Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in KNIVES OUT, a fresh, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombin (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel ...
Thüringen, Summer 1979. The Strelzyk and Wetzel families have been working on an audacious plan for more than two years: they want to flee East Germany in a self-made hot-air balloon. But the balloon crash-lands just before the West German border. The Stasi finds traces of the attempted escape and launches immediately an investigation, while the two families are forced, under extreme time pressure...
Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, she’ll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In “Frozen,” Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In “Frozen 2,” she must hope they are enough. From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, producer Peter Del V...
Friends, Perthians, Accessreelers, lend us your eyes and read up on the new movie, FREAKS, which wasn’t scheduled to be shown in our fair city, but Accessreel has made it happen! We have set up not one, but TWO screenings at The Backlot in West Perth. But why? Because in its festival journey last year FREAKS scored highly with critics and audiences. Co writers and directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam...
Hard to believe it was 2013 when the first Frozen film hit the big screen and made every parent get a nervous twitch when the words “Let it go” were said out loud but here we go again with Frozen 2 due to hit Australian cinemas on November 28! Seems like the story is a lot bigger this time around and Disney is keeping the songs super quiet so I guess we will have to wait and see what g...
Production is underway on New Line Cinema’s “Mortal Kombat,” with award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid at the helm, marking his feature directorial debut. The explosive action adventure is based on the blockbuster video game franchise, which recently released the most successful video game launch in its history, Mortal Kombat 11. The diverse international cast reflects the ...
Foxtel has announced the launch date for the highly anticipated fantasy series His Dark Materials, which is set to premiere on Tuesday, November 5 at 5.30pm AWST, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE. Based on author Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name, considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the series has been picked up for two seasons and feature...
Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in THE WIZARD OF OZ, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmt...
Emile Hirsch is best known for portraying Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007). He has starred in other notable films such as The Girl Next Door (2004), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Speed Racer (2008), Milk (2008), Lone Survivor (2013) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). This time around hes playing the Dad in the small budget film FREAKS opposite Bruce Dern, Amanda Crew and newcomer and rea...
7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, boarded up and locked inside their home by her paranoid father (Emile Hirsch). He is constantly warning her of the terrible dangers that should befall her if she ever steps outside – a world where ‘Abnormals’ are a constant danger and people are threatening to kill them – or so she believes. Despite her father’s best efforts, Chl...
SBS has announced the inaugural SBS Short Film Festival, premiering exclusively on SBS On Demand from September 13 – 15. The festival will showcase 14 short films, over three days, from emerging Australian creatives. Featured in the 14 shorts listed below are 2 films from three WA film makers Emilia Jolakoska, Miley Tunnecliffe and Hannah Ngo. Emilia produced the dark comedy Molly & Car...
Foxtel has announced the launch date for Watchmen, which is set to premiere on Monday, October 21 from 10am AWST, streaming on Foxtel Now and screening on FOX SHOWCASE. The cast features Oscar winners Regina King, Jeremy Irons and Louis Gosset Jr. and celebrated actors Frances Fisher and Don Johnson, Written and executive produced by Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) and directed by Nicole Kass...
