Wicked and Gladiator 2 Both Took Decades to Make, but They've Arrived Right on Time

If predictions hold, it looks as if the attempt to engineer a second Barbenheimer by opening Wicked: Part I and Gladiator II on the same weekend will end up falling short of re-creating the same magic. (Both movies are projected to be hits, adding up to one of the year’s biggest weekends at the box office, just not at the same, gravity-defying level.) But even if “Glicked” doesn’t produce the same synergy, the movies have a lot to say to each other, so much that at times it can feel […]
Wicked and Gladiator 2 Both Took Decades to Make, but They've Arrived Right on Time