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Ridley Scott Casts Vanessa Kirby as Empress Josephine in Apple’s Epic Napoleon Biopic Kitbag

Mission: Impossible – Fallout star Vanessa Kirby has been cast as Empress Josephine in Apple Studio’s upcoming Napoleon Bonaparte biopic, Kitbag. The actress will appear opposite Joaquin Phoenix, who’s set to play the French military and political leader, in director-producer Ridley Scott’s historical drama, Deadline is reporting. The news of Kirby joining Kitbag‘s cast comes…

Tribeca Film Festival Review- We could have done with less “Italian Studies.”

A film’s length should ultimately count as nothing. Whether it’s the typical 90 or 120 minute run time; if a filmmaker does their job right the running time is arbitrary. With that being said, when I saw the running time for Italian Studies was under 90 minutes I was overjoyed. To me, this meant there…