SPOILER WARNING: The following article may contain a few light spoilers for Eddington. If you have not yet seen the new 2025 movie, just follow the safety protocols, proceed with caution, and you should be just fine.
It had been a long time since I tensed up at the sound of a person (actually multiple people) coughing in a movie theater like I did when I saw Eddington, a neo-Western set in the COVID-19 era that discusses other distressing topics prevalent in 2020. I must admit, though, that those curious coincidences were, just about, the most potent sense of tension throughout most of the film for me.
