It’s impossible to imagine Hollywood today making a blockbuster movie about a medieval Castilian knight who died in 1099, or that a U.S. president would have multiple screenings of such a film at the ...

An engaging, if unadventurous, specimen of a rare breed -- a Spanish animated feature -- succeeds as lighthearted kids' entertainment. Toon never rises to the visual and dramatic opportunities ...

El Cid Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren Weinstein Co. "El Cid" has all the ingredients for a grand, glorious epic. The 1961 film, which makes its DVD debut Tuesday, has sword fights, battle scenes, ...

Verse Piece has a variety of ways for players to get powerful and deal with enemies. While your fruit and punches can carry you at lower levels, it is important to obtain a good sword to survive in ...

A quest to find the relics of El Cid, the infamous Spanish warlord, has uncovered his crucifix in a cathedral in Salamanca, northwestern Spain. El Cid, a popular Spanish folk-hero and national icon ...

Almost every nation has its national epic, usually an account from early in its history of the martial exploits of a warrior-hero. For example, in England, there’s “Beowulf”; in France, “The Song of ...