Break Time Reviews
Previous Rankings#171-183#151-170#131-150#111-130#91-110 SPIRITED doesn’t add much to one of the most famous Christmas stories of all time, but it’s made with so much energy and charm that you won’t care. Gorgeous animation does a lot of the lifting in MY FATHER’S DRAGON. VENGEANCE has some impressive wit and sharp commentary, but could have been more […]
Previous Rankings#171-183#151-170#131-150#111-130 UNCHARTED (review) often feels just like any other treasure hunting adventure type movie, but that genre is exactly my bag, so I’m in. Samara Weaving and Eugenio Derbez have solid chemistry in THE VALET (review) a standard-issue rom-com. DAY SHIFT is a quintessential Netflix movie. Big name name cast, a few moments where […]
Previous Rankings#171-183#151-170#131-150 WINDFALL is a pretty simple movie, but a killer trio of Jason Segel, Lily Collins, and Jesse Plemons do some heavy lifting to keep it afloat. I actually enjoyed FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (review). There were some flashes of the magic that made the original series so good. If we get […]
Previous Rankings#171-183#151-170 THE RETALIATORS has some fun revenge-thriller aspects, but it never fully comes together. Thought A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS would be awful, so the fact that it’s average is a big win. Very similar feel to the original, and has some genuinely fun moments. BLACK ADAM (review) took Dwayne Johnson, one of the most […]
Previous Rankings#171-183 MEET CUTE has some moments, thanks to Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson’s charm. But it’s repetitive and ultimately a little uncomfortable. BARDO wins this year’s Fuck This Movie award. Some good performances in MOTHERING SUNDAY, but not much else. Adrien Brody is pretty good in CLEAN, but it’s remarkably boring for a supposed […]
Okay, here we go, it’s movie ranking time! I’ve seen some takes online talking about how this wasn’t a great year for film, or that “it was fine, but it doesn’t compare to (insert any arbitrary year here).” And to that I say, “Touch grass.” It’s a lazy comment. Either your standards and expectations are […]
Plane is the perfect January movie. Everyone is still coming down from the busy holiday season, and now awards season is starting to take off. We’re not looking for the next Oscar contender just yet. All we need is something easy and palatable. Something to provide some fun thrills in a reasonable runtime. And Plane […]
A decade is a long time to wait for a sequel. Especially when that first movie was well-received (at least by critics, fans were admittedly more mixed), made a bunch of money at the box office, and received a nomination for Best Animated Feature. I’m talking, of course, about 2011’s Puss in Boots, the first […]
The biopic genre, and specifically the musician biopic, has become fairly standardized over time. Similar to romantic comedies, so many of them have similar tones and story structure. It takes something unique or special to stand out from the crowd, lest the movie be seen as boring or predictable or offering nothing new to the […]
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” This quote from Gandalf from The Fellowship of the Ring is an all-time favorite quote of mine. It’s so simple, yet profound. It’s something every single person can relate to in one way or another. After all, when you […]
