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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II—starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Connie ...

Not perfect and not a patch on the original film, but the magic of Ridley Scott's direction and Denzel Washington's performance elevates Gladiator 2 into the epic spectacle it needs to be. But best to ...

Gladiator II arrives at a cursed time when the world is reeling from reality, which is perhaps exactly the moment that it should have been released. In the film, Rome is subject to tyrannical rule and ...

Gladiator II has finally outgrossed the original hit. The 2024 Ridley Scott Roman historical epic, which stars Paul Mescal as the son of Russell Crowe's original title character, is a sequel to ...

Before watching ‘Gladiator II,' here’s a recap of all the biggest moments from the first film Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...