Hunter Allen
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...
Hunter Allen
ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS1993Directed by Mel BrooksWritten by Evan Chandler, J. David Shapiro, and Mel BrooksSpoilers: still inapplicableAs hard as it might be to comprehend today, for I do not comprehend it myself, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves really was a big deal; and, were we chasing down a...
Hunter Allen
I LOVE BOOSTERS2026Written and directed by Boots RileySpoilers: moderateWhatever else, you gotta be a little amazed that in A.D. 2026 you can go out to your regular old AMC multiplex in Pennsylvania and watch some genuine communist propaganda—explicitly so, and Marxist propaganda, at that. Less...
Hunter Allen
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...
Hunter Allen
ROBIN AND MARIAN1976Directed by Richard LesterWritten by James GoldmanSpoilers: moderate shifting pretty immediately into severe, and I guess you could feel deceived that I said it was ever "moderate"The ending of Robin and Marian is not, in broad strokes, a surprise, or at least it would not be...
Hunter Allen
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD1938Directed by Michael Curtiz and William KeighleyWritten by Rowland Leigh, Norman Reilly Raine, and Seton I. MillerSpoilers: N/AThe Adventures of Robin Hood can feel downright inevitable: Erroll Flynn as Robin Hood is just one of those incredibly natural castings,...
Hunter Allen
COCOON1985Directed by Ron HowardWritten by David Saperstein and Tom Benedek*BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED1987Directed by Matthew RobbinsWritten by Mick Garris, Brad Bird, Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson, and Matthew RobbinsSpoilers: moderate to moderately highishSince, really, not any time later than the...
Justin Bowers
** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** There is something about approaching a debut novel by an author that is very awe-inspiring to me. It may sound incredibly hokey, but I feel like it is akin to unwrapping a writer for the very first...