• Movies/Entertainment,  Off the Shelf

    Off the Shelf…’Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’

    Due to a very pleasing viewing of the recent Robin Hood film, I thought I’d re-evaluate the previous Mr. Hood, the one whom I’ve held on a pedestal for so long. Comparatively, they are different sotries and given that the newest Ridley Scott film is a production that throws out most convention, looking back it seems more apparent that Costner’s did so as well (just to a lesser degree). Was it a bad thing? No. It, just like Scott’s film, just fit well in the time it was made and like history has shown us, change, sometimes, an inevitable part of storytelling. As far as Kevin Costner’s film, does it stand up? Nostalgia aside, I…

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    Next Up On Kevin Costner's Plate…A Lot!!

    Hello World, Marc Here: I’m just about finished checking the backlog of things I missed while on my Honeymoon and boy am I glad to have found this tidbit below. Now before I get to the good stuff, I wanted to get something out. I don’t think it’s a surprise to any of you that Kevin Costner is one of my favorite actors. Drama, comedy, epics, you name it, he’ll do it. Sure he had some missteps but what great director/actor hasn’t? Me, I just adore his work, well, most of his films anyway. Without fail, and sometimes to a fault, I will see anything he’s attached to. But the man has such…