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Aronofsky’s Next Project
Director Darren Aronofsky is coming off the critical and financial success of 2010’s ‘Black Swan’ starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, his previous film ‘The Wrestler’ also a great success starred actor Mickey Rourke and was released in 2008.It had been previously rumoured that Aronosky would be moving towards a more mainstream orientated film with the sequel to &...
AccessReel Reviews – Footloose
A remake of the 1984 classic about a city boy who moved to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned. Remakes are coming through thick and fast these days and the latest on the cards is FOOTLOOSE the original came out in 1984 and starred Kevin Bacon it was made for about $8million dollars and took in around $80million in the US Box office it was an absolute smash for its time, it ...
Daniel Nettheim – The Hunter
Daniel Nettheim the Director of the upcoming Australian Film THE HUNTER flew into Perth for a quick press visit including a Talking Pictures Event at Luna Cinemas Tonight and I got the lucky chance to have about 15minutes with him to chat about the film. Its been pretty much eleven years since Nettheims last film, ‘Angst’ since then he has been behind the camera for such TV Shows as &#...
AccessReel Reviews: Crazy Stupid Love
Crazy Stupid Love, while featuring an impressive ensemble cast. Represents the humor and heartache involved in life, love and divorce. Starting Steve Carrel, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore and Emma Stone, Crazy Stupid Love is a different kind of Romantic Comedy. This movie was hilarious. There were moments where I literally laughed out loud. That wasn’t due to the awkward moments created by so...
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...