Jun 16th    
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* 
(US 1991)
Warner Bros/Morgan Creek. 143m.

Robin of Locksley escapes imprisonment during the Crusades with the aid of a Moor, to find that things are even worse in his homeland, and turns outlaw.
Entertaining but grittier and nastier variation of the legend, for what supposedly suits 1990s audiences more than Errol Flynn (the two styles combined were spoofed in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights), with a rather self-indulgent star and a sluggish, hammy finale.

Written by: Pen Densham, John Watson.
Producers: Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis, John Watson.
Director: Kevin Reynolds.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, Christian Slater, Geraldine McEwan, Michael Wincott, Nick Brimble, Mike McShane, Harold Innocent, Brian Blessed, Sean Connery (as King Richard - uncredited).
Photography: Douglas Milsome.
Music: Michael Kamen.
Editing: Peter Boyle (and others).
Production Design: John Graysmark.

One of the best things about ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Maid Marian, with a rather Californian Kevin Costner in the title role