Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes
Publications list

Fangirlish

Fangirlish is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Alicia Gilstorf, Brittany Frederick, Gissane Sophia, Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, Lyra Hale, Sarah Musnicky, Shelby Elpers.

Prev Next
Rating Title | Year Author Quote
A
The Great Flood (2025) Lyra Hale [...] what makes great sci-fi; our humanity and our ability to grow, learn from our mistakes, and try and try again. That’s what The Great Flood is about.
Posted Jan 18, 2026  Edit critic review
A
100 Nights of Hero (2025) Lyra Hale After watching 100 Nights of Hero, I hunger for more stories like Hero and Cherry.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Séance (2024) Lyra Hale Séance is good on the gaslighting and gothic looks of it all, but it needed to lean into who it was a little more.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
10DANCE (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz The Netflix live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese BL (boys’ love) manga by Inouesatoh, has come to Netflix with great choreography, the same level of yearning, slightly less racism, and a story as incomplete as the manga.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Montana Mavericks (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz This is an easy, breezy, 90-minute movie that is easy to watch and hard to hate, but it’s also not the kind that’s likely to stick with you.
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Hedda (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Tessa Thompson embodies the good and the bad parts of the character of Hedda to a dizzying, terrifying, and wholly satisfying level.
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025) Shelby Elpers A Very Jonas Christmas Movie will be a lot more than a festive, fun time for long-time Jonas Brothers fans.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Lesbian Space Princess (2025) Lyra Hale The life affirming coming-of-age story many of us need today.
Posted Nov 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Forastera (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Movies about grief can be a complicated watch, and yet Lucía Aleñar Iglesias’s Forastera is both a sad reminder that, at some point, it will find us all, and a story about how, sometimes, through pain, healing can be found.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
D
Coyotes (2025) Lyra Hale [...] as I was watching Coyotes I realized that these animals aren’t [the characters] biggest enemy. Delusion is their biggest enemy.
Posted Oct 05, 2025  Edit critic review
All of You (2024) Shelby Elpers All of You is a romantic drama, both anchored in time and lost in it.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Steal Away (2025) Lyra Hale Steal Away is the kind of movie that sneaks up on you. And by the time that you realize what’s actually happening, your left feeling disturbed, angry, and sad all at the same time.
Posted Sep 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Nika & Madison (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Nika & Madison is, above all, a story about friendship and what you would do for the people you love. And that is something we can all understand.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Hamnet (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Hamnet isn’t a story of grief, though it is. It isn’t a story of family, though it also is that. It’s not even a story about the power of, well, stories… but it is that too. Instead, Hamnet is an experience.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Honey Bunch (2025) Lyra Hale [Honey Bunch's] faith in itself, is the reason why I like the movie even if I didn’t like the actual plot. 
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Eternal Return (2025) Lyra Hale Eternal Return is an uplifting and sometimes heartbreaking reminder that our memories keep our loved ones alive.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Steve (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Steve isn’t an easy movie to watch, and it’s not trying to be. But it’s a very well-constructed illustration of the importance of teachers and safe spaces for teenagers—even those who’ve made mistakes.
Posted Sep 14, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Roofman (2025) Lyra Hale Roofman has changed my perception of Tatum and proven that he’s more than just comedic relief.
Posted Sep 14, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Dust Bunny (2025) Lyra Hale For being Bryan Fuller’s film directorial debut, Dust Bunny is absolutely fearless. From its design to the dialogue and the overall story, it’s unlike anything I’ve seen before...
Posted Sep 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Ballad of a Small Player (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player is a somewhat slow and at times hollow character study that still manages to soar instead of sink, mostly because Colin Farrell gives it his absolute all.
Posted Sep 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Sacrifice (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Overall, Sacrifice is a worthwhile idea with messy execution that never takes any risks. And it pales in comparison to other films that have tried to tackle the “eat the rich” vibes this movie carries at its center.
Posted Sep 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Laundry (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Overall, Laundry feels like a powerful reminder that history is cyclical and that injustices perpetrated by a large group of people are not anomalies, but decisions made over and over again.
Posted Sep 13, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Frankenstein (2025) Lyra Hale [Guillermo] del Toro manages to tell the story [of Frankenstein] again in a way that feels even more thought-provoking while giving perspective on creation, man’s will, and how cyclical life can be.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Eternity (2025) Lyra Hale I left [Eternity] feeling happy, giddy, and grounded in the connections I saw on screen and the ones I’ve felt in my own life with my loved ones.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Couture (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Alice Winocour’s Couture is a deeply emotional, often touching, and ultimately somewhat shallow look at how the lives of three very different women intersect during Paris Fashion Week.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Lilly (2024) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz These days, happy endings feel like a dime a dozen. This isn’t a new happy ending, but it’s a happy ending nonetheless, and re-living it feels like a win.
Posted Aug 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Before We Forget (2024) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz An engaging watch that adds to the narrative of queer storytelling, and one that cares not just about the story it’s telling, but about how that story fits in the grander scheme of what a person is and can be.
Posted Aug 17, 2025  Edit critic review
The Queen of My Dreams (2023) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz The Queen of My Dreams is the kind of movie that proves there’s universality in the specifics of everyone’s experience, as long as the story is well told.
Posted Aug 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Zombies 4 is very much what you’d expect out of a movie within a franchise called Zombies that isn’t actually a scary movie, but a Disney Channel movie. That’s to say, it’s actually very fun, if not too deep.
Posted Aug 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas (2023) Shelby Elpers Hannah Waddingham delivers an instant classic with the charming and comforting Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas on Apple TV+.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Lyra Hale The Fantastic Four: First Steps is without a doubt the easiest access point into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in years.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
B
The Old Guard 2 (2025) Lyra Hale The Old Guard 2 is exactly the kind of epic queer story that Hollywood needs to invest in more.
Posted Jul 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Liquor Bank (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Marcellus Cox’s Liquor Bank is a clear-eyed, emotional, and affecting look at not just the ways alcoholism affects a person, but the way it impacts the people around them, and shapes every relationship.
Posted Jul 09, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Superman (2025) Lyra Hale Superman’s biggest strength rests on Clark Kent’s unapologetically humane way of facing this world, no matter the challenges he may face, and on [David] Corenswet and [Rachel] Brosnahan’s effortless chemistry.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Elio (2025) Lyra Hale The strength of Elio doesn’t come from this epic intergalactic adventure that he has. The strength lies in Elio’s understanding of his place in the world and that he’s not as alone as he thinks he is.
Posted Jun 20, 2025  Edit critic review
B
The Surrender (2025) Lyra Hale [...] if you’re here for an exploration of grief and the lengths that we are willing to go in the name of that grief, The Surrender is for you.
Posted Jun 10, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Ballerina (2025) Lyra Hale Ballerina lives in the same world as John Wick, but isn’t following in his footsteps. And that’s a good thing.
Posted Jun 09, 2025  Edit critic review
G20 (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Action movies are supposed to be a little mindless, but in 2025, it’s hard to truly turn your mind off, even when you’re watching action movies. So, instead, it’s better to watch one that makes it very clear that it understands the world we live in.
Posted Apr 13, 2025  Edit critic review
B
The Parenting (2025) Lyra Hale The Parenting was an unexpected delight of a comedy horror movie that provided a perfect balance of camp and possession.
Posted Mar 30, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Didn't Die (2025) Lyra Hale Didn't Die had it in the beginning and squandered it towards the end, wasting the potential of these really unique characters.
Posted Mar 13, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Mickey 17 (2025) Lyra Hale Mickey 17 was an unexpected delight that reminded me of why I loved Starship Troopers so much as a kid.
Posted Mar 13, 2025  Edit critic review
No Address (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz The human side of the problem is what makes No Adress so thought-provoking, and in the same way, so relatable.
Posted Mar 11, 2025  Edit critic review
When I'm Ready (2025) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz When I’m Ready is a quietly tragic, but still very poignant movie about finding happiness as the world around you ends—literally.
Posted Feb 24, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Two Women (2025) Lyra Hale Two Women is a story about how there is no one way to be a woman, mother, lover, friend, or a human being.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
A
The Gorge (2025) Lyra Hale The Gorge made me invested in the story of Levi and Drasa to the point where the mystery of the gorge itself became secondary.
Posted Feb 18, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Companion (2025) Lyra Hale Kudos to Companion for making me cheer for the demise of *spoiler* with an enthusiasm I haven’t experienced in years.
Posted Feb 07, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) Lyra Hale In a landscape continuously riddled with reboots, remakes, and sequels, Sonic 3 stands out. It does that by trusting the viewer while also honoring the decades worth of source material.
Posted Feb 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz The Count of Monte Cristo fails as both an adaptation of a beloved classic and a movie about either revenge or forgiveness.
Posted Jan 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Girl Haunts Boy (2024) Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Ghost stories are a dime a dozen. Ghost stories that are actually about grief, about love, and about the joy that can be found, even in dark times, when someone else really, truly sees you, are very rare indeed.
Posted Oct 29, 2024  Edit critic review
A
20,000 Species of Bees (2023) Lyra Hale 20000 Species of Bees [...] was a delicate reminder of those who do accept us and open the door. Even if just a crack. Those people are there and they change lives.
Posted Jul 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Prev Next