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 ...

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 ...

It’s a sight, to be sure, though perhaps not as wild as watching Joaquin Phoenix’s military genius scrambling like a guilty puppy through a palace while still trying to keep up appearances for a ...

The appearance of Napoleon in movies has resulted in everything from historical epics to love stories and fantasy epics to madcap comedies. Napoleon Bonaparte was the Emperor of France who earned this ...

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix, 'Napoleon' is doing far better than expected for a historical epic catering to older adults. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer From Apple ...

Trust no one—not even me—who tries to tell you Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is any good. Good is perhaps not the word to use. Napoleon is a sprawl, a messy pageant, a little crazy and yet perhaps not crazy ...

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 ...

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