Jun 24, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two big hit movies, one of which won over audiences more than the other.
1993's The Fugitive was released in the August of that year - but in January, not a frame of footage of it had been shot. Plus: both of its leads feared it wouldn't hit.
2008's Hancock took...
Jun 17, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two hit blockbuster movies. One helped make Keanu Reeves a (bigger) star. The other made against a deadline and a half.
1994's Speed was nearly postponed when 20th Century Fox executives saw Keanu Reeves's haircut. Plus, the studio didn't want to cast Sandra...
Jun 12, 2019
In a special edition of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two guests join Simon to chat about their work.
Producer Laurie MacDonald and writer/producer Walter F Parkes bring Men In Black International to the screen. And they also chat about the current blockbuster movie climate, Twister, their time overseeing DreamWorks'...
Jun 10, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, one film that took an awful lot longer to bring to the screen than the other!
2011's The Adventures Of Tintin was a film whose journey began back in 1983, and four Indiana Jones films interspersed with its story.
Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood came together...
Jun 2, 2019
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, the film that marked a career revival for Sylvester Stallone, and a British movie that took some piecing together.
1993's Cliffhanger was a late replacement for an abandoned blockbuster called Gale Force - and it came with huge financial problems for the company...