"like a reboot" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation, event, or process that is similar to starting something fresh. For example, "He needed to approach this project like a reboot and look at it with fresh eyes."
"It's almost like a reboot for your brain and your soul," she said.
The second season of "The Leftovers" feels almost like a reboot, as we suddenly land in a new town, Miracle, Texas, and in the home of a new family, the Murphys, a couple played by Kevin Carroll and the excellent Regina King, whose daughter, Evie (Jasmin Savoy Brown), was one of the girls swimming in that river.
In some ways, these sorrowful little blips feel like a reboot of an old, low-tech phenomenon: the way that, after the loss of a loved one, people pop up at every turn to either ask you how you are doing or urge you to "think of all the good times".
Based on the book of the same name by Sex and the City show writer and story editor Liz Tuccillo, How to Be Single plays like a reboot of the HBO hit for a younger generation adept at communicating through emojis and partying till the wee hours.
But the feature will matter even more as CBS expands its originals catalog, which will include new shows like a reboot of The Twilight Zone from Get Out director, Jordan Peele; Scream writer and producer Kevin Williamson's twisted fairytale series Tell Me a Story; and a new Star Trek series led by Patrick Stewart, among others.
So much so that this almost feels like a reboot, starting back at first year resident status all over again.
"The Master" has brought in far less money ($15 million), but it's pretty thrilling that this brilliant, uncompromising film was the 109th most popular at the box office, ahead of cynical dreck like "Dredd," a reboot that flooded theaters and came with built-in brand recognition.
I produced and performed in a play in New York this summer, and I did it because it had been a few years since I had been in an acting class and I felt like I needed a reboot. .
Then I counted to five, a technique I often employed with Michael, since if I changed the subject too quickly it would end up taking even longer: his face would look like what a rebooting computer's face would look like, if it had one.
A reboot like Full House (or a decades-late movie sequel, or a repress of an only moderately-important album) is a safer bet: It has buzz and press baked in and a familiar audience predisposed to at least pay attention to its existence.
This feels like a proper reboot.
