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Próxima Tanda (Substack)

Próxima Tanda (Substack) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Mario Alegre.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Mario Alegre Whether this ends up being the end or just the saga's middle chapter, "Fire and Ash" fails to make a case for a return to Pandora, feeling like a rethread of the franchise's best elements while also amplifying its biggest shortcomings.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
One Battle After Another (2025) Mario Alegre From the common domestic skirmishes between a teenager and her dad, to confronting the oppressive authoritarian power of the estate, Paul Thomas Anderson's extraordinary return to contemporary storytelling honors the rebellions we fight every day.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Ne Zha II (2025) Mario Alegre Whatever you might have considered the past summer movie season lacked in spectacle, Ne Zha 2 provides in spades, and then some.
Posted Aug 20, 2025  Edit critic review
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Mario Alegre Marvel gets back to basics and plays it really safe with the Fantastic Four's third cinematic incarnation of the 21st Century, in what basically comes down to a $200 million practice session of the superhero genre fundamentals.
Posted Jul 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman (2025) Mario Alegre James Gunn's "Superman" soars through a fundamental understanding that the character's superpower has never been his capacity to turn whole cities to rubble, but something that sadly feels totally alien in our current world: basic human empathy.
Posted Jul 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Materialists (2025) Mario Alegre Celine Song's lovely sophomore effort tackles longtime rom-com conventions with wisdom and grace.
Posted Jun 19, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Mario Alegre The same story you know and love, now with a perfectly rendered CGI Toothless, less color and none of the original’s wondrous visual splendor. All of these live action remakes of animated classics feel so small and lifeless. Lesser copies of great films.
Posted Jun 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Sinners (2025) Mario Alegre The way this film incorporates music—conceptually, historically, narratively— into every single aspect of its creation, and makes it feel like the greatest and oldest power in humanity’s arsenal against subjugation, is truly monumental.
Posted Jun 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Gladiator II (2024) Mario Alegre The long belated sequel begins with a series of painterly depictions of various clips of its far superior predecesor, and from that point on it never ceases to remind you that you've already seen a better version of all of this. [Full Review in Spanish]
Posted Nov 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Wicked (2024) Mario Alegre The film triumphs over its faults by the sheer power of their lead performances. [Full Review in Spanish]
Posted Nov 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Oct 03, 2024  Edit critic review
The Substance (2024) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Sep 27, 2024  Edit critic review
Megalopolis (2024) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Sep 27, 2024  Edit critic review
Alien: Romulus (2024) Mario Alegre 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.
Posted Aug 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Trap (2024) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Aug 02, 2024  Edit critic review
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jul 30, 2024  Edit critic review
Longlegs (2024) Mario Alegre Oz Perkins delivers a disquieting procedural that gets under your skin within seconds of its opening scene. [Full Review in Spanish]
Posted Jul 19, 2024  Edit critic review
Twisters (2024) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jul 19, 2024  Edit critic review
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jul 19, 2024  Edit critic review
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) Mario Alegre Costner's reach might end up exceeding his grasp, but it will fascinating to watch him try. [Full Review in Spanish]
Posted Jul 19, 2024  Edit critic review
The Boy and the Heron (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Dec 14, 2023  Edit critic review
5/5
Godzilla Minus One (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Dec 09, 2023  Edit critic review
Once Upon a Time in the Caribbean (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Oct 13, 2023  Edit critic review
The Exorcist: Believer (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
The Creator (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Sep 29, 2023  Edit critic review
A Haunting in Venice (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Sep 15, 2023  Edit critic review
Cassandro (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Sep 15, 2023  Edit critic review
Bottoms (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Sep 15, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Blue Beetle (2023) Mario Alegre "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.
Posted Aug 16, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The First Slam Dunk (2022) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Aug 04, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Aug 01, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Oppenheimer (2023) Mario Alegre Christopher Nolan conquers the biopic with equal parts of shock and awe. [Full Review in Spanish]
Posted Jul 23, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Barbie (2023) Mario Alegre 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.
Posted Jul 18, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Shin Kamen Rider (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jul 07, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
Joy Ride (2023) Mario Alegre Adele Lim's first feature film is the raunchy adult comedy you've been begging for. [Full Review in Spanish]
Posted Jul 07, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jun 29, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
The Flash (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jun 15, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jun 08, 2023  Edit critic review
5/5
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jun 01, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
The Little Mermaid (2023) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted May 23, 2023  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Mario Alegre "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]
Posted Feb 16, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Dec 15, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Blonde (2022) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Sep 30, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Prey (2022) Mario Alegre Action packed and expertly made, the Predator franchise hasn't been this good since 1987. [Full Review in Spanish]
Posted Aug 04, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
The Gray Man (2022) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Jul 07, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
The Batman (2022) Mario Alegre 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.
Posted Mar 03, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
West Side Story (2021) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Dec 10, 2021  Edit critic review
3/5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Nov 18, 2021  Edit critic review
2/5
Eternals (2021) Mario Alegre 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]
Posted Nov 02, 2021  Edit critic review
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