When General Lew Wallace wrote “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” he did ... You recall the outline: Judah is made a slave, condemned to be an oarsman on a warship. If he can survive, vengeance ...

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 probably important to ...

I watched Ben-Hur again recently on the Turner Classic ... Judah is next seen as an enslaved oarsman on a Roman war ship. Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins), the captain of the fleet, takes a shine ...

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur in a scene from "Ben-Hur." (Philippe Antonello/Paramount Pictures via AP)Philippe Antonello/HONS This image released by ...

Woodland Park, N.J. — No surprise that Ben-Hur has come back to the movies (the latest remake opened Friday ). In some ways, you could say Ben-Hur created the movies. The Biblical-era story of ...

It turns out Judah Ben-Hur had a lover the actor never knew about. ‘Ben-Hur’ needed more conflict to sustain a 3-hour epic Judah Ben-Hur has an epic journey from slavery to his triumphant ...

In his second tale of redemption, the Indiana native wrote "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ," his thrilling and globally renowned biblical epic, in 1880. "Ben-Hur" is one of the most widely read and ...

1959’s Ben-Hur — which airs today on TCM at 6 a.m. EST — isn’t just one of the most popular religious films of all time. The three-plus hour epic starring Charlton Heston as the titular ...

“Ben-Hur” (1959), which celebrated its 65th anniversary this past November, stands as a quintessential example of everything an epic is and should be. Directed by William Wyler, the film’s ...