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There’s a comet hurtling towards earth and a bunch of movie stars at trying to not look up at it. To discuss Cate Blanchett’s second movie this holiday season – Adam McKay’s climate change satire Don’t Look Up – Murtada welcomes critic Boyd van Hoeij from The Film Verdict to the podcast.

Topics Discussed:
- General impression on Adam McKay and his films.
- Don’t Look Up is being sold as a cross between Dr Strangelove and Network. Are the similies spot on?
- The targets of the satire – incompetent governments, media, tech billionaires, populace believing in politics not science – are obvious. There’s a shorthand that makes each character’s real world avatar easy to get hence the laughs but does that undermine the film’s intelligence?
- Huge cast – Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Tyler Perry, Jonah Hill, Ariana Grande, Mark Rylance, Timothée Chalamet… and more? Who’s funny? Who’s annoying? Who’s unmemorable? Who brought the heart and pathos? Who stands out?
- Leo’s big Peter Finch-like monologue. Does it work?
- Cate’s look; called “yassified” by the NYTimes. Extreme fembot.
- Cate and Leo – The Aviator reunion?
- Cate and Meryl; they are in one scene together but hardly interact. So we fantasy cast them in other projects.

Hosted, Produced and Edited by Murtada Elfadl.

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