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Transformers Smashes Box Office – Updated!
So the other day I reported Transformers: Dark of the Moon has been cranking out some rather insane box office figures now 5 days after release its starting to get damn impressive! In another shiny press release provided to us via Paramount Pictures they give us a bit of insight about how Transformers is tracking not only in Australia but worldwide. Check it out after the jump. TRANSFORMERS: DARK ...
AccessReel Trailers – The Smurfs
Belgian cartoonist, the late Peyo (Pierre Culliford) created The Smurfs in 1958. They have appeared as a comic strip, books, recordings, figurines and in a myriad of merchandised licensed items. But now, they are animated charcaters in a 3D live-action film. The story goes: When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical wor...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Digitally Restored for 50th Anniversary
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences showcased a new digital restoration of BREAKFAST AT TIFANY’S in celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary, last Friday, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. With her giant sunglasses, Givenchy dresses, pearls and cigarette holder, Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly set the stage for the glamour of the 1960s and ushered in ...
Thor 2
It’s full speed ahead for Thor 2 now. The thunder god is going to pummel his way through the film screens again in 2013, and Marvel Studios aren’t wasting any time! Don Payne who was one of the writers for the first Thor and also penned Fantastic Four: The rise Of The Silver Surfer will be having a crack at writing the script. They have said farewell to Kenneth Branagh however, apparen...
Access Reel Reviews: Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart (Nannerl, Mozart’s Sister)
Set in the 1760’s Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart, follows the Mozart family through their difficult and long trip through Europe as a musical group. Leopold Mozart, the father, leads the family with a strict hand and an obsession with his son ‘s extreme talent, Wolfgang Mozart is his prized possession and he pushes both his children to live up to his expectations. Wolfgang’s sister ...
Reynolds set to shine in Sydney and Melbourne
Roadshow films announces Ryan Reynolds will hit Australian Shores for the Premiere of GREEN LANTERN, theres been quite the uproar about the release date of this film as it came out in America a couple of weeks ago and we don’t get to see it here until the 11th August, it even got to the point of Roadshow’s Facebook page having to delete all the comments regarding it, but alas the star ...
Transformers Smashes Australian Box Office
Word just hit my inbox in the form of a shiny new press release that tells us, TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON has had the biggest opening day in 2011 and has also beaten out the previous two films’ opening day box office also. So is this going to be the end of Paramount Pictures’ biggest franchise? That’s the question I’m starting to ponder. Now I know that Bay has come out...
AccessReel Reviews – The Tree of Life
The story of a Midwestern family, the O’Briens, in the 1950’s, the film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meanin...
AccessReel Trailers – Mission Impossible 4
Ethan Hunt and his team return in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4: GHOST PROTOCOL. The first trailer has hit the Internets. The new film stars Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner from THE HURT LOCKER and THE TOWN. Simon Pegg (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, PAUL) returns as Benji Dunn. Pixar’s Brad Bird (RATOUILLE, THE INCREDIBLES) will direct in his first live action outing. This will, of course, b...
Supanova Perth 2011
Ah the Supanova, the breeding ground for Perth geek kings and cos-playing queens. A smorgasbord of interesting characters intermingled with die-hard fan boys clambering their way up the mountain of people to the beacon of light that is the Celebrity’s Corner. Welcome to Perth 2011 Supanova, June 24th– 26th, the days that remembered WA. Perth doesn’t get a hell of a lot of celebri...
AccessReel Reviews – Mr. Popper’s Penguins
The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel. Usually a family movie about a man who learns lessons about life after the forced adoption of half-a-dozen flightless Antarctic birds would leave me cold (ha!). However, MR POPPER’S PENGUINS is a slick, intelligently ...
Michelle Yeoh Banned From Burma
Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh was deported from Burma last week. She arrived in Rangoon, was prevented from entering the country and then deported on the same day. Burmese officials refused to explain their reasons for her deportation beyond saying Yeoh was blacklisted from entering the country. The likeliest reason for the blacklisting is that Yeoh stars in a soon-to-be-released Luc Besso...