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Mario Alegre
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Movies reviews only
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Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) |
Todd Phillips' sequel to the 2019 box office hit is not awful because it's a musical; it's awful because he does not understand musicals. This is the worst thing to happen to them since Pierce Brosnan's "singing" in Mamma Mia. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Oct 03, 2024
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The Substance (2024) |
Fargeat sophomore effort joins the impressive list of body horror films made in recent years by female directors whose unique perspectives have greatly broadened the horizons of this grotesque subgenre. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 27, 2024
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Megalopolis (2024) |
If you ever wondered what it would have been like to see Fritz Lang's Metropolis or D.W. Griffith's Intolerance when they first came out, Megalopolis offers you a glimpse to the past. It's a mess, but a fascinating one. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 27, 2024
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Alien: Romulus (2024) |
Contrary to every other director that came before him, Fede Álvarez is way to reverent to the rest of the franchise for this to feel like anything else than a tribute, but it is an entertaining one, and the production design is absolutely stellar. - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 17, 2024
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Trap (2024) |
I don’t know if Shyamalan has another truly great film left in him, but I’m fine with seeing him expertly direct these fun little thrillers, specially if they are anchored with strong performances like the one Hartnett gives here. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 02, 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |
An undeserved tribute to a lot of bad Fox movies that’s just good enough for a couple of laughs, the long awaited onscreen pairing of Deadpool & Wolverine has the goods where it counts. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 30, 2024
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Longlegs (2024) |
Oz Perkins delivers a disquieting procedural that gets under your skin within seconds of its opening scene. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 19, 2024
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Twisters (2024) |
Twisters barely escapes the suck zone thanks to the combined forces of Glen Powell’s natural charm and a couple of effective Spielbergian set pieces by director Lee Isaac Chung. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 19, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) |
Michael Sarnoski writes and directs the best film in the franchise so far, something that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who was floored by his debut feature, "Pig". [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 19, 2024
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) |
Costner's reach might end up exceeding his grasp, but it will fascinating to watch him try. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 19, 2024
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The Boy and the Heron (2023) |
Hayao Miyazaki's ostensibly final film is such a heartfelt and deeply personal one. Plot wise it might make very little sense, but thematically and emotionally it speaks volumes. Here's hoping he continues retiring forever. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Dec 14, 2023
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Godzilla Minus One (2023) |
In a year plagued by a bunch of disappointing tentpole releases, Godzilla's triumphant return to the big screen should be proof enough that there is no such thing "franchise fatigue", just "bad movie fatigue". Do better, Hollywood [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Dec 09, 2023
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Once Upon a Time in the Caribbean (2023) |
Writer-director Ray Figueroa's genre mix of samurai/western tropes with Caribbean history provides a unique and refreshing blend in a setting we've never seen it done before. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Oct 13, 2023
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The Exorcist: Believer (2023) |
The only thing truly frightening about this terrible sequel is the moment you find out Universal Pictures paid $400 million for the rights to The Exorcist, meaning they will probably let David Gordon Green make two more of these. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Oct 06, 2023
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The Creator (2023) |
If only the script was on par with the amazing images and jaw-dropping visual effects. It pains me it isn't, because this had the potential of being great. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 29, 2023
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A Haunting in Venice (2023) |
It might not have a cast as numerous nor as famous as its predecessors, but Branagh's latest Agatha Christie adaptation ends up being the best of the three. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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Cassandro (2023) |
Gael García Bernal's joyful and melancholic performance as the famous mexican luchador is the centerpiece of what is otherwise a very conventional biopic. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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Bottoms (2023) |
A totally unhinged teen sex comedy, with very little sex and an obscene amount of comedy. More Ayo Edibiri in everything, please. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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Blue Beetle (2023) |
"Blue Beetle" feels like a welcomed throwback, an old school superhero movie spiced with Latin flavors, retro vibes, and a warm, affectionate family at its core. You've seen origin stories before, but never one made and told from this particular POV. - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 16, 2023
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The First Slam Dunk (2022) |
There's never been any truly great basketball feature films. Boxing? Sure. Baseball? Definitely, but not basketball. In his directorial debut, Takehiko Inoue not only gives us the first, but one of the best sports movies ever. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 04, 2023
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) |
Visually dazzling and outrageously fun, "Mutant Mayhem" does for the Turtles what "Into the Spider-verse" did for Spider-Man: it takes them to a whole nother level. The creativity just oozes off the screen, pun very much intended. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 01, 2023
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Oppenheimer (2023) |
Christopher Nolan conquers the biopic with equal parts of shock and awe. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 23, 2023
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Barbie (2023) |
You won’t believe what Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie got away with in this joyous, hilarious and incredible subversive feminist manifesto about the doll that for decades has been seen as a symbol of the very antithesis of that movement. - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 18, 2023
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Shin Kamen Rider (2023) |
Hideaki Anno's "Shin Trilogy" concludes with a loving tribute to the old school aesthetics and mindless fun that's made the Kamen Rider series a cornerstone of the japanese entertainment industry for over half a century. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 07, 2023
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Joy Ride (2023) |
Adele Lim's first feature film is the raunchy adult comedy you've been begging for. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 07, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) |
Harrison Ford's committed performance not only keeps this send-off alive and entertaining but it also invites us to reflect on the significance of this iconic role both in terms of his career and in the history of cinema. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jun 29, 2023
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The Flash (2023) |
The film is the antithesis of every cinematically daring idea we've seen explored in multiversal storytelling in recent years. The fact that two of the best examples of this are so fresh in our memory only makes it seem worse. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jun 15, 2023
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) |
The latest installment in this sorry franchise learned too little from Bumblebee and too much from Michael Bay's awful sequels. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jun 08, 2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
How do you follow up what's easily the best superhero movie of the past decade? With one of the best superhero sequels ever made. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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The Little Mermaid (2023) |
With her warm screen presence and incredible vocal range, Halle Bailey is easily the standout in what's otherwise yet another bland Disney live action remake. But at least it's one of the better ones. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted May 23, 2023
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) |
"Quantumania" is, essentially, a two hour post-credits scene that left me totally uninterested in "Kang", his conquering, and whatever his legacy is or will be. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Feb 16, 2023
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
The spectacle of it all IS the point. Everything else is secondary. You will either be wowed by it or you will not. [Full review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Dec 15, 2022
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Blonde (2022) |
A towering work full of contradictions, designed to elicit the kind of extreme reactions that it’s been gathering, and will continue to do so for years to come. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 30, 2022
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Prey (2022) |
Action packed and expertly made, the Predator franchise hasn't been this good since 1987. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 04, 2022
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The Gray Man (2022) |
As with all Netflix productions with blockbuster dreams, this one is tailor made to be watched at home. You only need to lift your eyes from the second screen whenever you hear an explosion. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 22, 2022
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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) |
As Marvel movies continue to wander aimlessly in search of purpose in its post-Endgame phase, Taika Waititi takes that lack of direction and tries to build something light, loveable and fun on top of it. It mostly works. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 07, 2022
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The Batman (2022) |
Matt Reeves finally gives us the first Batman movie ABOUT Batman, with no villain stealing his spotlight. A captivating film noir in which Gotham is filtered through the mood and aesthetic of Se7en. - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Mar 03, 2022
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West Side Story (2021) |
Spielberg and Kushner fix most of the wrongs of the original film and come out with a better musical because of it. At times, a spectacular one, but why is this the only story with Puerto Ricans that Hollywood cares to tell? [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Dec 10, 2021
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) |
I wish the second half was as good as the first, but even as the film gets slimed with an abundance of eye-rolling nostalgia, it never stops being mostly harmless fun. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Nov 18, 2021
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Eternals (2021) |
Marvel's latest is a litany of cosmic, philosophical and expositional verbiage, clumsily expressed by a talented but uneven cast through their cryptic characters, that try to pass it off as thematic and emotional depth. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Nov 02, 2021
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Dune (2021) |
A bold spectacle, the likes of which we seldom see on the big screen anymore, made by one of the few tentpole directors that knows how to fill every inch of the frame with awe-inspiring imagery. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Oct 21, 2021
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The Last Duel (2021) |
The truth might have been ambiguous in Rashomon, but The Last Duel tragically reminds us how it's always been considered irrelevant when it comes to the crimes perpetrated by men against women. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Oct 14, 2021
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Dear Evan Hansen (2021) |
Morally reprehensible, crudely manipulative and -above all- a gross trivialization of mental health. Bless Julianne Moore for bringing the only trace of humanity to this film. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 23, 2021
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) |
They say a hero is only as good as his villain, but casting Tony Leung as the main antagonist keeps Shang-Chi walking in his shadow throughout the entire movie. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Sep 02, 2021
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Candyman (2021) |
Both a clever continuation and a thoughtful reexamination of the original 1992 film. Nia DaCosta's work behind the camera is superb. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 27, 2021
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The Protégé (2021) |
It certainly doesn't reinvent the action-movie wheel, but it does make it spin really, really well. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 20, 2021
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Free Guy (2021) |
While Hollywood has yet to make one good movie based on a videogame, when they are merely inspired by them, they do get much better results. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 12, 2021
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The Suicide Squad (2021) |
James Gunn holds nothing back in this wickedly entertaining orgy of blood, guts and F-bombs. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Aug 05, 2021
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Jungle Cruise (2021) |
The latest adaptation of yet another Disney attraction could've used more Jesse Plemons, but you could say that about most major movie releases. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 30, 2021
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The Green Knight (2021) |
It's not everyday that you watch a film that appears to be rewriting the cinematic language to create something you've never seen before, but David Lowery achieves just that with this Arthurian masterpiece. [Full Review in Spanish] - Próxima Tanda
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| Posted Jul 30, 2021
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