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23 December 2009 5:47 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Below the break you'll be able to see high-resolution versions of both the one sheet and quad designs for the Robin Hood poster. Combining the posters and stills with the two trailers so far released, the lesser rock-addled Us cut and the more plot-driven UK one, we're starting to get a good idea of how this picture will look and move. The common comparison is Gladiator, for obvious reasons. My favourite Robin Hood movies so far were Michael Curtiz and William Keighley's Technicolour extravaganza The Adventures of Robin Hood, a film that could barely have more stylistic distinctions from Ridley Scott's approach, and Richard Lester's Robin and Marian, which tells a completely different story. I'm hoping for a hat trick of superb Hood pictures here, each able to complement the others. So, take your pick: you can have two slightly different compositions of Mr. Russell Crowe and his bag, »

- Brendon Connelly

26 July 2009 11:42 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Back in the day, I remember watching a very funny play brought on stage by an amateur theater workshop during a University students' festival. For years I couldn't recall the title or any particular detail other than the fun I had as part of the audience. Then I kind of stumbled upon a movie called The Man Who Came to Dinner. It was based on the play I was looking for and I had as much fun watching it as that time in the theater. Radio celebrity Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Wooley) arrives in a small town in Ohio called Messalia, where he's invited to dinner by the Stanleys, a local wealthy family. As he goes up the icy stairs, he slips and falls on his hip. After he's treated by a doctor that advises him to stay on a wheelchair for at least ten days, Mr. Whiteside lets Mr Stanley know that he's being sued for a »

- Loukas Tsouknidas

2 articles from 2009