Cool Girl Critiques

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Oct 4, 2026 2.5/5 Séance, similar to its namesake, offers an amusing evening of parlour tricks as long as the audience isn’t willing to peer too closely. Go to Full Review Séance (2024) 94% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Oct 1, 2026 2.5/5 Lilly Ledbetter deserves a film worthy of her fight, and Lilly is not that film. Go to Full Review Lilly (2024) 59% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Sep 21, 2026 3/5 Rhythm Is a Dancer is a triple-threat performance from Lauren Caster. Go to Full Review Rhythm Is a Dancer (2025) 75% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Aug 24, 2026 3.5/5 Where Did the Adults Go? is a sincere look at the unexpected losses children will have to endure when their parents are gone. Go to Full Review Where Did the Adults Go? (2025) 82% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Aug 18, 2026 4/5 Perhaps what is most enduring about Ward’s Step Back, Doors Closing is how comfortable it is in its own skin. Go to Full Review Step Back, Doors Closing (2024) 100% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Feb 18, 2026 3/5 The Horsemen may not have mastered the trick to a good sequel, but they sure know how to keep us coming back for more. Go to Full Review Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) 61% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Jun 28, 2025 3/5 Ponyboi has good and bad parts to offer. And River Gallo’s performance as Ponyboi can easily be the sum of its best parts. Go to Full Review Ponyboi (2024) 81% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques May 14, 2025 3.5/5 The Amateur is a delightful foray into action for Malek. Even better, it’s an unexpectedly tender thriller with sharp action that uses psychological warfare to transcend mediocrity. Go to Full Review The Amateur (2025) 61% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Nov 18, 2024 3.5/5 A tender and heartbreaking portrait of love with the right person at the wrong time — this drama’s cynical and cathartic take on the soulmate trope will leave an emotional mark by its final frame. Go to Full Review All of You (2024) 73% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Oct 20, 2024 4/5 Expertly mimicking the Disney Channel Original Movie formula, Girl Haunts Boy elevates its low-stakes love story with nostalgic storytelling beats and lived-in sets. Go to Full Review Girl Haunts Boy (2024) 92% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Oct 7, 2024 4.2/5 This twisted M. Night Shyamalan-produced mystery thrives in the presence of its lead. O'Brien guides us through a story of family grief and loss with a soft chivalry that amplifies everything this subtle story has going for it. Go to Full Review Caddo Lake (2024) 78% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Sep 22, 2024 3.5/5 Saturday Night channels The Bear’s tenacity with this bulldozing 90-minute biopic. It gives an unhinged white man free rein of the legendary comedy circus as Gabriel LaBelle’s Lorne leads a roaring symphony of stress, chaos, and mad genius. Go to Full Review Saturday Night (2024) 77% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Jun 9, 2024 3.5/5 Am I OK? is neither groundbreaking nor violently offputting. It just exists, and sometimes that's enough to be enjoyable. Sometimes, it is enough for this premise to strike a nerve. Go to Full Review Am I OK? (2022) 81% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Jan 30, 2024 3/5 Ultimately, Which Brings Me to You is okay. Maybe even great at times. It holds its own even when the stench of heartbreak makes this romantic tale a little too dense to enjoy. Go to Full Review Which Brings Me to You (2023) 70% - -

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Sep 7, 2023 3/5 Whatever way you cut the cake, this film is a flavour profile of storytelling highs and lows until the very last bite. Go to Full Review Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) 77% 86%

Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Aug 22, 2023 3/5 A spooky adventure that will neither chill to the bone nor frighten with delight, Haunted Mansion is a harmless romp through the horrors of its amusement namesake. Go to Full Review Haunted Mansion (2023) 38% - -