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.

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 ...

This week’s Arlington Pets of the Week are Beowulf and Grendel, two bulldogs who enjoy playing together. Here is what their owner, Matthew, had to say about them: Beowulf and his brother from a ...

‘BEOWULF,” you may recall, is a ninth-century epic poem traditionally foisted on students by sadistic teachers. Most people graduate with no memory of its content beyond the presence of swords, a ...

Among the horrors perpetrated by the Isis brain trust last year was one that took me longer than usual to process. This particular PR stunt didn’t produce dead bodies. It didn’t have a catchy, ...

It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.

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 ...

Anyone with even a passing interest in poetry should recognise that the foundation of this movie is the epic poem Beowulf and not the comic book. Focusing on the human aspect of the story instead of ...