epic
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Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, collectively known as "Los Javis," have wowed critics and filmgoers with their sweeping queer epic telling the interconnected stories of three gay men over multiple generations.
From Barron's β Oct. 24, 2026
“Farewell to Russia” reads like an epic pub crawl.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
Russell’s filmography has something for everyone — and, until this year, something for no one: his controversial 1971 religious epic “The Devils,” a film as heavily censored as it was widely banned.
From Salon β Oct. 22, 2026
The waves are so epic in the “Spanish Village by the Sea” that it beat out all other California beach cities to host the surfing competition in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 20, 2026
She’s the best, most epic fast-pitch heat thrower in the state.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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ACOTAR, as it is known to aficionados, blends the swords-and-sorcery of fantasy epics like "Game of Thrones" with the smoldering romance familiar to readers of Danielle Steel.
From Barron's β Oct. 23, 2026
This breezy romp is a refreshing change from overwrought epics and anxiously earnest stories-with-a-message; Ibbotson’s offbeat, cozy prose reads like a daffier Ms. Rowling or a kinder Roald Dahl.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
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 β Oct. 11, 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 β Aug. 26, 2026
While he had fewer tattoos than his companion, they were more elaborate—not the self-inflicted work of an amateur but epics of the art contrived by Honolulu and Yokohama masters.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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