Disney's live-action Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, directed by Ken Annakin with Richard Todd in the title role, is mostly just a bland, sanitized rip-off of the 1938 Errol Flynn version ...

In “Robin Hood,” Taron Egerton’s title character is not your average archer stealing from the rich to give to the poor. He’s no merry man in tights wearing a silly bycocket hat.

The result is less a Robin Hood story than an epic action movie that sees Crowe at the center of English history at the turn of the 13th century. It’s Gladiator in Sherwood Forest — only, for ...

‘Robin Hood’ and Making a War Movie Out of a Folk Hero If you feel compelled to yank Robin Hood, English folk hero of yore, out of the past and into the present, you can try one of two tacks.

When I first heard that yet another version of a Robin Hood movie was in the works, I have to admit I winced. Didn’t you? I mean, really, this story been done numerous times already, resulting in much ...

I first saw this movie with my dad when I was about 13 years old. When I watch it today, four decades later, it’s like seeing an old friend, because Robin Hood taught me plenty of virtues.

“Robin Hood is a global brand and a story we’ve both been obsessed with since our youth,” English and Glenn added. “We are truly honored to have partnered with MGM+, Lionsgate and Todd, to ...