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Film Stories with Simon Brew

Jun 28, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that fell short of expectations at the box office, but whose reputation has endured.

1980's Flash Gordon was nearly directed by Nicolas Roeg (with Sergio Leono and Federico Fellini rumoured), and when it did get going, there was a sequel planned from the off....


Jun 21, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two big screen returns: one that went a little bit better than the other.

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987) saw Christopher Reeve return to play the Man of Steel. But a late more than halving of the production budget played havoc with the film, and led it to...


Jun 14, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films with very different levels of studio expectation.

Much was resting on RoboCop 2 being a huge success, but it didn't bode well when it got its final director just days before filming began. And the studio was very hands on.

Drop Dead Gorgeous was a much...


Jun 10, 2021

In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by writer and director Paul W S Anderson.

They chat about Monster Hunter (2020), his latest feature that's finally landing in UK cinemas. But also Anderson's love of videogames, of the first Space Invaders machine, the logistics of filming in the middle...


Jun 7, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two Oscar-winning movies 

The likes of Michael Mann and Mel Gibson toyed with directing Good Will Hunting, and the original idea effectively got cut in two. Plus there was a cunning trick in its script.

Fame came together quicker, but it faced a fair few problems -...