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Oliver Stone’s Next Film
Oliver Stone recently brought us the sequel ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ which was released in 2010, his new film, ‘Savages’ is currently in pre-production and will be distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is an adaptation of the novel written by Don Winslow with a script by Oliver Stone and Shane Salerno who also worked on ‘Aliens vs Predator – Requi...
Linkin Park and Transformers: Dark of the Moon Featurette
As most of you know Linkin Park has provided songs to the two previous Transformers films and once again Michael Bay approached the guys to provide one more, this featurette takes a look at the song that was chosen called ‘Iridescent’. We also get to see an interview with Steve Jablonsky who also scored ‘The Island’ for Bay. I’ve always been a massive fan of Linkin Pa...
AccessReel Trailers – Another Earth
This is an interesting one that I just had to post up, ANOTHER EARTH was first screened at Sundance and was then picked up by Fox Searchlight for distribution, it looks beautiful! I can only think that is the best word to describe it, also the story itself is definitely intriguing enough for me to stand up and go ‘I want to see this movie’. In ANOTHER EARTH, Rhoda Williams (Brit Marlin...
AccessReel Reviews: Arthur
It’s tricky to review Arthur. Are you wondering if it is a good remake or a good movie? Yes the original is a classic and this remake follows the tale of a loveable, mischievous and irresponsible alcoholic who is brought an ultimatum to wed someone he doesn’t love in order to keep\inherit his fortune, it is totally different from the original with different characters and a female Hobs...
Accessreel Reviews – Fast Five
Since Brian O’Conner and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they’ve blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants...
Tom Hiddleston – THOR
This morning I had the chance to interview one of the sons of Odin Tom Hiddleston, Hiddleston plays LOKI in the upcoming Marvel/Paramount movie THOR. After seeing this movie last week Tom is definitely one to keep a keen eye on in the future, with roles also coming up in a Woody Allen film and also Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’. I spent about 20 minutes talking to him about the role, working...
AccessReel Reviews – Mrs. Carey’s Concert
From documentarian, Oscar Nominee and AFI Award Winner Bob Connolly and co-directed by Sophie Raymond, Mrs. Carey’s Concert is a behind-the-scenes look at music teacher Karen Carey as she prepares her high school students for a concert at the Sydney Opera House. Believing in the transformative power of great music, Mrs. Carey insists upon a classical repertoire, sets a dauntingly high perfor...
THOR Featurette
Still not quite sold on the movie THOR yet? Well you might want to check out this recently released Featurette, which interviews some of the cast and crew but also shows off the world of Asguard and the small New Mexico town that was built specifically for this film, theres even a few little bits that haven’t been seen before. More after the jump. The epic adventure “Thor” spans ...
Accessreel Going to Swancon 36
Many of you know Swancon is the annual Western Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. The 36th Swancon (and 50th Natcon) is at the Perth Hyatt over Easter Weekend. And Accessreel has the good fortune to be in attendance. Our panel will be doing a live review of the new movie THOR which is released in Australia on the 21st of April. In fact, we are doing “reviews plural”. Pa...
Expatriate: Update
The new Action/Thriller Expatriate, starring Aaron Eckhart, has had some new additions to its ranks. The film, based around an ex CIA agent who attempts to abandon his duties to provide a better life for him and his daughter will be welcoming Liana Liberato (Trust) and the sultry Olga Kurylenko to the fold. Liberato has been cast as Eckhart’s daughter and reportedly Kurylenko wil...
AccessReel Trailers – Abduction
Second up tonight is ABDUCTION, looks like Taylor Lautner has finally gotten rid of that dog smell and gone for something with a taste of real action instead of fictional sparkly people in trees. The trailer looks pretty good, seems like a story thats been told before though many many times! But never know, decent cast.. Great Director John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood) might be a winner? Check it o...
AccessReel Trailers – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
We have a couple of trailers that hit the net today, first up is RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tom Felton and Andy Serkis. The special effects are done by Weta Digital the guys also behind Avatar and Lord of the Rings. The trailer looks good its sort of like an ‘origins’ story so a bit different to what we have seen before… Look...