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'The Odyssey' trailer sparks criticism over accents and ‘daddy’ issues

Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming epic is dividing opinions. The latest trailer has sparked criticism over the use of modern terms and American accents, which seem at odds with the ancient Greek setting...

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This Is Your Reminder: ‘The Odyssey’ Isn’t Real. It’s Not “History.”

The latest trailer for The Odyssey arrived this week, providing the most comprehensive look yet at Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation. From the second it was confirmed that Nolan would be adapting the classic story (and not telling a “father/son story with helicopters”, as had been initially rumored), there have been…

The Mary Sue

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Small health problems can snowball if owners aren’t regularly taking their dogs for checkups

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“So Insulting”: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer Sparks Outrage, Fans Share Brutal Reactions

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey trailer faces backlash as fans slam casting, dialogue, and historical inaccuracies.

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Christopher Nolan says The Odyssey ‘directly’ influenced modern film genre

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Cyclops, beards and a cute puppy: New trailer for ‘The Odyssey’ released online

A new full-length trailer has been released for 'The Odyssey', Sir Christopher Nolan’s 13th feature film and his first since the Oscar-winning 'Oppenheimer'. It looks mighty promising and shrouded in darkness. Literally.

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Chris Nolan compares The Odyssey to Marvel: ‘The original superheroes’

‘Even comic-book culture, whether you’re talking about Marvel or DC or the rest, a lot of it comes pretty directly from the Homeric epics,’ says the director

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Marvel and DC heroes come ‘directly’ from Homeric epics, Christopher Nolan says

The director is behind a movie version of The Odyssey which is being released this summer.

Evening Standard

Christopher Nolan compares The Odyssey to Marvel as new trailer reveals Cyclops

The new epic arrives in July

Total Film

Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab

As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island.

The Conversation

David Malouf will always be one of the world’s great writers. I will always be grateful to him

Malouf’s astounding talent was to remain lucid and attentive in his language, while imbuing his worlds with a sensuality that was subtle but deeply felt

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Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover

A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.

LiveScience

Homer and the mummy: Rare copy of the Iliad poem found inside ancient Egyptian tomb

A Spanish-Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were reused in burial practices and shedding light on the spread of Greek literature in Roman Egypt.

Euronews

Son of Nobody by Yann Martel review – Life of Pi author discovers a long-lost poem from Troy

An epic poem about the Trojan war is merged with the domestic heartbreak of the scholar who discovers it in this ambitious, structurally problematic novel

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Help! The Millennium Bug made all the robots in my mansion go berserk, and only Homer Simpson can save the day

Is Y2K: The Game a deft exploration of late '90s digital anxiety? No! But is it a fun game anyway? Also no!

The Guardian - AU

An Iliad review – David Wenham is a great match for contemporary twist on Homer’s epic

Sydney Theatre CompanyStarring Wenham and triple-threat Helen Svoboda, this take on The Iliad captures the dark magic of masterful oral storytelling

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Christopher Nolan relished 'nightmare' filming process for The Odyssey

The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan says that the epic movie was a "nightmare to film - but in all the right ways".

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Greece feuding with Turkey over who invented ancient hangover cure – a cow stomach broth

Soup made of bovine bellies and legs said to cure various ailments - if you are bold enough to try it

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David Wenham: ‘We are a stupid species. We really don’t learn’

The Australian actor on rage, growing up as the youngest of seven kids and what planted the seed for his life on stage and screen

The Conversation

How the Greeks mapped the mythical places of their heroes and legends

From the third century BC, Alexandria in Egypt was the intellectual hub of the Greek world, as the literature of classical antiquity was collected, edited and canonised at the Mouseion (Shrine of the Muses) and the Library of Alexandria.

The Guardian - UK

From Mulder and Scully to Marge and Homer: your favourite TV couples

Slow-burn office crushes that left you weeping, sitcoms that made you fall in love and vampire shows that changed you for ever: Guardian readers pick their ultimate television romances

The Guardian - UK

DTF St Louis: this David Harbour whodunnit about dating apps and infidelity is close to the bone

Steve Conrad’s dark comedy is full of twists and sad laughs. As for the fate of Harbour’s character, does Lily Allen have an alibi?

The Guardian - UK

The National Year of Reading celebrates the ‘joy’ of books. But let’s not forget they can also be deeply troubling, too

Encounters with great art can be absorbing, unsettling and even painful. How has this been tamed into ‘reading for pleasure’, asks Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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“I was super flattered to be invited back into The Simpsons universe, and particularly with this grand message of great hope”: Michael Stipe returns to Springfield to sing a rewritten version of one of REM's biggest hits

It’s his second appearance on the show

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Jonathan Nolan lauds brother Sir Christopher Nolan's 'spectacular' The Odyssey

Jonathan Nolan is full of praise for his brother Sir Christopher Nolan's upcoming action-fantasy film, The Odyssey, calling it an "incredible achievement".

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