The new movie version of Ben-Hur that’s about to land in theaters, featuring Morgan Freeman, isn’t just a reimagining of one classic movie. The hit 1880 Lew Wallace novel of that name has been adapted ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: As we sit here on the eve of an event that is simultaneously improbable and inevitable — a Ben-Hur remake staged as a testosterone-infused action blockbuster — it’s ...

Judah Ben-Hur’s sexuality has been hotly debated for decades, but a new film is pushing him firmly back into the closet. A new remake of the 1959 William Wyler-directed swords-and-sandals epic ...

Director Timur Bekmambetov looks to combine his particular action style with a classic tale of Christian forgiveness in Ben-Hur, the latest adaptation of the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Of course, he’s ...

There are a number of things missing from the new movie “Ben-Hur” — Quintus Arrius, functioning tripods, a discernible point — but nothing perhaps so notable as the words “A Tale of the Christ.” That ...

Of all the film genres, the epic is one of the hardest to define. Must it be a period piece? Must the plot center on a hero? Why is “East of Eden” (1955), with its relatively meager runtime of 117 ...

Golden Glory With 11 Academy Awards, William Wyler’s 1959 biblical epic “Ben-Hur” is tied (with “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Titanic”) for the distinction of most honored Oscar ...