Posts tagged Don't Look Up
PODCAST: Episode 55 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 55th episode, satirical film critics, fishing buddy dads, and liability-fearing teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan recorded their final Oscar lead-up episode highlighting two Best Pictures nominees that couldn't be more different. The gentlemen mash together the intentionally sweet with the intentionally sour to discuss CODA side-by-side with Don't Look Up. They hash out their loves and hates for both while handicapping their Academy Award chances.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Don't Look Up

Raising his stakes and his luridness considerably from dueling TV anchors, a housing crisis, and a maligned former Vice President, Adam McKay aims a comet at the entire planet ready to burn everything man, woman, child, Twitter handle, and political label to the ground. To both its credit and its eventual detriment, McKay’s Netflix entry sets out to push as many buttons as possible until one or more trigger the wrong responses to make one feel icky, offended, or, worse, seen.

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