robin hood

Review: ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION Is So Bad It’ll Make You Want To Travel Back In Time & Stop The Creation Of Cinema

Want to watch a terrible movie? Then dive head first into Robin Hood: The Rebellion. It’s a film so terrible that even bad movie enthusiasts will balk at what it has to offer. A sort of medieval re-telling of The Raid (it wishes), writer-director [...]

November 3, 2018

New Clips From Otto Bathurst’s ROBIN HOOD

Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood is an unknown quantity at this stage. Will it be a classic like Errol Flynn’s or largely forgotten like the 2010 Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott joint? All will be revealed when Taron Egerton picks up his bow and [...]

October 31, 2018

ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION – There’s Another Robin Hood Film In 2018!

Movies In Focus has been a fan of the Robin Hood legend since watching Robin Of Sherwood as a kid in the mid-1980s. Of course I like the Erroyl Flynn and Kevin Costner versions and even Ridley Scott’s Russell Crowe starrer has something to [...]

September 15, 2018

Rejoice! The Trailer & Poster For The New ROBIN HOOD Is Here

Well here’s the first trailer for Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood (formerly Robin Hood: Origins). It’s kind of what we all expected – a mish-mash of Batman Begins, The Matrix, Lord Of The Rings and Pirates Of The Caribbean. But [...]

May 8, 2018

Images From New ROBIN HOOD Movie Show Robin, Marian, Little John & The Sheriff Of Nottingham

Everyone loves a Robin Hood movie. You might say that you don’t – but deep down you really do! Errol Fylnn, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe – heck even Cary Elwes and that Disney Fox – everyone has their favourite. There’s a new [...]

January 6, 2018

The Sheriff Of Nottingham Gets Sleazy As Ben Mendelsohn Joins ROBIN HOOD: ORIGINS

Robin Hood is one of those tales which will continue to be retold for every generation. Therefore you can’t complain that there’s a now a new film version in the pipeline just 6 years after Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe embraced the legend of [...]

December 14, 2016

Obituary: Alan Rickman 1946 – 2016

Alan Rickman, the acclaimed stage and screen actor has died from cancer at the age of 69. Rickman made movies better. No matter the film, no matter the role, Rickman delivered on a level that only the best actors can. He was able to cover a [...]

January 14, 2016

Interview: Kevin Costner Talks Hollywood, His Career And JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT

Kevin Costner is one of Hollywood’s great leading men, anchoring films like The Untouchables and Field of Dreams with his easy-going everyman charm. As an actor he has thrilled audiences in a variety of big movies such as Robin Hood: Prince of [...]

January 6, 2014

Director Kevin Reynolds Tackles Jesus Christ In RESURRECTION

Kevin Reynolds is a very fine director. He’s a man who never gets the credit he deserves, despite having helmed the likes of Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo, One Eight Seven and Hatfields and McCoys. That’s a [...]

October 1, 2013

Kevin Costner Offered Leads In JACK RYAN And THREE DAYS TO KILL

It appears that the unprecedented success of the television mini-series, Hatfields and McCoys has reawakened Hollywood’s faith in Kevin Costner. The former box office titian is now being considered for two high profile roles, having been offered [...]

August 7, 2012

Damon, Costner & Freeman To Join THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Remake?

Last month I brought you news that Tom Cruise was attached to star in a MGM’s remake of the classic western The Magnificent Seven. Now there appears to be evidence that the Mission: Impossible star will be joined by Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman and [...]

June 11, 2012

Review: Daniel Craig In WWII Drama DEFIANCE

There have been a slew of holocaust dramas released in cinemas that attempt to show the Second World War from a different cinematic perspective. Defiance is another film to add to the list, and the “gimmick” that director Ed Zwick has decided to [...]

April 6, 2012