epic
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Watching a new Oscar contender: La Bola Negra is a sprawling Spanish epic that grapples with the links between fascism and homophobia.
From Slate â Oct. 15, 2026
But the storyline is also baroque, the filmmaking is kinetic and the corruption it alleges is epic.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 13, 2026
Kick the ball out of the end zone for a touchback, and let Jacksonville try to run an epic last-second play from scrimmage.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 12, 2026
But its strangeness also seems appropriate, considering the epic oddity of the South African’s ascension from mistrusted Silicon Valley wannabe to ever-confident cheerleader for space dreams and electric vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times â Oct. 9, 2026
At least no one’s around to see that—this epic failure is between me and the universe.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The production was announced in March this year as a "rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen".
From BBC â Oct. 11, 2026
Mr. Power begins his survey with Chapman’s Homer but frequently casts his glance backward to the Homeric epics themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal â Aug. 28, 2026
Although he established himself with futuristic films like “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” he showed a knack for emotional drama with 1991’s “Thelma & Louise” and for historical epics like 2000’s “Gladiator.”
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 26, 2026
Even if Christopher Nolan‘s film adaptation of “The Odyssey” is a smash hit, Matt Damon doesn’t think we’ll see a boom in epics of a similar scale.
From Salon â Jul. 12, 2026
For centuries, ballads, and epics were all sung, as were Biblical chants and Vedic hymns.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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