The team at Cineplexity debate the current state of Hollywood epics with the release of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey.'

The team at Cineplexity debate the current state of Hollywood epics with the release of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey.'

The Wet Hot American Summer director talks about his new film, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, and why he's still making comedies with the friends he met in college.

(Image credit: Christina Belle)

The Wet Hot American Summer director talks about his new film, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, and why he's still making comedies with the friends he met in college.

(Image credit: Christina Belle)

It's old-school, swords-and-sandals cinema, yet still modern and richly satisfying.

(Image credit: Melinda Sue Gordon)

It's old-school, swords-and-sandals cinema, yet still modern and richly satisfying.

(Image credit: Melinda Sue Gordon)

The Odyssey feels like a prism through which Nolan's earlier films can be understood. A downbeat realist by nature, Nolan imbues the epic with a fascinating tension between fantasy and skepticism.

(Image credit: Melinda Sue Gordon)