The excavations taking place in the Roman city, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, reflect the beauty and sophistication of ...

They say “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” But the Romans gave a thumbs down when they didn’t like a gladiator. I’m not legally allowed to do that for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II ...

Update: Since publication, the score is down to a 77%, just under Gladiator now, though still Ridley Scott’s highest scoring movie since The Last Duel While it doesn’t come out for almost two ...

In the first film. Lucius was a boy who idealized the revolutionary gladiator Maximus (Russell Crowe). In the sequel, he's all grown up and played by Paul Mescal, a contemporary figure of non ...

Lush launched its Wicked bath and body collection in November, and Paul Mescel is fueling the mini-mullet craze with his ...

A sequel to “Gladiator” sounds like a terrible idea. How do you follow Russell Crowe’s iconic Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix’s detestable Emperor Commodus, and all that sweet swords-and-sandals ...

It's a solid piece of neoclassical popcorn, with Denzel Washington taking command as the villain, but it's ultimately a mere shadow of "Gladiator." It may not be high praise, but “Gladiator II ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link "Gladiator II" is a messy sequel to Ridley Scott's Roman epic — but what it lacks in narrative connective tissue, it makes up for in spectacle.

Paul Mescal as Lucius, left, and Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius in 'Gladiator II' Paramount Pictures Sir Ridley Scott didn’t make his first feature film (1977’s The Duellists) until he was 40 ...

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 ...

One of the many great smaller moments that made a big budget blockbuster like Gladiator a worthy Best Picture winner comes early in the film when Maximus sees his friend Quintus. They just won a ...

“I loved it,” says Dame Mary Beard, a classicist. “I cried.” Now “Gladiator” is back, with the sequel storming modern arenas (called cinemas) on November 15th in Britain and November ...