Ancient battle gets modern makeover in new movie
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U.S. director Zack Snyder uses cutting  edge technology to tell an ancient tale in his new film "300,"  an ultra-violent depiction of the legendary battle between  Spartans and Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
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Anurag Basu's latest film is a well cast, crisply made film that entertains perhaps more than it intended to.
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LOS ANGELES  - The director of the upcoming ancient epic "300" is developing an action fantasy titled "Sucker Punch," a project he described as "an 'Alice in Wonderland' with machine guns."
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The actor sports a new look in Rakesh Mehra's new film.
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Master Chief is ready for the trilogy's final battle. Along the way, he'll face new weapons, new skirmishes and stronger brutes.
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Director Zhang Yimou presents a grand saga of ancient China with &quot;Hero&quot; -- a briskly paced, cleverly plotted martial arts epic that unfolds through a circuitous series of flashbacks.
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A co-op of painters in Tibet are attempting to remake a culture bound by centuries of tradition and hemmed in by narrow stereotypes.
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7 reasons why the ancient battle drama is a Spartanian smash
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A fabled fossil goes on view for the first time in decades  -  and ignites a controversy
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The ultra-bloody warrior film "300," about a legendary battle between the Spartans and Persians, seemed headed for U.S. box-office glory on Friday with sell-out crowds flocking to early showings.
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The Chinese call them &quot;wuxia,&quot; which translates to chivalry in battle, but now refers to movies in which dazzling martial arts are employed to preserve honor, most often in historical or fantastical settings.
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The drugs used today are mostly the same as those used in ancient times, but scientists are now trying to find new ways of fighting pain.
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Modern imaging techniques have revealed some new information about the earliest biblical passage ever found in ancient artifacts.
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After remakes of blockbusters of yesteryears, Hindu epics are the latest fad in   Bollywood.
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The characters in the western âDisappearancesâ speak in biblical cadences. The movieâs code, however, is the same kill-or-be-killed law of the jungle.
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"Flyboys" is a decidedly  old-fashioned war film that reaches for epic sweep but is often  bogged down in cliched drama and two-dimensional characters.
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The trio will make an interesting combination on screen.