ROBIN HOOD (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jamie Foxx (Baby Driver), Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Tim Minchin (Two Fists, One Heart), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades Freed), Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Josh Herdman (Thunderpants), Björn Bengtsson (Offside)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Otto Bathurst (film debut), director; Ben Chandler (film debut) and David James Kelly (film debut), writers; Jennifer Davisson (Red Riding Hood) and Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), producers; Joseph Trapanese (The Greatest Showman), composer; George Steel (The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death), cinematographer; Chris Barwell (Under The Shadow) and Joe Hutshing (Almost Famous), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In a kingdom rife with corruption and tyranny, war-hardened Crusader Robin of Loxley (Egerton) and his Moorish companion Little John (Foxx) lead an audacious assault against the Crown and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Mendelsohn)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

There have been many iterations of the British legend of Robin Hood on-screen, but this latest incarnation is an all-out action-adventure which gives us plenty of fun characters, endearing romance, and lots of intense fighting… and besides, it’s got to be better than that terrible Russell Crowe-Ridley Scott movie from eight years ago, right?

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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