While flawed, particularly in areas of plot development and historical accuracy, Gladiator excels as an immersive entertainment vehicle with some of the most enthralling sword-and-sand action ...

HOLD onto your loin cloths, the sword swinging, Colosseum commanding Gladiator is back – this time in the shape of Irish hunk, Paul Mescal. It may have been 24 real years since Sir Ridley Scott ...

Inscriptions found at Pompeii suggest gladiator troupes traveled from town to town, often followed by loyal fans, as part of a sword-wielding road show. One advertisement discovered just outside ...

“Gladiator II” isn’t a complete fiasco, and God knows there are worse sword-and-sandal movies ... Which means the thing that’s holding “Gladiator II” back is, weirdly, the fact ...

The tale of making “Gladiator” is every bit as epic as the ... The 2000 movie reinvigorated the swords-and-sandals genre, inspiring other historical action dramas like “Troy.” ...

Ridley Scott’s epic historical drama Gladiator remains one of the best films in his long and prestigious career. Russel Crowe stars as Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman general who earns the ...

Gladiator II is by far the best popcorn film of the year. Mescal, a counterintuitive choice given his sensitive roles in Normal People and Aftersun, is the mesmerising centre of the film, holding ...

Clockwise from top left: Roman mosaic of a retiarius versus a secutor; Roman bronze gladiator helmet ... large rectangular shield, and short sword. The Traex wore a similar wide-brimmed crested ...

Denzel, Denzel, DenZEL! Without this beloved treasure of an actor, Gladiator II (now streaming on Paramount+, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) almost certainly would be a ...

Easy! They’re all musicals. …Or at least they are now. Gladiator II star Paul Mescal helped turn his own sword and sandal epic into a song-filled sequel when he hosted Saturday Night Live.