Posts about 1989

For the 200th episode of Film Stories, a 1989 modern classic that still feels incredible it got through the Hollywood system

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a pair of big hit movies, that each had their challenges to make

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a sequel that went through many possibilities, and a smaller movie with an incredible voice

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It took urgent rewrites to fix the ending of 1989’s Batman, not least because one of its producers had spent $100,000 on a prop without telling the director

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, the darker turn for 007, and an iconic role for John Candy

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that came together at very different speeds

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon examines two films that each faced significant problems

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon heads to the Winter Olympics, and back to Kenneth Branagh’s first movie as director

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at a pair of sequels that were both heavily needed by their respective studios