The strongest emotions “Greta” builds are not terror or suspense but frustration and consternation for the characters’ lack of basic logic and intuition—yet you can’t help taking a liking to Isabelle Huppert’s take on Greta Hedig.
5.5 out of 12 Tamales
Brie Larson commandeers the screen as Captain Marvel and a de-aged Samuel L. Jackson seamlessly infuses humor, yet you can’t help but feel like 90s-set “Captain Marvel” is only a savory appetizer to the behemoth of an entrée that is “Avengers: Endgame.”
9 out of 12 Tamales
It’s been almost 10 years since writer-director Marc Webb’s “500 Days of Summer” dexterously romanticized breaking up and perfectly skewed the perception of perfection—all while setting it to an outstanding, now quintessential, soundtrack.
11 out of 12 Tamales
Gorgeous animation and strong storytelling give the final entry in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series an emotional, action-packed sendoff, one that will leave kids and adults alike misty-eyed.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
Rags-to-champion biopic “Fighting With My Family” keeps the eyes entertained and the heart engaged with its fictionalized wrestling—but very real drama.
9 out of 12 Tamales
8. “Bohemian Rhapsody”—6.5 out of 12 Tamales
7. “BlacKkKlansman”—8 out of 12 Tamales
6. “A Star is Born”—8.5 out of 12 Tamales
5. “Black Panther”—8.5 out of 12 Tamales
4. “Green Book”—9 out of 12 Tamales
3. “The Favourite”—9.5 out of 12 Tamales
2. “Vice”—10 out of 12 Tamales
1. “Roma”—10.5 out of 12 Tamales
A fireball of period piece fan fiction, director Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Favourite” manipulates English history to its benefit, fashioning a not-so-true, almost-always-amusing black comedy.
9.5 out of 12 Tamales
