Movie lightning rarely strikes twice in the same place. But in the case of the “Zorro” sequel, “The Legend of Zorro,” it hits close enough to set off sparks. It’s not quite as much fun as watching ...

Like the New Coke and numerous other commercial products, “The Legend of Zorro,” theoretically a new and improved Zorro movie, is not as satisfying as the old and unimproved version. In a zealous ...

Jamon is Spanish for ham. Why, you may wonder, do you need to know this if you don’t already? Because a lot of jamon gets sliced, diced, sabered and dished out in “The Legend of Zorro,” the sequel to ...

California’s future is at stake, and it’ll take a big-screen action hero to set things right. His name doesn’t begin with A, as in Arnold; it begins at the end of the alphabet. “The Legend of Zorro" ...

“The Curse of Capistrano,” Johnston McCulley’s first Zorro story, appears in pulp magazine All-Story Weekly. A hero is born. Fred Niblo directs “The Mark of Zorro,” based on “The Curse of Capistrano” ...

THERE’LL likely be more Z’s in the audience than on the screen during “The Legend of Zorro,” a belated and belabored sequel to the delightful ’98 hit that seems more like a cross between “Wild Wild ...

Martin Campbell’s “Legend of Zorro” — the sequel to the marvelous 1998 “Mask of Zorro” — is everything you never knew you wanted in a swashbuckler: A comedy of remarriage, a rousing exploration of the ...

In a movie such as "Zorro," one might expect the script to ride in and save the day, but in actuality it detracts further from the appeal. It's one thing for the villain to call Zorro outdated in the ...

Isabel Allende’s career has been marked by three distinct types of fiction: what used to be called magical realism, as in “The House of the Spirits” (1985); historical fiction, represented by the ...

Rating: PG for sequences of violence/peril and action, language and a couple of suggestive moments. What it’s about: The Robin Hood of the Old West rides again and helps California join the Union. The ...

ANYONE who read Isabel Allende’s paean to magical realism, “The House of the Spirits,” developed an instant affinity for the Chilean author’s highly original and sensual style. Allende’s subsequent ...