Simon Brew, Author at Film Stories

Podcast: in conversation with Disney producer Roy Conli

by Simon Brew | Nov 23, 2022 | Podcasts

In a special episode of Film Stories, Simon chats to Oscar-winning Disney producer Roy Conli, in part about the new animated film, Strange World....

James Cameron: Avatar 2 is “the worst business case in history”

by Simon Brew | Nov 22, 2022 | News

If Avatar: The Way Of Water doesn't clear $2bn at the global box office, it's going to struggle to break even....

Strange World review: Disney Animation takes a slightly different path

by Simon Brew | Nov 22, 2022 | Reviews

Walt Disney Animation Studios' latest is a film that mixes the very big with the narratively small - all with a three-legged dog on board....

Podcast: Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

by Simon Brew | Nov 21, 2022 | Podcasts

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a pair of 1990s summer blockbusters - one of which proved more problematic than the other....

Disenchanted review: someone took the magic away

by Simon Brew | Nov 18, 2022 | Reviews

It's been a long time coming, but we've finally got the mooted sequel to Enchanted: guttingly, it's something of a disappointment....

Podcast: in conversation with writer/director James Gray

by Simon Brew | Nov 18, 2022 | Podcasts

In a special episode of Film Stories, Simon chats to writer/director James Gray. The pair met around the time of the release of his film Armageddon...

London, film criticism, and the never-ending problem of access

by Simon Brew | Nov 18, 2022 | Feature

Things got better for a while. Now? They’re back where they were. A few thoughts on the struggles for those trying to break into film writing....

What have you been watching: October 2022 edition (chat post)

by Simon Brew | Nov 18, 2022 | News

A place to chat about what you've been watching over the last week or two - please keep conversations civil and polite, thank you....

Fantastic Beasts 4 and 5 stuck in limbo, probably forever

by Simon Brew | Nov 17, 2022 | News

Warner Bros hasn't officially canned the Fantastic Beasts series of movies, but it's also showing no sign of making a new one....

Sega’s Streets Of Rage is becoming a movie

by Simon Brew | Nov 17, 2022 | News

Derek Kolstad - of the John Wick saga - is writing and producing a big screen take on the 1990s Sega game franchise Streets Of Rage....

Amsterdam heads to DVD and Blu-ray in December

by Simon Brew | Nov 16, 2022 | News

The star-studded drama Amsterdam is heading to DVD and Blu-ray in the UK - and the details of the release are right here....

Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: losing a parent

by Simon Brew | Nov 16, 2022 | Feature

A few words, in our regular mental health and wellbeing spot, on the loss of a parent, and trying to piece life back together afterwards....

James Cameron, and the current (disappointing) state of his home entertainment releases

by Simon Brew | Nov 15, 2022 | Feature

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Warner Bros wants a Harry Potter & The Cursed Child movie

by Simon Brew | Nov 15, 2022 | News

Warner Bros Discovery is set to ask J K Rowling about a Cursed Child movie, with the Fantastic Beasts franchise apparently dead in the water....

RRR 2 is on the way

by Simon Brew | Nov 15, 2022 | News

A sequel to the breakout hit RRR is confirmed to be on the way - and the original remains one of the treats of the year too....

The new Scoob! film was finished last week – but you’ll never be able to watch it

by Simon Brew | Nov 14, 2022 | News

Work was wrapped up on Scoob! 2 last week - three months after Warner Bros Discovery announced it was abandoning the movie for a tax break....

Podcast: Ed Wood (1994) and The Last Duel (2021)

by Simon Brew | Nov 14, 2022 | Podcasts

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that hardy set the box office alight - although the fallout from one was a lot, lot louder...