Sword and sandal movies depict realistic gladiators, with nods to historical practices of slavery and arena fighting. Many classic epics like Spartacus, Barabbas, and Ben-Hur showcase themes of social ...

Ed Fury, the Muscle Beach bodybuilder who starred as the mighty warrior Ursus in three Italian “sword and sandal” epics, has died. He was 94. Fury died Feb. 24 at his home in Woodland Hills, his wife, ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Hollywood Reporter) - A refreshing answer to filmmakers who believe any swords-and-sandals film must be epic or at least overwrought, Neil Marshall's "Centurion" delivers some ...

Sword and sandal films cover a wide range of subgenres, from historical dramas, biblical tales, and fantasy, to mythological epics. Through the decades, Hollywood has been enamored by the stunning ...

Thanksgiving may promise a bounty on the dinner table, but the multiplex still looks bare. Continuing this year’s theme, our November film preview features another relatively light month at the movies ...

“Every so often we want naked men in short leather and women with cleavage wearing snakes in their hair,” said film historian and author Jeanine Basinger of Wesleyan University. “There is an audience ...

The big reason 300 made such an impact in 2007 was that nothing resembled it. Tougher and bloodier than most gladiator epics and introducing a signature look and highly stylized battle sequences, 300 ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. How much sway can one soldier have on an entire war? Gladiator II returns to the many-fronted combat of Ridley Scott ...

While “Wicked” looks to earn one of the best opening weekends of the year, Paramount is hoping to entertain the masses in its own way with “Gladiator II,” Ridley Scott’s legacyquel to his 2000 Best ...

From Oskar Schindler to Aslan, Hollywood icon Liam Neeson is no stranger to big-name roles. However, in 2010, the task of playing the God of the Sky, Zeus, in Louis Letterier's Clash of the Titans ...