Aug 30, 2021
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, one film that overperformed its box office expectations, and one that didn't.
Kevin Costner had won an Oscar for his first directorial outing, but his second - The Postman - had been widely criticised. His third, Open Range, would be a very tricky film to get off the...
Aug 29, 2021
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that both interested the Oscars, albeit taking very different paths.
Martin Scorsese may finally have won his Oscar for The Departed, but he saw this one as a B movie, and editing delays meant he only saw the very final print for the first time at...
Aug 26, 2021
In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by writer, producer and director Bob Gale.
They talk about various elements of the Back To The Future trilogy, not least the pressures of the back-to-back filming of Part II and Part III. And, of course, of bringing Back To The Future to the stage in a...
Aug 16, 2021
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a Steven Spielberg film that took a long time to make, and a 1980s romcom with a casting challenge.
Ready Player One (2018) was subject of a sizeable bidding war. When Steven Spielberg finally came to the film, he'd be able to complete and release a different film from...