Historical Epic – We Have Issues

The Death Of Robin Hood (2026) – Review

September 7, 2026 greigzilla

Famous tales, especially the old ones, are always open to reinterpretation, but even by gritty, grisly, grounded standards, Michael Sarnoski’s The Death Of Robin Hood

The Odyssey (2026) – Review

July 17, 2026 greigzilla

It seems like Christopher Nolan has always been drawn to men playing gods. If it isn’t Batman and his rogue’s gallery trying to bend the

Troy (2004) – Review

July 16, 2026 greigzilla

Once Ridley Scott’s Gladiator threw open the door of possibilities and revived the expired sword and sandals epics that used to populate the cinema of

Pathfinder (2007) – Review

May 20, 2025 greigzilla

Sometimes a movie comes along with a premise so promising, it causes you to uncontrollably salivate like Giger’s Alien at the prospect of experiencing it.

300 (2006) – Review

October 17, 2023 greigzilla

Throughout his very notable career, the indomitable Zack Snyder and his filmography has swung wildly between having me be genuinely impressed with his distinctive, muscular

Gladiator (2000) – Review

May 8, 2023 greigzilla

At one point in Gladiator, Ridley Scott’s epic exhuming and re-animating of the entire sword and sandal genre, Russell Crowe’s stoic general, Maximus Decimus Meridius,

Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance (1972) – Review

January 31, 2023 greigzilla

Chances are, even if you’ve never even heard of the Lone Wolf & Cub series, you’ve still most likely come across it in some form.

The Last Of The Mohicans (1992) – Review

December 15, 2022 greigzilla

Michael Mann is known as one of greatest directors of cops and robbers movies that’s ever set foot on a film set, and rightfully so

The 13th Warrior (1999) – Review

December 6, 2022 greigzilla

Before Robert Eggers’ The Northman and six seasons of Michael Hirst’s insanely popular Vikings, movies featuring those notoriuos, shaggy Nordic marauders (let alone good ones)

Pompeii (2014) – Review

October 14, 2022 greigzilla

I guess we can’t blame Paul W.S. Anderson for wanting to multitask; after all this is a man who once thought it was a good

The Woman King (2022) – Review

October 9, 2022 greigzilla

Ever since Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther decisively threw open the doors for blockbuster movies that feature predominantly black casts, filmmakers and themes, I’ve been patiently

The Northman (2022) – Review

April 18, 2022 greigzilla

In merely two films, director Robert Eggers has positioned himself to being the go-to guy for traumatizing yet rich experiences in a period setting. 2015’s

The Vikings (1958) – Review

November 20, 2021 greigzilla

Watching the epics from cinema’s past is often a surreal experience as it’s kinda weird to see what trends were obsessing audiences during Hollywood’s many