In a time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf slays the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of its monstrous yet seductive mother in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend. Groundbreaking ...

If you were thinking this new 3-D, motion-capture, CGI “Beowulf” might be the Nordic “300,” think again. It’s the Nordic “Polar Express,” featuring dead-eyed, plasticine Viking warriors and wenches, a ...

Angelina Jolie’s lips look even fuller than usual. She’s emerging naked from a pool of dank cave water, rivulets of gold streaming gently down her body. “Giiiif meee sonnnn,” she coos, in an Old ...

LITTLE ROCK — "Iam ripper! ... tearer! ... slasher! ..." is how the hero Beowulf says hello in the current movie version of the ancient poem. "Beowulf," the poem ...

LITTLE ROCK — The credits for Beowulf must be wrong. They say the film was directed by Robert Zemeckis. But after sitting through a movie that is about as exciting as reading the original 3,000-line ...

Robert Zemeckis’ new film “Beowulf” gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “the sublime and the ridiculous.” Zemeckis took the oldest and most important text of our ur-language, and turned it into a ...

“Beowulf” does not translate well into Hollywoodese, to judge by the new sex-sword-and-dragon epic of that title starring Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie. But it does translate well ...

It's not often that we learn plenty about a major upcoming big-screen project before it's even begun shooting, but that's the case with Grendel, a live-action retelling of the Old English epic Beowulf ...

To be completely honest, I was not ready for Beowulf. After watching the trailers and reading a few early reviews I thought I knew what to expect. You might have read some of the same things I did ...

The best-reviewed new film in theaters this weekend is Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis’s visually astonishing adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem showcasing some groundbreaking new 3-D and motion-capture ...

A new live-action take on the tale of Beowulf is in development, and the project has assembled a very impressive cast. We've seen a number of animated and live-action adaptations of the ancient Danish ...