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AccessReel Reviews: Gnomeo and Juliet

A retelling of the classic Romeo and Juliet fable acted out with garden gnomes with an innocently child friendly twist. With the voice talents of Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ozzy Osbourne. Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart and Matt Lucas. Animation has come a long way, it is remarkable what animated film producers and directors can do with current graphic effects and Gnome...

More Die Hard?

It is rumoured on the web that there has been some movement on ‘Die Hard 5’ recently with Noam Murro being discussed as a potential director for the new film. His previous films include 2008’s ‘Smart People’, and a TV short called ‘HBO Imagine’. It’d be interesting to hear more details on how Murro might envisage a new instalment in the Die Hard fran...

AccessReel Reviews – No Strings Attached

In this comedy, Emma (Natalie Portman) and Adam (Ashton Kutcher) are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. In order to protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly “no strings attached.” “No strings” means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, no baby voices. It means they can do whatever t...

AccessReel Trailers – Griff the Invisible

Sometimes movies just creep up on you and this is definitely one of them! GRIFF THE INVISIBLE starring Ryan Kwanten from TV’s True Blood is hitting Australian Cinemas on the 17th March after getting rave reviews at the Toronto Film Festival. GRIFF THE INVISIBLE has also been selected for Opening Night of the Berlin Film Festival. Check out the press release below and the trailer. Griff ̵...

Moonight Cinema Week Twelve – Whats On

Moonlight Cinema is one thing every Perth filmlover should check out at least once in there life, I remember god quite a few years ago sitting down on the grass and watching ‘Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” Epic… its a great night out and fun for the whole Family. Heres the movies up to the end of Feb, theres plenty of great films to choose from including Inception, Made in Dage...

The King’s Speech makes over $20 Million at Australian Box Office

The King’s Speech has surpassed the $20 million dollar mark at the Australian Box Office. As of last weekend, the $15 million dollar period movie, about a King with a stuttering problem, made back it’s entire production costs in Australia alone. The film has racked up $159 million at the box office and is nominated for 12 Academy Awards. While the film looks 20 times it’s budget,...

Bond 23 – 007 to drink Coca-Cola instead of Martini’s? Possible Casting News

Now that the recently saved MGM Studios are getting back on their feet financially. the company is looking to partner with a distributor for the next James Bond film. With their current deal with Fox Home Entertainment to distribute the MGM library on DVD & BluRay finishing at the end of this year, FOX has pulled out of contention. Paramount, has also pulled out of negotiations due to the fact...

Odd Thomas Update – First Casting News

Things are moving fast on the adaptation of Dean Koontz’ Odd Thomas. Bringing this film to the big screen is Stephen Sommers. Sommers, who recently turned down the GI Joe sequel in favour of Odd Thomas, is due to start principal photography sometime this year for a mid-2012 release. Having seen the adaptations of Koontz’s novels being made with varying success, it seems that, this time...

Access Reel Reviews: Hereafter

A drama centered on three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — who are touched by death in different ways. Staring Matt Damon and Cecile De France Hereafter, being the 34th film directed by Clint Eastwood, Has already received high expectations.  Clint Eastwood’s moving portrayals of human emotion have excelled him into fame as a 5 s...

X Men First Class Logo

Those eagerly following development on the next X Men film being directed by Matthew Vaughn will be interested to see the release of the official logo for the film. Released via the films facebook page the logo was shown along with the news that the first trailer for the film will be coming very soon. First Class is based on a story by Bryan Singer with a screenplay written by Jane Goldman, Ashley...

The Hobbit Start Date

There has been a formal update as to the start date of principal photography for the first of the two Hobbit films from production company 3Foot7.Ltd. The start date is now Monday 21 March, and will see the beginning of a new two-part tale in the world of Middle Earth. The Hobbit films will see the return of several Lord of the Rings veterans including Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, ...

The Stand Hollywood remake

There has been recent talk that a remake to The Stand has been giving the go ahead to become a major motion picture. Those of us, who remember the epic television miniseries, brought to life by Mick Garris; Stephen King’s go to man for his novel adaptations, do so with fondness and admiration. They are considerably worried that a Hollywood treatment of this quintessential story of the strugg...