About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of physical media, reviews The Odyssey, and features commentary on Christopher Nolan and Tom Cruise's Digger.

On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, before you pre-order your 4K copy of The Odyssey , you might want to listen to this episode where we discuss how physical media is dying, digital is the future, and how are we ever going to deal with this? Pros and cons of the continued emergence of digital releases, especially for those of us who have collected movies and TV shows for years. That's not all! Not only do we dive into our spoiler-review of The Odyssey , we also speak to Christopher Nolan's recent comments on fan controversies and how he's not concerned with them. Also, our recommendations, Tom Cruise unveils Digger , and much more. We hope you enjoy this entertaining and packed episode of The Hollywood Outsider! Discussed on this episode (0:00 – 40:46) Opening | Tom Cruise's Digger, Cape Fear's Idiotic Characters, Christopher Nolan's Calm (40:47 – 1:04:32) From the Outside In: Physical Media is Dying (1:04:33 – 1:18:47) Review: The Odyssey (1:18:48 – 1:29:31) Recommendations Time stamps may be affected by ad breaks Please support The Hollywood Outsider and gain immediate access to bonus content, including Patreon exclusive podcast content like our Bad Movie Night…

People in this episode

Host: The Hollywood Outsider

Topics covered

• physical media
• digital releases
• The Odyssey review
• Christopher Nolan
• Tom Cruise
• movie recommendations

Keywords

• physical media
• digital future
• The Odyssey
• Christopher Nolan
• Tom Cruise
• movie reviews
• film recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Digger

Books & works: The Odyssey, Cape Fear

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