Audiences Weren't Ready For "Eddington"...And They're Not Ready For "One Battle After Another"

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Garret Castleberry

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The 2025 Summer Movie Season interruption CONTINUES with a second reflection on Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. 2025). How does PTA's latest film rate as a Border Western, and what character themes resonate with contemporary tensions in America? Host Garret Castleberry provides an armchair rhetorician second screening review of PTA's latest masterwork now in cinemas. Hosts: Garret Castleberry Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engin...

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Audiences Weren't Ready For "Eddington"...And They're Not Ready For "One Battle After Another"

Special Topics in Media

14 minutes

1 month ago

Audiences Weren't Ready For "Eddington"...And They're Not Ready For "One Battle After Another"

We interrupt this 2025 Summer Movie Season programming with a report from the FUTURE! Or, at least the present. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another has arrived in theaters to immense pre-release critical acclaim. But will that film buzz translate to a wide audience reception? Host Garret Castleberry provides an armchair rhetorician response to screening PTA's latest masterwork on its opening day in cinemas. Hosts: Garret Castleberry Producers: Garret Castleberry, Wi...