The Film Stories with Simon Brew Live Tour kicks off this month! Come and join us in London for a nerdy movie night. Full details and disturbing poster can be found here...
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
"Believe me, you'll soon be seeing that in nightclubs and on Halloween masks around the country" 🧟♀️
🤩 Is THE BRIDE! already iconic?
Get Mark's verdict in this week's brand new Take 🎬
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For Film Stories, we've had a bunch of people who have really had our back, and thank goodness they did. We're still alive, kicking, fighting, causing mischief. Even as AI services kill our web speed by scraping our material, without recompense.
The infamous Academy Awards, that led to Disney suing the Oscars...
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There's still more work to do in championing female filmmakers 🎬💪
📽️ And leveling the industry playing field 🎞️
We're celebrating the work of women filmmakers we love in our International Women's Day special 🎥
In partnership with Vanguard 🛡️
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The story of the Timothy Dalton James Bond movie that never came to pass...
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Netflix UK has unexpectedly put up Chatroom – a deeply flawed yet fascinating internet horror with a before-they-were-famous cast. And the director of The Ring. And we've been digging in...
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Birmingham! Next week, we're bringing the brilliant Alien On Stage to the Midlands Arts Centre for a very special one-off screening. And we've persuaded the directors to come along for a Q&A as well! Full details here...
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Eisenhower
The story of the #JohnGrisham movie that ended up being pretty much buried by its studio...
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You’re coming to Scotland! Look forward to making Glasgow in December.
The Film Stories with Simon Brew Live Tour kicks off in two weeks! Come and join us in London for a nerdy movie night. Full details and disturbing poster can be found here...
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In the latest episode of the multi-award-winning (honestly!) Film Stories podcast, the continuing saga of Kevin Costner's Horizon movies...
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Between 2018 and 2024, Sony made some of the weirdest superhero movies of modern times. A look at its Spider-Man universe, and why it exists:
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After a successful festival run & impressive scores of 7.3/10 on IMDB & 95% on Rotten Tomatoes documentary Alien on Stage celebrate the launch of the Blu-Ray release at MAC #Birmingham Fri 13 March
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Book Group The last Thursday of every month was Book Group, when the books would gather together to discuss Brian. “It’s no fun here any more,” remarked Bleak House, glumly. “Why doesn’t he read us?” whined the Grapes of Wrath. “It makes me so angry!” “I’m sure he only bought me so he can show me off to his friends,” complained Ulysses, in a stream of self-consciousness. “I bet he can’t even remember my name, The Idiot,” muttered a voice from the Russian literature section. “That’s because he avoids you like The Plague,” said another. “C’est vrai!” came a cry. “It is like I do not exist.” “Let’s not give up on him yet.” It was Brave New World. After some Persuasion, they agreed to give him one last chance. “Be quiet!” cried Waiting for Godot with Great Expectations. “Here he comes now!” Brian entered the room, with his phone. He sat down and watched some videos of baby pandas falling over. After an hour or so, he started googling cats dressed as celebrities. On the shelf, the books waited with uncracked spines, their silence speaking volumes. Brian Bilston
In celebration of World Book Day, here’s a poem called ‘Book Group’.
Cartoon - Long John Silver reading Treasure Island says to his parrot "Yer know I hates it when yer reads over me shoulder!"
Trawling through the archives I spotted something for #worldbookday from... 10 years ago.. shiver me timbers.
Nearly time to put on my Servalan jacket…
My all time favourite player and a terrific manager. Then there is also his incredible support for the families of the victims of Hillsborough. A true legend in so many respects.
Film Junior is a really labour of love magazine for us. We get virtually no financial support from the UK film industry to help produce, but really think it matters: a print film magazine, for under 15s.
Please support/spread the word if you can!
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The woman who's said to be the best thing to come out of the #Terminator franchise since 1991...!
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Francis Spufford joins us for the latest episode of Books Of The Year.
His new novel is set in The Blitz, and beautifully melds historical fiction with fantasy.
Hear more on the book and his inspirations, wherever you get your pods! 🎧
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@simonmayo.bsky.social
I had an absolute ball with Cerys Matthews a week or so back, talking Laurel and Hardy and @allaboutthemusicpod.com.
Interview starts at 1.01.01.
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It’s actually FEWER Misérables
Tickets on sale now:
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Please help me spread the word too if you don't mind?
1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙‼️
With this week seeing the release of THE BRIDE!, we want to know your fave FRANKENSTEIN FILMS please 🧟♂️⚡
Give us your suggestions ⤵️ and Mark will pick his favourite ⭐
This week WESTON Thursday 5th, www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/playhouse-th... SHREWSBURY Friday 6th, www.theatresevern.co.uk/whats-on/nei... and WORCESTER Sunday 8th worcestertheatres.co.uk/huntingdon-h... See you there!!
LONDON! Fancy a nerdy movie night out? FILM STORIES LIVE is on 19th March. Tickets on sale now at the link below!
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Mark and the old man from Up are official lookalikes 😂
"I love it", says Pixar's Pete Docter 🎈
Hear from him on Pixar's magic at 40 in the latest Take 🎬
+ BAFTAs reaction, reviews and more 🍿🎞️📽️
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