Fully electric SUVs are nice, but they’re not what every driver needs. For a lot of people, a plug-in hybrid SUV makes more ...

As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history as a vehicle for studying characters and/or huge volleys of flaming arrows.

Pompeii was once a vibrant city full of culture and great prosperity. It had beautiful tree lines streets, large public ...

Gladiator 2 received mixed reviews from critics, with reactions ranging from calling it ‘serviceable’ to ‘popcorn film of the year’. At the time of writing the film received a rating of 76 ...

They're set to be the two biggest blockbusters of the year, and will be released in movie theaters simultaneously, but film fans are fighting over what the joint nickname for Wicked and Gladiator ...

By David Sexton Ridley Scott never had a problem with the idea of making a sequel to Gladiator. “I’d be crazy not to – also financially crazy, because if you get it right, it’s a big winner.” Scott ...

Then the script for the long-awaited sequel to 2000 megahit Gladiator landed in his lap. Gladiator II returns us to Ancient Rome, but is set 20 years after the original, focusing on a now grown-up ...

This is Gladiator II, the kind of old school ... commanding the screen with natural charisma. (Less impressive is Connie Nielsen, making a return from the original film, as Lucius’s mother ...

Gladiator tells the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), a loyal Roman general who loses everything after being betrayed by the power-hungry Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix ...

The end of 'Gladiator II', according to Scott, will leave Lucius questioning his path, setting up 'Gladiator III' to explore the challenges and responsibilities he faces in this role.

How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses The sun illuminated the stadium in Ephesus, a wealthy harbor city in western Anatolia, on a day of eagerly anticipated gladiatorial ...