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The Odyssey: Nolan Turns Homer's Epic into a Bracing, Powerful Thinking Man's Adventure

The Odyssey: Nolan Turns Homer's Epic into a Bracing, Powerful Thinking Man's Adventure

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 15, 2026Ancient Greek epic, Homer's The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, The Trojan War, Matt Damon as Odysseus, Benny Safdie, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Samantha Morton, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, Elliot Page, Lupita Nyong’oComment

The Wild Robot: Marooned Automaton Seeks Meaning in an Animated Film that's All Heart

The Wild Robot: Marooned Automaton Seeks Meaning in an Animated Film that's All Heart

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 27, 2024Animated films, Robot protagonists, Talking animals, AIs as surrogate mothers, The Wild Robot, Directed by Chris Sanders, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Hamill, Ving Rhames, Catherine O’HaraComment

PODCAST! EP. 16: We like Us, we really, really like Us

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Karen Gordon, Kim Hughes and Thom Ernst