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Is Star Trek 2 production further along than we think?
We recently received official confirmation that JJ Abrams is indeed going to be taking on the directorial duties of the next Star Trek film to follow up the successful 2009 instalment. It was also discussed via the same announcement that it is expected that the script for the sequel will be finished and polished over the next few months with filming to begin late 2011 or early 2012. Interestingly ...
More Resident Evil Casting
Working towards a mid-September 2012 release date production on the next Resident Evil film is continuing to progress. With Paul WS Anderson directing we’ve already received news of Milla Jovovich and Resident Evil 2 cast member Sienna Guillory (Jill Valentine) both returning in the new film, however it now seems another familiar face for the franchise will be returning for ‘Resident E...
Abduction Featurette
To co-inside with the release of Abduction we have edited together a nice little featurette featuring interview clips from Taylor Lautner, Lily Colins, Alfred Molina and Sigourney Weaver! Taylor Lautner stars as a young man unwittingly thrust into a deadly world of covert espionage in Lionsgate’s action-thriller, ABDUCTION, directed by John Singleton. Checking out Rotten Tomatoes the critic ...
AccessReel Reviews: Norwegian Wood
Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Murakami Haruki, Norwegian Wood tells the story of Toru Watanabe, who after losing his best friend Kizuki to suicide creates a strong bond with Kizuki’s girlfriend Noako. They develop a unique relationship while choosing to deal with their grief in different ways. Norwegian Wood is a story of loss and sorrow, love and loyalty and how they are ...
AccessReel Reviews – Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting. Herzog is a prolific filmmaker whose dramas and documentary features have earned him an unparalleled critical reputation. His work mostly falls into the arthouse category. In the first part of his career he...
AccessReel Reviews – Abduction
For as long as he can remember, Nathan Harper has had the uneasy feeling that he’s living someone else’s life. When he stumbles upon an image of himself as a little boy on a missing persons website, all of Nathan’s darkest fears come true: he realizes his parents are not his own and his life is a lie, carefully fabricated to hide something more mysterious and dangerous than he co...
Jackman Enters the WWE Ring
Hugh Jackman made an appearance at WWE RAW a couple of nights ago to promote his upcoming flick ‘Real Steel’ and it is quite hilarious. Its great to see the Real Steel marketing in full swing, I am quite looking forward to seeing the film in the coming weeks! Check out the footage from WWE Below and more information on Real Steel. A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-fu...
Screenings of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
A series of music documentaries and concerts are showing in cinemas around Australia over the next few weeks, including the documentary by filmmaker Cameron Crowe ‘Pearl Jam: Twenty’, as well as for one night only ‘Nirvana: Live at the Paramount’ and then in early October ‘Red Hot Chili Peppers: I’m With You: Captured Live Concert’. ‘Pearl Jam: Twent...
AccessReel Trailers – J. Edgar
The trailer for Clint Eastwood’s latest film ‘J. Edgar’ has been released by Warner Bros Pictures starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Armie Hammer and Josh Lucas. Clint has done a sensational job with his last few outings including films such as Gran Torino, Invictus and Changeling as a few of my favorites. Check out he synopsis and trailer below. As the face of ...
Warrior Featurette
Warrior doesn’t hit cinemas until the 27th October, but the reviews coming out of the states are extremely positive, ever since the first trailer hit the net a while back I’ve been quite excited about this film with a stella cast including Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison and Nick Nolte. Rising stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton command the screen as two estranged brothers fa...
Lion King 3D Roars At Box Office
Reports this weekend show that the new 3D version of Disney’s THE LION KING earned US$29.3 million at the Box Office. The original movie was released in 1994. It made $US 40 million in its initial run coming second only to FORREST GUMP in the Box Office. The next three (live action) movies from the weekend Top 10 list were the Ryan Gosling film DRIVE, STRAW DOGS and Sarah Jessica Parke...
AccessReel Reviews – Eye of the Storm
Sydney, 1973: As the wealthy and powerful Elizabeth Hunter (Rampling) approaches death, her unscrupulous children, Basil (Rush) and Dorothy (Davis) return to the family estate. Long alienated from a mother they barely knew, and themselves having fallen upon hard times, they scheme of ways to win her vast inheritance. EYE OF THE STORM is director Fred Schepisi’s first Australian film si...