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 ...

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 ...

There aren’t many surprises in the new Ben-Hur. It’s a noisy, dull, thoroughly soulless affair built on banal dialogue, flat acting, and slapdash computer-generated imagery that barely looks ...

Lew Wallace’s 19th-century novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” has been adapted into two popular movies — the 1959 Charlton Heston classic, plus a 1925 silent film. But Hollywood has ...

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’s about much more than simple entertainment, they said. — -- “Ben-Hur,” the epic 1959 tale, is coming back to the big screen today, this time re-imagined for a new generation of ...

By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Ben-Hur cost nearly $100 million to make before a major marketing spend. The loss is calculated when comparing box office and marketing costs against box ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...