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Vikings: Valhalla ends with a bang, not a whimper. Its various interlocking story arcs all come to a head in Kattegat while, across the Channel, change is afoot in England. It’s not quite Ragnarok but, after the finale, it might feel like the end of the world for some of …

Unless you are a history buff, the Vikings: Valhalla timeline may as well be Norse code. That can be frustrating. Chances are, you will want to immediately dive into that corner of history after bingeing Netflix’s swords-and-shield epic featuring real-life historical figures such as King Canute, Leif Eriksson, and the …

You’ve started watching Vikings: Valhalla – or want to, anyway. There is, however, an unfortunate roadblock getting in the way: Valhalla is a sequel to the series Vikings which aired on The History Channel and Amazon Prime Video. Should you watch Vikings seasons 1-6 before starting Valhalla on Netflix? It’s …

We’ve heard precious little about Martin Scorsese’s next movie Killers of the Flower Moon – but we might finally have a release window. Eric Roth, who wrote the screenplay for Scorsese’s upcoming Western (which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, and Robert De Niro), told IndieWire (opens in new tab) that …

The History Channel’s Vikings may have drawn to a close, but the story does not end with Ragnar, Lagertha, and Rollo. Set around 150 years later, Vikings: Valhalla is Netflix’s attempt to crack the Norse code and shape real-world legends into a gripping historical epic. Vikings: Valhalla begins with the …

Vikings: Valhalla does not waste time. The Netflix spin-off invades, pillages, wages war, and crowns kings – all within its first few episodes. It’s little wonder, then, that the event that kicks off the series feels like an afterthought.  Set over a century after the original History Channel series, Valhalla …

Olivia Colman and Matt Berry are taking on the world of Charles Dickens with a new adaptation of Great Expectations, Variety (opens in new tab) reports. Great Expectations was first published in 1861 and the novel is a coming of age story centering around an orphan Pip and featuring an …

Jack Quaid is the latest actor to join the star-studded cast of Oppenheimer, the next movie from Christopher Nolan, Deadline (opens in new tab) reports, as Universal Studios officially confirms the film’s cast.  Cillian Murphy will star as Robert Oppenheimer, the man who developed the atom bomb. Oppenheimer was an …

Peaky Blinders season 6 finally has a release date and it’s only a matter of weeks away – Tommy Shelby and co.’s final small-screen outing will arrive on February 27 on BBC in the UK.  The release date was first revealed by series director Anthony Byrne, and has since been …

Dane DeHaan has joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s historical drama Oppenheimer. The film chronicles the tumultuous life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. The screenplay, written by Nolan, is an adaptation of the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by …