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The end of 2010 is now a mere few weeks away, and while there will be the traditional spike in releases as we go into the holiday period including some anticipated films such as ‘Tron: Legacy’, ‘Little Fockers’, and one that I’m particularly keen to see ‘The Kings Speech’, we can start to think about what films we are looking forward to watching ...

Yahoo! Movies hands us the Teaser Trailer to Paramount Pictures soon to be released film THOR. Back earlier this year around San Diego Comicon some of the footage screened was Leaked to the internet that got everyone just a little bit excited. So here we have a teaser check it out below. Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior, is sent down to Earth has punishment for reigniting a reckless war. But ...

Paramount Pictures has given us a first look at TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, the third film in the franchise and by what Michael Bay tells us the last. The teaser trailer hit the net yesterday so check it out and tell me your thoughts, personally I’m not overly impressed with it. Lets just hope the full trailer blows me away when that hits in the next couple of months. Also there is ...

Paramount Pictures have just released the official movie poster of Marvel’s ‘Thor’. Starring Australia’s Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek 09), Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Sir Anthony Hopkins (Audrey Rose), the film is set to grace our screens on 28th April 2011. Judging from the tone of the poster, they might just have gotten it right. Here is the official Synopsis: Paramoun...

There have been a few rumours circulating of late regarding casting for the new films set in the world of Middle Earth based on Tolkien’s book ‘The Hobbit’. The latest of which, includes rumours that Orlando Bloom may be reprising his role as the elf Legolas, whom he played in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Fans of Tolkien would immediately know that Legolas didn’t appear i...

Last night I went to the screening of James Cameron’s1986 film ALIENS that was put on by this esteemed website. The screening and ticketing was created and organised by Darran, Leith and Aaron. From the outside, it may not seem like much to arrange for a 20 year old 35mm print and screen it in a local multiplex, but there’s a lot more to it than it seems.  I’m a member of th...

Our ALIENS screening is today, Wednesday December 8th. We have been counting down the 5 reasons we love James Cameron’s movie. And here it is – the the Number 1 reason we love ALIENS is …Sigourney Weaver. Weaver was the last actor cast in Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979). She didn’t have the same level of screen experience as her co-stars. She was a theatre-trained actress...

Sony hands us the trailer to Adam Sandler’s next movie, JUST GO WITH IT also starring Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman and Brooklyn Decker. I’ve always been a fan of Sandler I think I’ve watched ‘Billy Madison’ like 400 times and his performance in ‘Punch Drunk Love’ is by far one of his best and well also one of his most “serious” movies. In Ju...

With our ALIENS screening just a day away on Wednesday December 8th, AccessReel has decided to countdown the 5 reasons we love the James Cameron movie. The Number 2 reason is the movie’s director James Cameron. Aliens is James Cameron’s first “A picture”.  In 1981 he directed PIRANHA 2: THE SPAWNING and followed this up in 1984 with the the first Terminator film. ...

Sofia Coppola has finally written and directed a new film. It’s SOMEWHERE – the tale of a bad-boy actor Johnny Marco, played by Stephen Dorff, suddenly finding himself having to take care of his 11 year old daughter Cleo, played by Elle Fanning.  The feature is Coppola’s first since the critically panned MARIE ANTOINETTE in 2006. Coppola also wrote directed the Oscar-winning...

The first two Batman movies (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight), cleverly took ideas and themes from various Batman books namely, The Dark Knight Returns, Year One and The Long Halloween.   According to Aint It Cool News, the story for the new Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises” will feature the character Hugo Strange. The new films plot will reportedly crib storylines straight o...

The trailer for the film adaptation of the Green Lantern was recently released, we’ve now had some time to digest the footage and have a think about how things are shaping up so far. I’m excited about the film coming out, being a long time Green Lantern reader I’ve followed Hal Jordan on many of his stories from the destruction of Coast City in the death of Superman story line, o...