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Film Stories with Simon Brew

Jul 26, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, an action favourite with a lot of writers, and a war movie hit that ended up criticised in UK Parliament.

The Rock (1996) utilised lots of writers, and its stars - Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris - all had significant input. Director Michael Bay meanwhile would...


Jul 19, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a pair of films that each came together quickly, and each topped the US box office 

Hollywood was keen at the start of the 2000s to lure Eminem to a movie project. Thus, 8 Mile came together - a film where he was in pretty much every scene. Problem? He'd never acted...


Jul 15, 2021

In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by writer, producer and director Uberto Pasolini.

Uberto talks about his new film, the acclaimed Nowhere Special. And the pair go through his career, from buying his own ticket to the set of The Killing Fields, his work alongside David Puttnam, through to...


Jul 12, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a film that took some rescuing from a Hollywood studio, and another that required one hell of a deal to even get going.

A Few Good Men started off as a Broadway hit: but come the movie version, executives were really rather keen to cram a sex scene in the middle of it....


Jul 5, 2021

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a film that brought one saga to an end, and another that launched a new trilogy.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix was supposed to right some earlier wrongs - but its ending got retooled in post-production, and it got caught up in Disney's takeover of Fox too.

The creative control...