Simon Brew

Print film media. It's lonely, but it's worth it.

Ah, sleep.

Earlier this year, Simon Brew grilled Mark #Kermode on stage as part of the Film Stories Live tour - and you can find the full show right here if you missed it! buff.ly/wVgmPBr

Terrified me. When XXX steps out of the XXX at the end of the film.

Hello #Birmingham! The Christmas special live Film Stories show is now on sale. Mockingbird Cinema. 7.30pm, 2nd December 2026. Tickets and details right here... buff.ly/SuGdLaF

This is probably the best ad I've seen against using generative AI: Mayer, who was an engineer at Google and a chief executive of Yahoo, has rotted her brain so much she can no longer classify her daughter as "empathetic, creative and an animal lover". The slide of competence is incredible.

I quite like being thick, and not understanding why a company burning through $12bn+ in losses a month is worth $1.8tn.

My latest question time for my Patreon supporters is live now... www.patreon.com/simonbrew/po...

Coffee?

What a hug of a film the Ghosts movie is.

Just waiting for the next big tech company to lecture us about copyright....

Sweeney tries to make out he's saying this in defence of the beleaguered indie devs who want to use AI, but remember that his company laid off 1000 people earlier this year before pivoting to AI. He's taking this stance for one reason: he loves money

Ugh.

The full show I did with Shane Meadows: right here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rny2...

Quite possibly the finest futuristic prison movie of all time.

Morning.

The recap at the start of VisionQuest is the most confusing thing I've seen since a Shane Carruth movie.

This.

@jeaniefinlay.com Still very keen to chat. The very best with the film!

Today I edited everyone from a first-time comedy writer doing her first ever (bloody brilliant) piece to a BAFTA-winning comedy writer & that’s what I love the most about this website & the opportunities it creates.

Any indie filmmakers: what is it that Vimeo has done, and how has it affected you?

That's just half a year?! In any other business...

Lovely to see Screen International hosting an AI in film summit.

I've got two mail accounts now that are borderline unusable because they've presumably popped up in Claude or something, and are now being swamped with crap. Sigh.

Respect to the people who put 'written by a human' in the subject header of their emails!

Coffeeing...

A big day for my Birmingham City book. It's finally overtaken the Tottenham Hotspur Trivia Book in the Amazon charts. Goals. https://link.amazon/B00ONGo4q

Writing.

Got to chat to the brilliant @actordougjones.bsky.social on the latest episode of the Studiocanal Presents podcast. A real joy. audioboom.com/posts/896573...

My stock reaction when someone messages me on LinkedIn trying to sell me AI shit is to immediately remove the connection. Recommend you try it.

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I've found the article I wrote in 2024 on 9 ways to derig the movie and TV websites game. Predictably, things just got worse... filmstories.co.uk/news/9-ways-...

Did Steven Spielberg really hate making the film #Hook? And why didn't he like the finished movie? youtube.com/watch?v=zPmD...

That wasn't an awful coffee to kick things off tbf.

I very much shall have a coffee, thank you. Morning...

I know you'll all be pleased to hear that my Masters Of The Universe 4K disc turned up on time.

Web Post Of The Damned filmstories.co.uk/news/village...

Er... "Hi [First Name], I checked [Website URL] across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI. A few competitors are appearing for searches related to your services, while your brand has limited visibility across these AI results. Would you like me to send over what I found? Best"

Odd banana, that.

I ache.

A morning on pan disability kids' football awaits. As soon as I've had my coffee and got into my suit of armour.

Long day, this.

Whatever sleep is, I bet it's GREAT.

My cat's just pissed on my Birmingham City shirt. Night.

Let the whale fall When it crumbles We will stand tall Face it all together At Whalefall At Whalefall filmstories.co.uk/news/whalefa...