In "Beowulf & Grendel," the first epic poem in the English language receives a rendition that's about half as good and half as harsh as it needed to be. Icelandic-shot version of the legendary revenge ...

Two elements of “Beowulf & Grendel” make a mixed-up and unbalanced picture nearly worthwhile. One is Iceland. Shooting in various, epically craggy corners of a country that hasn’t been location ...

The giant strides into Mead Hall and bellows, “I am Beowulf, and I’m here to kill your monster.” That’s how Hollywood turns a Danish warrior from an eighth-century Old English epic into a movie hero.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Beowulf is the first significant work written in English, or in what passes for English: a 3000-line epic poem composed - in ...

The new film version of Beowulf is upon us, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Angelina Jolie, and Crispin Glover, with Ray Winstone as Beowulf. Zemeckis, whose ...

Starring Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgíƒ ¥rd, and Sarah Polley. Rated 14A. Originally composed anonymously sometime between the middle of the eighth and the beginning of the 10th century in allusive ...

It may be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. A date of composition is a matter of contention among ...

The name "Beowulf" alone surely will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread. Never fear. This 3-D animated "Beowulf" is more like "300," only with more violence, if ...