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AccessReel Reviews – Water for Elephants

Based on the acclaimed bestseller, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS presents an unexpected romance in a uniquely compelling setting. Veterinary school student Jacob meets and falls in love with Marlena, a star performer in a circus of a bygone era. They discover beauty amidst the world of the Big Top, and come together through their compassion for a special elephant. Against all odds — including the wrat...

Bourne Legacy Casting Rumours

The next film in the Bourne franchise titled ‘The Bourne Legacy’ is known not to have either Matt Damon or Paul Greengrass attached to the project and is reportedly taking place in the established universe, but will be quite separate to the events of the previous films. This instalment is not going to be a reboot, more of a sequel linked to the events of the trilogy, without delving to...

Final Destination 5 – Trailer and Teaser Poster

They said it was THE Final Destination. They Lied. Back for more Death and eye-candy carnage comes FINAL DESTINATION 5. It seems that the box office draw was too much for Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema to warrant a fifth outing with Death being the lead character once again. This time the story centres around a man who has a premontition about the collapse of a suspension bridge he is on, bre...

A World of Comedy Shorts

We, the writers of AccessReel do a variety of things. Mostly legal. Mostly respectable. Sometimes, we even do things that are film-related. On this occasion we, is specifically me. In the interest of full disclosure, I need to tell you, my fellow AccessReelers, that I am the Program Manager for the upcoming Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival. “So, Phil, what the heck is the Over The Fence C...

Thor tracking $65 Million Dollar US Opening Weekend.

This might be news to some people but THOR only came out in America last friday! The Thursday Night Midnight screenings pulled in $3.3 Million Dollars, which gives it some great tracking to hit a $65 Million Dollar opening weekend, which is just incredible news for Marvel and Paramount Pictures. Internationally THOR has pulled in over $83 million dollars since it has opened in 56 different markets...

New Poster for Del Toro’s Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark

It fills me with such glee that there are still people out there that put effort into poster art work, being a fan of vintage horror film one sheets, I can appreciate the awesomeness of the new poster that has emerged for “Don’t be afraid of The Dark” an ambitious creepfest written by Guillermo Del Toro and directed by Troy Nixey. We have been waiting FOREVER for this film to get...

More Pirates?

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides is due for release across Australian cinemas on Thursday 19th May, just a few weeks away. The film will see Johnny Depp returning to the role of Captain Jack Sparrow for the first time since ‘At World’s End’ which was released in 2007. Before the new film has even seen a wide release there is talk of a possible fifth film for the fran...

The Dark Knight Rises is underway

The next film in the current Batman series directed by Christopher Nolan has reportedly begun principal photography in India. The film will see Christian Bale returning to the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman accompanied by several cast members returning from the earlier films. With a scheduled release date of mid 2012 shooting will no doubt run over the next few months before things move into post-prod...

Sydney and Perth Supanova Ticket Information

This morning the crew over at supanova have released the Ticket Prices for both Sydney and Perth! Sydney is happening over the weekend of June 18th, 19th at The Dome at Olympic Park and Perth over the weekend of June 25th, 26th at Claremont Showgrounds. The Packages seem fantastic plus theres some nice little shows/parties people can also attend. The accessreel.com Team will also be covering ...

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Featurette

Disney passes us a nicely packaged PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES featurette! We get to see alot more of the film including a look behind the scenes as they filmed from London to Hawaii. I’m still not entirely sold on this one as yet, I really don’t think any of them will get even close to the first, but I’m a Johnny Depp fan so ill be checking it out for sure. Produ...

AccessReel Reviews – Source Code

Having made an imperssive debut with 2009’s Moon, Duncan Jones brings us his latest film – Source Code. Working from a really tight script by Ben Ripley, Duncan Jones has crafted a fairly simple yet extremely complex tale of Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhall), an American Airforce helicopter pilot who has been sent into the body of a passenger on a train that is about to explode in 8 min...

Peter Jackson Update on the Hobbit

Peter Jackson has been giving us updates again via his official facebook page on the casting of the Hobbit films currently in production in New Zealand. Jackson has been generous with news about the films which he often communicates quickly to followers of the project, the last we heard from him it was announced that Ian Holm would be returning to Middle Earth in the role of Bilbo Baggins, portray...