It has been more than 25 years since Maximus first took to the arena in 2000's Ridley Scott epic Gladiator. Since its initial release, the swords and sandals drama has become one of the most beloved ...
The last scene in Gladiator (2000) sees Maximus (Russell Crowe) and Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) meeting each other one last time in the Colosseum for their final battle. Commodus injures ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...