Furman On Film: The Podcast
Join Nick Furman every week for lively and unfiltered discussions on the latest movies, hidden gems, and timeless classics.
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The End of Oak Street Review: Is That Ending Brilliant or a Cop-Out? | Furman on Film (opens the original)
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Nick Furman is deeply divided on The End of Oak Street . It’s a strange, entertaining dinosaur blockbuster with real suspense, a big ‘80s Amblin feel, and an ending that opens the door to some fascinating Twilight Zone -style moral questions. But do its tonal swings, uneven emotional stakes, and frustrating ambiguity keep it from fully coming together? This episode gets into the creature set pieces, the family drama, Ewan McGregor’s performance, and—after a spoiler warning—the wild implications
Is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Actually a Different Epic? | Furman on Film (opens the original)
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is a massive, tactile, deeply ambitious epic. But beneath the Cyclops, the Trojan Horse, and the long journey home, is Nolan actually adapting Homer’s Odyssey ? In this Furman on Film review, Nick Furman breaks down Nolan’s take on Odysseus, Matt Damon’s central performance, the film’s enormous practical filmmaking, Ludwig Göransson’s score, and the surprisingly modern themes driving this version of the story. We get into what works, what does not, why some of the
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