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Notebook Reviews: ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES

Kevin Reynolds – 1991 Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves is an old-fashioned Hollywood swashbuckler. Kevin Costner is on fine form as the eponymous hero in this Kevin Reynolds-directed adventure and Alan Rickman chews the scenery in his iconic turn [...]

September 24, 2023

We Almost Got ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES 2 – Here’s What It Would Have Been About

Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves is one of the biggest and most enduring hits of the 1990s. The Kevin Costner starrer grossed almost $400 million following its release in 1991 and while many films from that era received sequels, Robin Hood: Prince Of [...]

January 19, 2023

Podcast – Episode 28: ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES Writers Pen Densham & John Watson

Released in the summer of 1991, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves was a monster success that grossed over $165 million at the US box office and more than $390 million globally – a number which made it one of the biggest hits of the year. The [...]

January 17, 2023

Interview: Director Mark Neveldine On PANAMA Starring Cole Hauser & Mel Gibson

Director Mark Neveldine is known for his kinetic action movies like the Crank films and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. He’s back with Panama, a new ’80s set action-thriller starring Cole Hauser and Mel Gibson. Hauser plays Becker, [...]

March 26, 2022

Alan Ladd Jr Dies Aged 84

Famed studio chief and film producer Alan Ladd Jr. Ladd has died at the age of 84. Born on 22 October 1937, Ladd was the son of Shane actor Alan Ladd and he started his Hollywood career as a Hollywood agent in the 1960s. Moving to London in the [...]

March 3, 2022

Notebook Reviews: SEVEN

David Fincher – 1995. David Fincher’s Seven is a landmark movie in the serial killer thriller genre. It’s a film which can stand repeated viewings – even with that shock ending. A strong premise (death by the seven deadly [...]

September 3, 2021

Trailer & Poster: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones & Morgan Freeman Star In Hollywood Comedy THE COMEBACK TRAIL

Director George Gallo‘s The Comeback Trail looks to have shades of Mel Brooks‘ The Producers and Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1995 hit, Get Shorty. This remake of the Harry Hurwitz’s 1982 (scripted by Gallo and Josh Posner) stars Robert [...]

June 30, 2021

Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner Reunite In The Trailer For The Final Season Of THE KOMINSKY METHOD

The final season of The Kominsky Method will arrive on Netflix on 28 May 2021. The third season of the Michael Douglas comedy bids farewell to Alan Arkin and says hello to Kathleen Turner as Douglas’ comedic foil. Turner and Douglas have [...]

April 29, 2021

Review: LADDIE: THE MAN BEHIND THE MOVIES Is A Heartfelt Portrait Of A Hollywood Mogul

Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies is a richly textured and heartfelt documentary which looks at the life and career of studio chief and film producer Alan Ladd Jr. Ladd, the son of Hollywood star Alan Ladd might not be a household name, but his [...]

April 20, 2021

Notebook Reviews: UNFORGIVEN

Clint Eastwood – 1992 Unforgiven is the culmination of Clint Eastwood‘s career as a western star. This gritty revisionist western features a wonderful cast giving great performances. Eastwood is his usual strong and silent type and [...]

November 26, 2020

Trailer: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones & Morgan Freeman Star In THE COMEBACK TRAIL

George Gallo‘s The Comeback Trail looks to have shades of Mel Brooks‘ The Producers and Barry Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty. The remake of the Harry Hurwitz’s 1982 stars Robert DeNiro and Zach Braff as movie producers who owe money to Morgan [...]

September 5, 2020

Behind The Scenes Images From ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES

Love it or loathe it, but you can’t talk about Robin Hood movies without mentioning Kevin Costner‘s Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves. The Kevin Reyndolds directed film stars Costner at the peak of his early nineties powers; full of charm, [...]

April 21, 2020

Trailer: It’s An EYE FOR AN EYE For John Travolta & Morgan Freeman

If Eye For An Eye (aka Poison Rose) was made 20 years ago it would have had a big budget, a large marketing push and it would probably have grossed $100 million. However, we’re now in 2019 and the world of movies has changed – and that [...]

June 11, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine And Alan Arkin Are GOING IN STYLE

It turns out that they really do make ‘em like they used to. Going In Style is an old-fashioned comedy crime caper that ticks all the right entertainment boxes for what you look for in a picture like this. The oscar-winning cast is the main [...]

August 19, 2017

BEN-HUR Featurette Highlights How Cheap And Terrible The Movie Could Be

I don’t know how many tens of millions MGM spent on Timur Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur, but it looks cheap and terrible. The CGI is listless and everyone appears to be miscast. Who is the target audience for this thing? Teenagers, adults with [...]

July 9, 2016

Trailer: The Cinematic Anti-Christ Will Arrive With The Remake Of BEN-HUR

Man-o-man. This trailer for Ben-Hur is everything I feared it would be – and worse. CGI-d to within an inch of its life, this will never even be mentioned in the same breath as William Wyler/Charlton Heston’s 1959 epic. It’ll be forgotten [...]

March 16, 2016

Blu-ray Review: It’s Cat And Mouse Time For Olga Kurylenko And James Purefoy In MOMENTUM

Momentum is a slick and fast B-movie actioner that does exactly what it sets out to do. Stephen Campenelli’s thriller might not be original or even very good – but it makes for a solid piece of straight-to-DVD fluff. The film is a cat and [...]

January 30, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Seth MacFarlane’s TED 2 Is An Over-Stuffed Comedy Sequel

Ted 2 travels down well-worn path of many other comedy sequels and fails to recapture the magic of its predecessor. Many of the technical elements that made the first Seth MacFarlane movie a hit are present, but this is an unfocused comedy that [...]

November 24, 2015

Action-Packed Second Trailer Shows Gerard Butler And Aaron Eckhart In LONDON HAS FALLEN

London Has Fallen looks like a silly (but enjoyable) action throwback with Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart once again battling terrorists, only this time on UK soil. This one looks to have a bigger scope than 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, a movie [...]

November 5, 2015

DVD Review: Diane Keaton And Morgan Freeman Live 5 Flights Up In RUTH AND ALEX

Sometimes all you need is a nice little movie to pass a couple of hours. Ruth And Alex (also known as 5 Flights Up) is the perfect way to spend an enjoyable evening in the company of Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. Richard Loncraine’s movie [...]

September 20, 2015

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