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Eddington Year: 2025 Rating: R Length: 148 minutes / 2.47 hours Making a film set in and somewhat about the effects of the COVID pandemic feels far too close for comfort. And yet, Eddington (2025) paints both sides of this culture war in a way that highlights their hypocrisy while also taking a huge left turn in the third act that was so far from the realm of the possible that it almost made the whole movie pointless. Of course, perhaps that was the point: that citizens ultimately don’t have control over the results that large corporations want for this country. Set in the early months of the 2020 COVID pandemic, the titular New Mexico town of Eddington is facing the same left vs. right arguments about the virus and what to do about it. Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) clearly wants to help people but is portrayed as a low-intelligence right-wing believer in individual rights. In contrast, Mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) is running...

Don't Look Up Year: 2021 Rating: R Length: 138 minutes / 2.30 hours I've only recently come to appreciate Adam McKay's films. Granted, this is a statement about the movies he's made after 2014—mainly, The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018). His cynical and satirical take on complex topics like the 2008 mortgage crisis or former vice-president Dick Cheney positioned him for the "fictional" dark comedy of Don't Look Up (2021). This pointed examination of an apocalypse scenario is strangely possible despite all the bizarre turns the plot ultimately takes. While I can understand how this movie is polarizing, I am in the camp who thought it was one of the best expressions of our current global situation. As a Millennial, Don't Look Up speaks to the frustration many of us have with the current political and societal system. We can't change anything in United States politics because politicians surround themselves with nepotism and sniveling "yes men" who made significant donations to the politicians' campaigns....

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MOVIE: Eddington (2025)

MOVIE: Don’t Look Up (2021)