The Accessreel.com Interviews

Short Interview - Colin Trevorrow made his feature directorial debut with the science fiction comedy Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) to critical and commercial success. Trevorrow achieved mainstream recognition for his work on the Jurassic World entries of the Jurassic Park franchise, which began when he co-wrote and directed the first installment in 2015, Jurassic World, as part of a new trilogy. After the film grossed over $1 billion, Trevorrow co-wrote the 2018 sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and co-wrote and directed the upcoming third installment Jurassic World Dominion (2022). He was also the co-writer and director of Star Wars: Duel of the Fates until his departure in 2017, although he retained story credit when the project was re-envisioned as The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

AMBULANCE opens in cinemas April 7 and we were lucky enough to have a chat with Michael Bay who most of you will know from behind the camera on films such as The Rock, Armageddon, The Island, 13 Hours in Benghazi, The Transformers franchise and many many more! Obviously we chatted about the film but we also dived into some of the history with his previous films with anecdote’s from working with Sean Connery, John Krasinski, Martin & Will on Bad Boys and the legendary Bruce Willis. You also get an insight into how he works on a set, how many shots he does in a day, working with his editor and how he’s able to charm the local police to becoming actors for a day.

It was such a fantastic interview, it was supposed to happen earlier in the week but timing got the best of us and we had to reschedule which worked out better because he was super relaxed chilling at his house in LA and we got to chat for a solid 30minutes instead of what would have been 10minutes in a normal film junket environment. So enjoy the interview I sure had a great time doing it as you will hear.

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 really the soul of the film Lexy Kolker.

A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid control.

Now I'm not going to go into the film too much as I don't want to give anything away but this is definitely a must see!

Myles Pollard who everyone will know from films such as Drift & The Gateway and via the small screen on McLeod’s Daughters is returning the big screen in Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan playing Flight Lieutenant Frank Riley – its a small role but a pivotal one to the story which Myles explains in the interview – he also steals the film with one of the best one-liners that got a great response at our screening.

Late afternoon August 18, 1966 South Vietnam – for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault, each man begins to search for the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honour, decency and courage.

A few weeks back I had the opportunity to chat to David Kross who plays Bert Trautmann in true story The Keeper – you may know him from films such as The Reader (2008) opposite Kate Winslet or Spielberg’s War Horse (2011). We all love a good true story and this one is definitely worth your time. Take a listen below

Based on an incredible true story, THE KEEPER follows Bert Trautmann, a German prisoner of war whose exceptional skills on the soccer field get him noticed by the manager of a local football team. Impressed by Bert’s prowess as a goal-keeper, the team manager gets him out of the camp to play for his team.

Meanwhile, a love slowly blossoms between the manager’s daughter and Bert despite local hostility. In addition to the disapproval of his relationship, Bert’s subsequent signing by Man City brings passionate protests from the people of Manchester, a city that had been severely bombed in the War. However, against all odds he won over even his harshest critics during the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956. After an on-field accident, Bert broke his neck… and continued playing to secure victory.

LOUD KRAZY LOVE, a new documentary that details the harrowing journey of KoRn co-founder Brian Welch will be released exclusively in Australia at Event Cinemas May 15, 2019.

The sound Brian “Head” Welch helped pioneer with KoRn in the early ‘90s provided identity to a generation of misfits and made him a global rock star. Famous, wealthy, and worshipped in the spotlight, an adolescent self-loathing relentlessly haunted him – until the day a tiny miracle was born. By the time he walked out on a $23M record deal in 2005, desperate to kick a devastating crystal meth habit, all he wanted was to become a good father.

LOUD KRAZY LOVE follows the experiences of Brian and his daughter Jennea growing up together with chaotic courage and unconventional faith. Far beyond a rock documentary, this fearless coming-of-age story grapples with teenage depression, the quest for identity, and the hope of a father willing to do anything for the one he loves.

Trevor Jamieson is soon becoming one of Australia’s best actors, coming mainly from a theatre background Trevor has be on the small screen on such shows as Cleverman, Lockie Leonard and most recently Black Comedy.. this time around hes playing the role of Fingerbone Bill in the newly released film STORM BOY which was made famous by David Gulpilil in the original 1976 classic. The film is available now.

Christian Rivers is a New Zealand storyboard artist, visual effects supervisor, special effects technician and director. He first met Peter Jackson as a 17-year-old and storyboarded all of Jackson’s films since Braindead. He made his directing debut for the film adaptation of Mortal Engines after working on the Splinter Unit directing on the Hobbit Trilogy and he won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects on King Kong.

Mortal Engines is open in cinemas Worldwide soon.

Julius Avery is an West Australian director who wrote and directed his first feature named Son of a Gun starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites back in 2014. Since then he has been tapped by J.J. Abrams company bad Robot to direct the Film Overlord which is just about to hit cinemas.. Avery is now working on his next film with J.J. titled Heavy and has also recently been announced as director on the Flash Gordon remake. Take a listen to our chat below.

Tim Minchin is a composer, musician, actor, writer and director. He was raised in Perth Western Australia he is known for his live musical comedy act, writing the music and lyrics for Matilda the musical and for playing rockstar Atticus Fetch in the David Duchovny series Californication. Tim is set to tour Australia in 2019 and star in the TV series Upright.. in the new Robin Hood movie he plays the role of Friar Tuck and just before he started shooting his new TV series we had the chance to speak with him.