Answer: epics

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EPICSHeroic poems
EPICSMajestic tales
EPICS"Cleopatra" and others
EPICSBig pictures
EPICSThey usually involve a lot of extras
EPICSExpansive stories
EPICSHeroic tales
EPICSMajor stories
EPICSBooks that require a commitment
EPICSHomeric works
EPICS"Lawrence of Arabia" and others
EPICSHardly fast reads
EPICSCast-of-thousands films
EPICS"Paradise Lost" et al.
EPICSDeMille films
EPICS"Cast of thousands" films
EPICSCinematic spectacles
EPICSLong stories
EPICSReally big shows
EPICSGrand stories
epicsof or like an epic
EPICSTales on vast scales
EPICS"The Ten Commandments," et al.
EPICSDe Mille productions
EPICS"Ben Hur" and "Spartacus"
EPICSKurosawa films, usually
EPICSNarrative poems
EPICSThe Iliad and the Odyssey
EPICS"Cleopatra" and "Gandhi," for two
EPICSBody of writing
EPICSScreen whoppers
EPICSDe Mille specialties
EPICSGreat adventures
EPICS"Gilgamesh," et al.
EPICSSweeping works
EPICSIliad, Odyssey, etc.
EPICSLong-lasting tales
EPICSBig productions
EPICSHeroic narratives
EPICSDeMille works