As previously reported here at AccessReel a film adaptation of the playstation 3 exclusive video game franchise ‘Unchartered’ has been in development with David O Russell onboard as the director. Unchartered has been on my top list of most wanted video game film adaptations for some time now due to the game’s cinematic storytelling, fun characters and brilliant set pieces. Castin...
The first image of Tom Hardy as Bane has been leaked to the interwebs. The picture below is courtesy of a viral site that Warner Brothers had set up for the new Batman movie – The Dark Night Rises. With filming starting this week, the online campaign seems to be in full swing with this image leaking so early in the production. You can read about the current status of filming in Leith’s...
In the follow-up to the record-breaking hit comedy “The Hangover,” Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned....
After decades of hordes of the undead roaming through our minds, you would think Hollywood would feel zombied out, however tired audiences are of seeing vampires kissing up to teenagers, the undead will always be kick ass. There are too many zombie movies being made, what about switching to a more romantic sub genre of the undead? The Frankenstein’s monster. Brilliant, you say, but alas even...
In celebration of the release of ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’, Linkin Park will perform at a special concert in Moscow on June 23rd, the same night that the Michael Bay film will open the Moscow International Film Festival. Each of the previous Transformer films have featured tunes from the band. The performance is set to occur as part of the band’s upcoming European tour. Fo...
The third film in the Transformers franchise is merely a month away, and we’ve seen several production stills and trailers for the film being released in recent weeks. The new film sees director Michael Bay return, as well as stars Shia LaBeouf and Josh Duhamel. Paramount Pictures, Central Partnership and the Moscow International Film Festival have announced that Transformers: Dark of the Mo...
The true story of Bethany Hamilton, a young surfing enthusiast who, during a casual surf tragically lost her arm in a shark attack. This is the story of her courageous strength in returning to her dream of being a professional surfer. This movie was not what I expected. I was not fully prepared for the religious nature of the film and that was a surprise, but it only slightly took away from the mo...
Based in the 1930s, Get Low is a folk tale/ legend of a surly hermit who famously threw a party for his own funeral while he was still alive. Starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray and Lucas Black. Once in a while you go see a movie that you know absolutely nothing about. I was pleased that I didn’t know anything about Get Low before entering the cinema because I always like my ci...
The feature film SNOWTOWN opened this week in Australia to much critical acclaim. The movie dramatises the events of the infamous “Bodies in Barrels” murders in South Australia in the 1990s. It has played the Adelaide festival and in Critics Week at Cannes. There was a bidding war between distributors for UK rights and it has also sold to a French distributor. So we were lucky to...
Fans of the current Batman films have reason to be excited with the recent announcement that the next film in the franchise has begun principal photography. This news comes via press release, which also includes the statement that location shooting will take place across three different continents. The next film marks the end of the current story arc for the Batman films, by all accounts it seems ...
When sixteen-year old Jamie Vlassakis is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins.As the relationship grows so do Jamie’s suspicions, until he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of, his newfound father-figure John Bunting, Australia’s most notorious serial killer. SNOWTOWN is based on the true story of the notorious South Australian “Bodies i...
Stephen Sommer’s film adaptation of Dean Koontz’s novel “Odd Thomas” is trudging along. Set in a Californian Dessert town where Thomas, short order cook with clairvoyant abilities, encounters a man with a link to dark and malicious forces. There isn’t much known about the production as yet, filming has started in Mexico, with a vague release date set in 2012, that it ...
