In Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, Vanessa Kirby has transformed a maligned, historical figure—Josephine Bonaparte—into a kickass, independent, outspoken woman with a voice and an opinion. Like many wives, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There’s nothing Hollywood loves more than a biopic, and Ridley Scott’s new film Napoleon takes another ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." French General Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the world’s greatest military leaders who became the first ...

Call it the 18th-century equivalent of being ghosted. On his military campaigns, French general (and later emperor) Napoleon Bonaparte would send his wife Josephine mostly unrequited love letters. The ...

Film fans have long been aware auteur legend Stanley Kubrick’s dream project was a big, sweeping epic about French officer-emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Fate would not be on the filmmaker’s side despite ...

This film opens with the beheading of a key historical female figure and concludes with some very intense battle scenes that are among the best action sequences you will see at the movies this year.

Defending his Napoleon from grumbles caused by early rumors of historical inaccuracy, director Ridley Scott snapped that “when I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there?

If you've dismissed Napoleon as not for you after watching the trailers, we wouldn't blame you as they're setting up a much more formulaic movie than Ridley Scott gives you. Everything looks very ...

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 ...