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...
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...
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...
In this follow-up to the 2008 worldwide hit “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” the new 3D family adventure “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” begins when young Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, reprising his role from the first film) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It’s a place of strange life forms, mountains o...
We all know there’s just a little bit of ‘cashing in’ present in the film industry… ok maybe more than a little. Respected Directors make cheesy kid flicks, talented actors play one dimensional characters in snooze-worthy blockbusters. But where are the real big bucks? What genres are the biggest money spinners? Access Reel’s Sian Dhu checks it out. We often forget t...
Saili, an unassuming villager and taro farmer, lives happily with his wife Vaaiga and their teenage daughter Litia. Their existence, whilst happy and peaceful is unconventional. Vaaiga has been banished from her ancestral village for many years. Saili faces serious threats to his plantation as well as his family and has been denied his father’s chiefly title. It’s not uncommon while wa...
January 28th will play host to a free screening to launch the WA made community film Barragup Yarns by Simon Lyons. Access Reel’s Sian Dhu picks Lyon’s brains about not only his film, but tips for aspiring WA film-makers. Everyone is invited to celebrate the launch of the WA made film Barragup Yarns with a free screening to take place in Mandurah on Saturday January 28th. Barragup Yarn...
Matt King is a lawyer who lives in Hawaii, He tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident. George Clooney stars in this shambling story about family, parenting and fidelity. As is often the case with this actor, he plays a character at variance with his glossy, man-about-town image. That image sells “Nespresso”, but Clooney is more interested in...
Having just returned from a two year stint working in UK Cinema, Access Reel’s writer Sian Dhu takes a look at who has it better, Aussies or Poms? As a kid I hated being an Australian film goer. I always felt deprived. It seemed like every second film came out in the UK ages before we got it, and others we never even got on video let alone at the cinema. None of the big stars ever made the l...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is hitting cinemas today but has recently pulled in 11 Nominations at the 2012 British Academy Film Awards! You can check out Leith’s review here, press release is as follows. Critically acclaimed British espionage thriller TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY receives 11 Nominations for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards including all key categories. The British Acad...
For those who’ve not heard of it before, Hack/Slash is a comic series now published by Image Comics, and is centred on the character Cassie Hack who takes it upon herself to fight back at all the monsters of the world whom she refers to as ‘slashers’. Cassie is that classic lone survivor of almost any horror film out there, whom has decided to take on all the ‘Freddy&r...
When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home. Marcel Marx (Wilms) is the down on his luck shoeshine man. He lives a small life; there is his work, his favourite bar and his wife Arletty (Outinen). She doesn’t appear to be living the life she wants, but she tends to all of Marcel’s nee...
