Excuse the Intermission
Excuse the Intermission
The Chatter Network
ETI’s Eddington Review feat. Filmmaker Kalee Quiñones
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Jul 25, 2025 at 2:00 pm.
Introduction to Eddington
Initial Reactions and Expectations
Pandemic as Setting, Not Gimmick
Small Town Politics and Power Dynamics
The Shocking Turn: From Comedy to Thriller
Social Media as a Weapon
The Villains: Critiquing Modern America
Favorite Scenes and Performances
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Send a text Sheriff Joe Cross patrols a small New Mexico town where tension simmers beneath the surface. It's May 2020, and the pandemic has unleashed a torrent of fear, conspiracy, and mistrust that threatens to tear Eddington apart. When we meet Joaquin Phoenix's Sheriff Cross, he's a man grasping for control – of his town, his marriage to Emma Stone's increasingly distant wife, and the looming threat of COVID-19. His power struggle with Pedro Pascal's Mayor Ted Garcia initially plays as a...