Eggers has an unrivalled ability to immerse you in an unfamiliar environment via time travel and this gritty, trippy, blood-soaked epic is no exception. If trapezium muscles were given awards then Skarsgard would bag an Oscar. Powerful stuff. 

Watching the slick trailer for TG: Maverick beforehand I said to my pal, “I’d love Finchy from The Office to turn up.” Which obviously didn’t happen, but then guess who rocked up in The Northman 🤔