Break Time Reviews
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 […]
Sometimes all you need out of a movie is to have a good time. Plot? Who needs it. A deep cast of engaging, interesting characters? Let’s not get greedy. Just give us one mega movie star completely in his bag, mix in some good fights, and a combination of cheesy and legitimate laughs, and you’ve […]
What were you doing in the summer before starting high school? For me, it was like most summers, a combination of baseball games, tennis camp, video games, Wiffle ball, anything and everything as long as I was doing it with friends. But the one thing definitely not on my mind? Finding a job. I still […]
It’s safe to say 2024 is off to an abysmal start, at least as far as movies are concerned. With Argylle and Madame Web, we already have what will surely be two of 2024’s worst. To be fair, you aren’t expecting greatness this early in the year. But it feels unusually bad. We need a […]
Every so often, a movie comes along that knocks you off your feet. It hits you in your soul and you can’t stop thinking about it for days or weeks on end. Usually, that’s because it’s so good, so powerful or impactful, maybe makes you see the world with a whole new viewpoint. However, sometimes […]
Heist movies are my jam. Ocean’s Eleven is my all-time favorite movie. I love The Italian Job, Inside Man, The Town, Ambulance, the list goes on. The genre allows for all sorts of fun. A heist movie can be a comedy, a gritty crime thriller, and everything in between. The one thing a (well made) […]
Everyone has those movies that they are predisposed to like. You see a trailer or two, and you know you’re on board. Schlocky Jason Statham-action movies fit that bill exactly for me. Watching the man kick butt for 90 minutes or so inside of a ridiculous plot is right up my alley. And The Beekeeper, […]
