Blade Runner

Jim revisits the first film in a classic Sci-Fi Trilogy from Ivan Tors - 1953's "The Magnetic Monster," starring Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, Henry Ellerbe, Leo Britt, Leoard Mudie, Michael Fox, John Zaremba, Kathleen Freeman, and Strother Martin. Agents from the Of ...  Show more

Jim revisits the very first werewolf movie he ever saw as a kid - 1956's "The Werewolf," directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Eleanore Tanin, Kim Charney, Harry Lauter, Ken Christie, S, John Launer, George Lynn, and Steven Ritch (as the title characte ...  Show more

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a sequel that needed to win an audience back over, and a groundbreaking low budget sci-fi movie. 2017's Alien: Covenant was faced with a choice as to whether to directly follow 2015's Prometheus, or try to be a more direct A ...  Show more

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that both interested Oscar-winning directors - and ended up with different ones. Steven Spielberg was originally pursuing directing Interstellar. But it was in part for reasons not related to the film he stepped away - a ...  Show more

Where to begin describing today’s guest and his lengthy list of accomplishments? Eric Roth is the Academy Award-winning writer responsible for films like Forrest Gump, The Insider, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and 2018’s A Star Is Born. At 77-years-old, Eric is as ...  Show more

A very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast to screenwriter (and producer!) Eric Roth. He joins Simon for a conversation that goes right back through his career: from working on a hit Airport movie, to thinking he picked the wrong ending for the thriller Suspect. Things turne ...  Show more