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Star Trek 2 Director Set
The ‘Star Trek’ quasi-reboot film was released in cinemas during the first half of 2009, directed by JJ Abrams the film was both a financial success and popular with critics bringing to the big screen a breath of fresh air and a new beginning for the franchise. Despite the resounding success that this film experienced, production on a sequel hasn’t ramped up as quickly ...
Point Break to Return?
Some of us might recall the 1991 film ‘Point Break’ starring pre-Speed and pre-Matrix Keanu Reeves, along side a post-Dirty Dancing and post-Ghost Patrick Swayze, and directed by The Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow. ‘Point Break’ is a rollercoaster ride filled with cheesy quotable dialogue, well shot action sequences, and performances which somehow just work to make for...
25th Anniversary – Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera is heading to cinemas to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of this Andrew Lloyd Webber classic. It will be filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall on the 2nd of October with a cinema release on the 13th. Check out the press release and the trailer below for more details. Australians are invited to join in the 25th anniversary celebration of “The Phantom of the Opera”...
AccessReel Reviews: The Smurfs
A live action/digital adaptation of Peyo’s classic children’s stories. The Smurfs is a modern adventure, set in the real world when the evil Gargamel chases the brave Smurfs out of their magical world. Starring Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris and the voices of Alan Cumming, Kate Perry, Anton Yelchin and Jonathan Winters. Directed by Raja Gosnells. All I was expecting from this film is...
Mission Impossible International Poster
Thanks to Paramount Pictures and Way To Blue we have the International Poster for the upcoming Tom Cruise film ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ the team at accessreel are huge fans of the franchise and we are all pretty excited to see what sort of ride Ethan Hunt takes us on next! This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global ...
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 ...