Game of Thrones: Season 1 forges its epic scope of story and character in iron and gold—the brutal with the elegant—a stark contrast that engages an audience like few shows before it and sets the tone for this remarkable HBO series.
11.5 out of 12 Tamales
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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