The Odyssey is here! My most anctipated film of 2026, does it live up to the hype, does Christopher Nolan deliver? Find out my out-of-theater reaction to the film.

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The Road to The Odyssey concludes with Christopher Nolan's most recent film: Oppenheimer. Joining Phil is Nick (NickFlix Podcast) for a fun discussion on Oppy and hype for The Odyssey, which releases next Friday. Enjoy!

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The Road to The Odyssey continues today with Tenet. Chris Evans (Gathering of The Geeks) joins Phil for a fun and inverted discussion on perhaps the Nolan-est of Nolan films. Enjoy!

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The Road to The Odyssey continues with "Dunkirk. Joining Phil for the discussion is Patrick from Why Wasn't It Better podcast. Enjoy!

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The Road to The Odyssey continues today with Christopher Nolan's space epic "Interstellar". Joining the discussion in Phillip Barker (The Eternal Knight Podcast).

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The Road to The Odyssey continues with the third and final installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises". Joining the discussion is Anthony Caruso from (Tis The Podcast).

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The Road to The Odyssey continues...today with Christopher Nolan's dream-scape heist movie INCEPTION.

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The Road to The Odyssey continues with arguably Christopher Nolan's most famous and celebrated film: The Dark Knight.

Joining Phil for a deep-dive discussion on the seminal Batman film is Nikko Caruso (The Vigilante 1939, Chicago Indie Critics, and Movie Archer). Enjoy!

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The Road to The Odyssey continues with "The Prestige". Jay from Film Strip Podcast (Listen to Film Strip Pod) returns to discuss the often-overlooked film from Nolan's filmography.

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Part Three of this continuing series: THE ROAD TO THE ODYSSEY.

Today's Christopher Nolan film: BATMAN BEGINS. Joining the discussion is Nick Zednik of The Vigilante 1939

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