In the widest domestic rollout of a digital 3-D film to date, Paramount will unspool Robert Zemeckis’ big-budget “Beowulf” on roughly ... pulled off a rare coup last weekend when it came ...

Both Beowulf and the dragon die in this final battle. Getty Images The 2007 film, which also starred Anthony Hopkins and Ray Winstone, was premiered in Los Angeles Author and poet Kevin Crossley ...

fleshing out the film's main plot with a couple of other adventures in between Beowulf's classic fight with the monster Grendel, his mother and his final battle with a dragon. Nevertheless ...

Now Beowulf must vanquish one last monster. And this time ... His bravery and resourcefulness in battle are unquestioned, but he’s a bit too comfortable as his own legend-maker.

But most striking of all is the final woman of Beowulf ... writ large” to get there from the text. Beowulf is a poem about power and battle and gold and kingship and monsters, about words ...

In any event, those lines should last through year’s end ... Beowulf sheds his clothes and waits for the next attack. In an epic battle, Beowulf rips off Grendel’s arm. The now whimpering ...