While Avatar: The Way of Water is 45 minutes too long, no director does sinking-ship sequences more spectacularly than James Cameron.
8.5 out of 12 Tamales
“The Bear: Season One”: One-Sentence Review
Cleverly capturing kitchen chaos in an Adderall bottle, The Bear, a meticulous curator of dish and character, fires on all burners—set at high heat.
12 out of 12 Tamales
“Stranger Things: Season 4”: One-Sentence Review
After season two and three somewhat stagnated The Upside Down’s novelty, Stranger Thing’s fourth outing is wholly refreshed and reinvigorated, an ultimate-penultimate chapter.
11 out of 12 Tamales
“Thor: Love and Thunder” One-Sentence Review
Thor: Ragnarok still rocks louder and better, yet Love and Thunder’s comedic and dramatic chords strike with mostly uproarious and sentimental effect—despite the occasional cacophonous arrangement.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”: One-Sentence Review
Even with a re-energized Sam Raimi at the helm and a badass-as-ever Scarlet Witch, it’s more Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Mundaneness than a laudable follow up to Spider-Man: No Way Home.
8 out of 12 Tamales
“Elvis”: One-Sentence Review
When the spotlight’s fully on Austin Butler’s Elvis, Baz Luhrmann’s film shines and electrifies—but when it’s not—the chaotic, off-key plot almost steals and ruins the show.
7.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Lightyear”: One-Sentence Review
To inferiority and boredom, Lightyear fails to reach the starry and infinite joy brought by the Buzz of before.
5 out of 12 Tamales
“Sonic the Hedgehog 2”: One-Sentence Review
Sonic 2 hits the reset button and reruns Green Hill with as much self-assuredness and absurdness as the first—for better or worse.
8 out of 12 Tamales
“The Dropout”: One-Sentence Review
Move over idle swindlers and faux heirs, the baddest grifter, played and slayed by Amanda Seyfried, dons—as she cons—the crown for this year’s best of the worst.
10 out of 12 Tamales
“The Lost City”: One-Sentence Review
Over-the-top plot and straight-to-video villain notwithstanding, The Lost City unearths comedy gold from the pairing of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.
8.5 out of 12 Tamales
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