Break Time Reviews
The eighth annual Names Bracket has returned for 2025, featuring a theme of “filth.” Previous champion Rob Banks is succeeded by a lineup of humorous and edgy names. The tournament includes notable participants like Jalyn Sackrider and Lyric Barr, with engaging matchups set for the first round, promising excitement and laughter.
Every year, I tell myself two things about the Oscars: 1) Don’t let yourself get suckered into early (like months ahead of time early) bets2) Don’t bet all the underdogs I did okay on the early bets. I bet Ariana Grande back in November, and Timothée Chalamet in December. And I’m okay with both of […]
Captain America: Brave New World marks the 35th film entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And if you count all the various TV shows (I’m not going to right now), suffice to say we’re deep into things by now. You would be forgiven if you couldn’t remember when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) gave Sam Wilson […]
For the last several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has been wreaking on random cities across the country, targeting, stalking, and murdering couples on Valentine’s Day. An excellent setup for a slasher? Absolutely. And a great setup for a legitimately good and funny rom-com? Well, actually, surprisingly, also yes. Heart Eyes is both fully a […]
It’s that time of year again, where Top 10 lists are sweeping the (movie) nation. So I’m here to provide my small addition. There isn’t anything too surprising in my list, but that’s just the reality of it sometimes. But there are several movies that just missed the cut that might qualify as “unexpected”. Turtles […]
As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Discounting 2020, you have to go all the way back 2012 for the last time only one MCU movie was released. Again, not counting 2020, every year from 2017 onward had three releases – except for 2021, which had four. That puts a lot of […]
I don’t even know how to begin to describe what Roger Federer has meant to me over the years. His first Grand Slam win – 2003 Wimbledon – just so happened to coincide with the summer I decided to start taking tennis seriously (once I accepted my ceiling as a high school baseball player was […]
Are you happy with your life? Do you like who you have become? If not, can you change, truly change your circumstances and who you are? These are two questions central to Richard Linklater’s Hit Man. The new Netflix film, co-written by Linklater and star Glen Powell, is loosely adapted from a Texas Monthly article […]
I’m not often the biggest fan of prequels, especially in action-oriented movies. You already know the fates of any major characters who show up later in the “present day” stories. It forces the filmmakers into a more difficult position, creating tension, drama, thrills from other aspects of the plot and other characters. That’s the dilemma […]
Survivor needed a shot in the arm. The “new era” has been lacking. I don’t need to get into all the details (again) as to why that is. And then Survivor 46 came along, and oh buddy. What a fun, funny, messy season this was. Strategy may not have been top-level, but with a cast […]
