The Northman (2022) By Calum Whitfield A visceral, violent vignette of Viking vengeance that’s sure to entertain 4/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥 Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, et al Directed by: Robert Eggers Where to find it: In select cinemas now No Copyright Infringement Intended When I saw Robert Eggers’ was making a (relatively) big-budget Viking epic I was surprised; his track record to date consists of The Witch, a highly effective folk horror set in the time of the first pilgrims landing in the USA, and The Lighthouse, a tight and strange but thoroughly engaging story about two men going crazy in a lighthouse. To go from those brilliant, but small features to a film with the scale and ambition of this seemed crazy to me but needless to say I was intrigued. Loosely based on the story of Amleth, the tale that also inspired Hamlet, The Northman recently got its wide release, but is it worth the price of admission? The...