Sonic the Hedgehog, the 90s SEGA icon, avoids being roadkill by speeding past the usual game-to-movie faux pas, delivering the Sonic we all wanted…25 years ago.
8.5 out of 12 Tamales
“You: Season Two”: One-Sentence Review
Then I saw You: Season Two, with your hooky plot, your implausible—yet consumable—episodes; you took my Saturday and gave little in return, yet here I am giving you a favorable review.
8 out of 12 Tamales
“Birds of Prey”: One-Sentence Review
A bad music video within a bad dream inadequately describes the train wreck which is Birds of Prey, a villains-turn-heroes pic that takes one part Suicide Squad, two parts terrible, blends them haphazardly and pours contents into theaters nationwide.
2.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Just Mercy”: One-Sentence Review
Although Just Mercy does little to break out of its fairly generic plot construct, solid performances, direction and themes lift both movie and audience.
8 out of 12 Tamales
“Parasite”: One-Sentence Review
As a comedy—with something profound to say about class and wealth—Parasite latches viewer to screen like no other; however, as a thriller, the same doesn’t quite hold true.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“The Peanut Butter Falcon”: One-Sentence Review
More nod than ode to Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, The Peanut Butter Falcon is far from perfect—but it charms and sweetens with a bigger than life purpose.
8.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Watchmen: Season One”: One-Sentence Review
HBO’s Watchmen is a must-watch, balls-to-the-wall, comic-to-screen adaptation that is as much subversive as it is immersive.
11 out of 12 Tamales
“1917”: One-Sentence Review
A marvel of technicality and cinematography, Sam Mendes’ 1917 delivers a competent and enthralling war movie, despite having to fight off a tendency toward the grandiose.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“The Mandalorian: Season One”: One-Sentence Review
Story and substance come together wonderfully in Disney Plus’s The Mandalorian, a Star Wars show that’s more than the sum of its Baby Yoda parts.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Living With Yourself”: One-Sentence Review
Two Paul Rudds don’t make a right way to produce Netflix comedy Living With Yourself, a show that’s only half as good as it should be.
6 out of 12 Tamales
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