Reviews

AccessReel Reviews - The Grey

Submitted by Sian on Wed, 15/02/2012 - 9:45am

Your classic Man vs Nature as Liam Neeson and friends struggle to survive in wild Alaska after their plane crashes. On top of the freezing conditions and complete isolation, the plane happens to land in the middle of a wolf pack’s hunting territory. Thus the battle begins as the wolves hunt down the humans threatening their turf.

Accessreel Reviews - This Means War

Submitted by Darran on Tue, 14/02/2012 - 2:17pm

Two of the world’s top secret agents are best friends who never let anything come between them -- until they inadvertently fall for the same woman. It’s all-out war between them, as the two spies battle each other with high-tech surveillance, advanced tactics, and an arsenal capable of bringing down a small country. At the same time, she struggles with the difficult task of choosing between two very different, but equally attractive romantic propositions.

AccessReel Review – Killer Elite

Submitted by Sian on Sun, 12/02/2012 - 6:45pm

Inspired by true events, Killer Elite is an action/adventure/spy film following Danny (Statham), one of the world’s best special-ops agents, who is lured from his self-imposed exile to rescue his former mentor Hunter (De Niro). Traversing the globe from Australia to Mexico, to Paris and Oman, Danny takes on a rogue group of SAS soldiers led by a beastly Clive Owen to win Hunter’s freedom.

Perth Festival Reviews - Goodbye First Love

Submitted by Phil on Sun, 12/02/2012 - 4:44pm

GOODBYE FIRST LOVE chronicles the romance between Camille and Sullivan, which begins during their adolescence.

Perthians, if you’re looking for something a little more thoughtful than your standard popcorn flick, tonight, then perhaps GOODBYE, FIRST LOVE (Un Amour De Jeunesse) will be your cup of chai. This is the final evening of its Somerville run (8:00PM, Sunday Feb 8).

AccessReel Reviews - Martha Marcy May Marlene

Submitted by Phil on Fri, 10/02/2012 - 4:06pm

Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE is an unusual movie experience; the term ‘experience’ is usually a pretentiously vague tag for a movie, but somehow it seems to fit this film. The story isn't a tightly structured tale of cause and effect. Events unfold in a way that seems natural and mostly we feel we are observing the out-of-kilter existence of a troubled soul.

AccessReel Reviews - Safe House

Submitted by Phil on Thu, 09/02/2012 - 12:51pm

A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

AccessReel Review - The Vow

Submitted by Sian on Wed, 08/02/2012 - 12:16pm

Inspired by true events, The Vow tells of married couple Paige and Leo whose relationship is thrown into doubt after a car accident from which Paige suffers memory loss. Her devoted husband is faced with the challenge of making his wife fall in love with him again.

AccessReel Reviews - Chronicle

Submitted by Darran on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 10:38pm

For three high school classmates who suddenly gain superpowers from a mysterious substance, the chronicle of their ordinary lives is about to take on extraordinary turn. Initially they use their powers to play innocent pranks on each other and people around them, but soon they gain confidence and learn to control their powers better to take on more difficult tasks. Their newfound sense of immortality and impunity will force them to evaluate their own morality to ultimately decide where to draw the line about how far they should go.

AccessReel Reviews - Man on a Ledge

Submitted by Darran on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 8:21pm

An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiatior (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.

AccessReel Reviews - Underworld Awakening

Submitted by Darran on Mon, 30/01/2012 - 11:08pm

Underworld Awakening (3D) brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D. Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.