The SunBreak

A Seattle moviegoing lifestyle magazine

Seattle filmmaker Vee Hua is hoping to turn their short film Reckless Spirits into a feature, and needs your help

Wicked is determined to be the crowd-pleasingest musical in the Emerald City, and beyond

Are you not entertained by Gladiator II? It depends

With a quartet of flashy performances and musical numbers Emilia Pérez makes its splash on Netflix

Reviews

Guy Ritchie is back with another fast-paced action flick in Operation Fortune

March 2, 2023March 3, 2023 by Chris Burlingame

At any given point throughout the almost-two hour run time, I don’t think I could satisfactorily explain what exactly is going on. It’s a taut, fast-paced heist movie, but it can be hard to follow at times. I also don’t care. Last time Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham teamed up, in 2021, I wrote, “I’m a simple man and sometimes I just need to watch Jason Statham beat the shit out of some bad guys. Ya know?” Nothing has changed: I got what I wanted then, and I’m getting what I want now.

Reviews

Emily the Criminal is Ocean’s 11 for gig workers

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 by Chris Burlingame

It’s not difficult to have sympathy for Emily, the character Aubrey Plaza plays in the great new movie Emily the Criminal. She understands that a person in her circumstances (loaded with debt from student loans for an expensive art school education and a permanent record that includes some legal infractions) has no shot at “the American dream.”