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The Real Scandal Is the Whitewashing of ‘The Odyssey’

August 3, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments ancient Greece, Anne Hathaway, Ben-Hur, Brad Pitt, Brett Ratner, casting, Christopher Nolan, Elon Musk, Exodus Gods and Kings, film criticism, Greek history, Greek mythology, Hercules, Hollywood, Homer, Hugh Jackman, Jason and the Argonauts, Lupita Nyong’o, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, movie review, Nicholas Galitzine, Renny Harlin, representation, Ridley Scott, The Legend of Hercules, The Odyssey, The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Theo James, Tom Holland, Troy, whitewashing, Zendaya, Zoe Kazan

Where are the Greek actors for a Greek epic?

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Extras: An Obituary

July 22, 2026July 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment AI, Alex Garland, animatronics, Arab Legion, Avengers: Endgame, background actors, Battle of Aqaba, blockbusters, Book and Film Globe, CGI, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan films, CIvil War, D Day, David Lean, David Lean films, digital crowds, Dunkirk, epic cinema, Extras, film history, film production, Greece, Hollywood, Jordan, King Hussein, King Hussein of Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia battle scene, Matt Damon, Messenia, Normandy, Oppenheimer, Peter Jackson, practical effects, puppetry, Ray Mendoza, SAG-AFTRA, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Steven Spielberg, T.E. Lawrence, Tenet, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, The Odyssey, union actors, visual effects, William Tecumseh Sherman

AI sounds the death knell for living crowds of people on film

‘The Odyssey’ Is the Most Christopher Nolan Film Yet

July 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 70mm, adaptation, ancient Greece, Anne Hathaway, Athena, Benny Safdie, Bill Irwin, Calypso, Charlize Theron, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan films, Circe, Classics, Cyclops, Elliot Page, epic films, Greek epic, Greek mythology, Hades, Homer, IMAX, Ithaca, literature, Lupita Nyong’o, Matt Damon, movie review, mythology, Odysseus, Odyssey review, Penelope, Polyphemus, practical effects, Robert Pattinson, Samantha Morton, Telemachus, The Odyssey, Tom Holland, Travis Scott, Trojan War, Zendaya

A star-studded epic brings Homer to the 21st century

Everything That’s Streaming In August 2024

August 1, 2024August 26, 2024 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Bad Monkey, Batman: The Caped Crusader, City of God, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Lynch, Jeff Goldblum, Joe Rogan, Kaos, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Martin Short, Masahi Kudo, Matt Damon, Only Murders In The Building, Rick And Morty, Selena Gomez, Steph Curry, Steve Martin, Terminator Zero, Vince Vaughn

New ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘Batman’, and ‘Terminator’ stuff, the return of ‘Only Murders’ and ‘The Rings of Power,’ and much more!

Ripley

‘Ripley’ is Pretentious TV for “Smart” People

April 11, 2024April 17, 2024 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Dennis Hopper, Gwyenth Paltrow, John Malkovich, Johnny Flynn, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Maurizio Lombardi, Patricia Highsmith, Ripley, Steven Zaillian

A noir remake of a classic film, without the glamour or star power

Drive Away Dolls

Coen Lite

February 23, 2024February 28, 2024 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Colman Domingo, Drive Away Dolls, Ethan Coen, Geraldine Viswanathan, Margaret Qualley, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, The Coen Brothers, Tricia Cooke

‘Drive Away Dolls’, a lezploitation noir comedy, delivers some partial Coen Brothers goods to Florida

This is Me…Now: A Love Story

For the Love of J. Lo

February 19, 2024February 26, 2024 Adam Hirschfelder 0 Comments Ben Affleck, Fat Joe, J. Lo, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Damon, This is Me…Now: A Love Story

Jennifer Lopez’s therapeutic, extended music-video love letter to her own personal growth helps bring together a fractured country, if you’re into that sort of thing

Oppenheimer

He Dropped a Bomb on Us

July 21, 2023July 26, 2023 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, James Urbaniak, Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, Matt Damon, Oppenheimer

‘Oppenheimer,’ Christopher Nolan’s majestic, grand-statement masterpiece about the reluctant father of the atomic age

Frenetic ‘City of Dreams’

May 22, 2023 Nicholas Tamarin 0 Comments City of Dreams, Don Winslow, Matt Damon

Don Winslow’s epic Homer homage may be all Greek in parts, but it’s still addictive reading

Air

The True Story of How Michael Jordan Became A Shoe

April 7, 2023April 12, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Air, Ben Affleck, Chris Tucker, Matt Damon, Michael Jordan, Nike, Viola Davis

‘Air,’ Ben Affleck’s breezy, brotastic celebration of Nike’s greatness

Love and Thunder

Love and Blunder

July 8, 2022July 11, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Melissa McCarthy, Natalie Portman, Russell Crowe, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson, Thor: Love and Thunder

God butchery is no joke

The Last Duel

A Middling Middle Ages #MeToo

October 15, 2021October 19, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott, The Last Duel

In ‘The Last Duel,’ believe all medieval women

Cannes

The Cannes Came Back

July 15, 2021March 16, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments abigail breslin, Adam Driver, Adrien Brody, After Yang, Benicio del Toro, Bergman Island, Bill Murray, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Colin Farrell, Frances McDormand, Joanna Hogg, Jodie Turner-Smith, Léa Seydoux, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Mia Hansen-Løve, Stillwater, The French Dispatch, The Souvenir Part II, Tilda Swinton, Tim Roth, Tom McCarthy, Vicky Kreips, Wes Anderson

Masked and not-really-distanced, the world’s most glamorous film festival returns

Rear Window

Twenty-five Movies About Being Crammed into a Tight Space

April 17, 2020April 26, 2020 Rachel Llewellyn 1 Comment 127 Hours, Alien, Alive, Amy Adams, Buried, Castaway, Colin Farrell, Dwight Yoakam, Forest Whitaker, Gerald's Game, Grace Kelly, Grey Gardens, Home Alone, I Am Legend, James Caan, James Franco, Jared Leto, Jimmy Stewart, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, Kristen Stewart, Leslie Nielsen, Lifeboat, Lord of the Flies, Matt Damon, Misery, Moon, Nicole Kidman, Open Water, Panic Room, Phone Booth, Rear Window, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen King, The Martian, The Mist, The Others, The Poseidon Adventure, The Road, The Shining, The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Woman In The Window, Tom Hanks, Viggo Mortensen, Will Smith

Legends of shut-in-ema

Miller's Crossing

The Five Best Irish Mob Movies

November 29, 2019March 18, 2020 Kathy O'Neill 1 Comment Albert Finney, Amy Ryan, Do you even give a f***?, Dropkick Murphys, Ed Harris, Gabriel Byrne, GoodFellas, I'm Shipping up to boston, John C. Reilly, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Miller's Crossing, Sean Penn, State of Grace, The Coen Brothers, The Departed, The Irishman, Whitey Bulger

They Always Wanted to be Gangsters

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