They always aired on a Sunday afternoon on UHF. They always had muscle-bound dudes flexing their pecs, bewitching damsels draped in gauzy garb and conniving despots seated on gilded thrones.

Will Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Hercules’ Face Sword and Sandal Fatigue? Actor's star status will be tested as three gladiator films, plus 'Noah,' create a potential 'White House Down' situation ...

Now over 60 years old, 'Jason And The Argonauts' remains a jaw-dropping, hunk-filled adventure.

Kevin Sorbo, a man best known for playing TV Hercules in the ‘90s, getting called “peanut” by former co-star Lucy Lawless, and being America’s third most relevant conservative Christian ...

Quo Vadis may have been the first sword-and-sandal Hollywood hit, but Hercules pushed the genre known as the peplum (an Italian phrase roughly translated as "tunic") into a whole new stratosphere.

For his enemies, the sword! For his princess, devotion! Hercules the mighty descended from the heavens, half-god and half-mortal, unleashed against the forces of evil as he quests to find the ...

On Sunday’s episode of Mad Men, “The Suitcase,” Peggy Olson stayed late at work and missed a birthday dinner with her boyfriend and family at the restaurant The Forum of the Twelve Caesars.

HERCULES — Roommates at a Hercules home, including one armed with a Samurai type sword, fended off three robbers who forced their way inside the home, police said Wednesday.

In this sword and sandal fantasy, Poseidon must battle a gladiator quartet in ancient Rome. If he wins, the son of Hercules will have his life and anything else he wants.

The narrative of Hercules brims with a wealth of visual flourishes, courtesy legendary cinematographer Dante Spinotti. Even the capabilities of 3D are optimally utilized.

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “ A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, we’re revisiting a campy sword-and-sandal classic with 1963’s Jason And The Argonauts.