It’s 1186. Not a good year for Balian — the French blacksmith played by Brit sensation Orlando Bloom, minus the blond locks that goosed his ride to dom as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

More than a millennium has passed, but little has changed from the time of Gladiator to Kingdom of Heaven. Christianity and Islam have come into vogue, and the battle lines are drawn between the two ...

Click here to read more from Slate’s Summer Movies. There was a moment in Hollywood in 2001, soon after Ridley Scott’s Gladiator took home several hundred million dollars and a best picture Oscar, ...

With a scheduled release date set to accompany that of Ridley Scott's new film, Kingdom of Heaven, this behind-the-scenes book explores the history of the Crusades, the era of the movie's inspiration.

I've been catching up with a few of Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, or RHLSP as it is now known by the cool kids, as it has broadened location remit. And just listened to the one ...

While Kingdom of Heaven is both attractive and enjoyable while it lasts, the gameplay is limited in length and variety. Based on the upcoming movie--by Ridley Scott, no less--Kingdom of Heaven depicts ...

"Kingdom of Heaven" navigates through the minefield of the Crusades and, by extension, the contentious background of Christian-Muslim relations in ways both shrewd and calculated. Genuinely ...