Stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Now that’s a lesson that Brian Helgeland, the screenwriter for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood could have, and should have, taken to heart. In this case, it’s his own anemic, battle-centric script that qualifies as poor, and it could desperately use some of that energy and charisma [...]

Atomic Popcorn would like to extend to you, our loyal readers, the opportunity on behalf of Universal’s highly anticipated action film, to see Robin Hood. Robin Hood stars Oscar Winners Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. Robin Hood will hit theaters May 14th and the promotional screening will be held Tuesday, May 11th . For those [...]

Ridley Scott has finally delivered a Robin Hood trailer I can get behind. Scott has been exploring the familiar ground of the epic for almost a decade now, starting with Gladiator, his first collaboration with Crowe. Now, with Robin Hood, he looks set to deliver something classically entertaining and action-packed. This trailer is full of [...]

Recently I asked you who your favorite big screen werewolf was and that got me thinkin’ about some other popular characters portrayed by multiple leading men in the movies. This discussion must always start with the character of agent 007 James Bond, best played by Sean Connery. Other popular Bonds were Pierce Brosnan and Roger Moore while [...]

When it was all said and done the New Orleans Saints were Super Bowl Champs and Hollywood had a bunch o’ movies that wanted to advertise during the big game. We already talked about Alice in Wonderland and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time; joining those two were M. Night Shyamalan’s Avatar The Last [...]

Ridley Scott’s upcoming Robin Hood has now received THREE trailers – one domestic, two international – in what feels like as many weeks.  This features little brand new footage, but does do a better job showing off the scale of the piece, which appears to be as massive as Ridley’s own Kingdom of Heaven. Just [...]

Liam Neeson, soon to be seen in The A-Team remake by Joe Carnahan as well as Clash of the Titans, has joined Paul Haggis’ The Next Three Days. Haggis is most notable for writing Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace as well as directing the Oscar-winning Crash. Haggis’ latest film started shooting last Friday, with [...]

Elizabeth Banks jumps onboard for the Paul Haggis feature The Next Three Days starring alongside Russell Crowe. Centering around a wife who’s suddenly imprisoned for murder, Crowe will be the husband who tries to go and get his other half out of the slammer. The Haggis and Fred Cavayé written pic is actually a film adaptation, believe it [...]