Posts Tagged ‘Robin Hood’
Four British films making a Cannes appearance
The Cannes Film Festival will be graced with no less than four of our cinematic finest this year, reports Variety. The four films are also a pretty interesting mix, ranging from drama to documentary. Broken deals with the themes of youth and the loss of innocence, when an eleven-year-old girl witnesses a brutal assault. Sightseers features...
Russell Crowe looking to direct cop drama
Our favourite Aussie hunk Russell Crowe is reportedly going to make his feature directorial début and it's on the period cop film 77. The story is written by James Ellroy, the guy behind LA Confidential, which was the hit film which gave Crowe his Hollywood breakthrough. 77 has been scripted by David Mathews, so it's ready to go. However...
Robin Hood – People's Hero or Cinema Zero?
All the Robin Hood reviews have started flooding in since the film's debut at Cannes last week, and all of them are surprisingly critical and unwelcoming, which may come as a shock to Crowe as he attempts to re-establish himself as an icon of action cinema. Robin Hood, as it stands in this iteration, is an odd mix of Gladiator, Braveheart and...
Cannes Opening Night, who wore what?
The film festival kicked off last night with the showing of Ridley Scott's Robin Hood. Apparently the auditorium was only half full and the mood was not the excited buzz that was expected. What did set people off however was the red carpet fashion. That's basically the best part of opening night isn't it? So, lets start with Cate Blanchett,...
Robin and his mad men
Ridley Scott's new Robin Hood is opening the 2010 Cannes Film Festival with blood-curdling scream this Wednesday. The Nu-Robin is a grittier, violent, more morally complex character than previous cinematic versions. He doesn't even rob from the rich to give to the poor. [caption id="attachment_816" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Russell...
