Beowulf, mighty warrior of the Geats, hearing that some neighboring Danes are being terrorized by a misshapen antiman called Grendel, crews a ship with up-for-it countrymen and sails to the rescue.

And so Headley’s Beowulf is a rambling, boastful, word-drunk poem, one where a worshipful young soldier “stanned for Beowulf,” while Beowulf himself “began, sick-hearted, to hear his death ...

On a quest to view the one and only manuscript of 'Beowulf' John Mark Eberhart. LONDON — I keep trying not to squint. But the light, an eerie purple, is very low.

“Beowulf” does not translate well into Hollywoodese, to judge by the new sex-sword-and-dragon epic of that title starring Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie. But it does ...

Maria Dahvana Headley’s revisionist translation infuses the Old English poem with feminism and social-media slang, Ruth Franklin writes.

Walking Shadow Co-Artistic Director John Heimbuch performs Charlie Bethel's Beowulf at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, directed by Walking Shadow Co-Artistic Director Amy Rummenie, with dramaturgy ...

Beowulf represents the future of animated movies and if you enjoy a thrill ride as much as a trip to the theatre, this is one ride you'll want to catch. Biowulf has a scheduled UK release date of ...

If you get the chance, see “Beowulf” in an IMAX theater with the 3-D glasses on. It’s not that it won’t thrill in plain ol’ 2-D – there’s plenty of high-octane bloodletting to go around – I just ...

Now the movie. Beowulf is a pretty good, with a classic story, a beautiful look and some amazing action scenes. The movie opens with a celebration of King Hrothgar and his people when Grendel, a beast ...