Easy! They’re all musicals. …Or at least they are now. Gladiator II star Paul Mescal helped turn his own sword and sandal epic into a song-filled sequel when he hosted Saturday Night Live.

The first reports of gladiators (the name comes from the type of sword they used: the gladius) appears around 264BCE, 2300 years ago, back when Rome was still a republic and didn’t have an ...

While flawed, particularly in areas of plot development and historical accuracy, Gladiator excels as an immersive entertainment vehicle with some of the most enthralling sword-and-sand action ...

The biggest winner is Mescal, who proves with more than a few brooding glances and swings of the sword that he has the chops to carry a blockbuster. "Gladiator II" isn't shy about drawing blatant ...