Break Time Reviews
Netflix has steadily been making a name for itself in the animated movie arena. The streaming giant produced Klaus and acquired I Lost My Body, both of which received nominations for Best Animated Feature at the 2020 Academy Awards. Over the Moon (2020) and The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) followed next, both of which […]
Every year there are a couple movies that fly under the radar, becoming the “hidden gems” of year. 2021 had Small Engine Repair, Copshop, India Sweets and Spices. In 2020, there was Shithouse (actually one of the best of that year) and Wander Darkly. Sadly, I hadn’t found one yet for this year. Enter Gatlopp, […]
The mistaken identity trope is well-worn in Hollywood. North by Northwest, The Big Lebowski, Three Amigos, School of Rock, just to name a few. It can add a fun little twist to an otherwise fairly standard story. The Man From Toronto is the latest to addition to this list. Kevin Hart plays Teddy, a struggling […]
Perhaps no one has a life story better suited to receive the Baz Luhrmann biopic treatment than Elvis Presley. The Australian filmmaker has a distinct, extravagant, over the top style that feels almost too perfectly suited to the larger than life King of Rock and Roll. Luhrmann’s style is basically the definition of “it’s not […]
Fresh off helming the biggest movie of the year (so far, at least) – Top Gun: Maverick – director Joseph Kosinski is back behind the camera for Netflix’s sci-fi thriller Spiderhead. He re-teams with Miles Teller (Rooster in Maverick) and rounds out an all-star cast with Chris Hemsworth and Jurnee Smollett. Unfortunately this one is […]
Cooper Raiff announced himself as a name to know with his feature debut, Shithouse (which he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in), in 2020. Sure, it wasn’t a box office hit, but nobody was expecting it to be. And it didn’t need to be. Not when someone so young – he made it when he […]
Sequels, spin-offs, reboots, legacy sequels, requels (credit to this year’s Scream). They’re all the rage. So it makes sense that Disney and Pixar would eventually dip back into the Toy Story well (well, dip back into the well again, to be fair). So where does Lightyear fit into this? When the project was first announced, […]
I’m honestly surprised it took Adam Sandler this long to make a basketball movie. Golf, football, football again. But never basketball. And the Sandman loves basketball. So it had to only be a matter of time. And whenever it was going to happen, you knew he was going to do it the right way. In […]
Kula Kula The final five arrive at their new beach, in what is still a completely pointless twist. There’s three days left. What’s the point. A huge part of this “new era” of Survivor is how hard the game is supposed to be. Who cares if the last few days are a little tougher? Lindsay […]
Thirty-six years ago Top Gun launched into theaters, becoming a cultural phenomenon. It ended the year as the highest grossing movie on the way to securing four Oscar nominations, including a win for Best Original Song for “Take My Breath Away.” In other words, it was a massive movie in every sense of the word. […]
