epics

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By emulating epics like Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, the live-action “House of David” opens its story to a much broader audience than most Christian content.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

The play will be "a rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen", and will reach the stage in early 2027, the announcement said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The former is purely fictional and latter is based on a real figure, but both are historical epics on a grand scale that belies their modest budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The Oscars’ international feature class of 2026 includes sweeping epics, intense thrillers, black comedies and haunting dramas, but three submissions put young female performers at the forefront.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

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