Chess’s never been sleek or alluring, yet Netflix’s The Queen Gambit—with a powerhouse, unapologetic performance from Anya Taylor-Joy—changes that empathetically and checkmates every how-to-make-a-great-show box.
11 out of 12 Tamales
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“Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season One”: One-Sentence Review
With the kiddie-gloves almost off and the dino-chomps questionably PG, Netflix’s Camp Cretaceous isn’t a throwaway Jurassic World clone—but a formidable companion series with surprising bite.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“The Umbrella Academy: Season 1”: One-Sentence Review
Time-travel escapades, comic-book comedy, and fragmented-family fun are well represented—and done—in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Waco”: One-Sentence Review
Waco’s resounding performances, expressly Taylor Kitsch’s, and gripping narrative arc forms the solid foundation this mini-series needs to cathartically retell one of Texas’s most tragic events.
10 out of 12 Tamales
“Love is Blind”: One-Sentence Review
For better or worse, through thick and thin, you’ll say “I do” to the next episode of Netflix’s Love is Blind, a reality show that puts its namesake question up for debate, and arrives at only one definitive answer: this series is worth committing to.
10 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
“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
“Unbelievable”: One-Sentence Review
Unbelievable is throw-your-sofa-cushion-at-the-screen, or your-entire-sofa—frustrating, a true-crime whodunit that leaves you questioning more than guessing.
11 out of 12 Tamales
“Russian Doll”: One-Sentence Review
Although the plot device, reliving the same day over and over, has been done and redone, Russian Doll’s take makes it feel off-the-cuff fresh, a Netflix show worth watching—and re-watching.
10 out of 12 Tamales
“You”: Home-cooked Tamales Review
Creepiness and illogicality permeate every scene of You—yet the Next-Episode-In countdown can’t tick away fast enough as you cringe and binge your way through this so-bad-it’s-good Netflix series.
7 out of 12 Tamales
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