If The Matrix Resurrections is any indication of where the metaverse is headed, it’s a hard pass.
4 out of 12 Tamales
“Don’t Look Up”: One-Sentence Review
It’s hard to look away, much less up, from this on-the-nose satire by director Adam McKay—with the stellar Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence leading the way.
9.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Sing 2”: One-Sentence Review
While Sing’s encore performance misses a note or two, it’s perfectly in key where it matters—belly laughs and ballads.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“American Underdog”: One-Sentence Review
Just like Kurt Warner, American Underdog, in large part to Zach Levi and Anna Paquin’s winning performance, overachieves.
8.5 out of 12 Tamales
“The Power of the Dog”: One-Sentence Review
Views and photogenic shots for days, The Power of the Dog quietly unspools a wicked story with an idyllic Montana as its backdrop.
10 out of 12 Tamales
“West Side Story”: One-Sentence Review
The recreation of 1950s Manhattan is a treat for the eyes, but West Side Story’s refreshed plot and songs are a feast for the soul.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”: One-Sentence Review
Spider-Man: No Way Home swings for the fences and hits it out of the Peter Parker and into the multiverse—delivering perfection at all levels of action, emotion, and humor.
12 out of 12 Tamales
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife”: One-Sentence Review
Breathing new life into a long ghost-trapped franchise, Afterlife offers much more than fan service and nostalgia, dialing, rotary style, a perfect balance of characterization and action.
10 out of 12 Tamales
“House of Gucci”: One-Sentence Review
As “House of Gucci” caricatures its way haphazardly through twenty years of tragic fashion-industry history, you can’t help but fix your eyes on “Gucci’s” Gaga.
8 out of 12 Tamales
“Encanto”: One-Sentence Review
Encanto’s radiant magical realism, enchanting tunes, and non-traditional story arc rule Disney’s cultural and spiritual ode to Gabriel Garcia Marquez and everything Colombian.
10 out of 12 Tamales
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