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Ridley Scott strikes again with Gladiator, one of the most successful and most-loved films ever made. The movie boasted huge spectacle, epic storytelling and brutal action sequences, and featured Russell Crowe at the peak of his powers. Cinema fans were gripped by the journey taken by Crowe’s Roman general Maximus, who is betrayed after the […]
IT’S a case of Rome sweet Rome! A householder has Caesared the chance to gain Maximus interest in his palatial property – by throwing-in a 12 foot-high Roman siege CATAPULT. The five-and-a-half ton weapon, which sits in the garden of Paul Coleman’s Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire , abode has only one previous owner…………… Read about it […]
Juventus star Paulo Dybala reckons his obsession with the film Gladiator has taught him how to handle bully-boy defenders. Now the little Argentine ace is aiming to put Real Madrid to the sword in next weekend’s Champions League final . For the article click HERE
Hugh Jackman has Russell Crowe to thank for all of his Wolverine spoils. Thanks to The Mummy actor turning down the lead role, Jackman was called in to play the mutant superhero in the X-Men franchise. And while co-hosting on Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa today, Crowe finally revealed why he made that fateful decision. For […]
Ridley Scott has revealed how he would bring Maximus back from the dead in a sequel to Gladiator. In the director’s Oscar-winning epic, Russell Crowe’s brave General Maximus survives his betrayal and attempted murder at the hands of Joaquin Phoenix’s scheming Commodus and is metaphorically resurrected as a gladiatorial warrior who rises to become even […]
Spoilers if you haven’t seen GLADIATOR, which, by the way, isn’t too far off from celebrating its twentieth anniversary. How’s that for making you feel old. Back in 2000, Ridley Scott’s historical epic told the story of Maximus (Russell Crowe), a Roman General who found himself reduced to slavery when Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), the power […]
Although the team over at Screen Junkies insists the early 2000s don’t deserve our nostalgia in their latest honest trailer, they admit the Russell Crowe-led Gladiator was actually pretty awesome. Of course, there are some aspects of the film the YouTube channel couldn’t help but poke fun at, including the fact that its plot is […]
Wow! How good would this look! See it HERE
There’s a tried and tested approach to filmmaking. A writer writes a script, which a producer approves, amasses money for, and then hires a director to gather a crew and actors to shoot. It’s simple really. But for Gladiator, Ridley Scott took a different approach. In fact, Russell Crowe has now admitted that when they […]
At the beginning of July, Gladiator returned to Netflix after a long absence, and it has also returned to our ranking of the 50 Best Action Movies on Netflix! Gladiator premiered in theaters around the world in 2000. David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson wrote the screenplay for the film. Ridley Scott directed Gladiator. […]