In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, director Phillip Noyce joins Simon for a good, long chat.
They talk about many of films from across Noyce’s career, starting with his latest, Fast Charlie. The Pierce Brosnan-headlined pulpy thriller has quite the story of its own.
From there, the conversation moves across Noyce’s career: from the printe ... Show More
Nov 24
The story of the unmade Die Hard 6, plus an update
After the, cough, 'underwhelming' A Good Day To Die Hard in 2013, the assumption was that the Die Hard saga had run aground. But for a while, that wasn't the case, and by 2015, there was a plan hatched for one final movie in the series.
Bruce Willis was set to return as John McC ... Show More
37m 17s
Nov 21
In conversation with Nathan Crowley - Wicked For Good, Coppola, Nolan, Spielberg, and monkeys
In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by Oscar-winning production designer Nathan Crowley. He won his Oscar for Wicked, and you can now see his work in Wicked For Good on the big screen.
This chat takes in those films, as well as Christopher Nolan's ... Show More
51m 36s
Nov 18
In conversation with Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson | Recorded live in Birmingham
In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon brought Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson to his home town of Birmingham in the UK. There, Mark and Jenny were on stage to talk about movie music, as they talked about their new book, Mark Kermode's Surround Sound.
You're getti ... Show More
1h 26m
Oct 2021
Top Five ‘Sopranos’ Episodes and ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ With David Chase
This weekend sees the release in theaters and streaming on HBO Max of ‘The Many Saints of Newark,’ a film prequel to David Chase’s medium-altering TV series. Justin Sayles, The Ringer’s resident Sopranosologist, joins the show to discuss the movie and his deep dive on every singl ... Show More
1h 57m
Oct 2023
#587 — Richard Armitage, Errol Morris, Garth Davis
Another week, another episode of the Empire Podcast, another bumper crop of incredible guests. First, we bring you the enormously fun Richard Armitage interview that was recorded live at our recent London Podcast Festival show, where he talked to Chris Hewitt about becoming an au ... Show More
1h 59m
Apr 2024
The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2024. Plus: Tarantino’s Pivot, Scorsese’s Sinatra, and Spielberg’s UFOs.
Sean and Amanda discuss the news that Quentin Tarantino has shelved what was previously reported as his 10th and final film, ‘The Movie Critic’ (1:00). Then, they react to some development news for Martin Scorsese’s and Steven Spielberg’s next projects (12:00), and discuss the mo ... Show More
1h 26m
Jun 2024
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ and the Will Smith Resurgence. Plus, Viggo Mortensen!
Sean and Amanda talk about the successes and shortcomings of the two biggest movies at this week’s box office: Will Smith’s return to franchise moviemaking in ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ (1:00), and ‘The Watchers,’ Ishana Night Shyamalan’s directorial debut (43:00). Then, they briefl ... Show More
1h 41m
Oct 2021
Timothee Chalamet, Mark Strong and the week’s best new releases
Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News.
This week we hear from the stars of Dune - Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, and Denis Villeneuve about the new sci-fi epic. We also talk about the new show by Stephen Merchant - The Outlaws, and there’s an intervie ... Show More
41m 28s
Apr 2023
The 10 Best Horror Movies So Far This Year. Plus: ‘Renfield,’ ‘The Pope’s Exorcist,’ and ‘Evil Dead Rise.’
Horror is booming—Sean is joined by Chris Ryan to talk about four big releases, the best movies in the genre they’ve seen so far, and what defines this era in scares (1:00). Then, Sean is joined by Daniel Goldhaber, the director and cowriter of ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline,’ and Ar ... Show More
1h 34m