TheRetroCritic

Another day, another great loss as actor Alan Rickman passes away unexpectedly leaving a big gap at the heart of cinema. And so I give you my Top 10 Alan Rickman Film Performances  with the promise to myself to make sure I watch all those Rickman films I may have missed as I'm sure I'm missing out on some great performances because, after all, that's what the man always delivered. 10 ALICE IN WONDERLAND While not everyone loved Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland , we can all agree that casting Alan Rickman as The Caterpillar was spot-on: that unique voice of his fitting the character perfectly. So there's one reason to actually give that movie a chance! 9 GAMBIT Easily the best thing about this old-fashioned farce was Alan Rickman who effortlessly stole every single scene he was in playing Colin Firth's nudist, art collecting boss. Whether acting rude or imitating Cameron Diaz's Southern twang, Rickman's having a great time in G

During the late 80's/early 90's, Kevin Costner could do no wrong. So it's no surprise he was cast as Robin Hood in this 1991 blockbuster despite the actor not having an English accent in the slightest or having any interest in even attempting one. I guess this was only a few years after we all accepted Sean Connery as an Egyptian from Spain in Highlander so an American Robin Hood probably didn't sound like too crazy of an idea. Incidentally, Sean Connery does cameo in this movie as King Richard the Lionheart. Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves is one of those movies that really should not work and yet does mostly thanks to the fact it's a shameless, mindless blockbuster with enough cheese and ham to entertain even the most stubborn viewer. The familiar tale of Robin Of Loxley and his gang of misfits is told without many surprises but what it lacks in unpredictability it makes up for in gusto. Kevin Reynolds' movie follows Robin's journey from prisoner

Christmas movies don't come any tougher than this. Bruce Willis is officer John McClane, an NYPD cop heading for the intimidating Nakatomi building where his wife (played by Bonnie Bedelia) works to try and patch things up marriage-wise. All goes according to plan until a group of bad guys led by Alan Rickman's cocky mastermind Hans Gruber waltz in and take over the skyscraper. McClane soon becomes the hostages' only hope as he tries to foil the big-time robbers' plans from within. What follows is an exciting and nail-biting one-man stealth sabotage mission complete with explosions, shoot-outs, punches and broken glass. It's weird watching the original Die Hard after the likes of Live Free Or Die Hard because the first film really is in a different league, a different genre even. The first film wasn't about John McClane being this superman who can outrun planes and stop by Kevin Smith's house for shits and giggles: it's actually much grittier