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Sword of Sherwood Forest *** (1960 Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis, Nigel Green, Richard Pasco) – Classic Movie Review 2957

Director Terence Fisher’s enjoyable 1960 TV adventure spinoff finds the Hammer Films studio temporarily abandoning horror films and bringing in Richard Greene, the star of Fifties TV’s long-running The Adventures of Robin Hood, to re-create his […]

Oct, 05

Robin Hood: Men in Tights *** (1993, Cary Elwes, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Tracey Ullman, Patrick Stewart, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 2636

‘The legend had it coming… Find out where Robin Hood put his Little John, what made Will Scarlet, and what did Friar Tuck into his tights that Maid Marion all of a quiver?’ Co-writer/producer/director Mel […]

Jun, 24

Time Bandits ***** (1981, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 2470

Co-writer, producer, director Terry Gilliam’s outstanding, quite magical 1981 British time-travel fantasy movie about dwarves taking a little boy with them on adventures through time is dark, weird and wonderful. With the young boy Kevin […]

May, 11

Robin and Marian **** (1976, Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Ian Holm, Nicol Williamson, Richard Harris) – Classic Movie Review 2249

Director Richard Lester’s delightful 1976 Sherwood Forest saga finds gainful work for the gracefully ageing Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn (lured back to the screen after a decade’s break from filming), who are splendid as […]

Mar, 09

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves *** (1991, Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Alan Rickman, Christian Slater) – Classic Movie Review 1793

Kevin Reynolds directs this ambitious, enormously popular, big-budget 1991 Robin Hood movie plainly, unimaginatively and hesitantly, struggling to get the pace and mood right. A hefty re-edit, with about 20 minutes shorn from the 143-minute running […]

Nov, 01

Robin Hood ***** (1922, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, Alan Hale Sr) – Classic Movie Review 1792

Douglas Fairbanks Sr stars in one of his most famous and iconic roles as the king’s favoured knight The Earl of Huntingdon, who becomes the outlaw Robin Hood to protect the oppressed English people from the […]

Nov, 01

The Adventures of Robin Hood ***** (1938, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains) – Classic Movie Review 146

Eat your hearts out, Kevin Costner and Russell Crowe! The 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood is simply the best. They can’t make them like this any more. Dashing, athletic and infectiously fun, Errol Flynn makes […]

Aug, 10

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