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AccessReel Reviews – The Conspirator
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life. The assassination of Lincoln occurs in the last days of the Civil War and it is a shattering blow to a damaged nation. There are forces in Government, represented by Se...
AccessReel Trailers – Battleship
Many moons ago Hollywood adapted plays and novels to make films, then comic strips and radio plays were successfully mined for box office gold. Later television series were turned into epic, popcorn-selling tent-pole movies. It seemed almost anything could be morphed into a feature film: A theme park ride–Pirates of The Carribean; a computer game–Resident Evil; even a Saturday morning ...
Red Dog’s Perth Premiere
The movie adaptation of Louis de Bernières 2002 novel Red Dog is about to hit Australian screens. The novel fictionalises a real Red Cloud “Kelpie” who wandered the Pilbara region of Western Australia in the 1970s. Director Kriv Stenders and producer Nelson Woss have made a feel good movie about this very Australian character. Last night, AccessReel attended the Perth Prem...
AccessReel Interviews – Frank Lotito and Franco di Chiera – Big Mammas Boy
I had the chance to head down to the Perth Premiere of BIG MAMMAS BOY this past monday to check out the film and to also interview the lead actor/writer Frank Lotito and Director Franco di Chiera. BIG MAMMAS BOY was filmed in Melbourne and also stars Holly Valance, George Kapiniaris, Maria Venuti, Costas Killias and Jim Russell. I interviewed them pretty much straight after the movie had finished ...
Mysteries of Geeky Movie Awesomeness Revealed
JJ Abrams is being his aloof and mysterious self once more in regards to the next star trek film, not denying that he is going to be directing, not confirming it or letting the studio know when the hell they can release it, yet somehow I am still majorly excited about it. June 2012 was the flagged release date, which now may be seen as a fabrication. This has all but been confirmed by Deadli...
AccessReel Reviews – Captain America: The First Avenger
“Captain America: The First Avenger” will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization...
Comic-con International 2011
Just a few days ago the annual San Diego Comic-con International came to a close, and as quickly as the tickets sold out, the convention centre exhibits have been packed up and taken away. The convention experienced huge amounts of people attending for each of the four days enthusiastically exploring the convention floor and attending a variety of panels discussing topics related to comics, movies...
Access Reel Reviews: Hanna
“Hanna”, starring Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett and Saoirse Ronan as the title character, is a film about a sixteen year old girl, hidden away in the forest by her father, who has been training her to be the perfect assassin her whole life, not so that she will kill for money but to prepare her for the life she will have once she chooses to be a part of society and face the ruthless ...
Drift Begins Production in WA
DRIFT has been in pre-production for quite a while now and the buzz surrounding it has been on the up and up since last year but now finally we have confirmation in the form of a shiny press release that the surfing film DRIFT has begun production in the South-West of WA. The film stars Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator Salvation), Myles Pollard (Wolverine, McLeods Daughters), Xavier Samuel (Twi...
John V. Soto – Needle
With the upcoming release of locally filmed NEEDLE on the 28th July, I had the chance to have a phone interview with the director John V. Soto. Three years ago John was the man behind the camera of the film CRUSH which was also filmed in Perth this time around a bit of Voodoo comes into play and with a pretty sensational young aussie cast, any horror/thriller fan really must check out. The intervi...
Horrible Bosses Stars Touring Australia
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Couples Retreat and The Switch) and Charlie Day (Going the Distance and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) will tour Australia in support of their new comedy HORRIBLE BOSSES which also stars Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston. The two city tour will kick off when the pair walk the red carpet at the Melbourne premiere on Sunday Au...
Big Mamma’s Boys Gear up for Perth Premiere
Big Mamma’s Boy is gearing up for its Perth Premiere next monday 25th July at Hoyts Carousel and the accessreel.com team will be there covering the event plus talking to Frank Lotito and Franco Di Chiera who will be in attendance, the film also stars Holly Valance, George Kapiniaris, Maria Venuti, Costas Kilias, Steve Mouzakis, Jim Russell. BIG MAMMA’S BOY follows the story of Rocco (F...