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With his latest film, "The Northman," director Robert Eggers is bringing his distinctive vision behind cult hits "The Witch" and "The Lighthouse" to something exponentially larger — a big-budget Viking epic. Opening in wide release from Focus Features this weekend, it's a pressure-cooker test case of what happens when a…

The first sign that not everyone in Robert Eggers’ 10th-century Viking revenge tale “The Northman” has their priorities entirely straight comes early in the film, when the Viking king Aurvandil (Ethan Hawke) returns home to the North Atlantic kingdom of Hrafnsey after a year of fighting overseas. After trudging up…

Alexander Skarsgård has been dreaming about Vikings for as long as he can remember. Some of his earliest memories are from Oland, a Swedish island on the Baltic Sea, where his great-grandfather built a home many years ago. His grandfather would regale him with tales of Viking history while walking…

Epic holds our attention with unforgettable visuals and the sheer, raw audacity of its premise.

Emma was assaulted by her ex-partner, who is 21 years older than her, after she finally broke off the toxic relationship, and has shared her relief that he is now behind bars

Thomas Manning was introduced to Emma as her dad's friend - they then started a secret relationship

Maybe it’s a counter-reaction to our increasingly digital reality, but lately horror films have increasingly turned to primal pasts to resurrect the rituals and fears of folktale. It’s a strikingly global trend, spanning puritan New England (“The Witch”), rural Iceland (“Lamb”), North Dublin (“You Are Not My Mother”) and pagan…

In November 2020 - just months after doctors informed her there was 'no signs' of the cancer recurring - Estelle discovered it had returned and spread to her lungs and pelvis

After eventually escaping the abusive relationship, mum-of-two Emma Cranston has since retrained in psychotherapy and formed a friendship with TV therapist Robert Hisee

“Each time he managed to convince me it was my fault, he told me I was as bad as him"

“I had survived three heart attacks and cancer and yet I was killing myself with over-eating. I knew I had to make a change"