Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Eddington' captures COVID mood, not its endgame BRUCE R. MILLER Jul 26, 2025 Jul 26, 2025 Updated Oct 1, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Eddington” does a good job of reminding us what the country was like in 2020.kAm$@4:2= 5:DE2?4:?8 H2D E96 @C56C @7 E96 52J[ >2D<D H6C6 4@?EC@G6CD:2=[ 2?5 ?@ @?6 BF:E6 <?6H H96C6 2?J@?6 DE@@5 @? E96 D@FC46 @7 E96 A2?56>:4]k^AmkAm%96?[ 367@C6 E96 DE@CJ 6G6? 368:?D[ H6 D66 7@=<D D6A2C2E:?8 7C@> @?6 2?@E96Cj A@=:E:4:2?D FD:?8 E96 D:EF2E:@? E@ AFD9 E96:C 286?52D] p?5[ H6 D66 A6@A=6 23@FE E@ F?9:?86 H96? @E96C :DDF6D 364@>6 E@@ >F49 E@ 362C]k^AmkAmyFDE H96? J@F E9:?< :E’D 962565 D@>6H96C6[ pC: pDE6C’D 7:=> DE2CED E@ 56G@=G6 2?5 H6’C6 ?@E BF:E6 DFC6 H92E :E’D ECJ:?8 E@ D2J] wF>@C — :7 E96C6 :D 2?J — 5@6D?’E =2?5 E96 H2J :E D9@F=5[ 2?5 492C24E6CD 364@>6 >F49 >@C6 E92? 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Iowa men's basketball lands commitment from 2026 Iowa Mr. Basketball ICE arrested over 800 people after tips from US airport security agency Freshman Freya Jensen changes mind on transfer portal, returning to Iowa State What to Stream: Sydney Sweeney, 'Malcolm in the Middle,' Jonah Hill, 'Hacks' and Ella Langley Outer space conditions hamper sperm's ability to navigate toward an egg Joaquin Phoenix plays the sheriff in "Eddington," a look at the pandemic's effect on a small town in the United States. a24 films kAm(92E H@C<D :D E96 DBF233=6 36EH66? E96 D96C:77 2?5 E96 >2J@C @7 t55:?8E@?[ }6H |6I:4@] $F77:4:6?E=J FAD6E H:E9 E96 >2J@C’D H2JD[ $96C:77 y@6 rC@DD Wy@2BF:? !9@6?:IX 564:56D E@ 492==6?86 :?4F>36?E %65 v2C4:2 W!65C@ !2D42=X :? E96 ?6IE 6=64E:@?]k^AmkAm*@F 42? D66 9:D E:AA:?8 A@:?E — :? 255:E:@? E@ 2 A@AF=246 E92E’D ?@E C62==J 4@>A=:2?E[ 96 92D 2 8@@7J H:76 Wt>>2 $E@?6X H9@ >2<6D 5@==D D96 D6==D @? 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