Simon Brew

United Kingdom

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Editor, author, broadcaster, Costner fanatic. @whynowworld & @filmquizpod ¦ Editor @filmstories/@filmstoriesjr ¦ DMs open ¦ Founder @denofgeek (07-18)

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Articles

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning review | There will be explaining

12 hours ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

Tom Cruise headlines Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, a very long and slightly odd sign off for the series. Here’s our review. We’re already one round of explanations of recaps into Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning when, after a few minutes, we see our hero for the first time. It’s Tom Cruise, his hair straddled, billed as playing the death-defying Ethan Hunt for the eighth final time.
It’s 2025, and Escape From New York has just got a new VHS release

1 day ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

John Carpenter’s Escape From New York is getting a deluxe VHS release in the UK, and it’s available to order here. It is 2025. The people at Vice-Press comfortably win this week’s they-must-be-mad-but-love-‘em award. It’s announced a brand new physical media release of John Carpenter’s seminal Escape From New York, and by absolutely unpopular demand, it’s bringing the film back to VHS. Two different editions are being offered.
Father Ted | Musical hopes over, Derry Girl and Outnumbered mentioned

1 day ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

Hat Trick Productions may go for a Derry Girls musical, but there’s no chance of the long-mooted Father Ted musical happening. There’s a sporting chance many of you are well aware of the ecosystem around which the planned musical of Father Ted has fallen apart. The much-loved sitcom, penned by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, had been earmarked for the stage, with a plot that would have followed Fathers Ted, Dougal and Jack heading to Rome.
A Minecraft Movie heading to digital already; DVD, Blu-ray, 4K UHD due in June

1 day ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

It’s still bringing in millions at the box office, but Warner Bros is fast-tracking A Minecraft Movie to digital services and DVD, Blu-ray and 4K disc. At a point where cinema chains are negotiating to hold major studios to a 90-day exclusive theatrical window, Warner Bros is pressing ahead with its current policy when it comes to A Minecraft Movie.
Kevin Costner's Horizon now bogged down in legal battle

2 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

The release of Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 looks further away as a legal battle gets underway. The story so far. Kevin Costner’s passion project is a series of four western feature films, entitled Horizon: An American Saga. Last summer saw the release of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, while Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 was set to head into cinemas several weeks later.
Snow White | Disney’s live action film getting DVD, Blu-ray, 4K UHD release in June

2 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

Disney’s live action Snow White is heading to DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Steelbook, with extra features on most versions too. Now that the dust has settled on Disney’s live action take on Snow White perhaps the emphasis can now shift back to the film itself. Appreciating that online ‘influencers’ have raked in the hits and advertising money by slamming and slagging the film off, it’ll be nice to just sit back and assess it on its own merits.
Jamie Lee Curtis could only get fake AI ad taken down when she called out Mark Zuckerberg

2 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis could only get a fake AI ad featuring her likeness taken down when she went to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg directly. The vast majority of people who are having their work and likeness purloined by AI and AI companies don’t have any kind of recourse when big tech takes what they’ve created. But occasionally, they pick on somebody who does have a little bit of clout, and so we come to Jamie Lee Curtis.
Highlander | The new movie is finally set to film this year

3 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

Could it actually be happening? Highlander, starring Henry Cavill, is finally set to go before cameras this coming autumn. We think. Well, blimey. Considering the time-spanning nature of the Highlander franchise, perhaps it’s appropriate it’s taken so long to get a planned remake off the ground. I was a year into starting Den Of Geek I think, all the way back in 2008, when I first wrote something about a planned new movie.
Blade Runner, V For Vendetta, The Goonies, Enter The Dragon getting 4K Steelbooks

3 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

Blade Runner, Enter The Dragon, The Goonies and V For Vendetta’s new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Steelbooks have gone up for sale. The thriving nature of our upcoming disc release lists suggests that physical media is still very much finding its home. The list of upcoming DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray continues to expand, and at the top end of them there’s collectable Steelbooks.
Podcast | Jurassic Park (1993) and Booksmart (2019)

3 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Simon Brew

The making of stories of 1993’s Jurassic Park and 2019’s Booksmart, in the latest episode of the multi-award-winning Film Stories podcast. The behind the scenes stories of two films some time in the making come together in this episode, starting with 1993’s Jurassic Park. A film made at a point when Steven Spielberg’s box office touch was being questioned. A movie that, had a battle for the rights gone the other way, could have been made by one of Tim Burton, Joe Dante or Richard Donner.