The multi-verse goes from infinite to intimate in this sensationally surreal, genre-bending instant classic from up-and-coming directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
11.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Top Gun: Maverick”: One Sentence Review
1980’s action makes an epic comeback—at hypersonic speed—in Tom Cruise’s Maverick, a Top Gun sequel that bests its predecessor at absolutely and resolutely every facet.
11 out of 12 Tamales
“The Adam Project”: One-Sentence Review
All concept, no execution, The Adam Project is a hodgepodge of sci-fi films and father-son dramas that came before and did it better.
5 out of 12 Tamales
“Abbott Elementary: Season One”: One-Sentence Review
The authenticity, with only mild hyperbole, of the American classroom has never been encapsulated quite as well as in ABC’s ferociously funny and big-hearted Abbott Elementary.
11 out of 12 Tamales
“Euphoria: Season Two”: One-Sentence Review
Despite an initial sophomore slump, Euphoria aces its second season’s final episodes by recommitting to what this show does best—tantalize and sensationalize.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“Turning Red”: One-Sentence Review
Turning Red’s giant panda smashes through metaphorical and literal walls to give us Pixar’s—or really any other animation studio’s—fiercest take on the perils of pleasing parents and the awkwardness of adolescence.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Cyrano”: One-Sentence Review
With every romantically inclined note, this adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play is a testament to love and language, a complete rejection of the cynics—and a whole-hearted embrace of the Cyranos.
12 out of 12 Tamales
“The Batman”: One-Sentence Review
Tinged in goth and grunge, Matt Reeves’ The Batman broods new life into DC’s cornerstone franchise, and Robert Pattinson claims his place, deservedly, next to Bale and Keaton on the Rushmore of Dark Knights.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Uncharted”: One-Sentence Review
Uncharted plots course for lands discovered and conquered, yet Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg bring just enough Jones, Gates, and Croft to make it an adventure worth boarding.
8 out of 12 Tamales
“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
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