New Robin Hood Trailer

Now, I'm getting really excited.

Robin Hood Superbowl Spot

Hugh Jackman in a snowball fight

Cate Blanchett dropped her three boys off for a play date with Hugh Jackman's son Oscar Sunday.  Hugh took them all to a park in New York for a snowball fight!  Yeah, he has to be a great dad on TOP of being a sex symbol.

Just Jared has some more great pics, as well as Bauer-Griffin.

Hat tip:  Pink is the new Blog. 

Robin Hood Trailer

First pics, and now the trailer!

New Pics from Robin Hood!

Our first look at Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian, joining Russell Crowe as Robin Hood in Ridley Scott's remake.  Russell looks in Maximus form.  Via the Courier Mail, which has a few more pics from the set.

Sneak Peak at the set of Robin Hood

Tonight ET will air a segment from the set of Robin Hood with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. This Robin Hood production has finally settled into a more traditional Robin Hood storyline, but still, Russell and Cate together? Count me there!

Ridley Scott said that they filmed a battle scene for Robin Hood in the same valley they had used for Gladiator, so it was like coming full circle.

Vanessa Redgrave is Russell Crowe's Robin Hood

Whatever they're calling Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe's Nottingham, now Robin Hood - Vanessa Redgrave will class up the place by playing Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Cate Blanchett is Maid Marian.

Cate Blanchett is Maid Marian

Russell Crowe has found a worthy match. The film Nottingham, which is now evidently getting a title change to the more traditional Robin Hood, originally had Sienna Miller attached to play Maid Marian. There were rumors the stick thin Sienna Miller made the presently portly Russell Crowe look even wider and older. I'm not sure Cate Blanchett is any less thin, but she's certainly a better acting match for Russell Crowe, and a stronger personality. Variety has the skinny:

Cate Blanchett will play Maid Marian alongside Russell Crowe's Robin Hood in the Ridley Scott-directed drama for Universal Pictures.

The picture, which had been called "Nottingham" but is undergoing a title change, begins production in early April.

Crowe plays Robin of Loxley in an origin story of Robin Hood that hews close to historical facts of the period. Abandoned as a child, he finds community with the common people of Nottingham. Robin's abandonment and trust issues hamper his ability to fall in love. He meets his match in Marian, a strong, independent woman.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Trailer

A bit more than what we got in the teaser trailer.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - My Review

Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull almost broke the alltime holdiay weekend gross record. It came in second to Pirates of the Carribean 3. Indy 4 played to sold out shows all weekend as parents took their children in droves. And we were there, taking our three kids yesterday. My youngest had a bad fever Saturday so we couldn't see the film till Monday, and it was killing me to wait!

So, was it worth the wait? The 19 years we waited? Unreservedly, YES! Our family has been watching the old movies to get our kids ready for Indy 4. We saw the first film a week ago, and nothing can match the first one. The introduction to Indy, the boulder, Marion -- it can't be topped. But we also saw the second film Sunday night, Temple of Doom. Kate Capshaw is like nails on a chalkboard and my son was yelling at the TV -- I can't STAND her! Yes, Spielberg got a wife out of that film, but she is definitely not my favorite either. So with all that fresh in our minds, I can view Indy 4 not just through the mists of my memories and nostalgia. Indy 4 could never be the equal of the first film, but it can stand at least as high as the second if not higher. Yeah, the plot doesn't make sense -- but they never did!

I loved Indy 4 and everything about it. There were things about this film that most of the audience may not have been chuckling about the way I was. Starting the film with a drag race -- that was pure George Lucas, and echoed our very first image of Harrison Ford as he was in the drag race in American Graffiti! Shia LeBeouf rides on screen on his motorcycle with the leather jacket and even the very hat that Marlon Brando wore in The Wild Ones. I actually burst out a "HA!" right when I saw him (I was the only one!), laughing at how perfect the homage was.

I loved the emotional payoff of this movie -- How Indy finds his son, and just all the great banter in the movie with Marion. As the Tribune reviewer said, the goofy look on Indy's face when he first sees Marion again is worth the price of admission. Shia did great, and I love how Spielberg and Lucas gave him his own thing -- he's dropped out of tons of boarding schools but he knows how to handle a knife and fence! The car chase sequence is sheer cinematic brilliance, and will be studied by film students for years to come. All the supporting players were great -- Cate Blanchett was a standout as the Russian villain. Just pitch perfect.

So, three and a half stars (out of 4) and a MUST see in the theaters. If you haven't seen it yet, what's wrong with you? Are you American or what?! Those FBI agents from the film may need to speak with you!