Steven Spielberg is sometimes unfairly tagged as the ultimate Boomer, repeatedly harkening back to the entertainment that spellbound him in his youth. And there was a time, far earlier in his career, when that label stuck better'when Indiana Jones, friendly aliens, mean dinosaurs, and Peter Pan himself dominated the director's filmography. But throughout the 21st century, Spielberg has been quite loudly devoted to commenting on the times he's living through, whether by plumbing the past (with the pointed messaging of The Post and Bridge of Spies) or the future (the frightening surveillance state of Minority Report or the frictionless dystopia of Ready Player One). Now, with Disclosure Day, his newest movie, he's charging right at the current moment. Written by David Koepp (though the story is credited to Spielberg), Disclosure Day is Spielberg's first film set in the ostensible present since 2005's War of the Worlds, and it feels just as informed by recent real-life happenings as...
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