Break Time Reviews
First thing’s first, Happy Thanksgiving! With that in mind, I will try (big emphasis on “try”) to keep this week’s Survivor recap brief (relatively speaking). Get you in, get you out, get you back to family, food, and football. With that in mind, I’m going to set this up a little different than normal, and […]
King Richard was an odd movie for me. I’m a lifelong tennis fan, played competitively from about ages 14-20. So I’m fairly well-versed in the Williams’ family story. And as inspirational as it is, I’ve never been a fan. Not of Serena, not of Richard. I’m more indifferent towards Venus, but still. There’s no denying […]
Netflix Christmas movies are a true guilty pleasure of mine. And more specifically, those movies that make up the Netflix Extended Cinematic Extended Cinematic Christmas Universe (NECCU) that began with The Christmas Prince. Sadly, there is no fourth Christmas Prince, and none yet announced, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed for that. But thankfully, Netflix […]
“This is garbage. I don’t know why they’re always trying to remake the classics. Never as good as the originals.” As much as I’d like to take credit for this one, this is a literal line spoken by one of the characters in Home Sweet Home Alone. What was clearly written as intended tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating […]
Coming off the heels of their successful Tribal Council performance, Evvie and Xander are riding high. But it’s short-lived, as Xander isn’t too thrilled about learning Evvie spilled the beans to Deshawn about his idol. And the Yase group of Tiffany, Xander, and Evvie seems to be all but over. And what follows is a […]
With awards season starting to get into full swing, let’s kick back with one more review rundown before the major releases really start to come out quicker than we can keep up. With some bigger-name movies and smaller indie projects, there’s a solid set of recent (recent enough, at least) movies to get your eyes […]
If there’s one complaint about the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (and granted, there are many valid complaints), it would be they’re all essentially the same movie. Sure, the stories and characters change. But the general framework for each movie is more or less the same. If that works for you, great. If it doesn’t, well […]
Okay, Survivor, here’s the thing. If you have to open an episode with a “Previously on” segment recapping all the idols and advantages currently in play in the game, THEN THERE ARE TOO MANY ADVANTAGES AND IDOLS CURRENTLY IN PLAY IN THE GAME. But the worst part about it is that it was extremely helpful. […]
As the great (until he wasn’t) Andy Bernard once said (bet you weren’t expecting an Office quote to open this review), “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days, before you’ve actually left them.” And it makes sense. We often look back on the past with rose-tinted glasses, making […]
As much as I love Australian Survivor, one of the weakest aspects of any season is inclusion of non-elimination episodes. So when Jeff Probst popped on screen halfway through this week’s episode to inform us there would be no vote, I was less than enthused. The vote-out is the signature moment of each episode, of […]
