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Finally, an Iliad Movie! - By Jeffrey Chen I'm a Greek myth geek, so I was surprised when I realized no big Hollywood attempt had been made at dramatizing Homer's epic poem, The Iliad (I'm not sure if the 1956 movie Helen of Troy counts). Hercules movies, sure; Jason and the Argonauts, yeah; Medea, Orpheus, and some... MORE >>
B.C. Beefcake - By John P. McCarthy If your vision of a sword-and-sandals epic has Victor Mature, Kirk Douglas, or Russell Crowe as the muscle-flexing hero, get ready to feast your eyes on some serious B.C. beefcake. Those screen gladiators are lumpy couch potatoes compared to the gym rats in Troy.
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Fantastic Epic - By Diana Saenger Any director about to make one of mankind’s oldest stories into a full-blown movie epic might wonder about his own sanity. But Director Wolfgang Petersen had no such qualms. Instead, he relished the task of bringing to life a film inspired by Homer’s The lliad.
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