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ROBIN HOOD2018Directed by Otto BathurstWritten by Ben Chandler and David James KellySpoilers: moderateIn the mid-10s, Hollywood had no fewer than three Robin Hoods in development, and that's mysterious to me, given that only a few years earlier, Ridley Scott's Robin Hood had posted losses measured...
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DISCLOSURE DAY2026Directed by Steven SpielbergWritten by David Koepp and Steven SpielbergSpoilers: moderateThe last several years of Steven Spielberg's career, as many as eight years and three movies by my count, have been devoted to either tying up his loose ends, scratching entries off his...
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ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES1991Directed by Kevin ReynoldsWritten by Pen Densham and John WatsonSpoilers: inapplicable, reallyRobin Hood's theatrical appearances died back during the 70s, following a period of thirty-odd years where his story was told just an unbelievable number of times, in...
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LIVE AND LET DIE1973Directed by Guy HamiltonWritten by Tom Mankiewicz (based on the novel by Ian Fleming)Spoilers: severeA man comes, but he didn't travel quickly, and he brought the opposite of destruction; he did have purpose. Change was in the cards, so to speak, for James Bond, and of course...
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More capsule or at least capsulish reviews as we finally finish cleaning up the movies of the previous year, three months and change into the new one. Herein we discuss Resurrection, House of Dynamite, Black Bag, and The Running Man.RESURRECTIONCan you guess the theme of these five graybles? I...
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I mean, part of the reason might be the rather underwhelming slate of Best Picture nominees this past year, and in fairness to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, they were confronted with a deeply underwhelming year in 2025—though I think we could all name some very obvious snubs...