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AccessReel Reviews – The Hunter

THE HUNTER is a powerful psychological drama that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger. Local guide, Jack Mindy (Sam Neill) provides Martin with a base camp – the ramshackle home of spirited children Sass (Morgana Davies) and Bike (Finn Woodlock), and their des...

AccessReel Trailers: John Dies At The End

From the man who brought us Bubba Ho Tep and the 1970s cult horror classic, Phantasm, comes an even more bizzare, disturbing and creative genre film. Based off the book “John Dies At The End” , written by Jason Pargin (under the pseudonym David Wong) and released last year, the film of the same name will be assaulting our rational minds sometime next year, with Don Coscarelli doing wha...

AccessReel Reviews – TT3D

The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy is the greatest motorcycle road race in the world, the ultimate challenge for rider and machine. It has always called for a commitment far beyond any other racing event, and many have made the ultimate sacrifice in their quest for victory. I’m the first to admit I’m not a huge fan of motorsport and especially motorbikes but just the trailer to this docume...

Wanted 2 moving ahead?

The film ‘Wanted’ was released in 2008, starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, and Morgan Freeman and is based on the comic book series of the same name by writer Mark Millar and artist J.G. Jones. The comics were published by Top Cow and are still available in a single volume collector edition as both a soft cover and hard cover. The film was a moderate success within the US market bu...

Red Dawn to Emerge

A remake of the 1984 film ‘Red Dawn’ has been in development in recent years, those of us following production on the film would know that the film was scheduled to be released late in 2010 however was delayed due to the financial difficulties of the studio MGM. The original film was directed by John Milius, and starred Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Lea Thompson and Charlie Sheen. The...

Real Steel Poster – New Images

Today we bring you the Australian Poster and some new pictures from the upcoming film REAL STEEL which hits cinemas on the 6th October. Looks like this film is across between ‘The Fighter’ and ‘Transformers’ and accessreel’s review will be online this weekend! A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, Rea...

AccessReel Trailers – A Few Best Men

Just premiered over at MovieFIX is the trailer Premiere of ‘A Few Best Men’ word out of the recent Queensland Movie Convention was that the film stole the show and was one of the best received. From the writers and producers who brought us the hilarious ‘Death at a Funeral’ and from the director of ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ Stephen Elliot comes a film that...

The Thing Featurette

The remake of ‘The Thing’ is hitting cinemas in a few weeks and with the accessreel team awaiting with bated breath if its any good, edited together a nice little featurette for your viewing pleasure! It includes interviews with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton. Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery f...

Is Star Trek 2 production further along than we think?

We recently received official confirmation that JJ Abrams is indeed going to be taking on the directorial duties of the next Star Trek film to follow up the successful 2009 instalment. It was also discussed via the same announcement that it is expected that the script for the sequel will be finished and polished over the next few months with filming to begin late 2011 or early 2012. Interestingly ...

More Resident Evil Casting

Working towards a mid-September 2012 release date production on the next Resident Evil film is continuing to progress. With Paul WS Anderson directing we’ve already received news of Milla Jovovich and Resident Evil 2 cast member Sienna Guillory (Jill Valentine) both returning in the new film, however it now seems another familiar face for the franchise will be returning for ‘Resident E...

Abduction Featurette

To co-inside with the release of Abduction we have edited together a nice little featurette featuring interview clips from Taylor Lautner, Lily Colins, Alfred Molina and Sigourney Weaver! Taylor Lautner stars as a young man unwittingly thrust into a deadly world of covert espionage in Lionsgate’s action-thriller, ABDUCTION, directed by John Singleton. Checking out Rotten Tomatoes the critic ...

AccessReel Reviews: Norwegian Wood

Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Murakami Haruki, Norwegian Wood tells the story of Toru Watanabe, who after losing his best friend Kizuki to suicide creates a strong bond with Kizuki’s girlfriend Noako. They develop a unique relationship while choosing to deal with their grief in different ways. Norwegian Wood is a story of loss and sorrow, love and loyalty and how they are ...