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“Inventing Anna”: One-Sentence Review

Netflix’s Anna doesn’t reinvent the genre—or pretend to—but Julia Garner’s near-perfect impersonation of debatably sociopathic Anna Delvey is Hannibal Lecter gone couture.

8.5 out of 12 Tamales

“The Alpinist”: One-Sentence Review

A mountaineering marvel, Marc-André Leclerc is both lyrical and frustratingly selfish with his gift of climb, but either outlook has you at the edge of your seat in Netflix’s The Alpinist.

10 out of 12 Tamales

“The Shrink Next Door”: One-Sentence Review

Paul Rudd’s punchable-face and Will Ferrell’s slap-some-sense-into-him performances take the viewer’s anxiety up a notch, but without them, The Shrink Next Door falls even shorter of a full deck.

7 out of 12 Tamales

“Jackass Forever”: One-Sentence Review

The jackasses of no trades are older— not any wiser—but their stunts and pranks still hit the nail on the head, kneecap, and groin.

8 out of 12 Tamales

“Cobra Kai: Season Four”: One-Sentence Review

Striking harder, faster, better than seasons before, Cobra Kai’s fourth season lands a flying tornado crane kick to the awed, slack-jawed mouth of its viewers.

11 out of 12 Tamales

“Hawkeye: Season One”: One-Sentence Review

The Avenger’s most under-the-radar member and a fantastic Kate Bishop hit a bullseye in Disney +’s Hawkeye, acing the rapport Falcon and the Winter Soldier whiffed on.

10 out of 12 Tamales