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AccessReel Reviews – Thirteen Assassins
A group of assassins are hired for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. 13 ASSASSINS is set in 1844 Japan in the final years of the feudal Shogunate. The events of the story are precipitated by the ritual suicide of a nobleman (Masaaki Uchino) after his daughter is raped and murdered by the brother of the Shogun, a Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira (Goro Inagaki). This leads the powerful Sir Doi on a p...
AccessReel Trailers – Burning Man
Paramount Pictures/Transmission have released the trailer to the upcoming Australian Film ‘Burning Man’ we posted the one sheet poster a few days ago. Written, directed and produced by Jonathan Tiplitzky who has also be behind the camera in such films as ‘Gettin’ Square’ back in 2003 and ‘Better than Sex’ in 2000. BURNING MAN is the reckless, sexy, funny, ...
AccessReel Reviews – The Change-Up
A comedy in which a married father accidentally switches bodies with his best friend, leading to a series of wildly complex difficulties. Think of this movie as Dirty, Freaky Friday and you’re on the right track. Ryan Reynolds plays Mitch–a lazy and unsuccessful actor who is ambitious in one area only, bedding numerous women. His career is going so badly that he takes on parts in &ldqu...
Expendables 2 Casting Rumours
‘The Expendables’ was released into cinemas during the second half 2010, featuring a cast of classic action heroes going back to the 80’s as well as a few more recent performers. Directed, written and headlined by Stallone this franchise represents his passion project and it seems it will be continuing with a sequel tentatively slated for a 2012 release. The original film include...
Gatsby Underway in Australia
The cast of ‘The Great Gatsby’ has been in Sydney for the last few weeks preparing for production to start on Baz Luhrmann’s next project and today we receive confirmation that shooting is now underway. I’m quite the Luhrmann fan with his past films including ‘Australia’, ‘Moulin Rouge’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ will be quite interesting to ...
The Hunter Director heads to Perth
Daniel Netthiem Director of the upcoming film ‘The Hunter’ Starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill will be heading to Perth to a special Talking Pictures Event on the 30th September at Luna Cinemas in Leederville. THE HUNTER is a powerful psychological drama that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech co...
Hope for X-Files 3?
Actress Gillian Anderson has travelled to Sydney, Australia for the premiere of the new film “Johnny English Reborn” where she plays the head of a fictional espionage organisation, acting opposite comedian Rowan Atkinson. The new film is released Australia wide from Thursday 15 September. Talking to various press outlets in Australia questions naturally turned to the current status of ...
AccessReel Reviews: Snow Flower and The Secret Fan
Snow Flower and The Secret Fan is a touching story that is set both in 19h century China and present day. Telling the tale of two women bound together in a sacred promise of sisterhood and love, that transcends time, generations, class structure and the expectations of society. Starring Bingbing Li and Gianna Jun who play both their ancestors and reincarnations and directed by Wayne Wang. There is...
Burning Man gets a Teaser Poster
The First Teaser Poster has been released for the upcoming Australian Film ‘Burning Man’ directed by Jonathan Teplitzky starring Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis, Kerry Fox and Rachel Griffiths. BURNING MAN is the reckless, sexy, funny, moving and ultimately life-affirming story of Tom, a British chef in a Bondi restaurant, who seems to have decided there are no longer any ...
AccessReel Trailers – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Fans of English spy novelist John le Carré can rejoice. His 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is being made into a feature film. The novel is one of several that has the character of George Smiley at the centre. The role was memorably portrayed by Alec Guinness in the 1979 BBC television adaptation. Now Gary Oldman is taking on le Carré’s most famous creation. George Smiley ...
New Project for Kevin Smith
As if he didn’t have enough happening between his new film ‘Red State’, the talked about film ‘Hit Somebody’ and everything going on with Smodcast Internet Radio (SIR) Kevin Smith is involved with yet another project on the way, this time involving the network AMC. It has been recently announced that AMC and Kevin Smith will be working together on the production of a ...
John Cusack is Edgar Allan Poe
Australian-born James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) has directed a new film based on the writings of American author Edgar Allan Poe and titled after his most famous work THE RAVEN. It’s a fictionalised account of the last days of Poe’s life, in which the writer is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in Poe’s stories. Director McTeigue has joined forces with writ...