When you watch the 1959 “Ben-Hur,” a studio classic so big and stodgy and literal that even the dialogue seems square-jawed, there’s something that tugs you right through the endless talk about high ...
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 ...
With an estimated production cost that’s in the vicinity of $100M, MGM and Paramount certainly didn’t build Ben-Hur to fail this weekend. But if there’s one Come-to-Jesus from this remake’s estimated ...
“Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ” was the best-selling American novel of the nineteenth century, beating out “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” There were a million copies printed of the 1913 edition, an American ...
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 ...
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 ...
Though a lot may be riding on the new “Ben-Hur,” the strength and success of the big-budget 3-D film opening today may come down to a single stone. Of course, the most-famous film adaptation of Lew ...
In 1971, when CBS broadcast the 1959 film “Ben-Hur” on television for the first time, more than 85 million people tuned in to view this Hollywood spectacular of friendship, betrayal, revenge, ...
A chariot race exciting enough to evoke the one from 1959 still isn't enough to justify a sludgy and scattershot remake. When you watch the 1959 “Ben-Hur,” a studio classic so big and stodgy and ...