Browsing: Ben Hur

Ben Hur is NOT a film I thought would get remade in my lifetime.  Director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) embarked on a journey to bring a ‘re-adaptation’ of the “GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD” to the big screen in 2016, bringing audiences a slightly more faithful version of  Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel.  Surprising, yes, […]

In a world of remakes, reboots and reimaginings, it can be difficult to find the silver lining in the Hollywood clouds. Ben Hur, a film that begot the Hollywood blockbuster of its day in 1959 starred Charlton Heston, apparently needed a new version.  Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Wanted), this updated in […]