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Film Review -Napoleon

Film Review -Napoleon

Ridley Scott brilliantly depicts the titular dictator’s battles, but the relationship with Joséphine fails to convince

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Nov 24, 2023
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Once described as “my all-time favourite fascist dictator” by Arnold Rimmer in cult BBC sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf, the eponymous Corsican military genius with short stature but world-dominating ambition is given the cinematic treatment once again by notoriously hit-and-miss director Ridley Scott. It’s an ambitious romp that delive…

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