Ben-Hur, 1959. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O’Donnell, and Sam Jaffe. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros.

The new Ben-Hur opens today, which can't help but put moviegoers in mind of the 1959 MGM blockbuster. That classic starred Charlton Heston and won a pile of Oscars. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BEN-HUR") ...

We're still within "31 Days of Oscar," Turner Classic Movies' tribute to the Academy Awards. And though "Bonnie and Clyde," for my money a ground-breaking film like "Citizen Kane," has aired, other ...

The film's box office performance reflected last week's bad reviews. — -- The new "Ben-Hur" movie received plenty of negative reviews last week, and its box office performance since it opened on ...

It’s about much more than simple entertainment, they said. — -- “Ben-Hur,” the epic 1959 tale, is coming back to the big screen today, this time re-imagined for a new generation of moviegoers.