There are some historical figures that virtually everyone knows, like Cleopatra, Einstein, and Shakespeare. In fact, some of them have become so ingrained into culture that their names and ...

The life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte do not seem like a laughing matter. Watching director Ridley Scott’s new historical epic about the infamous Frenchman, though, frequent snickering or the ...

The strangest part of Ridley Scotts Napoleon was its offbeat sense of humor, and Scotts recent revelation about how the film was written finally explains it. When it was released in theaters last year ...

Napoleon Bonaparte did a lot, but he didn’t quite do it all. He did not, for example, fire a bunch of cannons at the Egyptian pyramids. Does it matter that Ridley Scott’s Napoleon includes a scene of ...

This is not the best historical moment for a hagiography of an overweening authoritarian populist. To his credit, director Ridley Scott appears to recognize the dangers. His new 158-minute epic ...