The closest comparison that can be made is with Maximinus ‘The Thracian’ Thrax. He came from a humble background, worked his ...

There isn’t a Hollywood director with a sense of scale, scope, and range quite like Ridley Scott.

Joaquin Phoenix portrayed Commodus as an evil emperor in Gladiator, the classic historical epic film by director Ridley Scott ...

If you'd asked me to name a movie that was desperate for a sequel, I would never never have said Ridley Scott's Gladiator. The legend of Maximus Decimus Meridiu ...

These portrayals are enough to make us wonder if any of the real historical figures depicted in these movies was an actual ...

According to TMZ, an insider on the Ridley Scott-directed movie says the kiss was cut because it was not in the script. They ...

Gladiator II is a direct sequel to 2000’s Gladiator ... choosing Maximus as his protector during the transition period rather than his own son, Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). This decision proves ...

On the one hand, “Gladiator II” feels unnecessary ... heavy on the fiction — Geta and Caracalla are a watered-down if two-headed version of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus from the first film. Caracalla’s ...

Well, as it turns out, quite a bit. Gladiator 2 picks up on similar themes and ideas to its predecessor, pulling them to a ...

Casey Chong on the best sword-and-sandal movies of the 21st century… With Ridley Scott returning to Ancient Rome this month in the long-gestating sequel Gladiator II [read our review here], it looks ...

Gladiator 2 is receiving mixed reception, proving that it can't match up to Ridley Scott's original film and there are ...

While undoubtedly entertaining, the sequel feels like a duplicate of the original which sacrifices characterisation for ...