellency Admiral General ...
AccessReel Reviews – Man on a Ledge
An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiatior (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective. Don’t let the title of the film deceive you, MAN ON A LEDGE is so much more than the namesake and a...
AccessReel’s Top Hollywood MILFs and DILFs
Lets face it, age has almost no effect on those glamorous inhabitants of tinsel town. With this in mind the Access Reel team eyes off Hollywood’s sexiest Mum and Dads, presenting for your viewing pleasure our Top MILFS and DILFS. It was a tricky undertaking, each Access Reel writer considering the smorgasbord of delicious 30+ year olds that grace our silver screens to find our ultimate picks...
AccessReel Reviews – Underworld Awakening
Underworld Awakening (3D) brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D. Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are co...
AccessReel Debate: Is The Cinema a Goer For a First Date?
Just about every first date I’ve had involved going to the movies….and usually my second… and even my third. Call me unsociable but I’m not the only one. Catching a flick is one of the easiest and most popular scenarios for a first date. But is sitting in a dark room avoiding eye contact and conversation the best way to start a relationship? Let the debate begin! We...
AccessReel Reviews – J. Edgar
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. From director Clint Eastwood(Hereafter, Invictus) and written by Dustin Lance Black who wrote the Academy Award winning screenplay for “Milk” back in 2009 comes ...
Full Nominations List for 2012 Academy Awards
The Oscar nominations just finished LIVE around the world in all of about 5minutes but we have just received the whole list via a Press Release by the Academy. I am extremely happy that Nick Nolte got a nomination for his Role in “Warrior” after seeing the film I said to myself he should get one and I really do hope he takes it home, the other big surprise is Melissa McCarthy getting a...
Watch the Oscar Nomination Announcements LIVE
The Academy Awards is my favorite time of the year, maybe not when the Academy gets it wrong eventhough that doesn’t happen to much! The Nominations for the awards are being LIVE Broadcast all around the world at about 9.30pm WA Time and you can watch it right here on Accessreel.com The ever so beautiful Jennifer Lawrence is to announce Oscar 2012 nominees is in the upcoming film ‘Like...
AccessReel Reviews – A Few Best Men
Prenuptial comedy about an Australian-based wedding that hurtles into havoc when the groom’s incompetent “best men” arrive. After English chap David announces his impulsive engagement to Aussie lass Mia, whom he only just met on vacation, his three mates dedicate themselves to attending his marriage, only to cause a chaotic chain-reaction between cultures. From the director of th...