French critics considered Ridley Scott’s new biopic lazy, pointless, boring, migraine-inducing, too short and historically inaccurate. And that’s just to start.
Tag: Bonaparte, Napoleon
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‘Napoleon’ Review: A Lumpy, Grumpy Little Man
Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott’s historical epic charting his rise and ruin.
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Napoleon Didn’t Really Shoot Cannons at Egypt’s Pyramids
But scholars say that a trailer for Ridley Scott’s new film draws attention to the French emperor’s complex and lasting legacy on the study of Egypt’s cultural heritage.
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Is Nazi Loot Amid His 6,000 Oils, Some Grenades and Napoleon’s Toothbrush?
The daughter of an eccentric Swiss collector has asked an independent panel to review whether items in his massive collection were stolen from Jews during World War II.
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To His Loyalists, Trump Is an Emperor in Exile
It may look like a presidential campaign, but it aspires to be more than that.