Author: Garrett Eberhardt

Garrett is the founder of CinemaBabel, a regular guest host on the Movies That Matter podcast, and a lover of film in general. He currently resides in Washington, D.C. where he is a member of the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association.

After The Hunt Arrives After The Conversation Has Already Been Had

Director Luca Guadagnino has been on a tear since 2017’s Call Me By Your Name, releasing films that have been critically acclaimed and impactful in the cinematic zeitgeist on a consistent basis. It is no wonder that his…

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Kiss of the Spider Woman Will Only Ensnare Some In Its Web

Noted musical director Bill Condon returns to the genre with an adaptation of the stage musical and 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman. Set in Argentina during its military dictatorship in May of 1983, the film introduces…

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A House of Dynamite is Horrifyingly Thrilling and Tense

Kathryn Bigelow has been away from movie theaters since 2017’s criminally underrated Detroit, but the acclaimed, Oscar winning director has finally returned to the big screen with a deliciously thrilling film about a disastrous event with A House…

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Daniel Day-Lewis’ Return Isn’t Enough to Elevate Anemone

After abruptly retiring eight years ago, the film world was abuzz when legendary three-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis announced that he’d be returning to movie theaters to star in a film he co-wrote with his son Ronan…

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The Smashing Machine Largely Accomplishes What It Meant To Do

The hype surrounding Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s latest film has been substantial. After becoming one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars during an era that has seen movie stars become less important than they’ve ever been, a string of…

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One Battle After Another is a Stunning Achievement

Leonardo DiCaprio. Paul Thomas Anderson. Two titanic names in Hollywood who have established themselves as the best at what they do in town and future legendary figures finally connect on a movie set and bring a sprawling, ambitious…

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Him Turns the Ball Over on Downs

Football, fame, and greatness. These are some of things an aspiring professional athlete is pursuing in a new horror film from Universal. Him introduces us to Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers), the next big thing at quarterback preparing to…

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The Long Walk Highlights Modern Day Cultural Issues

One of Stephen King’s earliest works finally makes it to the big screen in the latest film adaptation of the legendary scribe. In The Long Walk, a group of young male teens who inhabit a dystopian, post-war America…

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Splitsville is Zany, Topical, but Only Mildly Entertaining

In Splitsville, Cary (Kyle Marvin) believes he leads the idyllic life, married to a beautiful woman he loves named Ashley (Adria Arjona) who he will spending the rest of his life with, his world view is shattered though…

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Caught Stealing is a Throwback, Simple Crime Thriller That Mostly Entertains

Fresh off directing Brendan Fraser’s Oscar winning comeback role in 2022’s The Whale, director Darren Aronofsky returns to theaters with a throwback crime thriller. In Caught Stealing, Hank (Austin Butler) is a baseball obsessed California boy now working…

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