Author: Garrett Eberhardt
Superfly Can’t Elevate High Enough
The gangster who wants to fly straight is a story we’re all familiar with and have seen time and again. In Superfly, Priest (Trevor Jackson), a young drug dealer from Atlanta desperate to get out of the drug…
Read More »Don’t Let Go is Less than the Sum of Its Parts
They say that love conquers all and when you really love or feel loved by someone deeply, it can feel as if that statement is absolutely true. Losing a person you love is one of the hardest things…
Read More »Good Boys is an Irreverent but Sweet Nostalgic Trip Back to Childhood and Good Comedy
As we are inundated with bills to pay, crumbling politics, and more responsibilities than we sometimes want to bear, all of have moments where we wish we could just be kids again. The simplicity of life and innocence…
Read More »Blinded by the Light Displays the Ubiquity of Immigrants and Dreams
“Talk about a dream, try to make it real.” While not as tough as the sacrifices made by their parents, the life of a first generation immigrant can be a tough one in its own right. Often, the…
Read More »Diversity May Be the Spark of Life for Dying Adult Dramas
Late Friday, heading back to my apartment in a Lyft ride, watching the smooth, white marble and granite of the Washington Monument illuminate the nighttime sky as we passed by, it suddenly occurred to me that of the…
Read More »Luce Tackles Race, Gender, and Parenting Issues in a Timely Thriller
When one turns on the news or opens a newspaper, it can feel as if America is at a crossroads at the moment. Issues surrounding race, gender, nationalism, and politics in general are hot button issues at the…
Read More »The Art of Self-Defense’s Examination of Loneliness, Hypermasculinity, and Misogyny Couldn’t Be More Timely
As the United States deals with yet more mass shootings, many people are struggling to understand what would drive a person to commit such atrocities. While white supremacist leanings is debated as the motivating ideology, there is also…
Read More »Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino, and Career Transitions
The average person innately fears the unknown. The familiar offers results we understand and know how to navigate in order to experience minimal pain and/or inconvenience. Change involves risk and uncertainty, not knowing where we may end up…
Read More »I Went to Watch The Lion King and Left Questioning the Future of Cinema
Following the successes of their live action adaptations of Cinderella and The Jungle Book, Walt Disney Studios mined deep into its vaults to embark upon converting much of its classic animated catalogue into live action, or visually upgraded…
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Both Thrilling and Funny, Ready or Not Cleverly Uses Satire to Examine the State of the World
When you turn on the TV these days, it feels as if the western world is caught in a giant game of tug of war. Millions of people seem poised and fired up to fundamentally change societies in…
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