Jan 31, 2019
In an extra episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon welcomes a special guest: How To Train Your Dragon trilogy writer/director Dean DeBlois.
They chat about the evolution of the films, Dean's early days making movies for Don Bluth, the challenge of Lilo & Stitch, and the novelty of completing a movie trilogy in...
Jan 28, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at one of the 1990s' most infamous blockbusters, and a winning adaptation of a recent bestseller.
With a new extended cut now on Blu-ray, it's slightly clearly how 1995's Waterworld could have gone. But its producer realised the sheer scale of the...
Jan 21, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon is in the 1990s, with two films that gave significant career boosts to their respective directors.
By the time he came to make 1993's Carlito's Way, director Brian De Palma was firmly in movie jail, and reluctant to revisit the gangster genre. But what turned...
Jan 14, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at an ambitious studio sci-fi movie, and an animated feature that came to life in very difficult circumstances.
1997's Contact is a standout 90s blockbuster, but one that began life in the late 1970s, and nearly ended up directed by Mad Max's George...
Jan 7, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at a troubled blockbuster, and a delightful biopic that took a long time to realise.
Work started on 2007's Spider-Man 3 immediately after the release of 2004's Spider-Man 2. Yet it'd be a turning point in the webslinger's big screen adventures,...