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Ridley Scott Is Not Looking Back January 16, 2025
On a bookcase in the London offices of Ridley Scott Associates sits a framed memento: a Pupil’s Report Book from the County of Durham Education Committee’s Stockton Grammar School. On the front cover, filled in by hand, is the name of the pupil in qu...
Who Should We Emulate? January 13, 2025
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” This aphorism appears in Meditations, a collection of philosophical musings written by Marcus Aurelius, a 2nd century Roman emperor.Aurelius is considered one of the less tyrannical, ev...
The Return of the Gladiator December 05, 2024
Sir Ridley Scott is on a losing streak. Last year’s Napoleon fell badly flat. This year’s equally hyped sequel to his sword-and-sandals masterpiece, Gladiator, is faring little better. Gladiator II is not a particularly good movie. It suffers from a ...
The Dream of Rome November 29, 2024
Here’s a funny question: Who is Gladiator II about? The obvious answer is Lucius Verus Aurelius (Paul Mescal), the prodigal child of Maximus (Russell Crowe, only present in archival footage) and Lucilla (Connie Nielsen, reprising her role). The film ...
The Case for 'Gladiator II' November 25, 2024
Let’s get this out of the way immediately: No, the Romans never introduced sharks to the Colosseum.Without giving away too much of the plot of Ridley Scott’s new epic Gladiator II, the sequel to the beloved first installment that made Russell Crowe a...
History, According to Ridley Scott November 22, 2024
Just a year after the release of Napoleon, Ridley Scott is back with another historical epic, Gladiator II, the sequel to arguably his magnum opus. The original Gladiator had a lot of things going for it—compelling performances from Russell Crowe and...
'Gladiator 2' Is a Dismal Retread November 22, 2024
Devising a logical sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 blockbuster Gladiator was not a self-evident task, given that the hero of the original, Russell Crowe’s Maximus Decimus Meridius, does not survive the movie. Rather than go back in time and imagine ...
‘Gladiator II’ Review November 12, 2024
It may not be high praise, but “Gladiator II,” the sequel to Ridley Scott’s landmark slash-and-burn ancient Rome spectacular, is probably about as good a movie as we could have expected it to be. Written by David Scarpa (“Napoleon”) and directed by S...
'Gladiator II' Looks Even More Expensive Than It Actually Was July 11, 2024
The Gladiator II trailer is upon us. Compared to the recent Beverly Hills Cop sequel (40 years since the original, 30 years since the last sequel) and the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (36 years since the original), this return to ancient Rome is ...
