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Nelson Woss – Red Dog

Recorded the Day after the Perth Premiere of Red Dog, Accessreel.com sits down with Producer Nelson Woss to talk about the film. Red Dog is one of those stories that makes you smile but also makes you shed a tear, it’s a fantastic West Australian Story based on the book by Louis de Bernières released back in 2002 titled ‘Red Dog’, Bernières is best known for writing Captain Corel...

AccessReel Trailers – Knights of Badassdom

This looks fun. And it should only help to increase the power and profile of the excellent Peter Dinklage (GAME OF THRONES). The movie is director Joe Lynch’s second feature. The movie has not been officially released yet, but has been doing the festival circuit for several months. The KoB crew (Lynch, Dinklage, Kwanten, Glau) was recently at Comic-Con International spruiking their flick, wh...

Red Dog Review

Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community in the 1970s. No one is Red Dog’s master until he meets John, an American traveller.  The movie adaptation of Louis de Bernières 2002 novel Red Dog is about to arrive in our cinemas. The novel fictionalises a real Red Cloud Kelpie who wandered the Pilbara region of Western Australia in the 1970s. Director Kriv ...

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...