TAMALE MOVIE REVIEWS

While Ninjago lands a solid mark for the comical banter, this Lego entry follows the same humdrum formula as its predecessors.

7.5 out of 12 Tamales

Doug Liman keeps the direction and facts fast, fun and loose in American Made, a film that sees Tom Cruise back to form as narco pilot/informant/bigger-than-life personality Barry Seal.

9.5 out of 12 Tamales

Visionary director James Cameron and arguably two of the greatest action performances in cinema history, Arnold’s second turn as the indomitable T-800 and Linda Hamilton’s re-introduction as the baddest badass Sarah Connor, redefine the science fiction genre in Judgement Day.

12 out of 12 Tamales

With the exception of a couple of fairly executed action sequences, Kingsman 2 considerably fails at matching part one’s originality on every level, focusing too hard on upping an ante that never needed to be upped.

3.5 out of 12 Tamales

Despite its surreal, within-a-dream setting, Eternal Sunshine’s truisms about falling in and out of love have never made a film feel so realistically uplifting and heartbreaking.

12 out of 12 Tamales

While marred by a few going-for-the-obvious-scare moments, It’s first-rate adolescent cast and sinisterly perfect take on Pennywise leads to an update that surprisingly works better as a coming-of-age movie than a standard-fare horror.

9 out of 12 Tamales

It wasn’t the twist ending that made Unbreakable M. Night Shyamalan’s best, but the careful crafting of a superhero that would easily standout in today’s overly saturated market.

11 out of 12 Tamales

Wind River, a beautifully shot and effectively directed thriller from Hell or High Water scribe Taylor Sheridan, leaves an impression that won’t easily fade.

9.5 out 12 Tamales

It’s the backwoods Ocean’s Eleven doing the heisting in Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky, a delightfully down-home, character-driven caper.

8.5 out of 12 Tamales

With a story literally worthy of Shakespeare’s canon, The Lion King bookends Disney animation’s early 1990s trifecta of Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin in spectacular fashion.

11.5 out of 12 Tamales