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Emperor’s new clothes: why the French are ready to embrace Napoleon again

With Ridley Scott’s epic about to hit screens, there has been renewed discussion about the military leader’s legacy – and film fans can’t wait

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Ian McKellen's thrilling new show is just the kind of innovation the Evening Standard Theatre Awards celebrate

Our annual celebration of theatre is packed with fresh takes and new stories

Evening Standard

Directors are turning to streaming to fulfil their epic visions – and avoid ‘bum ache’

Ridley Scott has reluctantly trimmed Napoleon, while Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is taking flak for its long running time. But streaming services can provide a safe haven

The Guardian - UK

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Campaign trail: follow Napoleon’s progress across Europe

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic is released next week, but from birthplace to battlefields you can still follow in Bonaparte’s mighty footsteps

The Guardian - UK

Napoleon’s Ridley Scott Offers Blunt Response To Criticism About Accuracy

Ridley Scott gives his blunt response to critics pointing out Napoleon’s inaccuracies.

Cinemablend

Review: Ridley Scott's Epic Vision Is No Match for Napoleon’s Immense Legacy

The life of Napoleon proves too large for Ridley Scott to capture — at least with any sort of historical nuance.

Inverse

Critics Have Seen Napoleon, See What They’re Saying About Joaquin Phoenix’s Highly Anticipated Biopic

Critics are weighing in on Napoleon, the upcoming historical epic from Ridley Scott starring Joaquin Phoenix.

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Napoleon Review: Ridley Scott’s Ambitious Historical Epic Clearly Has More To Show

Napoleon may divide its audience when it comes to whether it’s a success waiting to happen or a failure that’s just waiting to be confirmed.

Cinemablend

Napoleon review: "One of Ridley Scott's best in almost two decades"

Total Film

Napoleon movie review: Joaquin Phoenix's frisky French emperor is upstaged by his Josephine

The obvious joke here isn't suitable for a family newspaper but Ridley Scott's stars make this sexy biopic sing

Evening Standard

Napoleon review: Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby are perversely watchable in Ridley Scott’s thrilling epic

This is a two-and-a-half-hour spectacle that translates brutal history through Scott’s brawny, cannily modern style

The Independent UK

Napoleon review – Joaquin Phoenix makes a magnificent emperor in thrilling biopic

Ridley Scott dispenses with the symbolic weight attached to previous biopics in favour of a spectacle with a great star at its centre

The Guardian - UK

My, my! How Napoleon Bonaparte is still influencing pop culture more than 200 years after his death

In Ridley Scott’s 2023 epic, Joaquin Phoenix becomes the latest actor to portray Napoleon, joining an group that includes Marlon Brando, Danny DeVito and Rowan Atkinson. The tiny tyrant remains a subject of fascination (and mockery) on screen, writes Martin Chilton

The Independent UK

Denzel Washington will play Hannibal in new Netflix movie from Gladiator writer

Denzel Washington's back with his Training Day and Equalizer director, who is also Gladiator's award-winning writer, for a new Netflix film.

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Obsession, jealousies and Joséphine: has Ridley Scott’s new film captured the real Napoleon?

Love or loathe him, Bonaparte is central to French identity. Good luck to Hollywood in turning existential angst into an epic, says Andrew Hussey

The Guardian - US

From Deadpool 3 to Wonka: how does the end of the actors’ strike affect Hollywood?

With a tentative deal ending the strike, major films prepare to rush back to production while others are freed for promotion

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Black Sabbath and Napoleon are a match made in Heaven (and Hell)

A heavily doctored version of Black Sabbath's iconic War Pigs is burning up the internet via a trailer for Ridley Scott's upcoming Napoleon blockbuster

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Napoleon: An Updated Cast List, Including Joaquin Phoenix

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix have reunited for Napoleon, and they're working with an amazing ensemble cast.

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The Independent UK

Ridley Scott tells history buffs criticising Napoleon to ‘get a life’

Forthcoming historical drama has been critiqued for straying away from historical truths

Cinemablend

32 Movies With Drastically Different Alternate Endings

Here are 32 movies that almost had drastically different endings.

Evening Standard

Houses of Gucci: see inside the mid-century villa in Rome built by Aldo Gucci on sale for £13 million

The Gucci heirs are seeking a new owner for the marbled-filled Italian estate that’s a piece of Italian fashion history

Total Film

Barbie's original draft had a Ridley Scott cameo and a Blade Runner reference instead of a Snyder Cut one

Director Greta Gerwig says the Barbie movie originally had many more references and cameos than the final cut

Inverse

PlayStation Plus Just Quietly Released a Survival Horror Masterpiece

The 2014 horror title does an impressive job of living up to its inspiration : Ridley Scott's horror masterpiece, 'Alien.'

Inverse

You Need to Watch the Best Roman Empire Epic on Netflix ASAP

This early 2000s blockbuster might as well be the definition of a crowdpleaser. Now that it's on Netflix, here's why you need to watch Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott's all-time classic.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: murder and money laundering on the mean streets of Edinburgh

Jed Mercurio’s new six-part financial crime thriller stars Peter Mullan and Morven Christie. Plus Suggs guests on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Here’s what to watch this evening

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