At my signal, unleash Braveheartacus! The Next 184 Project gets into the issues of how Commodus (toilet!) is a "failson" and how the whole derivative story is a WWF-esque popularity contest. This Ridley Scott / Russell Crowe action flick that won big at the Oscars 20 years ago works even as well as it does because of Crowe's humanity and even, believe it or not, humour. But, of course, there are a lot of bloody effective battle scenes too…and that's the hallmark of this still-beloved picture. So plot your revenge as you long for your beautiful family and also your beautiful wheat, then find yourself rooting for an empire to keep empiring as we hit you with some Gladiator.

Well, Actually: Crowe has died in at least 1 other movie (Les Insufferables). Also, Djimon Hounsou has indeed been nominated for 2 Oscars, not 3.

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Next week, we'll be going back 80 years to do a back-and-forth about Pinocchio.