A great hero needs a great villain. That’s exactly what Russell Crowe’s Maximus had in Gladiator. Joaquin Phoenix‘s Commodus was a slimy, conniving monster who made our skin crawl. We still hate him ...

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 7 - The Commodus Passage, the name given to the corridor through which Roman emperors gained unseen access to the Imperial box in the Colosseum, has been opened to the public for ...

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator ruled the 00s with $465.4M at the box office. Its most brutal moment? Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murdering his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Aurelius chose ...

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to reach the ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

Paul Mescal plays Lucius, son of Maximus, in "Gladiator 2." Lucius was also in the first "Gladiator" film, though he was only ...