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The Adventures of Robin Hood, a review by Antares

The Adventures of Robin Hood





Year: 1938
Film Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Adventure, Classic, Family
Length: 102 Min.

Director
Michael Curtiz (1886)
William Keighley (1889)

Writing
Norman Reilly Raine (1894)...Screenwriter
Seton I. Miller (1902)...Screenwriter

Producer
Hal B. Wallis (1899)
Jack L. Warner (1892)
Henry Blanke (1901)

Cinematographer
Tony Gaudio (1883)
Sol Polito (1892)

Music
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897)...Composer

Stars
Errol Flynn (1909) as Robin Hood
Olivia de Havilland (1916) as Maid Marian
Basil Rathbone (1892) as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Claude Rains (1889) as Prince John
Patric Knowles (1911) as Will Scarlett
Eugene Pallette (1889) as Friar Tuck
Alan Hale (1892) as Little John
Melville Cooper (1896) as High Sheriff of Nottingham

ReviewThe Adventures of Robin HoodCasablancaRatings Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.



(From The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) on February 11th, 2010)

Vikaren, a review by Tom

Title: Vikaren
Year: 2007
Director: Ole Bornedal
Rating: R
Length: 93 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 , Danish: Dolby Digital 5.1 , Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Paprika Steen
Ulrich Thomsen
Jonas Wandschneider
Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok
Emma Juel Justesen

Plot:
A small-town sixth-grade class gets a new substitute teacher who wants to train them for a mysterious international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able to read their minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she so cleverly manipulate all of their parents into believing how great she is when it's obvious to the whole class that she's a nightmare come true? As the story unfolds, we find that there's a reason she seems to be from another planet...

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Scene Access
Trailers

I had seen this one in this year's FantasyFilmFest in Munich. I was surprised that this movie has been released so fast on DVD in the US.
I still enjoyed it as much as I did in the cinema.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on November 15th, 2008)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

14. Illusions of Grandeur (1/23/94)
Can Superman pull a rescue out of a hat? A kidnapper skilled in magic abducts children and demands ransom from their wealthy parents. Superman's on the job, until the magician hypnotizes the Man of Steel into believe wrong is right.

My Thoughts:
This is a good episode... but not one of my favorites. I don't think it should have been that easy to hypnotize Superman.


15. The Ides of Metropolis (2/6/94)
Houseguests. Lois shares her apartment with a fugitive convicted murderer she believes is innocent. And Clark has a new roomie: Jonathan, who fears Martha is having an affair with a younger man.

My Thoughts:
A good episode... but again not a favorite.I liked the storyline with the virus and all... but I didn't care for the detective in this episode. I don't know what it is... but something about her that just bugs me.



(From Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon on July 17th, 2009)