Posts about 1999

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a pair of comedies take centre stage

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at a pair of films that found their own way around the American movie system

The apparently unfilmable Being John Malkovich made it to the big screen in 1999 – but it had quite a journey to get there

1992's Batman Returns saw Tim Burton return to Gotham City, but more on his own terms. However, that didn't necessarily mean things were much easier for him. Meanwhile, 1999's Wild Wild West was, at the time, the most expensive blockbuster the studio had ever produced. And yet even before its release, it seems that Warner Bros was fast losing faith with it.