Except for occasional cutaways to Sparta, “300” is essentially one blood-spattering, bone-crunching episode after another. It leaves history to the history books, preferring a carnival of ...

Sword shortage cuts to the quickWith film 300 comes big demand, but there are few to be had in Sparta By A. CRAIG COPETAS, Bloomberg NewsMay 22, 2007 Costas Menegakis, a 42-year-old Greek-Canadian ...

At the epic Battle of Thermopylae 300 Spartans stood against the might of the Persian Empire … and that ancient gallantry has made for a film of epic, thrilling, gory proportions.

A replica of the Spartan sword used by King Leonidas in the movie 300 Coughland was sentenced to a 12 month community order, 10 rehabilitation activity days, and must carry out 40 hours of unpaid ...

Here is an excerpt from the 2-star review of “300” by L.A. Daily News critic Glenn Whipp. “Things we learn about Spartan men from Zack Snyder’s ‘300’: “Spartan men are hard. Spartan ...

Before there was an Alamo – or an Agincourt, or an Iwo Jima – there was the Battle of Thermopylae, ancient Greece’s official entry in the “all-time great last stands” sweepstakes. From a ...

“300: Rise of an Empire” may have been better if Murro had a ready guidebook like a Frank Miller graphic novel to work from, but even without it, he finds a way to simulate the look and feel ...