How to pitch to Film Stories magazine
by Simon Brew | Jan 14, 2019 | News
Looking to write for our new UK independent mainstream film magazine? A few things to know....
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New trailer lands for Joe Cornish’s The Kid Who Would Be King
by Simon Brew | Jan 14, 2019 | News
Family adventure The Kid Who Would Be King lands in UK cinemas next month. Here's the new trailer......
Back issue: buy issue one of Film Stories
by Simon Brew | Jan 14, 2019 | News
Missed the debut issue of our film magazine? We've got back issues available!...
Film Stories issue 2: full details, and order your copy now!
by Simon Brew | Jan 11, 2019 | News
Greetings, and a very warm welcome to 2019! As promised, our humble film magazine is going monthly from, well, this very month, and we're delighted to...
Fighting With My Family: the new trailer
by Simon Brew | Jan 08, 2019 | News
It's a reunion of Stephen Merchant and Dwayne Johnson - here's the trailer for Fighting With My Family....
Spider-Man 3 (2007) and Eddie The Eagle (2016)
by Simon Brew | Jan 07, 2019 | Podcasts
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...
Stallone as Beverly Hills Cop? It almost happened...
by Simon Brew | Jan 04, 2019 | Video
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Sneakers (1992) and Journeyman (2017)
by Simon Brew | Dec 30, 2018 | Podcasts
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at two films that each took around a decade to made it to the screen....
The credit arguments at the heart of Alien
by Simon Brew | Dec 29, 2018 | Misc, Video
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Film Stories special: in conversation with Robert Zemeckis
by Simon Brew | Dec 23, 2018 | Podcasts
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon has a very special guest: Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis....
An end of year letter to the brilliant readers of Film Stories
by Simon Brew | Dec 21, 2018 | News
Well then: this has all been something of an adventure. You’re reading this on a website that didn’t exist at the start of the year, that I had no pla...
A little article for those of you having a tough time over the Christmas period
by Simon Brew | Dec 21, 2018 | News
To all the people in the world having an amazing Christmas already, who are looking forward to it, deep in the festive spirit and full of joys:...
Scrooged (1988) and the problem of making Carol Kane fly
by Simon Brew | Dec 21, 2018 | Video
Director Richard Donner is the man who brought the story of Superman to the big screen 40 years ago should have been a dab hand at making characters...
The official Film Stories Christmas advert
by Simon Brew | Dec 17, 2018 | News
Well, everyone does it at this time of the year, right? Thus, so have we. We've popped together a special Christmas advert for Film Stories magazine....
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and Rocky IV (1985)
by Simon Brew | Dec 17, 2018 | Podcasts
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon's got a pair of Christmas classics to talk about!...
Aardman unleashes first trailer for Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
by Simon Brew | Dec 12, 2018 | News
The brilliant Aardman has a new film heading into cinemas towards the end of next year, in the form of its very first sort-of-sequel....
Sylvia: trailer for acclaimed UK production
by Simon Brew | Dec 10, 2018 | News
Get a glimpse of new UK production Sylvia right here......
Production is underway on the Cats movie, filming in the UK
by Simon Brew | Dec 10, 2018 | News
Work has begun on bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats musical to the big screen......
The Isle: first trailer for upcoming gothic horror movie
by Simon Brew | Dec 10, 2018 | News
A ghostly story set off the coast of Scotland. Here's the trailer for The Isle......
Hulk (2003) and Die Hard 2 (1990)
by Simon Brew | Dec 10, 2018 | Podcasts
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon zeroes in on a comic book movie, and a sequel....
Farside: trailer lands for British indie drama
by Simon Brew | Dec 07, 2018 | News
Get a first look at Farside, a new drama set in the seaside town of Rhyl…...
Do Something, Jake: new trailer for British indie film
by Simon Brew | Dec 07, 2018 | News
Do Something, Jake begins its UK rollout next year – and here’s the trailer for the film…
Kenneth Branagh has made a new movie about Shakespeare – and here’s the trailer
by Simon Brew | Dec 07, 2018 | News
Kenneth Branagh writes and directs All Is True - and the trailer has dropped...
Cape Fear (1991) and The Madness Of King George (1994)
by Simon Brew | Dec 03, 2018 | Podcasts
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon heads back to the 1990s (for a change!), and looks at two very different hit movies....
Film Stories magazine: how to order your copy, and frequently asked questions
by Simon Brew | Nov 28, 2018 | News
We're thrilled to be introducing a new UK film magazine into the world: Film Stories!
How Fight Club became David Fincher's revenge on Fox
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2018 | Video
Dan looks back at a 90s classic, digging into some of the weird and wonderful stories behind the production of Fight Club. How did Fincher use the...
Good Morning Vietnam (1987) and The Martian (2015)
by Simon Brew | Nov 26, 2018 | Podcasts
Simon looks at the long gestation of Good Morning Vietnam, and the plans for Spider-Man films that brought The Martian to Ridley Scott.
The Real Life Darkness Leading to Temple of Doom
by Simon Brew | Nov 24, 2018 | Video
Now with lovely video! Simon revisits the somewhat darker return to the Indiana Jones franchise and examines just what led to the filmmakers creating...
How Care Bears: The Movie led to Who Framed Roger Rabbit
by Simon Brew | Nov 21, 2018 | Video
We know! Exciting, right?...
The Harry Potter movie that lost money...?!
by Simon Brew | Nov 19, 2018 | Video
I know, right? Order of the Phoenix made huge amounts of cash and yet was somehow written off by its studio as a commercial failure, although that...
Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom (1984) & Chicken Run (2000)
by Simon Brew | Nov 19, 2018 | Podcasts
Simon looks at the darkness of Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom, and the cross-Atlantic uneasy marriage that led to Chicken Run
