One of the main things war movies try to show is a real-life battle or siege to spruce things up a bit and keep audiences ...

Last week’s Rings of Power episode, “Doomed to Die,” depicted the much-anticipated Siege of Eregion — a deadly battle from J.R.R. Tolkien’s original writings that marks the beginning of the War of the ...

Excellent battle scenes are a key part of the war genre, and many TV shows are better than any war movie for their spectacle and the time we have to get to know the characters. That said, battle ...

There's just something about a really satisfying battle scene in a movie. They're among some of the most iconic in movie magic -- often bringing the story to a white-knuckle climax -- and offering ...

Bob May has 50 years experience in the performing arts and business in Southern California. He has been a stage and film actor and director. He has also been a producer, business consultant, ...

Napoleon might prove that no one can direct cinematic battle scenes better than Ridley Scott, but the rest of the film falls short, and those bombastic battle scenes cannot compensate for it. Director ...

Historian Roel Konijnendijk reviews ancient warfare scenes and battle tactics in movies and TV shows. He looks at the naval battle and gladiator fights depicted in "Gladiator II," starring Paul Mescal ...

Ridley Scott’s penchant for scale is in everything he’s most famous for. Sprawling, Douglas Trumbull’d up vistas of a futuristic Los Angeles, a massive derelict craft in the middle of uncharted space, ...