“Missing Link,” while endearing and sometimes funny, misses a chance to further evolve and grow stop-motion animation studio Laika’s impressive canon, which includes the much better “Kubo and the Two Strings.”
8 out of 12 Tamales
“Pet Sematary”: One-Sentence Review
There’s enough novelty and nostalgia in this update of 1992’s “Pet Sematary” to forgive its reliance on cloying, overproduced scenes.
7 out of 12 Tamales
“Shazam”: One-Sentence Review
Landing a majority of its superhero-sized comedic punchlines, “Shazam,” an apt conjunction of “Big” and “Superman,” is DC’s best entry since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.”
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Dumbo”: One-Sentence Review
While the flying baby pachyderm is as adorable and lovable as he was in the 1941 original, “Dumbo’s” supporting cast should have been better suited auditioning for Disney’s live-action “Pinocchio”—as the wooden puppet before it comes to life.
6.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Us”: One-Sentence Review
“Us,” more entertaining than insightful, works well at the horror genre level, but it’s not the profound social mouthpiece “Get Out” is—yet you can’t help but admire director Jordan Peele’s chaotic effort.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“Greta”: One-Sentence Review
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
“Captain Marvel”: One-Sentence Review
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
